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Nigeria
Community Policing To Complement Role Of Security Agencies
The Lagos State governor, Mr Akinwumi Ambode, recently inaugurated the Lagos Neighbourhood Safety Corps to complement the efforts of the Nigeria Police in securing the nooks and cranny of the state. The inauguration of the corps followed the signing into law of an executive bill in August 2016 for its ...
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Nigeria
Dangote Will Be Largest Exporter Of Rice In 5 Years – AfDB
President of African Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina, has predicted that business mogul, Aliko Dangote, may become the largest exporter of rice globally in the next five years. He said Africa must focus on agriculture to drive growth and create jobs on the continent. The former minister of Agriculture in ...
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Nigeria
Nigeria’s Reserves Rise By $109m In 12 Days
Although the Central Bank of Nigeria has been consistent in its supply of dollars at the foreign exchange market at both the interbank and bureau de change end of the markets, the external reserves of the country has continued to rise, growing by $109.66 million or 0.36 per cent in ...
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Portogallo
Portugal e Espanha negoceiam compra de medicamentos para pagar menos
Os dois países estão a trabalhar em parceria para que seja possível adquirir medicação mais cara e inovadora a preços mais baratos.
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Etiopia
Sabir Argaw Seeks Enforcement to Buy Foreign Partners Out of Repi
Sabir Argaw, one of Ethiopia’s prominent businessperson with diversified interests under AL-SAM Plc, has filed civil suit taking his foreign partners to the Federal High Court, claiming an enforcement of…
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Spagna
Economía/Finanzas.- El Santander emitirá participaciones preferentes por un importe de hasta 2.000 millones
MADRID, 18 (EUROPA PRESS) Banco Santander ha acordado llevar a cabo una emisión de participaciones preferentes contingentemente convertibles (conocidos como 'CoCos') en acciones ordinarias de nueva emisión, con exclusión del derecho de suscripción preferente de sus accionistas y por un importe nominal de hasta 2.000 millones de euros.
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Brasile
Comissão do Senado analisa proposta que barra feriados entre terça e sexta
A Comissão de Educação, Cultura e Esporte, do Senado, vai discutir nesta terça-feira (18/4) um projeto de lei que barra feriados entre terça e sexta-feira. Segundo a proposta, do senador Dário Berger (PMDB-SC), sempre que um feriado cair entre terça e sexta-feira deverá ser antecipado para segunda. Leia mais notícias em ...
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USA Thailandia
SET expecting bull run after Songkran fete
The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) is seen rallying after the long Songkran festival in the wake of persistent offshore fund inflows amid uncertainty over US economic policy, overweight recommendations in emerging markets by some foreign funds, and better-than-expected first-quarter earnings of Thai listed companies, analysts say.
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Germania
Andreas Schnauder - Deutsche Exportüberschüsse: Milchmädchen aus Paris
Macrons Kritik an Deutschland für dessen hohe Exportüberschüsse liegt im Mainstream, sind aber nicht fundiert
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USA
On the ladder: How 100 per cent finance helped us own a home
Buying your first home has never been tougher. In this series, Stuff talks to Kiwis who've made it onto the property ladder and others who, by choice or not, are still renting.