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USA Thailandia
FTA and GSP use by exporters rises 3.4%
The use of free trade agreement (FTA) privileges and the Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) by Thai exporters amounted to US$11.57 billion in the first two months of 2019, up 3.4% from the same period last year.
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USA
Houston’s unemployment rate falls, local economy adds 9,700 jobs
The Houston metro area added 9,700 jobs during March and the unemployment rate fell to 3.7 percent.
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Portogallo
Portugal é o novo “porto seguro” da Europa?
No Portugal GRI 2019, investidores globais e locais, vão discutir tendências e oportunidades no mercado imobiliário português.
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Nuova Zelanda
Instagram tourists hit back over photo claims
The partner of an Australian "influencer" touring New Zealand has hit back after she was accused of swimming in a forbidden spring.Cleo Codrington's photos showed her wading through water at a location which viewers claimed was...
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USA Ghana Nigeria
$1.5BN Ghana PPP Deep Sea Port To Service ECOWAS Subregion
LEADERSHIP: As ECOWAS Parliament, the lawmaking arm of ECOWAS Commission pushes for a more sustainable and suitable Public Private Partnership, PPP model that will accelerate infrastructural and social development in West African sub region, the need for the strict application of the local content laws by Member states has been ...
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Nigeria
Minimum Wage: NLC, TUC Laud Buhari Over Assent
LEADERSHIP: The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC)and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) has lauded President Muhammadu Buhari for signing the N30,000 minimum wage bill into law. Mr Peter Ozo-Eson, General Secretary, NLC and Mr Bobboi Kaigama, the President of TUC in a separate interviews on Friday in Abuja, described the action ...
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Nigeria
Snakes Force Liberian President George Weah Out Of Office
LEADERSHIP: Snakes have been found in Liberian President George Weah’s office, forcing him to work from his private residence, the BBC has learnt. Press secretary Smith Toby told the BBC that on Wednesday two black snakes were found in the foreign affairs ministry building, site of the official office. All ...
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Nigeria
JRT’s 12th Festival of Theatre To Entice Present Internet Generation To The Stage
LEADERSHIP: Jos Repertory Theatre (JRT), Festival of Theatre is back. The twelfth edition which packs a thrilling foreign and local repertoire, opens on May 7, and focuses on ‘building a new generation for the arts’. Festival Founder, Patrick Jude Oteh, says rather than the usual ten schools, the festival targeted ...
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Nigeria
Renewable Energy: ICT, Finance, Others, Priority Areas To Improve Women’s Access
LEADERSHIP: Clean Technology Hub, a research and incubation clean energy company has identified five priority areas that demand immediate address in order to improve women’s access to renewable energy. These areas include ICT, agriculture, healthcare, education and financial inclusion. In a workshop congregating Women Leaders in the Renewable Energy (RE) ...
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Nigeria
NGO Lauds Buhari For Signing New Minimum Wage Bill
LEADERSHIP: Noble Youths Mass Support Association (NYMSA), an NGO, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for signing the New Minimum Wage Bill into Law. Mr Godwin Onmonya, the National Coordinator of the group gave the commendation in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Gwagwalada on Friday. The ...