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Nigeria
ALGON, 16 foreign partners to create 5.9m jobs from new agriculture scheme
As part of steps to boost agriculture in the country, the Association of Local Government of Nigeria(ALGON) and 16 foreign partners and institutes are expected to float a new scheme which will create 5,959, 800 jobs nationwide. The scheme will lead to the generation of 7,700 jobs in each of ...
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Nigeria
Blue economy, electricity supply, others dominate economic summit
The 23rd Nigerian Economic summit has come and gone. But the issues at the summit, such as blue economy, agriculture and others, must be taken serious by the Federal government for its diversification drive to make meaning, writes NDUKA CHIEJINA. Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Director-General Dr. Dakuku ...
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USA Regno Unito Yemen
As hunger surges, WFP chief appeals for peace on World Food Day
Source: World Food Programme Country: WorldAfter steadily declining for over a decade, hunger is on the rise again and of the 815 million hungry people on the planet, 489 million live in countries affected by conflict.ROME – The Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme today made an impassioned ...
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USA
Young Audiences Flock to ‘Happy Death Day’
Continuing a horror boom at the box office, “Happy Death Day” arrived as the No. 1 movie in North America, with $26.5 million in ticket sales.
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Thailandia
SET up 9.17 points at opening
Thai stocks opened up 0.54% at the start of trade this morning.
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USA
American wildfires hit Tauranga woman's family
California's devastating wildfires have come frighteningly close to home for Tauranga's Carolyn Goodman.Her son Nigel Weekes and daughter-in-law Allyson are on tenterhooks waiting to see whether flames will engulf their home in...
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Nuova Zelanda
Wellington homes now even further out of reach for first home buyers
As Wellington's house prices stretch further out of first home buyers' grip, Auckland's stalling market is pulling the nation's increases down. Bucking the national trend, the capital's asking prices have risen by 10 per cent - making an average Wellington house cost $48,550 more than a year ago, according to the ...
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Regno Unito
Raila: Why I took London trip after election pullout
Nasa leader denies Jubilee claims that he was in UK to beg for foreign help so he can ascend to power.
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Mozambico Portogallo
Incêndios: Linhas do Norte e da Beira Alta cortadas- CP
Redação, 15 out (Lusa)- A Linha Ferroviária do Norte está cortada entre Aveiro e Oiã (Oliveira do Bairro), enquanto a Linha da Beira Alta está cortada entre Mortágua e Santa Comba Dão devido a incêndios, disse hoje a porta-voz da CP.
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Portogallo
OE2018: Verba a transferir para a Área Metropolitana do Porto "é adequada"
O presidente da Área Metropolitana do Porto (AMP), Emídio Sousa, considerou hoje que a proposta do Orçamento do Estado para 2018 (OE2018) prevê a transferência de um "valor adequado" para os atuais encargos do organismo.