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Nigeria
Has CBN’s forex restriction on 41 items helped local industries?
The restriction of foreign exchange on the importation of 41 items by the Federal Government through the Central Bank of Nigeria has not been helpful generally in the industry. To start with, we have had several engagements with the Federal Government on the list of the 41 items. Our position ...
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Nigeria
Reps to probe corruption allegations at NAICOM
Ifeanyi Onuba, Abuja The leadership of the House of Representatives has mandated its joint committee on Insurance and Actuarial Matters; Finance and Labour; Employment and Productivity to commence investigations into the protracted face-off between the management of the National Insurance Commission and the workers’ union. The workers, under the aegis ...
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Nigeria
Market posts N38bn loss as 21 stocks tumble
Opeyemi Soyoye The Lagos State Government said on Monday that it would partner Service City and Microsoft to create a platform to support operators of small and medium-scaled enterprises and artisans in the state. The Commissioner for Wealth Creation and Employment, Babatunde Durosinmi-Etti, spoke at the Service City/Microsoft Digital Literacy ...
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Nigeria
LASG creates platform to support SMEs, artisans
Opeyemi Soyoye The Lagos State Government said on Monday that it would partner Service City and Microsoft to create a platform to support operators of small and medium-scaled enterprises and artisans in the state. The Commissioner for Wealth Creation and Employment, Babatunde Durosinmi-Etti, spoke at the Service City/Microsoft Digital Literacy ...
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Nigeria
Bankole, Obanikoro, Okupe, others meet over S’West economy
Olufemi Atoyebi, Ibadan A former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole; a former Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro; and a former Senior Special Assistant on Public Affairs to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Doyin Okupe; were among members of the Yoruba Patriots Movement that met behind closed ...
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Nigeria
Comply with stamp duty ruling, NECA tells CBN
Ife Ogunfuwa The Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association has expressed concern over the failure of the Central Bank of Nigeria to comply with the Court of Appeal’s ruling directing all Deposit Money Banks to discontinue charging N50 on every deposit into current accounts above N1,000. The employers’ group, in a statement ...
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Argentina
Decomisan casi dos toneladas de tomate ilegal en el Abasto
Un total de 1.840 kilos de tomate de procedencia argentina, pero sin documentación alguna que respalde su ingreso legal al país, fue decomisado ayer a la tarde en el Mercado Central de Abasto de Asunción.
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USA Nigeria Regno Unito
Trump defends travel ban as Obama backs protests
Business giants kick 1.3m sign petition in UK against president Former United States President Barack Obama yesterday gave his backing to the global protests against the travel ban by President Donald Trump. Citizens of seven mainly-Muslim countries have been banned from entering the United States for 90 days while refugees ...
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Nigeria
CBN, AGF trade blame over oil bloc account
• House summons Kupolokun WHO has the records of Oil Prospecting Licence (OPL) 257’s proceeds? At the public hearing on the investigation of $22billion OPLs and Oil Mining Leases (OMLs) conducted yesterday by the Gideon Gwani-led ad hoc Committee, the Central Bank of Nigeria ( CBN ) and the Office ...
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Nigeria
Saudi Arabia, UNIABUJA To Collaborate On Peace Studies
The University of Abuja and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia are to work together on programmes that seek to boost academic learning, research, and the promotion of world peace. According to a statement signed and made available to LEADERSHIP by the deputy registrar (Information and Publications), Waziri Garba, yesterday in ...