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Leading the call for an effective global action against Illicit Financial Flows (IFF) and related vices, which is negatively impacting progress in developing countries especially in Africa, Nigeria’s Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN has called for an overhaul of the international tax system in order to tackle the scourge.
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WorldStage Newsonline– Nigeria will leverage on tourism in its efforts to take development to the grassroots, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said in a statement to mark the 2020 World Tourism Day, which has the theme: ”Tourism and Rural Development.”
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Stakeholders have advocated creating more awareness on tourism transformative impact on rural communities for better livelihood, culture preservation and harmony.
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Profit-shifting enterprises cost governments about $500 billion (N190 trillion) in losses annually, according to a United Nations panel of experts.
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TIME has named Tony O. Elumelu, one of Africa’s leading investors and philanthropists, in the 2020 TIME100, the annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world. The list, now in its seventeenth year, recognises the activism, innovation, and achievement of the world’s most influential individuals. Mr Elumelu, who is one of only four Africans on the 2020 list, is recognised for his track record of business turnaround and value creation, and economic empowerment of young Africans.
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UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, warns of a “new Cold War” between the U.S. and China as he opens the General Assembly’s annual debate.
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Speaking to the United Nations via video link Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday called for an international treaty to prohibit weapons in space and offered Russia’s coronavirus vaccine to UN employees for free.
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The UN Deputy Secretary-General, Ms Amina Mohammed, says the world is yet to unite for a global response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has reiterated the vital role the World Trade Organisation (WTO) can play in producing a coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine.
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The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has warned of expected increase in trafficking and irregular migration at post Coronavirus (COVID- 19) pandemic as a result of socio-economic pressure in some countries.
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