• Nigeria

    ICAN urges govt to reduce domestic debt

    Peter Dada, Akure The Chairman of the Ondo State chapter of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria, Mr Peter Akingbade has called on the Federal Government to seek ways of reducing its domestic debt for the betterment and improvement of the country’s economy. He said there was the need ...

  • Nigeria

    Least liveable ranking hard to believe –Foreign residents in Nigeria

    Kunle Falayi A report ranking Lagos second on the world’s least liveable cities might have surprised many Nigerians, but some foreigners resident in the country say their experiences living in Nigeria have made the Economist Intelligence Unit assessment a bitter pill to swallow. The report ranks Nigeria behind Damascus at ...

  • Nigeria

    Hate speech: Police set to descend on offenders

    Purveyors of hate speeches may soon be in for a hard time. The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris, has set in motion necessary arrangements for prosecution of offenders under the Terrorism Prevention Act. Under Nigeria’s Terrorism Prevention Act, which became law in 2011 and got amended for greater effectiveness ...

  • Nigeria

    CREATIVITY, ART, ENTERTAINMENT IN AMBODE’S DNA, SAYS COMMISSIONER

    In just two years of assuming office, there is hardly any part of the creative sector that Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State has not impacted. From the glamour of showbiz to a business environment set for Return on Investment, Lagos, under Ambode has continued to push the envelope. The ...

  • Brasile

    MP pede internação de adolescente que bateu em professora em SC

    O Ministério Público de Santa Catarina pediu a internação provisória do adolescente de 15 anos que bateu em sua professora O caso ocorreu em Indaial, no Vale do Itajaí. A professora de Língua Portuguesa, Marcia Friggi, de 51 anos, disse que ao chamar a atenção do estudante recebeu um soco ...

  • USA

    Draghi tells US not to backtrack on free trade

    ECB president echoes Janet Yellen’s call to stick with post-crisis financial reforms

  • Malta

    Foreign direct investment in Malta up by €9.5bn

    Foreign direct investment in Malta stood at €161.4 billion at the end of 2016, an increase of €9.5 billion compared to the previous year, while direct investment abroad amounted to €62.1 billion. According to NSO figures published yesterday, financial and insurance activities contributed €158.2 billion or 98 per cent of all ...

  • Malta

    'Assault on democracy': NGOs slam appointment of minister's daughter

    Appointing a 25-year-old minister's daughter a Commissioner for Justice is an assault on Malta's democracy and an example of unshamed disrespect for its justice system, three NGOs have said.  In a letter addressed to the Prime Minister, aditus foundation, Integra Foundation and the Critical Institute called on Martina Herrera, whose father Jose' ...

  • Malta

    'Populist' unpaid sick leave talk is unacceptable, says banking union

    A "populist" proposal to not pay workers for their first day of sick leave would unduly punish genuinely sick employees and was "not acceptable by any standard," the bankers' union has said.  In a statement, the Malta Union of Bank Employees slammed employers' lobby group the Malta Employers Association for raising ...

  • Malta

    8,000 indigenous trees to be planted 2017, including 3,600 on Comino

    Over 8,000 trees will have been planted by the end of the year through a national afforestation initiative, Environment Minister Jose Herrera said yesterday.Speaking in Wied Blandun, Fgura, the minister said the government understands the importance of planting more trees around the country to improve the environment.These indigenous trees are ...