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Govt to Concession Airport Terminals, Targets 241,000 Jobs

[Daily Trust] The Federal Ministry of Aviation yesterday received four certificates of compliance or Outline Business Case (OBC) certificates on the concession of four international airports' terminals, bringing to seven the OBC certificates received by the ministry so far. from AllAfrica News: Nigeria via NEWS
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Lagos State Is Likely to Get Hotter and More Humid, Leading to Greater Health Risks

[The Conversation Africa] Without doubt, there are several reasons to believe that our climate is changing. Records over the period of 1880-2012, indicate that the surface temperatures have risen globally. There has also been an increasing rate of the warming reported over the last 25 years, during which 11 of the 12 hottest years on record occurred. from AllAfrica News: Nigeria via NEWS
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ECOWAS Endorses Okonjo-Iweala's Nomination As WTO Director General

[This Day] The Heads of State and Governments of the 15 Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) member states have endorsed the candidature of Nigeria's former Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, for the position of the Director General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). from AllAfrica News: Nigeria via NEWS
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Post-COVID-19 Recovery Plan Has Some Merit. but It Misses the Mark

[The Conversation Africa] The COVID-19 pandemic will have economic consequences for many countries. In Nigeria, the country's lockdowns froze economic activities, causing job losses and supply chain disruptions. And its dependence on oil for revenue and foreign exchange has made it particularly vulnerable to the unprecedented oil price crash triggered by a collapse in demand. from AllAfrica News: Nigeria via NEWS
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Why African Swine Fever Outbreak Will Hit Farmers Hard

[The Conversation Africa] Nigeria is in the throes of a fresh outbreak of African swine fever which has affected 145,000 pigs in Oke Aro, West Africa's largest pig farm estate. Dr. Oladipo Omotosho of the Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Ibadan, explains the disease, its impact and how to prevent future occurrences. from AllAfrica News: Nigeria via NEWS
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Why Buhari Fired Electricity Company MD, Marilyn Amobi

[Premium Times] President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the removal of Marilyn Amobi as the managing director of the Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading Plc, days after PREMIUM TIMES reported her continued violation of Nigeria's code of conduct for public officials. from AllAfrica News: Nigeria via NEWS
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NPDC Posts N179.1 Billion Profit - Report

[Premium Times] The Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC), an upstream subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), made N179.1 billion profit after tax from its operations in 2018. from AllAfrica News: Nigeria via NEWS
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COVID-19 Threatens to Hit Fragile Northeastern States Hardest - UNDP Studies

[Africa Renewal] The arrival of COVID-19 in Nigeria sparked a cascade of crises, but the pandemic poses its greatest threat in the impoverished, fragile northeast of Africa's largest country, according to a new UNDP assessment. There, Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe states comprise "one of the most pronounced, multi-faceted, and complex humanitarian and development crises known to the international community today," UNDP's 2018 Nigeria Human Development report found--more than two years before the zoonotic pathogen we now know as from AllAfrica News: Nigeria via NEWS
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