• Brasile Bolivia

    Bolivia Approves First Same-sex Civil Union

    RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - David Aruquipa and Guido Montaño were granted the first same sex civil union in Bolivia Friday, December 11th. The couple were initially denied the right to register their union in 2018 by Bolivian authorities, who said the country's law did not allow same sex marriage. ...

  • Brasile USA

    Analysis: COVID-19 Could Cause Over 2.7 Million SMEs in Latin America to Close

    RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - At least 2.7 million businesses are expected to close in Latin America - most of them small and medium-size businesses (SMEs) - as a result of the economic shock caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the US consulting firm Boston Consulting Group (BCG) said in a ...

  • Brasile

    Guedes Confident Brazil Can Help Vulnerable People and Maintain Spending Cap

    RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Brazilian government has the financial tools to support some of the country’s most vulnerable people next year without threatening the spending cap, its most important fiscal anchor, Economy Minister Paulo Guedes said on Friday, December 11th. In public testimony to Congress, Guedes noted that ...

  • Brasile Regno Unito

    UK and Brazil to Boost Economic Relationship

    RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The UK and Brazil made agreements on financial services, taxation, sustainable growth and Green Finance, helping to boost jobs and investments for UK companies. At the fourth Economic and Financial Dialogue (EFD) between the UK and Brazil on December 10th, British Chancellor Rishi Sunak and ...

  • Brasile

    The Brazilian Livestreams Guide for Saturday, December 12, 2020

    LIVESTREAM: Seu Jorge (online) – The one and only MPB master Seu Jorge is will be starring at "Together Live" - a show aimed at raising funds for people living without access to basic hygiene in Brazil. The livestream, organized in partnership with the organization Together Band, will start at ...

  • Nigeria

    Senate President Mourns LEADERSHIP Publisher, Nda-Isaiah

    BY BODE GBADEBO, Abuja The President of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan, has condoled with the family, friends of Mr. Sam Nda-Isaiah and the Nigerian newspaper industry over the death of the publisher of LEADERSHIP and National Economy newspaper titles. Lawan also commiserated with the Newspaper Proprietors’ Association of Nigeria ...

  • Nigeria

    FG – No Plan To Increase Tax In 2021

    By ADEBIYI ADEDAPO, Abuja The federal government yesterday said it had no plan to increase a new tax regime in 2021 with the 2020 Finance Bill currently before the National Assembly.   This is just as the speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila expressed the commitment of the ...

  • Nigeria

    Recession: IMF Predicts Nigeria’s Early Exit Next Year

    BY JONATHAN NDA-ISAIAH and MARK ITSIBOR, Abuja   The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected that Nigeria’s economy will begin to recover in 2021. It however said the economy will record a subdued real GDP growth of 1½ per cent and output, recovering to its pre-COVID-19 pandemic level only in ...

  • Nigeria

    Gbajabiamila Pledeges Speedy Passage Of Finance Bill

    By ADEBIYI ADEDAPO, Abuja Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has expressed the commitment of the House to speedily pass the 2020 Finance Bill.   The speaker said the bill was critical to the success of the 2021 budget, as it made provisions to support the recovery of ...

  • Nigeria

    Diaspora Remittances And National Economy

    By Our Editors The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), recently announced new policy measures to enhance the operability of the diaspora remittance programme. These policies are designed to boost and facilitate an efficient flow of remittances sent home by Nigerians out there in the diaspora. The apex bank said that ...