• Cina

    Trump names critics of China, regulation for economic posts

    President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday named billionaire Carl Icahn, a vocal critic of what he calls government overregulation, to serve as a special advisor to overhaul “strangling regulations.” He also tapped Peter Navarro, an outspoken China critic, to head the White House National Trade Council, a new office that will ...

  • Nigeria

    External reserves hit $25.2bn as dollar shortage bites

    Oyetunji Abioye The nation’s foreign exchange reserves have risen to over three-month high of $25bn, according to data on the website of the Central Bank of Nigeria. Specifically, the statistics showed that the external reserves rose to $25.2bn on December 19. The last time the reserves recorded this figure was ...

  • Giappone

    Dollar inches up to ¥117.70 in pre-Christmas trade

    The dollar edged up to levels around ¥117.70 in Tokyo trading on Thursday, ahead of the Christmas weekend, with the Tokyo market to be closed for three days from Friday. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥117.66-67, up from ¥117.59-59 at the same time on Wednesday. The euro was ...

  • Giappone

    Tokyo stocks fall further on position adjustment

    Stocks lost further ground on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Thursday, pushed down by position-adjustment selling prior to the three-day weekend from Friday. The 225-issue Nikkei average shed 16.82 points, or 0.09 percent, to end at 19,427.67. On Wednesday, the key market gauge fell 50.04 points. The Topix index of all ...

  • Giappone

    Slower tax revenue growth in aging Japan puts Abenomics at crossroads

    As Japan takes on the elusive challenge of fiscal reconstruction, slowing tax revenue growth is casting a shadow over the future of the aging country. That bodes ill for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who has touted recent growth in tax income since taking office in 2012 as one of the ...

  • Giappone

    Honda in talks with Google’s Waymo on self-drive tech

    Honda Motor Co. said Wednesday it is talking to Waymo, the autonomous driving unit of Google parent Alphabet Inc., to try to strike a deal that would put its self-driving technology into some of the Japanese automaker’s cars. Both companies stressed that at this point the talks are about research, ...

  • Nigeria

    Abducted Delta monarch rescued

    The abducted Ovie of Agbarha-Warri Kingdom, Orhifi Orovwagbarha Agbarha-Ide Ememoh II, has been rescued. The monarch was on his way to Asaba for a security summit when he was kidnapped by gunmen on Wednesday. The Nation gathered that the Ovie was rescued by policemen from Delta State police command and ...

  • Nigeria

    Corruption: SSANU seeks law to protect whistleblowers

    The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), is seeking a law to protect whistleblowers of corruption being perpetrated by vice chancellors and other top officials of the nation’s universities. SSANU National Vice President, Comrade Alfred Jimoh, made the call on the sidelines of a two-day Western Zonal Women Conference ...

  • USA

    Ministry Disowns List Of Deployment Of 47 Ambassadors

    The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has disowned list released in some media agencies on the purported deployment of 47 career Ambassadors-designate to different countries. In a statement made available to LEADERSHIP by the Ministry Of Foreign Affairs , through the office of the Permanent Secretary, Amb Sola Enikanolaiye, states that, ...

  • Cina

    Positive outlook for forest industry with strong domestic and export demand

    The outlook for forestry is looking significantly better than a year ago, when high log inventories in the key China market were raising concerns. China exports have picked up again and forestry volumes are growing, with some early...