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USA
Fed rate hike - December in the loop
Over the past months market participants were anxious awaiting any form of communication of when the Federal Reserve (Fed) will act and hike interest rates for the second time, following the first rate hike since 2008 which occurred in December 2015. Yields across the fixed-income asset class were being very sensitive ...
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Spagna
Antwerpen gaat Barcelona achterna: eerste overdekte foodmarket van het land
Zaterdag opent in Antwerpen Mercado, de eerste overdekte foodmarket van het land. Het oude postkantoor op de Groenplaats moet een echte culinaire hotspot worden. De stad treedt daarmee in de voetsporen van onder meer Barcelona, Madrid en Kopenhagen.
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Nigeria
Maafa renews the stage at National Theatre
Akeem Lasisi When the National Troupe of Nigeria invited theatre lovers to come and savour Maafa, an enactment of the agonies of the slave trade era, the Akin Adejuwon-led troupe offered them one of the best gifts that anyone could get during the Independence Day anniversary season. So engaging was ...
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Nigeria
First Bank gets approval to sell forex to BDCs
First Bank of Nigeria Limited says it has received the approval of the Central Bank of Nigeria to commence the sale of foreign exchange to licenced Bureau De Change operators. The lender, in a statement on Thursday, said it had strengthened its money transfer services in compliance with the rules ...
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Nigeria
Senate summons CBN, MTN, banks over $13.9bn transfer probe
Leke Baiyewu, Abuja The Senate on Thursday summoned the Central Bank of Nigeria, MTN Nigeria, the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria, three commercial banks and some businessmen over alleged violation of the Foreign Exchange (Monitoring and Miscellaneous) Act. The upper chamber of the National Assembly had instituted a probe into ...
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USA Nigeria
Forum exposes Nigeria’s poor preparation for non-oil exports
Anna Okon A recent meeting in the United States held under the auspices of Civil Society Network on African Growth Opportunities Act exposed the poor preparation of Nigeria for the diversification of its economy along the non-oil export sector. The President, Nigerian-American Chamber of Commerce, Chief Olabintan Famutimi, gave the ...
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Nigeria
I didn’t bribe judges to validate my election –Wike
Chukwudi Akasike, Port Harcourt THE Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, has described as false an online report that he bribed some Supreme Court justices to get his governorship election victory validated. Wike said his election was upheld in line with the same principles of law that also validated the ...
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Cuba
Sellal holds talks in Havana with First Vice-President of Cuba Council of State
HAVANA (Cuba) – Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal held talks, Thursday in Havana, with the First Vice-President of the Council of State and Council of Ministers of Cuba, Miguel Diaz Canel Bermudez. During the discussions, which were attended by Minister of State, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Ramtane ...
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Cuba
Sellal holds talks in Havana with President of Cuba National Assembly of People's Power
HAVANA-Premier Minister Abdelmalek Sellal held talks Wednesday in Havana (Cuba) with President of Cuba's National Assembly of People's Power Esteban Lazo Hernandez. The meeting took place in the presence of Minister of State, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Ramtane Lamamra and Minister of Health, Population and Hospital ...
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Etiopia
MK accuses officials of needlessly delaying Ethiopian immigration
Report: Foreign Ministry concerned Ethiopia will prevent further aliya.