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Nigeria
FG to coordinate monetary, fiscal policies for growth
Ifeanyi Onuba, Abuja The Federal Government has begun moves to strengthen the level of coordination between the monetary and fiscal policy instruments in order to return the economy to the path of growth. The Minister of Budget and National Planning, Senator Udo Udoma, stated this at the Monetary Policy Committee’s ...
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USA Francia Nigeria Regno Unito
FG to disburse N500bn Paris Club refund this week
Ifeanyi Onuba, Abuja The disbursement of the N500bn London-Paris Club loan refund to states by the Federal Ministry of Finance is to commence next week, investigations have revealed. Top government officials confided in our correspondent that the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun and the Governor of the Central Bank ...
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Nigeria
Buhari works from home, says Presidency
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja The Presidency on Sunday said even when President Muhammadu Buhari was not in his office, he worked from home when most civil servants had closed for work. It said Buhari does not follow official working hours because he was on duty at all times. The Senior Special ...
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Senegal
La Cosydep obtient un satisfecit du Partenariat mondial pour l'éducation pour sa collaboration
Dakar, 19 mars (APS) - Le Partenariat mondial pour l'éducation (PME) salue la participation à son conseil d'administration de la Coalition des organisations en synergie pour la défense de l'éducation publique (Cosydep), en estimant que cette structure sénégalaise a permis de conduire des politiques éducatives mieux adaptées aux besoins des ...
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Turchia
Ankara suspects German intel using Gülen network
In an interview with Der Spiegel magazine, Bruno Kahl, the chief of Germany’s foreign intelligence service, the BND, said on March 18 that the Turkish government had “failed to convince” them that the U.S.-based Islamist cleric Fethullah Gülen was behind the coup attempt of July 15, 2016
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USA
US Secretary of State, Turkish FM talk on phone
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu have talked on the phone, diplomatic sources told state-run Anadolu Agency on March 19
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USA Libano
Centinaia di persone in piazza contro l’aumento delle tasse a Beirut, in Libano.
Centinaia di persone in piazza contro l’aumento delle tasse a Beirut, in Libano. Centinaia di persone hanno protestato contro la proposta di aumento delle imposte all’esame del parlamento. L’aumento dovrebbe finanziare un aumento salariale per i dipendenti statali. La manovra rientra tra le iniziative del primo ministro Saad al Hariri ...
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Belgio
Un scandale sanitaire frappe la viande brésilienne, la Belgique dans l'incertitude
L'importation en Europe de viande en provenance du Brésil est régie par des règles strictes, a fait savoir dimanche Philippe Houdart, le porte-parole de l'Agence fédérale pour la sécurité de la chaîne alimentaire (Afsca), réagissant ainsi aux révélations relatives à un scandale sanitaire qui frappe actuellement le Brésil.
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Nigeria
Naira to appreciate further as CBN boosts forex sale
The Naira is set to appreciate further in the week as the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) plans to inject more Foreign Exchange (Forex) into the market to meet the requests of genuine customers. The spokesman of CBN, Mr Isaac Okorafor, gave the assurance in a statement on Sunday in ...
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Giappone
Five power firms nationwide dole out over ¥90 billion in dividends after rate hikes
Five major domestic power companies have paid a total of some ¥90 billion in shareholder dividends since raising their electricity rates following the country’s worst nuclear disaster in March 2011, Jiji Press has learned. While the fee hikes lifted their earnings, the five companies have yet to cut their electricity ...