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Cocoa Expansion Impossible Without COCOBOD Debt Write-Off

Ghana’s plan to revive cocoa production and expand farmland next year is facing pushback from one of the country’s biggest labour bodies, which says the programme will fail unless the government writes off more than GH¢30 billion, about US$2.1 billion, in debts
November 17, 2025
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Wrong Time To Demolish Homes, Obi Tells Nigerian Leaders

Urges Govts To Stop Inflicting More Hardship The Vice-Presidential Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the last general election, Mr. Peter Obi, has appealed to leaders at all levels of government to avoid actions capable of inflicting more hardship on millions of Nigerians, especially in this period that life
July 10, 2021
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Faulty Engines, Tree Logs Claim 350 Lives in Boat Mishaps

Last year saw, at least, 350 Nigerians die in boat mishaps, no thanks to overloading and preponderance of tree logs on waterways, among other human factors. Joseph Ityav, Chairman of the Governing Council of the Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission (HYPPADEC),
July 10, 2021
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Govt’s Anti-poverty Committee Begins Work In Abuja

The National Steering Committee (NSC) of the National Poverty Reduction with Growth Strategy (NPRGS) chaired by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Friday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, held its inaugural meeting. President Muhammadu Buhari on June 22 inaugurated the committee tasked with
July 10, 2021
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EU Thinks New Anti-money Laundering Agency

The European Union Commission (EUC) said it was planning to establish a new supervisory authority to combat money laundering, among other measures, according to documents seen by dpa on Saturday. The plans indicate that a new “Anti-Money Laundering Authority” will be able
July 10, 2021

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