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Nigeria
FIRS Drags 2 Companies To Court Over Tax Evasion
LEADERSHIP: The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) yesterday arraigned Fortless Global Concept Limited and Everyday Wine Shop and their representatives at the federal high court, Abuja on alleged tax evasion, obstruction of official duty and attack on staff of the FIRS on duty among other charges. In the charge no: ...
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Nigeria
Importers Pay N988bn Risk Surcharge For Nigerian-bound Vessels
LEADERSHIP: Nigerian importers have paid about $2.74 billion (N987.77 billion at prevailing rate of N360/$) in three years following the categorisation of Nigerian waters as a war risk, a development that spiked insurance premiums slammed on vessels and cargoes destined for Nigeria. LEADERSHIP recalls that foreign shipping companies slammed war ...
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USA Nigeria
Policemen In Wike’s Convoy Mobbed Us – Injured Soldiers
LEADERSHIP: Two soldiers, Captain Adams Salami and Corporal Adeosun Adebayo, have alleged that they were attacked at their duty post at the Collation Centre for Obio/Akpor local government area of Rivers State during the suspended March 9, 2019 Gubernatorial and House of Assembly elections, by policemen attached to the convoy ...
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Nigeria
‘FCT Health Insurance Agency Bill Passes Second Reading’
LEADERSHIP: The secretary for Health and Human Services Secretariat (HHSS) in the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), Mallam Adamu Abubakar Bappah, has disclosed that the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Health Insurance Agency bill has passed the second reading, as well as public hearing in the national assembly. Speaking when he ...
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USA Nigeria
Advancing Blockchain, Multi-cloud, Quantum, Security
LEADERSHIP: The pace of change and innovation was a dominant theme on the first day of Think 2019 in San Francisco as business and technology executives came together to share ideas and strategies on how to take advantage of new and emerging technologies. The following recap of discussion from four ...
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Brasile USA
Alcantara Rental Accords May Render Brazil US$10 Billion Per Year
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – One of the agreements to be signed during Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s first official trip to Washington DC will be the Technology Safeguards Agreement (AST) allowing the United States to use Brazil’s Alcantara Aerospace Launch Base for its satellites. ...
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Qatar Italia
Doha: riduzione impatto ambientale Ambasciata d'Italia
L’Ambasciata d’Italia a Doha ha firmato con l’azienda locale Elite Paper Recycling, pioniera nel campo del riciclo della carta in Qatar, una partnership per avviare un sistema congiunto di riciclo della carta utilizzata dall’Ambasciata e per limitare l’impatto ambientale delle attività...
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Brasile USA
Paulo Guedes pede que empresários dos EUA invistam no Brasil
O ministro da Economia, Paulo Guedes, afirmou hoje (18), em conferência na Câmara de Comércio dos Estados Unidos, em Washington, nos Estados Unidos, que o Brasil está em busca de parcerias econômicas e que abrirá seu mercado para investimentos externos. O discurso foi realizado no evento "Brazil Day", organizado pelo conselho empresarial Brasil ...
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Brasile Portogallo
Empresa responsável pelo Maracanã nega dívida com Rio de Janeiro
A empresa Complexo Maracanã Entretenimento (CME), responsável pelo estádio, negou a existência de dívida milionária com o governo do estado, conforme argumentou o governador Wilson Witzel (PSC), ao anunciar hoje (18) o rompimento da concessão. Segundo o governo estadual, a concessionária não paga as parcelas de outorga previstas no contrato de concessão ...
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Brasile
Brasil e EUA assinam acordo para uso da Base de Alcântara
Os governos do Brasil e dos Estados Unidos firmaram hoje, em Washington, nos Estados Unidos, o Acordo de Salvaguardas Tecnológicas (AST) para uso comercial da base de lançamentos aeroespaciais de Alcântara. O acordo foi assinado pelos ministros Ernesto Araújo (Relações Exteriores) e Marcos Pontes (Ciência, Tecnologia, Informação e Comunicações), e pelo Secretário Assistente ...