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Brasile
Rio fecha acordo com União e vai encaminhar ajuste fiscal à Alerj
O ministro da Fazenda, Henrique Meirelles, anunciou nesta quinta-feira (26/1), que o termo de compromisso entre a União e o Estado do Rio de Janeiro foi assinado durante reunião com o presidente Michel Temer. Segundo o ministro, o termo visa encaminhar medidas legislativas que permitam o ajuste fiscal e o ...
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USA Giappone Kenya Regno Unito Yemen
MPs to get Sh11m and extra pay for two months
Kenyan MPs — already the world's second-highest paid lawmakers — will receive a taxpayers' gift of Sh11 million each and 'earn' Sh1.09 million salary for two months with no work. These princely payments have been authorised as the doctors' strike enters its second month. After years of medical school, public ...
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Kenya
Business: Kenya Revenue Authority now mulls regional customs system
Kenya Revenue Authority is mulling a regional customs management platform to curb tax evasion within East African countries.
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Kenya
Business News: Kenya Revenue Authority now mulls regional customs system
Kenya Revenue Authority is mulling a regional customs management platform to curb tax evasion within East African countries.
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Egitto
Hyundai Rotem Wins 490 Bil. Won Train Car Supply Order from Egypt
Hyundai Rotem received a 490-billion-won order from Egypt for supply of 256 train cars. According to industry sources, Hyundai Rotem was named as the prime negotiator for supply of 256 train cars which will be deployed for Cairo’s subway line No. 3. This is the largest order that Hyundai Rotem ...
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Nigeria
We won’t change forex policy, says CBN
Ifeanyi Onuba, Abuja The Central Bank of Nigeria on Thursday stated that no amount of criticism and blackmail from “self-centred individuals” would make it change its current flexible foreign exchange rate policy. The apex bank said this in a statement titled: ‘Nigeria’s current economic situation: Our case’, signed by its ...
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Nigeria
Japanese firms plan multi-million dollar investment in Nigeria
Ifeanyi Onuba, Abuja Barring any last minute change in plans, at least four major sectors of the Nigerian economy will soon attract multi-million dollars’ worth of investments from 11 Japanese firms. The Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Export Promotion Council, Segun Awolowo, disclosed this during a meeting with ...
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Nigeria
Vehicle importation through land borders aided arms proliferation — Customs
Ifeanyi Onuba, Abuja The Nigeria Customs Service on Thursday justified the decision of the Federal Government to ban the importation of vehicles through land borders, stating that majority of arms and ammunition coming into the country were through that trade route. The Comptroller General of Customs, Hameed Ali, stated this ...
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Nigeria
Ambode tells youths to create jobs, wealth
Sesan Olufowobi The Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, has presented cheques worth over N1bn to 705 beneficiaries of the Lagos State Employment Trust Fund, telling them to create jobs, make money and contribute to the growth of the Lagos economy. Ambode, during the presentation of the cheques to the beneficiaries ...
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Nigeria
Nigeria loses much to maritime crimes, says Osinbajo…pledges support for SMEs
Olaleye Aluko and Ogbonnaya Ikokwu The Acting President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, on Thursday said Nigeria had lost much commerce to the activities of sea robbers, pirates and others in the Nigerian maritime sector. Osinbajo said this while inaugurating the harmonised standard operating procedures on the arrest, detention and prosecution of ...