• Nigeria

    Jammeh Declares 90-day State Of Emergency As 4 Cabinet Ministers Resign

    The Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has declared a 90-day state of emergency a day before his official mandate ends.He decried “extraordinary” foreign interference in his country’s affairs and December’s election. Regional leaders have been unsuccessfully trying to persuade Mr Jammeh to hand over power to Adama Barrow, who won the ...

  • Nigeria

    Land Vehicle Import Ban: FG To Save N213bn Annually

    The federal government would earn additional $700million (N213.5billion) as duty payment from vehicle importation through the Nigerian seaports if the ban on importation through the land borders recently issued is implemented, automotive manufacturers disclosed yesterday. The manufacturers, under the umbrella of the Nigeria Automotive Manufacturers Association (NAMA), yesterday said that ...

  • Nigeria

    Anchor Borrowers Scheme Should Be A Continuous Exercise – Adamawa Farmers

    Farmers in Adamawa State have called on the federal government to ensure the sustainability of the Anchor Borrowers’ scheme saying it is a sure path towards attaining food sufficiency in Nigeria, RUTH TENE NATSA write  In line with the federal government’s push to diversify the economy and make agriculture a ...

  • Nigeria

    Report: Businesses In Nigeria Worried About Struggling Economy, Corruption

    Companies operating in Nigeria increasingly worry about the struggling economy, corruption, volatility and political risks and violence. Other growing concerns are digital dilemmas arising from new technologies and cyber risks (#5), as well as government policies which do not enable businesses to thrive. These are the key findings of the ...

  • Cina

    My Trip To China Was Investment-Driven – Obaseki

    Edo State governor, Godwin Obaseki said that his administration was ready to partner both local and foreign investors in the area of power generation, agriculture and industrialization of the state. Obaseki said this shortly after attending the graduation ceremony of the class of 2016 trainee and technicians of the Benin ...

  • Nigeria

    25 Million Nigerians Live With Disability – Report

    A baseline report for the implementation of Voice in Nigeria presented to the public reveals that 25 million Nigerians live with disability, with 3.6 million of them having very significant difficulties in functioning. The report which is an initiative by the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs and executed by a ...

  • Nigeria

    Umar Replaces Owoseni As Commissioner Of Police In Lagos

      The Officer-in-Charge of Inspector-General of Police monitoring unit, Garuba Umar, has been posted as the new commissioner of police in Lagos State to replace Fatai Owoseni. It was learnt that his posting to Lagos State to  succeed Commissioner of Police Fatai Owoseni came  four days after his promotion to the ...

  • Marocco Francia Algeria

    Salon Djazagro : 740 exposants attendus

    La 15e édition du Salon international de l’agroalimentaire en Algérie ( Djazagro) se déroulera du 10 au 13 avril prochain au Palais des expositions de la Safex, à Alger, a annoncé hier Oliva Mila, la nouvelle directrice des Salons Djazagro chez Comexposium, un des leaders mondiaux de l’organisation d’événements. Pour cette année, 740 exposants, exclusivement ...

  • Francia

    Le marché pétrolier sera stable en 2017

    La stabilité du marché pétrolier «sera rétablie durablement dans l’intérêt des producteurs, des consommateurs et de l’économie mondiale», a déclaré, hier, le secrétaire général de l’Organisation des pays exportateurs de pétrole (OPEP), Mohammed Barkindo, à l’occasion d’une rencontre à Caracas avec le président vénézuélien, Nicolas Maduro. Le secrétaire général de ...

  • Brasile

    Fitch Classifies Brazil’s Odebrecht Risk as Very High

    By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Fitch Ratings has downgraded Brazilian conglomerate Odebrecht’s Long-Term Foreign and Local Currency Issuer Default Ratings to ‘CC’ from, ‘B- ‘ and its National Long-Term Rating to ‘CC ‘, from ‘BB- ‘., making the company’s risk very high. “The downgrades reflect ...