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19 Mar, 5 tweets, 3 min read
NEWS BULLETIN AT 12:00pm

Why $1.5 billion to revamp over 50-year old Port Harcourt refinery is a waste
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IN 2018, the World Poverty Clock found that six Nigerians fell into extreme poverty every minute. In contrast, five Vietnamese left the poverty cycle each minute in the same year, according to The ICIR analysis of World Bank data.
▶ bit.ly/3vIXPoL
THE Ministry of Aviation has said that the ban on Emirates airline, the official carrier of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), was due to its discriminatory policy on the COVID-19 test for Nigerians.
▶ bit.ly/2OEMJQZ
IN the South-Eastern part of Nigeria, several groups are seeking the actualisation of a nation called Biafra. The frontrunner of these groups is the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), led by Nnamdi Kanu.
▶ bit.ly/3vEa0D7
THE independent panel investigating allegations of human rights violations by the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS)and other units of the Nigeria police has approved compensations worth N578 million to victims of human rights violations.
▶ bit.ly/3s8vxBW

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