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Nigeria
FirstBank Reopens Abuja Headquarters
First Bank Limited has reopened its headquarters (Coomassie House) located at the Central Business District, Abuja. The office was on August 4, sealed by the FCT High Court Enforcement Unit over failure to comply with a garnishee order. A garnishee order is one of the options open to a judgment ...
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Nigeria
Customs Seizes 12 Trucks Of Rice Worth N537.5m In 1 Month
The Federal Operations Unit (Fou), Zone A, of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), yesterday, said it has Impounded 12 trucks of foreign parboiled rice smuggled into the country from neighboring Benin Republic. Speaking to journalists in Lagos, the acting Customs Area Controller (CAC), of the anti-smuggling unit of the service, ...
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Nigeria
‘Dala Inland Dry Port To Decongest Sea Ports’
The minister of Transport, Mu’azu Jaji Sambo has said that the declaration of Dala Inland Dry Port as port of origin and destination in Kano was part of the federal government’s commitment to decongest existing sea ports and extend Shipping business into the hinterland . He said yesterday the Dala ...
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Nigeria
FCMB, Unilever Partner To Create 10,000 Jobs
First City Monument Bank(FCMB) and Unilever have partnered Psaltry International to empower 10,000 rural farmers The partnership will enhance the delivery of Africa’s first cassava-based Sorbitol Factor. To this end, sorbitol factory, constructed by Psaltry International Limited (PIL) in partnership with FCMB and Unilever Nigeria, has been commissioned by the ...
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Brasile
Better outlook for Brazil’s economy
Market analysts, consulted weekly by the Central Bank of Brazil to prepare the Focus report with its economic projections, corrected their inflation estimates downwards for the sixth consecutive time. According to their forecasts, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) will rise 7.11% this year, while it was 7.67% four weeks ago. ...
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Brasile Colombia
President Petro sends bill for Colombia’s rich to pay more taxes
Colombia's new leftist government filed on Monday before the majority-government Congress a bill to make the rich pay more taxes and finance its ambitious social programs against poverty and inequality with new resources. The recently inaugurated economic team of President Gustavo Petro presented the tax reform for its . . ...
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USA
Africa: South Africas's Foreign Minister Welcomes Blinken
[Govt of SA] Opening remarks by the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Dr Naledi Pandor at the occasion of the hosting of the South Africa-United States Strategic Dialogue
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Brasile
Caminhoneiros recebem auxílio com parcela dobrada
Os motoristas de carga autônomos recebem hoje (9) as duas primeiras parcelas do Auxílio Caminhoneiro, benefício emergencial para repor os efeitos do aumento do diesel neste ano. Como cada parcela equivale a R$ 1 mil, cada caminhoneiro receberá R$ 2 mil neste mês. O dinheiro será depositado nas contas poupança sociais digitais e ...
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Brasile
Auxílio Brasil de R$ 600 começa a ser pago nesta terça-feira
A Caixa Econômica Federal começa a pagar nesta terça-feira (9) a parcela de agosto do Auxílio Brasil e do Auxílio Gás. Recebem hoje os beneficiários com Número de Inscrição Social (NIS) com final 1. Esta é a primeira parcela com o valor mínimo de R$ 600, que vigorará até dezembro, conforme emenda constitucional promulgada em ...
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Brasile
Parcela de R$ 600 do Auxílio Brasil começa a ser paga amanhã
O Auxílio Brasil - principal programa de distribuição de renda do governo federal - passará a pagar parcelas mínimas de R$ 600 para as famílias cadastradas no programa, informou o ministro da Cidadania, Ronaldo Vieira Bento, em entrevista ao programa A Voz do Brasil. Bento informou que o governo também ampliou ...