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Turchia Nigeria
Onazi, Omeruo Eagles places threatened
Festus Abu Trabzonspor holding midfielder Ogenyi Onazi and on-loan Alanyaspor defender Kenneth Omeruo are in danger of losing their Super Eagles’ places as Nigeria coach Gernot Rohr is allegedly set to slam the door on players plying their trade in the Turkish Super League. Already, Rohr is working behind the ...
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Nigeria
Why police raided Patience Jonathan’s Abuja house
Chukwudi Akasike and Adelani Adepegba Abuja Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force were said to have raided the house of Dame Patience Jonathan, the wife of former President Goodluck Jonathan, in Abuja on Wednesday, with the aim of uncovering huge foreign currencies allegedly kept in the building, The PUNCH learnt ...
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Nigeria
Lagos Assembly okays death for kidnappers
Sesan Olufowobi The Lagos State House of Assembly has passed the bill seeking to check kidnapping in the state with stiff penalties, including death sentence for convicts. The Assembly on Thursday passed the bill – Bill for a Law to Provide for the Prohibition of the Act of Kidnapping and ...
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Nigeria
Assembly okays death penalty for kidnappers
The Lagos State House of Assembly yesterday okayed death penalty for offenders as it passed the Anti-kidnapping Bill into law. Tagged “A bill for a law to provide for the prohibition of the act of kidnapping and for other connected purposes”, it will become law after Governor Akinwunmi Ambode’s assent. ...
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Nigeria
Private investors for Lekki, Ikorodu, Sagamu road, others
PRIVATE investors may soon be invited to join the Federal Government’s battle to revive Nigeria’s decaying infrastructure. A list of 77 projects which could be executed this year through Public Private Partnership (PPP) has been drawn up. The projects include the construction and rehabilitation of some key roads, rail lines ...
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Nigeria
Agribusiness Investment And Opportunities In 2017
2017 is here with full expectations and its own challenges, but in all these there are opportunities. Agribusiness is the only business in this year that one will invest into and have high return on investment especially in Nigeria. This is so because Government policies on Agriculture will come to ...
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Ghana
Lamamra holds discussions with special envoy of Ghanaian President
ALGIERS- Minister of State, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Ramtane Lamamra held Thursday, in Algiers, talks with former Ghanaian Minister of Foreign Affairs James Victor Gbeho who is on a visit to Algeria in his capacity as special envoy of Ghana’s President. In a statement to the ...
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Senegal
Couches vulnérables : vers la mise en place d'un cadre fédérateur des interventions
Dakar, 5 jan (APS) – La Direction de l'action sociale (DGAS) veut fédérer, à travers son plan directeur de partenariat, toutes les interventions des parties prenantes en vue de rendre plus efficientes les actions en faveur des personnes vulnérables, a soutenu jeudi, à Dakar, l'expert en politique sociale, Moustapha Mbodj. ...
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Senegal
Près de huit milliards de francs CFA pour conseiller et former les PME
Dakar, 5 jan (APS) - ''Près de huit milliards de francs CFA'' seront mis dans les trois prochaines années à la disposition des petites et moyennes entreprises (PME) du Sénégal, pour les aider à satisfaire leurs besoins en termes d'assistance technique et de formation, a-t-on appris jeudi auprès de l'agence ...
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Cipro
Parties not proceeding on four chapters in Cyprus talks: Turkish FM
The parties to the Cyprus dispute have not been able to proceed on four negotiation topics on the issue, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said, adding that the Greek Cypriots had focused on guarantees and security issues, instead of discussing topics on other chapters, before a new round of talks ...