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Etiopia
State Flowers Horticulturalists With More Incentives
[Addis Fortune] The investment board, chaired by Prime Minister Hailemariam Dessalegn, lowered the equity contribution of local horticulture investors to 15pc from 25pc, to get a loan from the Development Bank of Ethiopia (DBE).
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Etiopia
Global Green Growth Week 2017 - Unlocking Africa's Green Growth Potential
[IPS] The Global Green Growth Institute in partnership with the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia will hold Global Green Growth Week 2017 on October 17-20, 2017, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
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Portogallo
Tomás Correia e outros arguidos do processo de venda de terrenos de Coimbra não vão a julgamento
O tribunal de Viseu decidiu hoje não levar a julgamento os 14 arguidos do processo relacionado com a venda dos terrenos das Colinas de Vale Meão, em Coimbra, entre os quais o atual presidente da Associação Montepio, Tomás Correia.
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Nigeria
Buhari writes Senate, seeks approval for $5.5bn foreign loans
Leke Baiyewu, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari has written to the Senate, seeking approval for $5.5bn external borrowings. The request was contained in a letter to both chambers of the National Assembly, which was read by the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, at the plenary on Tuesday. READ ALSO: We’re ready to die ...
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Nigeria
We’re using recovered looted funds to finance 2017 budget – FG
Everest Amaefule, Abuja The Federal Government is using part of the stolen funds recovered from those that looted the economy to finance the 2017 budget, President Muhammadu Buhari has said. Buhari who spoke at the 22nd Annual Conference of the Association of National Accountants of Nigeria in Abuja on Tuesday ...
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Nigeria
Court orders police to produce Evans’ brother-in-law
Oladimeji Ramon The Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the police to bring before it one Mr. Okwuchukwu Obiechina said to be the brother-in-law of alleged kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, alias Evans. Justice Mohammed Idris, who made the order, said Obiechina must be brought before him on Thursday, October ...
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Nigeria
AICOM, PenCom, LASG to lead discussions at NAIPCO conference
The National Insurance Commission, National Pension Commission and Lagos State Government are to lead discussions on burning industry issues at the Insurance and Pension Correspondents 2017 Conference on Oct. 25. The National Association of Insurance and Pension Correspondents, in a statement by its President, Mrs Omobola Tolu-Kusimo, said the conference ...
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Nigeria
You have no business being corrupt, Olanipekun tells judges, magistrates
The anti-graft war of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration has continued to receive a groundswell of support with a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Chief Wole Olanipekun, urging the bar and the bench to shun corruption and unethical practices. Olanipekun spoke on Tuesday at the Bar and Bench Forum as part ...
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Nigeria
Buhari Writes Senate, Request Approval For $5.5b Foreign Loan
BY SOLOMON AYADO and AHURAKA ISAH, Abuja President Muhammad Buhari today wrote to Senate requesting it to grant an approval for the federal government to secure a foreign loan of $5.5b to finance the 2017 appropriation Act. The loan shall be used to fund projects. Details shortly….. The post Buhari Writes ...
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Qatar Nigeria
Qatar must stop ‘supporting terrorism’ before World Cup, says UAE
Qatar should not host the 2022 World Cup unless it changes it policies “supporting extremism and terrorism,” a United Arab Emirates (UAE) minister said on Tuesday. UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Anwar Gargash gave this warning amid the latest attack on Doha in a four-month long dispute in ...