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USA
Trump Era: "No Place for Corporations to Go"
Upon inauguration as the President of the United States, Donald Trump has signed a series of executive orders pushing his America First agenda. Following an order to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement, he declared that he would pull the country out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal. It ...
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USA
Korea's trade ministry meets with US business people
South Korea's trade ministry on Wednesday held a meeting with US business people to seek ways to bolster bilateral econo
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USA
US-Korea trade deal even more important after US withdrawal from TPP
The US free trade agreement with South Korea has become even more important to American businesses as President Donald T
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Nigeria
Beverage company supports SMEs with N50m grant
Okechukwu Nnodim, Abuja Twenty-four youths have been supported with a grant of N50m by an indigenous consumer goods company to grow their various Small and Medium-scale Enterprises. According to Intafact Beverages Limited, the initiative for supporting and building young businesses is the focus of the Intafact Hero’s Foundation, a corporate ...
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Nigeria
MPC urges quick passage of budget to stimulate economy
Ifeanyi Onuba, Abuja The Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria on Tuesday called for a quick passage of the 2017 budget by the authorities concerned and the need to pursue a non-oil driven economy. The CBN Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, who stated these while briefing journalists at ...
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Nigeria
$28.9b reserves: CBN warns against reckless forex spending
• Retains interest rate at 14% With Nigeria’s foreign reserve standing at $28.9 billion, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has warned against reckless depletion of the kitty. Addressing reporters at the end of the bi-monthly Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting in Abuja yesterday, CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele said the ...
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Nigeria
How We Ended Corruption In Judiciary In Lagos – Osinbajo
Acting President Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday gave an insight on how between 1999-2007, in Lagos State a reform of the judiciary ended the perception of corruption in that arm of government once the principle of enforcing consequences for bad behaviour was in place. Speaking earlier yesterday at the monthly meeting ...
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Nigeria
‘School Feeding Programme To Attract N980 Billion Investment In Food Production’
There are indications that Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) initiative of a-meal a-day Home Grown School Feeding Programme will attract about N980 billion investments in food production. The Lagos State Deputy Governor, Dr. Idiat Oluranti Adebule who revealed this at a workshop to determine how best the FGN a-meal a-day ...
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Nigeria
CSOs To Partner LEADERSHIP On Nutritional Awareness In FCT
Coalition of civil society organisations, ‘Civil Society Scaling up Nutrition in Nigeria’ (CS-SUNN) has solicited for the collaboration of LEADERSHIP newspapers in a bid to properly disseminate nutritional awareness to the residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and Nigerians at large. The advocacy team leader of the group, Ngozika ...
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Etiopia
Industrial parks get more foreign finance
Other foreign financiers plan to join the World Bank and invest in the nation’s industrial park development. According Sisay Gemechu, head of the Industry Park Development Corporation, European and Chinese financial companies are negotiating with the government of Ethiopia to provide finance for the upcoming industry park project. Currently the ...