• Nigeria

    TUC Rejects FG’s Plans For $350m Abacha Loot

    LEADERSHIP The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has rejected the recent plan by federal government to share the $350 million recovered from former Head of State, late General Sani Abacha, amongst estimated 300,000 households. TUC in a statement made available to Journalists said if shared in accordance with proposed plans, ...

  • Nigeria

    First Bank Rewards Customers Using Naira MasterCard

    LEADERSHIP First Bank of Nigeria Limited has said it will be rewarding its customers for using their naira MasterCard for international transactions in a promotional campaign that runs for four months from July to October this year. Speaking on the promo, group head, e-Business, First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Mr. Chuma ...

  • Nigeria

    PMB Commends Afreximbank’s Leadership

    LEADERSHIP President Muhammadu Buhari has commended the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) for its dynamism and tenacious leadership, which he said has proved that Africans could come together to build something meaningful. President Buhari disclosed this at the annual meetings and 25thAnniversary celebration of the bank which came to an end at ...

  • Nigeria

    Enhancing Financial Inclusion Through Insurance

    LEADERSHIP Insurance industry is now waking up to the reality that the Sector could enhance financial inclusion through effective deployment of insurance products and services. To this end, the 2018 Insurance Industry Consultative Council (IICC), which took place in Abuja, last week centered on insurance industry and financial inclusion. ZAKA ABD-KHALIQ ...

  • Nigeria

    Forex Inflow Drops As Naira Firms At BDC Window

    LEADERSHIP  The inflow of foreign exchange dropped further last week as the volume of dollars sold by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and Nigeria Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market (NAFEX) declined to $1.066 billion against $1.073 billion that changed hands in the previous week. Volume of the dollars that came in ...

  • Nigeria

    Transcorp MD Urges Govt To Create Enabling Environment For Tourism

    LEADERSHIP Government has been called upon to create an enabling environment for hospitality and tourism businesses in Nigeria to thrive. This is as the tourism sector is said to have the potential to contribute over 10 percent to the nation’s GDP. Managing director, Transcorp Hotel Plc, Valentine Ozigbo, made this call ...

  • Cina

    China’s Strong Economic Growth Figures Belie Signs of Weakness

    A 6.7 percent expansion rate comes amid signs that Beijing’s efforts to tame debt, the trade dispute with the U.S. and other problems are taking a toll.

  • Paesi Bassi

    Keizer en Meppelink: Ervaring en ambitie op EK

    Vol ambitie keert beachvolleybalster Sanne Keizer met haar nieuwe partner Madelein Meppelink terug op het EK beachvolleybal in eigen land. Het duo begint morgen aan de groepsfase van het EK in Rotterdam met de wedstrijd tegen het Slowaakse koppel Andrea Strbova/Natalia Dubovcova.

  • USA

    The Israeli economy in 2060: Not in bad shape at all

    An OECD study sees growth exceeding the developed world’s average, living standards getting closer to America’s

  • Brasile Perù

    Estudantes criam startups de mobilidade e segurança no trânsito

    Em busca de conhecimento para desenvolver novos negócios, universitários de vários estados que desenvolvem startups inovadoras em diversas áreas estiveram reunidos no Startup Summit realizado em Florianópolis, nos últimos dias 12 e 13 de julho. Os jovens que tiveram suas ideias de soluções inovadoras na área de mobilidade sustentável e segurança ...