• USA

    Big Corporations Unable to Complete Their 2017 Business Plans Due to Uncertainties

    "There is nothing for us to do at a time like now. Things are pretty much gloomy." A large corporation chairman said to the reporter in a recent interview. Given the latest incidents like National Assembly public hearings in which corporate leaders were grilled by lawmakers, special prosecutors' investigations, and ...

  • Cina

    A year in practice, Korea-China trade deal brings limited effect

    A free trade agreement between South Korea and China has brought fewer benefits than anticipated since it came into forc

  • Cina

    Korea-China FTA tarnished by slowdown, but facilitates investment

    Trade between South Korea and China fell this year from 2015 due to the global slowdown, but their bilateral free trade

  • Nigeria

    Monetary authorities faced with very difficult choices – CBN

    Stanley Opara Monetary authorities in Nigeria are currently being faced with very difficult choices in the trade-off between tackling inflation, supporting growth and exchange rate stability, the Deputy Governor, Economic Policy, Central Bank of Nigeira, Sarah Alade, has said. She noted that achieving appropriate macroeconomic policies had continued to be ...

  • Nigeria

    Why retirees should take annuity –Leadway

    Nike Popoola The General Manager, Life Business, Leadway Assurance Company Limited, Mr. Tinashe Muyambo, has urged retirees under the Contributory Pension Scheme to take annuity at their retirement because it will provide them with pensions for life. He said this during a forum, which was organised by the firm for ...

  • Nigeria

    NIS renews commitment to duty

    Sesan Olufowobi The Lagos State Command of the Nigeria Immigration Service says its operatives are ready to carry out their duties efficiently to prevent all forms of security threats in the country. The NIS Comptroller of the state command, Mrs. Clara Okojie, stated this on Friday while congratulating officers of ...

  • Nigeria

    Cassava bread, still a mirage after 34 years

    In spite of huge investments made by the Federal Government in the cassava bread initiative over a period of 34 years, the project has remained a pipe dream, NIKE POPOOLA writes. The founder of Idera Oluwa Super Bread in Ibadan, Mr. Abass Abiodun, was one of the bakers that were ...

  • Nigeria Regno Unito

    UK to invest $1bn in Nigeria’s transport sector

    Rasheed Bisiriyu Firms from the United Kingdom have revealed plans to invest over $1bn (about N305bn) in the transport sector of the Nigerian economy. The investments, expected to come on stream within 18 months, are aimed at improving the operations of Nigeria’s maritime, railway and aviation industries, according to a ...

  • Nigeria

    N7.29tn budget: Nigeria can’t do without borrowing, say Reps

    John Ameh and Leke Baiyewu The leadership of the House of Representatives said on Sunday that Nigeria had no choice but to borrow money to fund the 2017 budget. It noted that in a country battling economic recession, the government must spend money to reflate the economy and invest heavily ...

  • Russia Turchia Iran

    Turkey talks to Russia, Iran over Aleppo deal

    Turkey continued diplomatic efforts to secure the evacuation of civilians from Aleppo late on Dec. 18, with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan speaking to Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu speaking to his Iranian counterpart Javad Zarif