CS gets powers to slash fuel prices in new rule

Brazil

In Jan. 2003, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, a former trade union leader and factory worker widely known by the name Lula, became Brazils first working-class president. As leader of Brazils only Socialist party, the Workers Party, Lula pledged to increase social services and improve the lot of the

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GCS honors grads under new ‘social distancing’ rules

Since Guilford County Schools has cancelled its traditional 2020 graduation ceremonies, schools have still found ways to celebrate

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Milton Carroll

Milton Carroll is Executive Chairman of the Board for CenterPoint Energy, Inc., a major domestic energy delivery company that includes electric transmission and distribution, natural gas distribution and competitive natural gas sales. Headquartered in Houston, CenterPoint serves more than five

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Porto-Novo, Benin (16th Century- )

Porto-Novo, meaning “New Port” in Portuguese, became the official capital of the West African country of Benin in 1960. In 2002 it had an estimated population of 223,552 people. Porto-Novo is located in the southeastern part of the country on an inlet of the Gulf of Guinea. Although it

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Rwanda: Cross-Border Trade Unscathed Despite COVID-19 - Minister Gatete

The Minister of Infrastructure Claver Gatete has said that cross border trade is progressing well, despite the measures in place to contain the Covid-19

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Nigeria: Petrol, Diesel Imported From Europe Dirtier Than Fuel From Illegal Refineries - Report

[Premium Times] Black market fuel made from stolen oil in rudimentary "bush" refineries hidden deep in the creeks and swamps of the Niger Delta is less polluting than the highly toxic diesel and petrol that Europe exports to Nigeria, The Guardian has reported, citing a new laboratory analysis.

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What next in Odinga’s rise in government?

Former Kenyan prime minister Raila Odinga’s influence in President Uhuru Kenyatta’s administration is expected to grow further, with reports suggesting that he is being considered for a key role on a team to steer the country’s post-pandemic economic recovery

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(1959) Nnamdi Azikiwe Addresses the NAACP Convention on the Organization's 50th Anniversary

Nnamdi Azikiwe, by now the best know nationalist leader in Nigeria, addressed the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) at its 50th anniversary celebration at the Polo Grounds, New York City, July 19, 1959. His speech appears

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Kenya: COVID-19 - in Kenya, Confusion and Corruption While Politicians Flout Lockdowns

Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe, who has been giving routine updates on the pandemic, said the suspected case was a Kenyan who had travelled to Nairobi from the United States through

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Barack Obama's 923 Executive Orders - Urban Legends

Viral text claims President Obama signed 923 executive orders in the first 40 months of his presidency, many times more than any other president to

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Venezuela’s ‘new normality’ - gasoline at ‘international prices’

In one of the more telling indicators yet that Guyana’s western neighbour, Venezuela, has fallen on seriously hard times, the country’s President, Nicholas Maduro, announced on Sunday that beginning last Monday, the country officially credited with possessing the single largest reserves of oil

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Raymond Chandler

Raymond Chandler , in full Raymond Thornton Chandler (born July 23, 1888, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.—died March 26, 1959, La Jolla, California), American author of detective fiction, the creator of the private detective Philip Marlowe, whom he characterized as a poor but honest upholder of ideals

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Barbados

Current government officials

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Mozambique

National name: República de Moçambique

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Nigeria: NNPC Reports N17 Billion Oil Theft, Unsure of Daily PMs Consumption

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has disclosed that the country has recorded about $48 million (or N17 billion) loss to oil theft this year alone based on the benchmark oil price exchange rate of

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Kenya, Ethiopia, DRC Ahead of Region in Benefits of Agoa Treaty

According to data contained in the US Trade and Investment with sub-Saharan Africa: Recent Trends and New Developments report, Ethiopia at 81.9 per cent and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) at 68.2 per cent are the other eastern Africa countries that have also taken advantage of the treaty to

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Magoha accused of sidelining teachers

Knut Secretary General Wilson Sossion accused the ministry of having a habit of sidelining the union from major task forces on education

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EDITORIAL: Steep rise in petroleum prices a major misstep

The move by the government to increase the Petroleum Development Levy that has led to the highest rise in pump prices in more than a decade is in bad faith.

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Source: Business Daily

Nigeria: U.S.$48 Million Crude Oil Lost to Vandalism in Six Months - Kyari

Abuja, Minna — Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Group Managing Director, Mr. Mele Kyari, wednesday put the value of crude oil lost to pipeline vandalism in the first six months of 2020 at $48

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Nigeria: Lagos Slashes 2020 Budget By 21% to N920.5 Billion

Following the economic damage caused by the COVID-19, Lagos State Executive Council yesterday disclosed plan to revise the state's 2020 budget by 21 per cent, from the N1.168 billion hitherto approved by the State House Assembly to

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Niger

National name: République du Niger

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Ghana

Current government officials

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Trinidad and tobago

Current government officials

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Burundi

National name: Republika yu Burundi

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Ghana coronavirus: 8,070 cases, conditional lifting of most restrictions

Each student, teacher and non teaching staff will be provided with reusable face mask by the Ministry of Education prior to reopening for final year students

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Exxon oil output falls as compressor problems continue

Production at Exxon-Mobil’s Liza-1 project in the Stabroek Block, offshore Guyana, has plummeted from 80,000 barrels per day (bpd) to now between 25,000 and 30,000 bpd as compressor problems continue and the company would not increase flaring above about 15 million cubic feet of natural gas per

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Morocco

National name: al-Mamlaka al-Maghrebia

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Somalia: Hassan - Somalia Working on Improving the Economy

Somalia's Planning, Investment and Economic Development Minister Gamal Hassan spoke with Aggrey Mutambo on the country's economy and fighting

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Louisiana Bill Would Mandate 3-Year Minimum Sentence For Trespassing On Fossil Fuel Sites

Now a new bill hastily making its way through the Louisiana State Legislature would dramatically increase those penalties for trespassing on fossil fuel sites during a state of emergency, setting a mandatory minimum of three years in prison “at hard labor” and a maximum of 15 years, and up to

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Rwanda

National name: Repubulika yu Rwanda

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