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Senegal
Cérémonie de lancement de la Semaine nationale de la CEDEAO, jeudi
Dakar, 28 avr (APS) – La cérémonie de lancement de la Semaine nationale de la CEDEAO aura lieu jeudi à partir de 9h au Centre culturel Blaise Senghor en présence du ministre de l'Intégration africaine, du NEPAD et de la Promotion de la bonne gouvernance, annonce un communiqué reçu à ...
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Nigeria
Nigeria faces weak investor confidence amid reforms delay
Ife Ogunfuwa Economists in the country have warned that the failure of the government to implement key reforms will discourage Foreign Direct Investment and portfolio inflows. Speaking on some of the risks the country will encounter as a result of inconsistent policies, the Chief Economist, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Andrew Nevin, noted that ...
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Nigeria
FG audits N300bn export liabilities to manufacturers
Ifeanyi Onuba, Abuja The Federal Government has commenced a verification of the claims by exporters under the Export Expansion Grant scheme. The move is contained in a circular issued by the Nigerian Export Promotion Council to exporters who partook in the scheme. The circular, which was signed by the Director, ...
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Nigeria
B’Haram: FG partners Sudan on weapons’ production
Olaleye Aluko, Abuja The Federal Government is set to partner Sudan in the local production of weapons in a bid to enhance the fight against Boko Haram insurgency in the North-East. Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan-Ali, who made this known while meeting his Sudanese counterpart, Awad Ibf Ouf, disclosed that ...
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Nigeria
Patrons, operators count gains as body modification becomes big business
Eric Dumo Since bursting into limelight more than two-and-a-half decades ago, Charles Oputa, popularly known as Charly Boy, has mesmerised Nigerians and in fact the rest of the world with his musical talent and eye-catching mode of dressing. Son of one of Nigeria’s most respected legal luminaries, late Justice Chukwudifu ...
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Turchia
Good things happening in Turkey, too: The İzmir example
İzmir is Turkey’s third largest city. It is Turkey’s biggest and most important Western port and that is not valid only for trade.
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Turchia Malta
Turkey, EU need to create a new perspective
Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu was in Malta on April 28 to attend the Gymnich meeting of the European Union foreign ministers, in his first encounter with his EU colleagues after the Turkish referendum and the decision of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) that reinstates monitoring process ...
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Nigeria
Agent Banking: Paypoint Grows1000 New Agents Monthly
The launched in 2016, quick teller Paypoint was designed to take financial services to the nooks and crannies of Nigerian communities, providing access to under-served markets. Revealed at the maiden Quick teller Pay point agents forum which held in Lagos recently; about 40 agents were on boarded during the first ...
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Nigeria
NLNG Seeks Concerted Efforts At Dealing With Malaria Scourge
Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) has called for increased efforts by scientists to fight Malaria and permanently rid the country of the disease before the World Health Assembly’s target date of 2030. Speaking while commemorating World Malaria Day with the theme, ‘End Malaria For Good’ the company’s General Manager External Relations, ...
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Nigeria
‘In IT Networking, There Is No One Size Fits All Approach’
Linda Azah, an alumni of the Cisco Networking Academy programme, currently a CCIE engineer working at a leading service provider in this interview with CHIMA AKWAJA shares her experience on Cisco Nigeria’s CSR project partnership with government, schools, NGOs, colleges and universities to afford Nigerian youth and entrepreneurs the opportunity ...