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Aba made shoes, other leather products to wear special tags

Shoes and other leather products made in Aba, the commercial hub of Abia State, would soon wear special tags for identification, which will help government and other stakeholders get accurate data on the sector, as well as stop unofficial exports from the  cluster

Yar’Adua To Go On Eight Weeks Medical Trip! - Businessday

Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua will leave Africa's most populous nation for around eight weeks from January 26 for a series of medical checks, the Nigerian Business Day newspaper said on Friday."He is travelling for medical check-up and the trip will last for eight weeks," the newspaper quoted a special assistant in the presidency as saying.Officials in the presidency were not immediately available to comment on the report.

Yar'Adua, known to have a chronic kidney problem, travelled to Saudi Arabia for more than two weeks last August officially for a Muslim pilgrimage.But senior Nigerian officials and a medical source in Saudi Arabia said he had received treatment in Jeddah during the trip, raising fears about his fitness to govern.

- Reuters