• Nigeria

    Agbakoba, Oyebode condemn NGO bill

    Oladimeji Ramon A professor of International Law and Jurisprudence at the University of Lagos, Akin Oyebode; and a former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Dr. Olisa Agbakoba (SAN), have separately condemned the Non-Governmental Organisation bill being considered by the National Assembly. While Agbakoba argued that the bill was unnecessary, ...

  • Nigeria

    CBN recovers N50bn excess charges from banks

    Everest Amaefule, Abuja The Central Bank of Nigeria has recovered over N50bn excess charges imposed by banks on their customers. The Acting Director, Corporate Communications, CBN, Mr. Isaac Okorafor, disclosed this at the ongoing Abuja International Trade Fair on Wednesday. Okorafor said that the CBN was committed to ensuring that ...

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    FG approves payment of N26bn to power firms

    …commences fresh action on ease of doing business Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja The Federal Government on Wednesday approved the payment of N25.994bn owed by its Ministries, Departments and Agencies to electricity distribution companies. The government also resolved to investigate the firm that was said to have exported poor quality yams from ...

  • Nigeria

    Stakeholders examine opportunities, challenges in PIB

    ’Femi Asu Stakeholders in the nation’s oil and gas industry have said the passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill will present opportunities for the nation’s oil and gas industry. They spoke at a breakfast lecture, entitled ‘Petroleum Industry Bill: Challenges and opportunities,’ organised by the Island Club, Onikan, Lagos. The ...

  • Nigeria

    Customs impound 11 smuggled exotic cars

    The Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit, Zone ‘A’ has impounded 11 smuggled exotic vehicles with a duty paid value of N125.4m. Disclosing this to journalists in Lagos on Wednesday, the Controller, NCS FOU, Zone ‘A’, Mohammed Uba, also stated that eight suspects had been arrested in connection with 128 ...

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    Stakeholders to focus on trends in haulage business

    Stakeholders in the Nigerian haulage industry are preparing for the 2017 edition of the Haulage and Logistics Magazine Annual Conference & Exhibition tagged Haulmace 2017. The stakeholders, according to a statement on Wednesday, would discuss the emerging trends in the haulage business in Nigeria in an attempt to move the ...

  • Nigeria

    Firm, LASU partner to train students in water production

    For the third time Rinllandded Nigeria Limited has collaborated with the Centre for Entrepreneurial Studies, Lagos State University (LASU) to train students in water treatment and packaging. The trainee students, who cut across various faculties in the university, were at the Iyana Era premises of the firms’s water packaging plant, ...

  • Nigeria

    Stakeholders Urge Nigerians To Be Heart Healthy

     BY ODIRI UCHENUNU-IBEH, Lagos  As heart disease and stroke maintain lead in the causes of death globally, claiming over 17 million lives each year, stakeholders in the health sector have urged Nigerians to be heart healthy.  The Marketing Director, PZ Wilmar, Mr. Kalyan Bandyopadhyay said there is need to embark ...

  • Brasile

    Três pessoas são presas no RS por negociar bebê por R$ 100 mil

    Três pessoas foram presas na manhã desta quarta-feira (4/10), suspeitas de negociar a venda de um bebê por R$ 100 mil no Rio Grande do Sul. Segundo a Polícia Civil, as prisões aconteceram em Novo Hamburgo, na região do Vale do Sinos e no balneário Pinhal, no ...

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    Brazil’s Mais Medicos Program to Lose Cuban Doctors

    By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Nearly 1,400 Brazilian doctors with foreign diplomas were admitted into the Mais Medicos (More Doctors) program on Tuesday (October 3rd), as Brazil’s government tries to substitute foreign doctors in the program for Brazilian ones. Recently Cuban doctors finishing up their ...