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Spagna
Economía.- El ICO y el Bcie invertirán 25 millones en la internacionalización de las empresas españolas en Latinoamérica
br /> MADRID, 7 (EUROPA PRESS) El Instituto de Crédito Oficial (ICO) y el Banco Centroamericano de Integración Económica (Bcie) han suscrito un contrato por valor de 25 millones de euros para financiar proyectos de inversión y capital circulante, así como operaciones de exportación e importación, ...
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Nigeria
Customs ultimatum on old vehicles arbitrary, unlawful – Senate
Leke Baiyewu, Abuja The Senate on Tuesday asked the Nigeria Customs Service to suspend action on the plan to clamp down on vehicles without correct duty papers. The upper chamber of the National Assembly asked the leadership of the NSC to appear before its Committee on Customs, Excise and Tariff ...
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USA Nigeria
Cracks in FG as minister counters Buhari’s aide on US travel advisory
Adelani Adepegba, Abuja There are strong indications that the United States of America authorities’ refusal to allow some Nigerians with valid visas entry into the US has caused a division in the Federal Government. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, on Tuesday countered a travel advisory by the Senior ...
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Nigeria
Audu to oversee ECOWAS drug unit advocacy
AdelaniAdepegba, Abuja A marketing communications consultant and public affairs strategist, Haroun Audu has been selected into a pool of resource persons for the ECOWAS Commission Headquarters, Abuja. Audu has been as a communications expert to oversee and execute the communication and visibility plan of a European Union fully-funded project in ...
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Nigeria
Cleansing Nigeria’s corrupt bureaucracy
LAW enforcement agencies continue to make ever more befuddling discoveries of stolen funds, just as the stench of corruption in the public service is overpowering. From fleets of vehicles and plum real estate to huge sums of money traced to them, some public sector employees have been exposed as common ...
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Nigeria
Naira to float in 3-year economic recovery plan
CBN pumps $100m into forex market •Review of ban on forex for 41 goods •15.74% inflation target to be achieved in 2017 and 12.42 in 2018 •Better public/private sector efficiency •A knowledge-based economy •Privatisation of selected assets A market-driven exchange rate regime is in the works, going by the Federal ...
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Nigeria
Senate stops Customs’ duty payment on old vehicles
The Senate yesterday asked the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) to halt all actions on the implementation of its circular on payment of duty on old vehicles. It said implementation of the circular should be stopped until the leadership of the NCS appeared before its committee to explain in details the ...
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USA Iran Nigeria
Nigerians free to travel to U.S., says Fed Govt
No Nigerian with full valid entry visa has been denied entry into the United States (U.S.) contrary to reports, according to Minister of Foreign Affairs Geoffrey Onyeama Onyeama said Nigerians were free to travel to the U.S. as the country was not on the list of six banned mainly-Muslim countries. ...
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Nigeria
Court Jails Drug Trafficker 3 years For Peddling 50.3kg Of Marijuana
Justice Oluremi Oguntoyinbo of the Federal High Court in Lagos yesterday convicted and sentenced a 50-year-old man, Abdulmaroof Oshilaja, to three years imprisonment for drug trafficking. Justice Oguntoyinbo handed down the verdict after Oshilaja pleaded guilty to one count charge of Indian hemp trafficking brought against him by the National ...
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Nigeria
How NigComSat-1R Can Scientifically Pull Nigeria Out Of Recession
Nigeria’s economy is currently in a state of recession and the Federal Government has made it clear it will explore other ways of boosting the economy and pulling the nation out of the situation. Nigeria’s NigComSat 1R provides one such avenue to scientifically boost the economy and help the nation ...