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Kenya
Business: Eastleigh gears up for business summit to showcase opportunities
A summit to showcase Nairobi's Eastleigh area as a growing business and investment hub in Kenya and East Africa region gets underway Saturday.
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Regno Unito
House to send anti-bribery Bill for presidential assent after one-year wait
The proposed law, modelled along the UK’s Bribery Act, seeks to punish private sector bribery especially in dealings with government and public agencies.
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Kenya
KRA seizes Sh150m contraband goods at Mombasa port
New clothes and shoes were stuffed in 21 containers but declared in import documents as coolers.
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USA
Kia's Crossover SUV Niro Listed on Guinness World Records for Fuel Economy
Kia Motors' subcompact crossover sports utility vehicle Niro was listed on the Guinness World Records in terms of fuel economy among all cars that have been released so far. According to Kia Motors America on December 15, the Niro arrived at the New York City Hall on the 11th after leaving ...
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Corea del Sud
"U.S. Interest Hike Speed Faster Than Expected"...Deputy PM
Yoo Il-ho, Deputy Prime Minister and the Minister for Strategy and Finance, said of an outlook the U.S. Fed may raise the interest rate three times next year on December 15, "We will keep monitoring the Fed's movement and come up with measures whenever deemed necessary." He said this in a ...
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USA Nigeria
Senate bill: Should public officers operate foreign accounts?
The constitution of Nigeria states that public officers should not own foreign accounts. I believe it is more helpful for accountability, transparency and integrity of public officers not to own foreign accounts. Before the 1999 Constitution, the history of corruption in Nigeria shows that public officers siphon public funds and ...
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Nigeria
Varsity dropouts steal 1,730 cartons of fish, buy cars
Samson Folarin Two sales representatives with the West Coast Fisheries Limited, Oluwaseun Olatunji and Oladapo Fasan, are cooling their heels at the X-Squad of the Lagos State Police Command, Ikeja, for the alleged theft of 1,730 cartons of fish. The two men allegedly conspired with the company’s driver, one Kayode, ...
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Nigeria
Workers shut down ExxonMobil over sacking
Members of Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria shut down business operations at the ExxonMobil office in Lagos on Thursday over the alleged sacking of 145 workers by the company’s management. During a protest, the workers, who are members of staff of Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited, an ...
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Nigeria
Govt revenue dips by N33bn, FAAC shares N387bn
Ifeanyi Onuba, Abuja The Federation Accounts Allocation Committee on Thursday allocated a total of N386.9bn to the three tiers of government for the month of November. The amount, when compared to the N420bn distributed in October, represents a decline of N33.1bn. Addressing journalists shortly after the meeting, the Minister of ...
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Giappone Nigeria
Amokachi, Amun for Xmas soccer camp
Pamodzi Sports Marketing Company in conjunction with Meadow Hall Sports Academy has planned a clinic where former Super Eagles striker Daniel Amokachi and Japan ’93 U-17 World Cup-winning coach Fanny Amun will teach pupils in Lagos the basic rudiments of the game. According to the organisers, the event tagged Christmas ...