16 March 2025
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Nigerians in Diaspora Remit $90 Billion, Boosting Economic Growth

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Nigerians in the Diaspora have remitted over $90 billion to their home country over the past five years, significantly impacting Nigeria’s economy through cash, intellectual property, and goods. This was disclosed by the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa, during a Sensitisation and Advocacy Programme held in Bauchi to promote Diaspora investment potential in the North-East. Represented by NiDCOM Secretary Dr. Sule Yakubu Bassi, Dabiri-Erewa emphasized the untapped potential for Diaspora investments in Nigeria, particularly in the North-East, which boasts abundant human and natural resources. Bauchi State Governor Bala Mohammed highlighted policies…

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How Los Angeles Wild Fire Started

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On Tuesday, a rapidly growing wildfire raged across an upscale section of Los Angeles, destroying numerous buildings and creating traffic jams as more than 30,000 people evacuated, while a second blaze doubled in size some 30 miles inland. Officials said that at least 2,921 acres (1,182 hectares) of the Pacific Palisades area between the coastal towns of Santa Monica and Malibu had burned by the Palisades Fire, after they had already warned of extreme fire danger from powerful winds that arrived following extended dry weather. According to Reuters, a fire official told local television station KTLA that several people were…

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FG Implements Capetown Convention Protocol on Deregistration

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FG Implements Capetown Convention Protocol on Deregistration 16/10/24. IDERA/AVIATION The Federal Government says it has fulfilled all judicial obligations and updated rules regarding the Irrevocable Deregistration and Export Request Authorization, IDERA, to standardize global procedures for registration or deregistration of aircrafts in the Country. The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Mr. Festus Keyamo stated this during the signing of an updated copy of the document by the Acting Director General of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA in Abuja. The Minister commended President Bola Tinubu for providing the needed political will towards the achievement. Nigeria is a signatory to…

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Cold Weather Worsens as Turkey-Syria Quake Toll sits above 20,000

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More than 20,000 people are now known to have been killed in Monday’s earthquakes in Turkey and Syria, though the UN warns the disaster’s full extent is still unclear.   Rescuers are still searching rubble for survivors, but hopes are fading more than four days since the first quake.   Freezing conditions threaten the lives of thousands of survivors who are now without shelter, water and food.   Turkey’s president called the quake “the disaster of the century”.   A major international relief effort is gathering pace. On Thursday the World Bank pledged $1.78bn in aid to Turkey including immediate…

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Controversy Trails Over The Whereabouts Of Ghanaian Player, Christian Atsu

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Ghanaian winger Christian Atsu remains missing in Turkey after devastating earthquakes struck the country and Syria, his club has told news agencies, despite earlier reports that he had been rescued.   On Tuesday, Atsu, 31, was reported to have been pulled alive from the rubble of a building in Turkey’s southern Hatay province and transported to hospital with injuries following Monday’s magnitude 7.8 earthquake and its aftershocks.   But on Wednesday, Hatayspor coach Volkan Demirel said the search for Atsu was continuing.   “There is no information on his whereabouts yet, we don’t know where he is,” Demirel told the…