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27Sep

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Leather Tannery in Kano Nigeria

The city of Kano in Northern Nigeria is the largest commercial hub for the leather industry. The tanneries in Kano are bustling with activity as men work on hides and various skins for brands the world over. These traditional tanneries are Nigeria’s oldest and they are also the biggest suppliers of local leather. However, the Kano leather industry’s reach is far beyond what we could have imagined. It seems Nigeria’s northern city is the supplier for some of the most prolific brands around the world including Louis Vuitton and Gucci. These innocuous- looking tanneries are the driving force of a profitable leather industry. They and their products keep hundreds of thousands of people in gainful employment and feed a sector of the fashion industry which is quite literally wor...

10Apr

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Lifestyle, Relationships, Top Stories

How to outsmart a romance scammer

123RF Love comes to us in different forms. These days often at the click of a button or a swipe on a screen. While finding love online isn’t’ uncommon anymore, the possibility that the person at the other end is aiming for your wallet and your heart cannot be ruled. That’s why knowing how to outsmart a romance scammer becomes a necessity to protect yourself financially and emotionally. When it comes to falling prey to scammers who pose as prospective love interests to leech money off someone, most people think that something so bizarre could never happen to them. That they’re too smart to fall for a con like. Think again, because as per the US Federal Trade Commission, people reportedly lose over $200 million to romance scammers in the year 2019 alone. Dizzying to think about, isn’t...

27Sep

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Money Business, Small Business

Acknowledgements

Thank you to all the businesses and individuals who contributed to this first online issue of Clarendon News Jacko Melody for voicing a brilliant advert. Thank you Tyrone and DJ Ree Ree for your support. My granddaughter Taysha for typing most of the contents. At only 16 she is an inspiration to young people and a future Editor. My IT technician and deputy Editor Ngozi. All my sponsors and well wishers.

27Sep

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Lifestyle, Relationships

Dear Mary

Dear Mary, My husband has started to come back late after work. He gives me all sorts of excuses as to why he must work late. I suspect that my husband is having an affair with someone at work. Please advise me how to approach the problem without getting a detective agency involved. Dear precious one, This must be a very difficult situation for you. The gut feeling you are likely experiencing is your intuition alerting you to take notice of something! The important point here is that you do not yet know for certain what that ‘something’ is. I believe that you have some choices to make. But you may have to decide whether you are willing to accept the consequences of whatever you decide to do. If you go down the path of hiring a private detective, and you are proven cor...

27.4 Million Nigerians Earn Less Than N100,000 Yearly – Report

27Sep

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News, World News

27.4 Million Nigerians Earn Less Than N100,000 Yearly – Report

istockphoto The report says 27.9 percent of Nigerians living in poverty (more than 15.6 million) earned between N100,000 and N200,000 per annum. At least 27.4 million Nigerians earn below N100,000 per annum, a report by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has said. The report, presented in Lagos on Thursday, said the figure represented 48.9 percent of persons living in poverty in the country. The report is titled: "The Ignored Pandemic: How Corruption in the Health, Education and Water Sectors is Plunging Nigerians into Poverty." Presenting the report, Elijah Okebukola, Senior Research Fellow at the Anti-Corruption Academy of Nigeria, an arm of the ICPC said the report's survey covered the six geopolitical zones of the countr...

Zimbabwean Young Farmers Lead the Charge in Agriculture

27Sep

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Zimbabwean Young Farmers Lead the Charge in Agriculture

Agriculture in Zimbabwe is on an upswing and young people are the driving force. For example, the country is set to harvest 2.8 million tons of maize this year, triple the 2020 harvest, and making it the highest output in 20 years. 2.8 million tons of maize The anticipated 2021 bumper harvest should finally ensure food surplus in Zimbabwe, Information Minister Monica Mutsvangwa said in June. Just a year ago, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) doled out $86.9 million to boost food security in the country. About 57 per cent of Zimbabwean women between ages 20 and 31 and 47 per cent of men in the same age bracket are growing fruits such as mangoes, involved in rearing Attract the young and educated livestock such as the prolific breeders Boer ...

Kenya, Tanzania Set December Deadline to Remove Trade Barriers

27Sep

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Kenya, Tanzania Set December Deadline to Remove Trade Barriers

Kenya and Tanzania have set December as the target time when the two neighbouring countries will have resolved most of the non-tariff barriers affecting cross-border trade Issues resolved The decision came out of a meeting of the Joint Commission on Cooperation (JCC), a bilateral organ comprising officials from the two countries created to resolve issues affecting areas of cooperation. The five-day meeting in Nairobi, which ended on Tuesday, indicated that nearly half of the barriers that have consistently plagued trade between the two countries have been resolved and that the remaining would be ironed out within the next four months. Progress "On trade, the JCC took note of the progress made by the Joint Trade Committee in addressing 30 out of 64 challenges facing bilatera...

23Sep

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Business

Black lives Rising by Chiaulah Ameke

23Sep

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Reviews

Book Review : Influential Woman

Birmingham raids target ‘major illegal streaming network’

23Sep

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Entertainment

Birmingham raids target ‘major illegal streaming network’

istockphoto Three people have been arrested after raids to dismantle what authorities called a major illegal streaming network. Anti-piracy organisation Hundreds of thousand of people are thought to have used the service. In a joint operation with West Midlands Police, anti-piracy organisation FACT spent months planning raids at two addresses in Birmingham on Thursday. Two men, aged 35 and 50, and a woman, 40, were arrested at the properties. They were detained on suspicion of copyright infringement, fraud and conspiracy to commit fraud. The raids were carried out at addresses on Tavistock Road and Ladbrook Grove in the city. Illegal access FACT said the streaming platform was believed to have provided more than 100 pirate TV services, allowing illegal access to...

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