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USA
iPhone 8 sales off to bumpy start in Korea
Apple’s new iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus have seen weak initial sales in the Korean market since the US tech giant opened
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Australia
National Australia Bank settles with Australian Securities and Investments Commission
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Regno Unito
Peters hires foreign lawyers to defend alleged link with Diezani
Oladimeji Ramon The Executive Vice-Chairman, Aiteo Group, Mr. Benedict Peters, says he has engaged two foreign law firms to defend him against the malicious, unfounded and false allegations hanging over his head. Aiteo Group, an indigenous oil firm, had reportedly released a statement in September denying that Peters bought a ...
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Nigeria
Recoveries from whistle-blower policy exceeded our expectations – Adeosun
Ifeanyi Onuba, Abuja The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, on Sunday said that the recoveries, which the Federal Government had made through the implementation of the whistle-blower policy, had exceeded its expectations. Adeosun stated this in an article written by her and made available to our correspondent by her ...
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USA Nigeria
Naira closes at 363/dollar, CBN sells forex to manufacturers, airlines
Oyetunji Abioye The Central Bank of Nigeria has injected $285.7m into the Inter-Bank Foreign Exchange Market to meet requests in four sectors of the economy. This came just the naira closed at 363 per United States dollar on Friday, the same rate it had closed in the past one week. ...
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Nigeria
IMF: banks must recapitalise
Many commercial banks need to raise new capital and boost their capital adequacy ratios for them to drive the desired growth in the economy, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said at the weekend. The IMF’s Mission Chief for Nigeria, African Department, Amine Mati, said the commercial lenders needed recapitalisation to ...
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Nigeria
2017 APC NEC: Examining Odigie-Oyegun’s Scorecard And The Task Ahead
By Tijani Abdullahi Markafi – As the National Caucus and National Executive Committee (NEC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) meets in Abuja on 30-31 October 2017, top on the agenda will be the need for urgent reforms in the area of Party discipline, finance and organization. Also, the party ...
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Nigeria
Enelamah: Changing Nigeria’s Trade, Investment Story
By Lewis Chukwuma – Dr. Okechukwu Enelamah was nominated by President Muhammadu Buhari to join the federal cabinet in October 2015 and was subsequently appointed to the Industry, Trade, and Investment portfolio in November 2015. It was a merit-based appointment, by a president who follows his intuition. It was not influenced ...
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Nigeria
Lagos Begins Enforcement On Road Traffic Law
BY OGUNTADE ISMAILA, Lagos – The chairman of the Lagos State Task Force, Superintendent of Police (SP), Olayinka Egbeyemi yesterday said they will commence the enforcement of the Lagos State Road Traffic Laws of 2012 on motorcycle operators plying restricted routes across the state. He revealed this to journalist while ...
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Portogallo
ISCTE promove um mês sobre a internacionalização da economia portuguesa
Em Portugal, o cenário atual é este: não é por serem empresas pequenas que não são competitivas no mercado global. São cada vez mais tecnológicas e estão a conquistar novos mercados.