• Kenya

    Business: Mining firm appeals to KRA over Sh1.8b unpaid tax refunds

    Australian firm Base Resources is claiming more than Sh1.8 billion from Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) in tax refunds.

  • Brasile

    Homem esfaqueia ex-namorada por ter sido 'difamado nas redes sociais"

    Um homem foi preso em flagrante na noite de segunda-feira, em Poços de Caldas, na Região Sul de Minas Gerais, após esfaquear a ex-namorada. Ele alegou que era difamado nas redes sociais pela vítima. O crime aconteceu na Avenida Francisco Sales, no Centro da cidade. De ...

  • Brasile

    Câmara aprova projeto que libera divulgação fotos de adolescentes suspeitos

    A Comissão de Segurança Pública e Combate ao Crime Organizado da Câmara dos Deputados aprovou, nesta terça-feira (17/1), uma proposta que autoriza a divulgação de fotografias e informações de adolescentes com mais de 14 anos suspeitos de crimes graves (aqueles cujas penas superam dois anos de reclusão). Atualmente, a veiculação ...

  • Nigeria

    Don’t try me with Fani-Kayode, ex-minister begs court

    Ramon Oladimeji A former Minister of State for Finance, Senator Nenadi Usman, has asked Justice Muslim Hassan of the Federal High Court in Lagos to allow her to be tried separately from a former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission charged Usman and Fani-Kayode ...

  • Nigeria

    LASG eyes entertainment to boost economy

    Sesan Olufowobi The Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, says his administration will leverage the vast opportunities in entertainment, tourism and arts sectors to boost the Gross Domestic Product of the state. The governor, who spoke on Tuesday at the Lagos House, Ikeja, when he received artistes who performed at the ...

  • Nigeria

    Crude proceeds rose by N22.84bn in Nov – NNPC

    Okechukwu Nnodim, Abuja Latest figures from the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation have revealed that the country’s crude oil sales proceeds increased by $74.9m or N22.84bn (using the official exchange rate of N305 to a dollar) in November 2016. This, however, was despite the 8.4 per cent drop in the international ...

  • Nigeria

    …foreign airlines list demands

    Okechukwu Nnodim, Abuja International airlines operating in Nigeria have outlined their demands before they can effectively fly to the Kaduna International Airport once the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja is closed for a six week repair on its runway, beginning from March 8. The airlines made their demands known to ...

  • Nigeria

    Build unique businesses, entrepreneur advises accountants

    Ife Ogunfuwa The Chief Executive Officer, Adam and Eve, Mrs. ModupeOgunlesi, has advised female accountants to develop unique strategies in their business pursuit. Speaking in Lagos at a gathering of the Society of Women Accountants in Nigeria, themed: ‘The process of entrepreneurship – An accountant’s point of view’, she encouraged ...

  • Nigeria

    How Saraki operated, funded undeclared foreign accounts – Banker

    Ade Adesomoju, Abuja The Head of Funds Transfer Unit of the Guaranty Trust Bank, Mr. Amazi Nwachuckwu, appeared before the Code of Conduct Tribunal in Abuja on Tuesday giving details of how the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, operated and funded offshore accounts between 2009 and a 2012, while serving ...

  • Nigeria

    20,000 unjustly killed in Kaduna since 1980, says El-Rufai

    Godwin Isenyo, Kaduna The Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, said on Tuesday that no fewer than 20,000 persons  had lost their lives in various crises in the state since 1980. The solution to killings with impunity in the state, the governor said, was enforcement of the law and prosecution ...