• Portogallo

    “Banco-Mate”

    Em Portugal, os níveis de malparado atingem hoje dos valores mais altos da Europa: cerca de 11,9%, de acordo com dados do FMI.

  • Portogallo

    Madeira divulga programas de apoio à produção de mariscos na Macaronésia

    A secretaria regional madeirense de Agricultura e Pescas divulgou no Funchal dos projetos denominados de MARISCOMAC e de MACAROFOOD, que implicam um investimento de cerca de 1 milhão de euros, comparticipados por fundos comunitários.

  • Nigeria

    Abuja serial car thief nabbed

    Adelani Adepegba, Abuja The police in Abuja apprehended a serial car thief on Wednesday while attempting to remove a Toyota Camry 2000 model car with a master key from where it was parked at NAICO office, Central Business District. The police said the suspect, Emmanuel Lere, 34 years, had just ...

  • Nigeria

    Don’t take foreign loans

    Oboh Ashley, Age:10, Corona School Gbagada, Lagos State, +23470421818: This ‘foreign’ loan has become nothing but an escape route for our penny-pinching government that hastily searches for a way out. Complaints about non-payment of salaries by teachers and civil servants have risen before. The various state governments all have different ...

  • Nigeria

    Prosecute killer herdsmen, CAN tells FG

    Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja The Christian Association of Nigeria has called on the Federal Government to be more decisive against killer herdsmen killing and maiming farmers across the country. It regretted that while the victims of the crime were seen everywhere, there was no corresponding seriousness on the part of law ...

  • Nigeria

    Kidnapping: End of ‘Evans the Terrible’

    AFTER a long-drawn-out escapade, the long arm of the law has finally caught up with a kidnap kingpin, Chukwudubem Onwuamadike. A special police Intelligence Response Team working with officers from the Lagos State Command captured “Evans the Terrible” last weekend in his palatial Magodo, Lagos home. The arrest evoked collective ...

  • Nigeria

    Transactions on FX investor window hit $2.2bn – CBN

    Oyetunji Abioye with agency report The Central Bank of Nigeria on Thursday said its new currency window for investors had handled $2.2bn of trade in six weeks. The CBN also said it accounted for almost 30 per cent of the $2.2bn transactions, adding that this was meant to keep the ...

  • Nigeria

    Banks raise N26bn for agric/SMEs equity fund

    Oyetunji Abioye Deposit Money Banks in the country have raised a total of N26bn in line with their commitment to provide equity funding for agro-based Small and Medium-scale Enterprises. The Managing Director, Standard Chartered Bank Nigeria, Mrs. Bola Adesola, made the disclosure at the 333rd Bankers Committee meeting held at ...

  • USA

    How customer experience and revenue link

    Oluwafemi Oyefeso oluwafemi.oyefeso@yahoo.com In a study by Forrester research, it was estimated that in America alone, the total annual impact of customer experience across industries surpassed the $6.8bn dollar mark. The impact of customer experience cuts across various industries – from financial institutions to telecommunications providers, hotels, electronic commerce companies ...

  • Nigeria

    Reps blow hot over Acting President’s comment

    Speaker Yakubu Dogara said the powers of the three arms of government were clearly spelt out in the constitution. “From the very pedestrian interpretation of the functions of the three arms of government, one makes laws, the other executes the laws, the other interprets the law. So, a declaration as ...