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Brasile USA
Brazil government announces over US$10 billion in tax cuts -Sindifisco
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - In the first quarter of this year, the federal government announced tax cuts totaling R$47.05 billion (US$10 billion). This is according to a survey conducted by Sindifisco Nacional, an association of tax inspectors of the Internal Revenue Service. The list of products subject to import ...
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Brasile
Brazil: Cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme leaves more than 2,000 people affected
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - A massive scam on cryptocurrency investments under a pyramid model has left more than 2,000 people affected in Brazil. It is the case of Alpha Consultoria, a "company" created in February 2021 by Sadraqui de Freitas and Nathan Assis de Oliveira, whose purpose was "capital ...
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Kenya
Man charged for obtaining Sh44m by false pretence
A contractor who allegedly obtained Sh44 million from a construction company to secure a tender from a college in Kakamega County has been charged.
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Russia
Russia, Banca centrale ferma acquisti oro a prezzo fisso
(Teleborsa) - A causa di "un cambiamento significativo delle condizioni di mercato", la Banca centrale russa ha annunciato che acquisterà oro dalle banche commerciali a un prezzo negoziato a partire...
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Nigeria
Nigeria’s Telecom FDI Drops To $417.4m As Revenue Hit N2.9trn – NCC
A new report released last night by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has shown that capital inflow or Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into the Nigerian telecommunications industry in year 2020 rose to $417,481,615.30 million while total revenue within the same period increased to N2,880,660,709,902.25 trillion in naira terms. The 2020 ...
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USA Nigeria
Amb Hirse, Yar’Adua’s Cousin, Shehu Sani, Join Plateau, Katsina, Kaduna Guber Races
Former Nigeria Ambassador to the Republic of Namibia, Bagudu Hirse, a cous in to the late Nigerian president, Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, Arc. Ahmed Aminu Yar’Adua, and Senator Shehu Sani, yesterday picked Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship forms for the Plateau, Katsina and Kaduna states repetitively. Hirse, a former minister of ...
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Nigeria
Whitefield, Sterling One Foundations Empower 60,000 Youths
The Whitefield Foundation, Sterling One Foundation, Coca-Cola Foundation, alongside other partners, have trained and empowered over 60,000 youths and women to aid wealth creation and contribute positively to the nation’s economy. The executing partner, Whitefield Foundation, also disbursed over N30 million in financial grants to the top 1,000 beneficiaries ...
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Nigeria
‘Nigeria Losing Qualified Seafarers To Unfavorable Tax Regime’
The Nigerian Liquified Natural Gas, (NLNG) Ship Management Limited, has urged the federal government to declare Nigeria a maritime nation. NSML, the shipping arm of the NLNG, also disclosed that Nigeria is losing qualified seafarers to foreign countries due to the nation’s tax laws. Speaking at a one-day training of ...
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Nigeria
Customs Intercepts 82,700 Litres Of PMS, 11 Trucks Of Foreign Rice
The Federal Operation Unit (FOU), Zone A of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), yesterday, said it intercepted 68,225 litres of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), also known as, petrol and 11 truck loads of foreign parboiled smuggled into the country from neighborhood countries. This is as the NCS, Kebbi Area Command, ...
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Nigeria
Africa PR Report Targets $2trn Continent’s Economy
BHM Research & Intelligence has said starting this year, its annual report on the public relations and communications sector in Nigeria, Africa’s largest economy, will be expanded to cover all of Africa, adding 53 more countries with a combined economy of over $2 trillion and over one billion population. This ...