-
Cina
China’s Ratings Downgrade, Explained
After Moody’s lowered its grade by a notch, the financial health of the world’s second-largest economy is again causing concern.
-
Cina
Banking associations of France and China sign memorandum of understanding to boost partnership
-
Nigeria
LUTH workers stage one day protest over poor working conditions
Workers of Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba, on Wednesday, staged a one-day peaceful protest demanding for improved condition of service and tools. The workers are asking the management of the hospital to address their promotion arrears, shortage of staff and other rights. The workers said the protest followed a directive ...
-
Nigeria
Igbo have invested more in Nigeria than Hausa, Yoruba – Iwuanyanwu
Chidiebube Okeoma, Owerri Eminent businessman and politician, Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, on Wednesday said that the Igbo do not want to secede from Nigeria. Speaking as a special guest of honour at a National Unity summit organised by Arewa Ambassadors Congress of Nigeria in partnership with Youth Assembly of Nigeria, Iwuanyanwu said ...
-
Nigeria
Settle with Blackface publicly, Zakky Azzay begs 2Baba
The veteran Northern-Nigeria Musician, Zakky Azzay, has pleaded with Innocent Idibia, a.k.a 2Baba to settle his Plantashun Boiz partner, Blackface, even if it has to be done openly. He said this in an interview with Hiptv while responding to the long time rift between them. He said, “If I am ...
-
Nigeria
Oil marketer jailed 21 years for stabbing partner to death
Justice Raliat Adebiyi of the Lagos High Court, Ikeja, on Wednesday sentenced an oil marketer, Abubakar Samaila, to 21 years imprisonment for stabbing his partner, Sanni Mohammed, to death. Samaila, 23, was arraigned on a one count charge of murder by the state government. The prosecutor, Mrs. Bukola Akani, said ...
-
Nigeria
Commissioner hails FG/WSSCC sanitation, hygiene programme
The Cross River Government has applauded the Federal Government’s efforts at scaling up sanitation in the state. The state’s Commissioner for Water Resources, Mr. Gabe Odu, lauded the government in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja. He said the Federal Government’s Rural Sanitation and Hygiene ...
-
Vietnam
Vietnam plans 'outstanding' special economic zones
HANOI - Vietnam plans to open three special economic zones that offer investors greater incentives and fewer restrictions than available to date in the country, the investment minister said.
-
USA Regno Unito
DeVere, firm targetting UK expats, said to face SEC probe
NEW YORK -- Wherever there are British expats with money, there’s a DeVere Group office not far away. And in many of those places, the company’s aggressive sales tactics or high fees have drawn the attention of regulators.
-
Cina
China’s sovereign debt downgraded by Moody’s
Beijing condemns rating agency decision that could curb foreign appetite for bonds