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Nigeria
NAICOM Partners FCTA On Insurance Cover For Persons, Businesses
BY MARK ITSIBOR, Abuja The National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) has moved to get the buy-in of the minister of Federal Capital Territory, Mohammed Bello and key players under the ministry of FCT to provide insurance cover for their businesses and persons. To achieve that, chairman of the governing board of ...
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Nigeria
Finance Minister Commends NEXIM Bank’s Reduction In NPLs
BY MARK ITSIBOR, Abuja Management of Nigeria Export – Import Bank (NEXIM) has been commended for returning the bank to profitability and reduction in non- performing loans. Minister of finance, budget and national planning, Zainab Ahmed gave the commendation when she inaugurated two newly appointed non – executive directors into ...
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Nigeria
Maiduguri Business Owners, Residents Bemoan 3 Months Without Power
BY FRANCIS OKOYE, Maiduguri Business owners and residents of Maiduguri, the Borno State capital are counting their losses as a result of three months without electricity following the destruction of Transmission Company of Nigeria ( TCN ) transmission line along Maiduguri-Damaturu highway by suspected Boko Haram terrorists. LEADERSHIP reports that ...
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Nigeria
Crypto Currency: A Leap Into The Future?
With the growing popularity in cryptocurrency trading and investment in Nigeria despite its ban by Nigeria’s apex bank Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), DANIEL UDECHUKWU examines why it is gaining more traction than the traditional forms of investments. Emmanuel Ntekim is in his early thirties, but he has already set ...
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Nigeria
Scarcity Of Forex Persists As CBN’s Naira4Dollar Policy Closes
BY BUKOLA IDOWU, Lagos With the two months period of the Naira4Dollar initiative of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) almost over, analysts and stakeholders in the Nigerian economy say there has not been much improvement in the foreign exchange liquidity in the country. The CBN had in March this ...
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Iran
Iranian foreign minister apologizes for leaked comments
After coming under fire from Iran’s supreme leader, the country’s foreign minister offered him a direct and extensive apology on May 2 for recorded comments leaked to the public last week.
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Thailandia
Banks see growth in fees, service income
Signs of recovery in the Thai economy and stock market in the first quarter raised equity and mutual fund investment, as well as fee-based income for Thailand's banking sector.
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Thailandia
State hurries GI registration
Thailand is speeding up registration of geographical indication (GI) products in four countries to prevent foreign sellers from claiming they make the products and helping to increase Thai exports during the pandemic this year.
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El Salvador
Denuncian ruptura del orden constitucional en El Salvador; Nayib Bukele ‘concentra poder’
La Organización de Estados Americanos (OEA), organizaciones internacionales de derechos humanos, así como voces a lo interno de El Salvador, rechazaron la destitución de cinco magistrados de la Corte Suprema y del fiscal general de ese país por parte de la recién estrenada Asamblea Legislativa afín al presidente ...
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Brasile Portogallo
Maior leilão da história trará o 5G ao Brasil
Muito mais do que uma internet mais rápida, a tecnologia 5G, que deverá chegar ao Brasil até o fim do ano, irá revolucionar toda a sociedade e os meios produtivos. “Não se trata de mais um G e sim de um guarda-chuva que envolve e potencializa outras tecnologias”, afirma o presidente ...