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Nigeria
Linkage Assurance Engages Brokers On Insurance Penetration
BY ZAKA KHALIQ | Linkage Assurance Plc will, this week, engage its broking partners in Kano state and its environs for better product distribution and increased consumer service. This, it said, was in a bid to strengthen its market presence in the Northern part of the country, The brokers, under ...
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Nicaragua
Datos del Banco Central confirman: estamos en depresión económica
El Producto Interno Bruto (PIB) del 2020, decayó en -2.0%, según datos oficiales del Banco Central de Nicaragua (BCN), publicados[...]
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Brasile Portogallo
Arquidiocese de BH segue prefeito e mantém missa de Páscoa online
Capital mineira entra em contenda com ministro Kassio Nunes, do STF, que autorizou a celebração presencial de cultos religiosos em todo o país A Arquidiocese de Belo Horizonte, da Igreja Católica, seguiu sua programação de missas online neste domingo de Páscoa (4), apesar de o ministro Kassio Nunes, do Supremo ...
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Brasile
Após liberação, missa de Páscoa na Basílica de Aparecida reúne 154 pessoas
Decisão que autorizou cultos religiosos mesmo com proibição em meio à pandemia recomenda limite de 25% da capacidade do local, o que ali equivaleria a até mil pessoas Após a liberação de cerimônias religiosas, a missa de Páscoa na Basílica de Aparecida (SP) reuniu 154 pessoas na manhã ...
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Brasile
Dimas Covas, do Butantan, não espera aceleração da vacinação e vê 5 mil mortes por dia: “Os próximos 15 dias serão dramáticos”
Em entrevista ao Valor, diretor do instituto diz que não é realista esperar avanço rápido no número de pessoas vacinadas nos próximos meses, como projeta o Ministério da Saúde À frente do Instituto Butantan, maior fabricante de vacinas contra covid-19 do Brasil, o médico Dimas Covas avalia ...
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Myanmar
Korean steelmaker Posco urged to cut ties with Myanmar’s junta
International pension funds pressure company over joint venture with military-controlled conglomerate
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Brasile USA
Brazil seeks US$1 billion in foreign aid to curb Amazon deforestation by 30-40% -environmental minister
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazil’s environment minister wants US$1 billion in foreign aid from countries including the United States to help reduce deforestation in the Amazon between 30% and 40%, according to an interview published on Saturday in newspaper O Estado de São Paulo. “The plan is US$1 billion ...
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Brasile
Five candidates for Peru’s presidency in technical tie according to polls
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - One week before Peru's general elections, there is maximum uncertainty, with a technical tie between five presidential candidates, of which only two will go to the second round, according to two polls published this Sunday, April 4. These polls, the last ones that can be ...
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Nigeria
Kogi Gov Restates Commitment To Reposition Healthcare
BY HENRY TYOHEMBA, Abuja The Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello, has reiterated his administration’s commitment to prioritising the health of Kogi people by repositioning Primary Health Care (PHC) centres across the state. The governor disclosed this during the commissioning of the Takete-Ide PHC center in the Mopa-Muro local government area ...
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Nigeria
NDLEA Intercepts N564m Heroin At Abuja Airport
A drug trafficker, Goodluck Odeh, has been intercepted at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport (NAIA) in possession of two kg of heroin with a street value of N564 million. A statement by the Director, Publicity and Advocacy, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Mr Femi ...