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In October 1960, Nigeria obtained its independence from the United Kingdom. Brazil was the only South American country invited to Nigeria's proclamation of independence and both nations established diplomatic relations. [1] In 1961, Brazil opened a resident embassy in Lagos and in 1966, Nigeria opened a resident embassy in Brasília. [1]
Since independence, with Jaja Wachuku as the first Minister for Foreign Affairs and Commonwealth Relations, later called External Affairs, Nigerian foreign policy has been characterised by a focus on Africa as a regional power and by attachment to several fundamental principles: African unity and independence; capability to exercise hegemonic influence in the region: peaceful settlement of ...
Budgets are a confidence measure, and if the House votes against it the government can fall, as happened to Prime Minister Joe Clark's government in 1980. The governing party strictly enforces party discipline, usually expelling from the party caucus any government Member of Parliament (MP) who votes against the budget. Opposition parties ...
Brazil's congressional budget committee approved on Thursday the country's 2024 budget bill, with a shallower-than-expected spending cut in President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's growth ...
Brazilian Planning Minister Simone Tebet said on Wednesday the 2024 budget bill that the government is set to send to Congress this week will include the previously announced goal of zeroing the ...
(Bloomberg) -- Nigeria unveiled a record spending plan that hinges on a massive increase in oil output and the fastest growth Africa’s largest economy has seen in almost a decade, targets that ...
The Canadian federal budget for the fiscal years of 2023–24 was presented to the House of Commons by Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland on 28 March 2023. [2] The budget was meant to reflect Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's stated policy objective to "make life more affordable for Canadians" [3] while also reducing government expenditures.
Nigeria–Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic relations (1 C, 1 P) Nigeria–São Tomé and Príncipe relations (2 C, 1 P) Nigeria–Saudi Arabia relations (4 C, 1 P)