Thursday, July 28, 2016
Video - Falling oil prices hit Nigeria’s construction sector
Nigeria is finding it hard to pay for major construction projects due to the fall in oil prices.
With the West African nation’s economy heavily reliant on oil, many projects needed to stimulate an already struggling economy are now on hold.
Video - Nigerian army rescues missing soldiers, civilians in Borno state
In Nigeria, six of the 19 soldiers who went missing in Borno state last week have been found. The military launched a search for the troops, who disappeared after a raid on Boko Haram base. The army says it's also rescued civilians held hostage by the militants.
Video - Doctors Without Borders warns of large-scale humanitarian disaster in Borno state
Close to eight hundred thousand civilians in Borno state in Northeast Nigeria have been cut off from relief supplies, for over a year now. Children are the worst affected by the lack of relief aid, with large numbers dying and many others being severely malnourished. Charity organization, Doctors Without Borders or MSF, estimates that 15 percent of children there are suffering from life-threatening malnutrition.
Video - Nigerian president commissions Abuja's standard gauge railway
Nigeria's President Muhamamadu Buhari has commissioned the Abuja-Kaduna standard rail gauge constructed by the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation. The Abuja-Kaduna railway is aimed at promoting the modernization of the railway network in Nigeria.
Street hawking banned in Lagos, Nigeria
The Lagos state government has began a full roll out of a law banning street trading and activities of street hawkers.
A crackdown on street vendors started early July as authorities enforce a previously widely-flouted law.
Street hawkers and those who buy from them face a fine of more than 300 US dollars or a six month jail term.
The move has however been met with different reactions.
Chinedu Bosah, secretary of the Campaign for Democratic and Workers’ Rights (CDWR) says
“What is going to be the alternative? The alternative will only be crime. And the government keeps spending money for security, reinforcement. It doesn’t pay society.”
Many hawkers have also raised concerns over how they will not be able to support themselves.
“We’re not criminals, we have (qualifications). We’re trained. Most of us are trained in one thing or another. Please, let the government do what is reasonable,” said street hawker Shedrach Ogona.
In spite of Nigeria being Africa’s leading economy, a large number of its citizens still live in poverty. Unemployment among young graduates has been estimated to be nearly 45 percent.
A crackdown on street vendors started early July as authorities enforce a previously widely-flouted law.
Street hawkers and those who buy from them face a fine of more than 300 US dollars or a six month jail term.
The move has however been met with different reactions.
Chinedu Bosah, secretary of the Campaign for Democratic and Workers’ Rights (CDWR) says
“What is going to be the alternative? The alternative will only be crime. And the government keeps spending money for security, reinforcement. It doesn’t pay society.”
Many hawkers have also raised concerns over how they will not be able to support themselves.
“We’re not criminals, we have (qualifications). We’re trained. Most of us are trained in one thing or another. Please, let the government do what is reasonable,” said street hawker Shedrach Ogona.
In spite of Nigeria being Africa’s leading economy, a large number of its citizens still live in poverty. Unemployment among young graduates has been estimated to be nearly 45 percent.
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