• USA

    Amazon’s Living Lab: Reimagining Retail on Seattle Streets

    The company is putting its stamp on the city with an expanding array of unconventional experiments in bricks-and-mortar sales.

  • USA

    Asian Tech Titans Take a Page From Trump’s Book

    Deal makers like Jack Ma have promised to make big investments and create plentiful jobs in the United States. Real, or “truthful hyperbole”?

  • Messico USA

    In Messico migliaia di persone hanno protestato contro Donald Trump

    In Messico migliaia di persone hanno protestato contro Donald Trump. Migliaia di messicani sono scesi in piazza in più di dodici città in tutto il paese per esprimere la loro opposizione al nuovo presidente degli Stati Uniti e criticare il presidente messicano Enrique Peña Nieto. I due leader si scontrano ...

  • Nigeria

    Work set to begin on new Lagos business city

    Maureen Ihua-Maduenyi The promoters of Imperial International Business City, a new joint venture development between Channeldrill Resources Limited and the Elegushi Royal Family of Lagos, have said that work will soon commence on the city. The Managing Director, Channeldrill, the lead JV partner, Mr. Femi Akioye, said the development of ...

  • Nigeria

    N’Assembly, Adeosun, 58 others meet on 2017 budget Monday

    John Ameh, Abuja Senators and members of the House of Representatives are engaging the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun; the Minister of Budget and National Planning, Udoma Udo-Udoma; and 57 other officials and agencies on the 2017 budget on Monday (today) to open up the budgeting process. Among the ...

  • Nigeria

    External reserves rise by 20% in three months

    Oyetunji Abioye The nation’s external reserves have risen by $4.7bn or 20 per cent in the past three months, according to the latest data from the Central Bank of Nigeria. Statistics on the CBN website on Sunday revealed that the foreign exchange reserves increased from $24.0bn on November 9, 2016 ...

  • Nigeria

    NCDMB votes $100m for contractor finance, others

    The Nigerian Content Development Monitoring Board (NCDMB) is to set aside $100 million for Project Finance, Asset Acquisition & Contractor Finance under its Nigerian Content Intervention Fund (NCIF). NCDMB’s General Manager, Finance and Accounts,  Obinna Ofili, who stated this, however, did not give details of how the Contractor Finance fund ...

  • Nigeria

    NPFL: Akwa United Stop Plateau Unbeaten Run, Tornadoes, El Kanemi Win

    The unbeaten run of Plateau United in the Nigeria Professional  Football League (NPFL) ended on Sunday in Uyo as they fell 1-2 to Akwa  United though they retained top spot on the table. Akwa United showed  they meant business as early as the sixth minute when former Enyimba  man, Christian ...

  • Nigeria

    Insurers Back Bill To Raise Additional N240bn From Motor Policy

    Operators in Nigeria’s insurance industry have expressed their support for the ongoing plans to quadruple the country’s third party motor insurance policy from the current N5,000 premium per annum to N20,000. According to LEADERSHIP findings, a bill to increase the insurance premium from N5,000 to N20,000 sponsored by Senator Umaru ...

  • Nigeria

    Aregbesola, Sultan, Others Pray For Nigeria, President Buhari In Osun

    Muslims all over the country led by the Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, gathered in Osogbo, Osun State capital on Sunday to organize a special prayer for the nation. The congregation also extended the prayers to President Muhammadu Buhari. Governor Rauf Aregbesola at the event observed ...