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Thursday, 06 May 2021

BY RUTH MACLEAN/ NEW YORK TIMES: CROSSING THE NIGER RIVER, INCH BY PAINFUL INCH, HOUR BY WASTED HOUR

Barcelona spurned the chance to go top of the table on Thursday as a shock 2-1 defeat by Granada added another twist to La Liga’s most unpredictable title race in years. Barca could have taken control at the top by moving a point ahead of Atletico Madrid but Granada came from behind to snatch a stunning win at Camp Nou, in what will be a huge boost to the other title contenders. Lionel Messi scored his 33rd goal of the season to put Barcelona in front but they failed to put the result beyond doubt and Granada hit back, Darwin...

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BY GABRIEL SHIPTON: BITCOINERS SHOULD STAND UP FOR MY BROTHER, JULIAN ASSANGE
*Prosecution against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is a cruise missile against a free internet, and Bitcoin could be next. An Espionage Act prosecution against Julian Assange isn’t just an attack on the First Amendment. It’s a cruise missile against a free internet, and Bitcoin could be next. I never thought my older brother Julian Assange would need my help. I’ve always looked up to him. He is fearless, smart, nurturing and protective. No matter what was going on in his…

Wednesday, 07 April 2021 15:21
By Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku: Security vote, crime and policing in Edo State
Members of the community where I live did not start a vigilante group because the Nigerian minister of Defence asked us to protect ourselves. We decided to over the spate of robberies we were experiencing in our community in Benin City. The nature of these robberies resembles the kind perpetrated on residents by Boko Haram – they are directed at the vulnerable and women. Sometimes, they are regular and at other times irregular, depending on the time of day and…

Tuesday, 16 March 2021 00:02
High haulage costs •This must be tackled if ease of doing business is to be achieved
In fairness to the Muhammadu Buhari administration, it has taken some steps aimed at facilitating business transactions. These include the Executive Order 1 signed by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo in May 2016. Also, following the World Bank annual rating, which placed Nigeria 131st position among 190 economies rated, the government also took some steps towards further making its dream of bringing the rating up to 70 by 2023, in tandem with its Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP). It was…

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Business and Economy By Ruth Maclean/ New York TIMES: Crossing the Niger River, Inch by Painful Inch, Hour by Wasted Hour
*A narrow, old bridge that connects two economically vital areas of Nigeria is a chokepoint stifling progress in Africa’s most populous nation April 29, 2021 Updated 3:02 p.m. ET Times Insider explains who we are and what we do, and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together. ON THE RIVER NIGER BRIDGE, Nigeria — After two hours spent in gridlocked traffic trying to cross a bridge spanning the mighty Niger River, despair kicks in. We’ve not moved an inch. I fidget in the back seat. Will we ever make it to the other side? After being stuck three hours — time mostly spent pondering why in Nigeria, the giant of Africa, this narrow bridge is the only major connection between two economically vital southern regions — acceptance arrives: This is where we’re spending the night. People emerge from their cars and trucks to stretch, accepting it too. Half a dozen men drift to the curbside, to sit and joke. Women lean on the trunks of their cars and chat. A man pushing a wheelbarrow bounces past, weaving his way between tanker trucks, yellow buses and vehicles piled with mattresses. His wheelbarrow is a grill, full of hot coals,…

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Business and Economy By Ruth Maclean/ New York TIMES: Crossing the Niger River, Inch by Painful Inch, Hour by Wasted Hour
*A narrow, old bridge that connects two economically vital areas of Nigeria is a chokepoint stifling progress in Africa’s most populous nation April 29, 2021 Updated 3:02 p.m. ET Times Insider explains who we are and what we do, and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together. ON THE RIVER NIGER BRIDGE, Nigeria — After two hours spent in gridlocked traffic trying to cross a bridge spanning the mighty Niger River, despair kicks in. We’ve not moved an inch. I fidget in the back seat. Will we ever make it to the other side? After being stuck three hours — time mostly spent pondering why in Nigeria, the giant of Africa, this narrow bridge is the only major connection between two economically vital southern regions — acceptance arrives: This is where we’re spending the night. People emerge from their cars and trucks to stretch, accepting it too. Half a dozen men drift to the curbside, to sit and joke. Women lean on the trunks of their cars and chat. A man pushing a wheelbarrow bounces past, weaving his way between tanker trucks, yellow buses and vehicles piled with mattresses. His wheelbarrow is a grill, full of hot coals,…

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