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Nigeria
External Reserves Gain $58m In 11-days – CBN
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said external reserves gained $58 million to $30.23 billion as at March 14, 2017. The latest data by CBN disclosed that nation’s foreign reserve has been hovering between $29 billion and $30 billion in March. This is just as the gap between the ...
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Nigeria
Senate To Arrest Hameed Ali
The Senate yesterday resolved to arrest Comptroller-General of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Col. Hameed Ali, if he fails to appear before it today to clarify on the policy on duty payment on all vehicles. Members of the Red Chamber in the National Assembly unanimously passed a motion to issue a ...
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Nigeria
FG Okays Advisory Council On Industrialisation
The federal government yesterday approved the establishment of the Nigeria Industrial Council to stimulate the activities of industries in the country. This was disclosed by the minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Okechukwu Enelamah, after the Federal Executive Council meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa. ...
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Nigeria
FG Saves N60bn Through Presidential Fertiliser Initiative – FEPSAN
The President, Fertiliser Producers and Suppliers Association of Nigeria (FEBSAN), Thomas Etuh has said that Presidential Fertiliser Initiative has eliminated subsidy on fertiliser by saving at least N60billion in budgetary provisions in fertiliser supply for 2017. He also said the initiative “would boost foreign exchange savings of $200 million by ...
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Nigeria
Adeosun Intervenes In PenCom/Naicom Feud Over Annuity Asset Holdings
In an apparent move to ensure harmonization of pension and insurance regulatory operations in Nigeria, the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun has intervened and brokered a resolution in the dispute between the National Pension Commission (PenCom) and the National Insurance Commission (NAICOM). It would be recalled that trouble started ...
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Nigeria
FG Okays Advisory Council On Industrialisation
The federal government yesterday approved the establishment of the Nigeria Industrial Council to stimulate the activities of industries in the country. This was disclosed by the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Okechukwu Enelamah,after the Federal Executive Council meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa. According ...
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Cina India USA Francia Giappone Kenya
Read Uhuru's 2017 State of the Nation speech
Dear Kenyans, Speakers of Both Houses of Parliament, Honourable Members, Today, we celebrate an extraordinary Kenyan journey: four years of transformation, of growth, and the deepening our democracy. I want to salute and congratulate each and every Kenyan today for staying true to our solemn duty to protect, preserve and ...
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Camerun Nigeria
How preparedness helps in the Lake Chad basin crisis
Source: Department for International Development, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, World Food Programme, UN Children's Fund, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Country: Cameroon, Chad, Niger, NigeriaFour UN agencies have invested in the Ready to Respond Project to better prepare the region for further escalation of violence and potential ...
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Brasile
Manifestantes protestam em Salvador contra reforma da Previdência
Desde o início desta quarta-feira (15/3), trabalhadores de diversas categorias sindicais, integrantes de movimentos sociais e estudantes realizam um ato pelo Dia Nacional de Luta Contra as Reformas da Previdência e Trabalhista. Em Salvador, os manifestantes se reuniram em frente a um shopping center, na região do Iguatemi, onde protestam ...
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Sudafrica
South Africa: Investsa One Stop Shop to Be Launched
[SAnews.gov.za] Pretoria -President Jacob Zuma will on Friday officially launch the Invest South Africa One Stop Shop (InvestSA OSS) at the Department of Trade and Industry offices in Pretoria, says the Presidency.