• Nigeria

    Saraki seeks sale of NLNG shares, concession of major airports, others to end recession

    Senate President Bukola Saraki yesterday suggested how the recession in the country can be made the shortest in history. He spoke while welcoming senators after their over two-month annual recess. Saraki, who promised that the Senate would work with the Executive to get  economy out of recession, suggested the sale ...

  • Nigeria

    Nigeria’s economic recession: Matters arising

    You will recall also that prior to the incursion of the military in to the governance of Nigeria; the south-east part of the country had the fastest growing economy in Africa, with the highest per capita income comparable to most developed economies of the world at that time. Igbo enterprise ...

  • Nigeria

    FCTA Directs Security Agencies To Enforce Ban On Cattle Grazing, Begging

    The FCT Administration has directed law enforcement agencies to enforce a total ban on cattle grazing, begging, street hawking; and commercial motorcycle (Okada) in the Federal Capital City. Speaking after an emergency security committee meeting in Abuja yesterday, FCT minister, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello stressed that the administration would continue ...

  • Nigeria

    World Bank Launches Massive Solar Energy Programme In Nigeria

    The International Finance Corporation, IFC, a member of the World Bank group in collaboration with the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID) is facilitating a massive solar energy programme, targeting Small and Medium Scale businesses across the country. Under the initiative, the Financial Institution with the DFID would deploy ...

  • Brasile

    América Móvil vai avaliar a Oi mesmo fatiada

    O grupo mexicano América Móvil, dono da Claro/Net e Embratel no Brasil, tem interesse em comprar a Oi, seja como um negócio total ou em partes. Tudo vai depender do que a companhia vai liberar para venda, do que a regulamentação brasileira permitir e do preço, disse ao Valor o ...

  • Brasile

    CCR nega atraso em obras e diz que falta clareza do governo

    Concessionária afirma estar pronta para fazer novos investimentos, mas que falta definição sobre projetos no Brasil

  • USA

    Entre borboletas e pardais

    Ao atrasar o TPP, a economia americana poderia perder até US$ 123 bilhões por ano

  • USA

    Korea's Sept. Exports for the First 20 Days Down 17%

    Korea's export sector is again looking wobbly. According to the Korea Customs Service on September 21, the export volume for the first 20 days of the month has been US$22,923,000, down 17.0 percent from the same month last year. The monthly export figure had been on a downward spiral for ...

  • USA

    Second U.S.-Africa Business Forum in New York on Wednesday

    ALGIERS- The second Africa-United States Business Forum, aiming at strengthening trade and financial ties, will take place in New York on Wednesday, said the Ministry of Industry and Mining in a statement. Minister of Industry and Mining Abdesselam Bouchouareb will represent Algeria in the Forum, which will be held ...

  • Algeria

    Bill on Council of Human Rights to be presented Wednesday to Lower House

    ALGIERS-The bill on the Council of Human Rights (CNDH), an institution devoted to the promotion of human rights in Algeria, will be presented Wednesday before the People's National Assembly (Lower House). Divided into four chapters and 35 articles, the bill grants the Council broad prerogatives in terms of promotion ...