• Nigeria

    Dana crash: 26 families write Amaechi, demand final report

    Ramon Oladimeji A consortium of foreign and Nigerian lawyers, representing 26 families, who lost their loved ones in the 2012 Dana Airlines crash in Lagos, has written to the Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, demanding the release of the final Nigerian Accident Investigation Bureau report, stating the exact cause ...

  • Nigeria

    Why we cancelled automatic promotion in schools – Oyo govt

    Ibadan – The Oyo State Government said on Sunday that its decision to cancel automatic promotion in public secondary schools was informed by the large percentage of failures recorded in the Senior School Certificate Examination(SSCE). The state’s Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Mr Toye Arulogun, said this in a ...

  • Nigeria

    A missed moment

    President Buhari ought to have shed more light on his economic revival plans at economic summit THERE was not a more opportune moment like last Monday for the Buhari government to lay bare its key economic policies. It was the much advertised 22nd Nigerian Economic Summit in Abuja where the nation’s ...

  • Kenya Nigeria

    Kenya overturns Nigeria’s 25 years lead in stock trading

    The value of shares traded on the Kenyan stock exchange surpassed Nigeria’s for the first time on record in September. The value of shares traded on Nigeria’s exchange fell to $139 million, near the lowest since Bloomberg began compiling such data in 2009. In Kenya, which has an economy an ...

  • Nigeria

    Insurers kick against financial bidding

    •Postpones rebranding project Insurers Committee, the body that decides policies and issues in the industry, has agreed to move against financial bidding of insurance business. The committee comprises the National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) and chief executive officers of insurance firms. Briefing reporters after the Sixth Insurers Committee meeting in Lagos, the Vice ...

  • Nigeria

    How AFC made $60m from CBN funds

    Media reports, confirmed in July 2008, that the Presidential Committee which probed the $480 million which the Central Bank of Nigeria invested in the Africa Finance Corporation had completed its investigations. The Presidency established the committee to address government’s concern on the role played by the CBN Governor, Prof. Chukwuma ...

  • Nigeria

    Join fight against illegal wildlife trade, NCF urges FG

     Maureen Ihua-Maduenyi The President, Board of Trustees, Nigerian Conservation Foundation, Chief Philip Asiodu, has called on the Federal Government to join the rest of the world in the fight against illegal trade in wildlife. Asiodu, who spoke at the NCF’s 27th Annual General Meeting in Lagos, said illegal trade in ...

  • Nuova Zelanda

    Wellington cafe owners training deaf staff plan sign language cafe in Christchurch

    A Wellington business is set to start educating Cantabrians on the joy of coffee and inclusiveness in the workplace.

  • USA Nuova Zelanda

    Webcam job interviews increase in popularity

    The trend, now being used by some New Zealand firms, originated in the US where it's become particularly popular with the big retailers such as Walmart and finance houses like Deloitte.

  • Senegal

    Sixième assemblée plénière du Haut conseil du dialogue social à partir de mardi

    Dakar, 16 oct (APS) - Le Haut Conseil du dialogue social tient à partir de mardi sa sixième assemblée plénière, sous la thématique ‘'Le dialogue social : un levier pour la formalisation et le développement des PME'', annonce un communiqué reçu à l'APS. - Actualités