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THE United States (U.S.) Department of State has announced adjustment in its embassy visa processing fees effective from April 13, 2012. According to a statement by the Information Office, Public affairs Section of U.S. Consulate General, the fees for most non-immigrant visa applications and Border Crossing Cards will increase, while all immigrant visa processing fees […]
LEADERS of Russia, Brazil, China, India and South Africa meeting under BRICS, have called for the review of the weighted voting system that gave Europe, the United States of America and Japan 54 per cent of the votes in the selection of the World Bank president. This is coming as an international non-governmental organisation, Youth […]
TWO members of the suspected Islamist militant sect also called Boko Haram were on Wednesday night shot dead by police while three policemen sustained injuries, when the sect attacked and burnt down a police station in Damagum in Yobe State. Spokesman for the police in Yobe State, Mr Toyin Gbadegesin, who confirmed the incident in […]
Nigeria’s Coordinating Minister for the economy and Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has said that “emerging economies must be given a fair shot at leading the institutions at the heart of global finance or they will end up going their own way.” Okonjo-Iweala, who is developing countries candidate for the World Bank presideny said […]
NIGERIAN forces swept through the North-East on Wednesday, searching houses for suspected Boko Haram militants after killing four in a gun battle, the military said. The crackdown on the group in its heartland of Maiduguri followed a spate of attacks in the past few days, including the killing of a prison official and a retired […]
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US nominee for World Bank chief Dr Jim Yong Kim __________________________________________________________________ Although President Barack Obama waited until the last day to announce the US nomination for the office of World Bank President, no sooner he released a name had the full weight of US government started campaigning actively for the College President, Dr Jim Yong […]
HANOVER, New Hampshire (AFP) – Dartmouth College students, returning from spring break, were divided over President Obama’s decision to nominate their president to lead the World Bank. Jim Yong Kim, a Korean-American who became the first Asian-American to lead a prestigious Ivy League university, began his tenure at Dartmouth in 2009 as something of a […]
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