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Nigeria
MAN okays govt’s economic recovery plan
Anna Okon The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria has commended the Federal Government for its efforts at improving the current economic situation and endorses steps being taken to pull the economy out of recession. The association specifically lauded the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan of the government aimed at deepening the ...
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Nigeria
Euro Global Foods achieves 85% local content
Anna Okon In a bid to support the Federal Government’s import substitution and backward integration policy, Euro Global Foods and Distilleries, a member of Sona Group of Companies, has disclosed that it is already using 85 per cent local raw materials in its productive value chain to boost made-in-Nigeria products. ...
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Nigeria
NCS Destroy Imported Poultry Products Worth N1.27bn
The Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone “C” of Nigeria Customs Service in Owerri said it had seized 102, 099 cartons of illegally imported frozen poultry products with duty paid value of N1.27 billion. Comptroller Mohammed Garba, the Area Controller of the zone, disclosed this while briefing newsmen in Owerri on Thursday. ...
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Nigeria
Truck Crushes Motorcyclist To Death In Lagos
A commercial motorcyclist was crushed to death by a heavy duty truck at Daleko area of Lagos on Thursday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the passenger on the motorcycle, who survived the accident, was dragged from the wheels of the truck with a broken leg. NAN reports ...
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Turchia
Turkey Police Suspends 9,000 Officers
Turkey removed from duty 9,103 police officers over alleged links to a a U.S.-based cleric, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported, citing the use of a decree issued under the ongoing state of emergency. The move late on Wednesday followed the detention earlier in the day of 1,009 “secret imams” ...
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Des entrepreneurs dans la tourmente
Retards de paiement, reflux de la commande publique, effets pervers des licences d’importation, une activité en chute libre… Les entrepreneurs du secteur du bâtiment et des travaux publics sont durement touchés par la crise financière qui frappe le pays depuis 2014. Abbès Lyes, gérant de la société de promotion immobilière ...
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Brasile
Pilotos e comissários decidem não aderir à greve após negociações
Pilotos e comissários de voo decidiram, em assembleia, não aderir à greve geral desta sexta-feira (28/4), e encerrar movimentações para qualquer tipo de paralisação próxima, informou o Sindicato Nacional dos Aeronautas (SNA). Leia mais notícias de Brasil"Graças à mobilização da categoria, que havia decretado Estado de Greve na última segunda-feira, o ...
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Brasile
Controversial Labor Bill Passes in Brazil’s Lower House
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – A controversial labor reform bill was approved by Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies in the early hours of Thursday morning by 296 votes in favor and 177 votes against. With the bill the government hopes to modernize labor relations, reduce union ...
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Brasile
Rio’s Flamengo Has Brazil’s Two Highest Grossing Games of 2017
By Nelson Belen, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – According to the latest sales figures for the sixty Brazilian football (soccer) teams that compete in Series A, B, and C of the Campeonato Brasileiro, Rio’s CR Flamengo has the distinction of having the two highest grossing games of 2017 ...
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Uruguay
L'Oréal fue sponsor oficial de maquillaje y peinado en la Moweek 2017
La marca participó del principal evento de la moda de nuestro país realizado en el Centro de Reuniones Los Robles del LATU.