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Tinubunomics Finance Bill To Tax 50 Of Banks FX Gains Passes Second Reading
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Finance Bill To Tax 50% Of Banks FX Gains Passes Second Reading

Nigeria’s Senate has passed for second reading a Bill seeking to amend the Finance Act 2023 and impose a “windfall” of 50 per...

President Bola Tinubu has written to the National Assembly
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Tinubu Requests N6.2 Trillion Increase in 2024 Budget

President Bola Tinubu has written to the National Assembly to consider and approve an augmentation of the 2024 appropriation act by N6.2 trillion....

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Interpol Arrests 300 In Global Operation Against West African Crime Groups

The International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol) has arrested 300 people, seized $3 million and blocked 720 bank accounts in a global operation targeted...

Ghana bribery
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Ex-Goldman Banker Under House Arrest In U.S. For Alleged Bribery To Ghana Officials 

Asante Berko, a former Goldman Sachs Group executive, has been brought from the United Kingdom to New York to face charges related to...

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Address Cedi Depreciation, Leave Debates – Ghana MP Tells Vice President

John Jinapor, the Member of Parliament for Yapei Kusawgu, has called on Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia to prioritise stabilising the Ghanaian Cedi...

Bangladesh shuts schools
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Bangladesh Shuts Schools And Universities Following Job Quota Protests 

Bangladesh has issued an indefinite closure order for all schools, universities, and Islamic seminaries following violent protests that resulted in the deaths of...

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Over 800,000 out of 1m Cedis Missing From Sale of Application Forms For Ghana School Feeding Program, Report Says

The Ghanaian Auditor-General’s report for 2022 has revealed that the sum of GH¢831,776 from the sale of forms for selecting caterers for the...

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Sitting U.S. Senator Found Guilty Of Corruption Charges, Called to Resign

United States Senator Robert Menendez has been convicted of all 16 federal corruption charges. This was after a New York jury deliberated for...

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Cocoa: Ghana’s Cocobod Reports First Profit in Seven Years After Restructuring Debt

Ghana’s cocoa marketing board, Cocobod, has reported a profit of 2.3 billion cedis ($149.84 million) for the 2022/23 fiscal year, as revealed by...

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FBI Arrests Kingsley Inegbedion For $1.5 Million Fraud; Accomplice Efemena Igbe Flees To Nigeria

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has charged Nigerian tech entrepreneurs Kingsley Inegbedion and Efemena Igbe with a 16-count indictment for internet fraud...

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Ghana Records Significant Reduction In Number Of Youths Not In Education, Employment, Or Training 

Ghana recorded a significant reduction in the number of youths not in education, employment, or training (NEET) in the third quarter of 2023....

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Binance Executive Gambaryan Appears In Court In Wheelchair

Binance Holdings Limited executive Tigran Gambaryan was brought to the Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday in a wheelchair. Gambaryan faces money...