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Etiopia
Ethiopia plane crash victim will not bury soil from scene
Paul Njoroge lost his wife, three children and mother-in-law.
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Kenya
Property insurance: Your fallback plan
Overall, insurance penetration in Kenya stood at 2.71 per cent in 2017.
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Portogallo
Portugal vai pedir a Bruxelas descida do objetivo de médio prazo para o défice, diz Centeno
"O objetivo de médio prazo é definido periodicamente, está a ser pedido um novo objetivo, e nesse âmbito o objetivo de médio prazo para Portugal vai ser revisto em baixa, e essa revisão passará de 0,25% [de excedente] que é hoje para 0%" [do PIB], disse Mário Centeno no parlamento.
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Cina Russia
Via della Seta, i paesi europei in ordine sparso nel business con la Cina
La Cina è fonte di tensioni tra i Ventotto, forse più della Russia. Gli interessi in gioco sono politici, economici, finanziari ed emergeranno prepotenti nel corso di un dibattito durante il Consiglio europeo della settimana prossima... ...
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Nigeria
Experts Raise Concerns Over Proposed VAT Increment
LEADERSHIP: Professor of Finance and Capital Market, Uche Uwaleke, has opined that the planned hike in Value Added Tax (VAT) to fund the new minimum wage would end up being counterproductive, raising concern that it would lead to higher cost of goods in the country. In 2011, when national basic ...
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Nigeria
NSE Places Diamond Bank’s Shares On Full Suspension
LEADERSHIP: Following the completion of its business combination and the ongoing integration process with Access Bank Plc, the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), yesterday placed Diamond Bank Plc shares on full suspension. The suspension is required to prevent trading in the shares of the bank in order to determine the shareholders ...
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Nigeria
Forex Ban: Customs Intercepts Bale Of Smuggled Textiles Material In Seme
LEADERSHIP: Few days after the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) banned sales of Foreign Exchange to importers of textiles and clothing materials in the country, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Seme border command has intercepted bales of textile materials smuggled into the country. At a press conference yesterday, the Customs ...
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India Nigeria
FG To Secure Long-term Energy Security For Nigerians
LEADERSHIP: The federal government is set to securing long-term energy security for all Nigerians living in the urban and rural areas. The minister of state, power, works and housing, Mustapha Baba Shehuri, disclosed this at the 14th Confederation of Indian Industry CII-EXIM Bank Conclave on India Africa Project Partnership which ...
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Israele
Tel Aviv aborts plan for Eurovision tent city
Plan sinks after no firms respond to tender to put up the site
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Brasile USA
Brazil Agrees to Surrender Special WTO Status for OECD Entry
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro has agreed that the country will give up the differential treatment that developing countries receive at the World Trade Organization (WTO) in exchange for US support for Brazil’s entry to the Organization for Economic Cooperation ...