• Malta

    IMF praises Malta’s growth, says planned measures worked out well

    In its annual report about the Maltese economy, the International Monetary Fund says that Malta’s economy grew more than anticipated – the predictions were for a 3.5% rise, but this was superseded to 4%, the government said in a statement.In their analysis, IMF economists said that “Malta’s economic growth has ...

  • Yemen

    MPs given Sh40 million to dilute NYS probe report

    A number of MPs have sensationally claimed a close senior relative of a top leader in the Executive arm of government and a commercial bank gave money to MPs to dilute the NYS probe report. But the chairman of the Public Accounts Committee has denied the allegation. When asked about ...

  • Kenya

    Do the NASA players have secret MOUs for final 2017 dash?

    OPPOSITION supremo Raila Odinga has worked overtime and in overdrive to both reclaim and retain his Western vote bloc territory. Throughout 2016, he has given the political arena object lessons in aggressively assertive political strategy. In the process, there has been collateral damage, particularly in the form of former ...

  • Kenya

    Kenya: How Kenya Power bosses 'fixed' Sh6b tender for Chinese firm

    A Sh6 billion tender scandal has hit Kenya Power, with revelations that it awarded the contract to a company registered less than a year ago.

  • Nigeria

    The craziest thing I did for love –Seyi Law

    ’Nonye Ben-Nwankwo and Ademola Olonilua Comedian, Seyi Law, admits he has done so many crazy things but he would easily recall the craziest thing he has ever done which is travelling from Lagos to Benin virtually every Saturday to see a girl who did not appreciate him. Although a funny ...

  • Nigeria

    Dirty fuel import ban effective July 1 – FG

    Okechukwu Nnodim, Abuja The enforcement of the ban on the importation of dirty fuel with high sulphur content from Europe to Nigeria will begin from July 1, 2017, the Federal Government has said. The government also announced that beginning from December 31, 2016, it would suspend the exportation of rosewood ...

  • Nigeria

    Recession: We’ll restrict employment of foreigners, says Immigration

    Okechukwu Nnodim, Abuja The Nigeria Immigration Service has said that it will not allow foreign companies operating in the country to flood their organisations with foreigners without first employing enough Nigerians in a bid to cushion the effect of the recession on citizens across the country. It stated that it ...

  • Nigeria

    SPAR Partners With Stakeholders To Support Made In Nigeria Brands

    Local SMEs have showcased their products to shoppers at SPAR Hypermarket Ilupeju  at the maiden edition of SME bazaar organized by Bank of Industry, Manufacturers Association of Nigeria and the Retail Council of Nigeria. The SME Bazaar was the final stage in a series of workshops by the organisers to ...

  • Argentina Uruguay

    APP del Aeropuerto: Cedicor, sin puntaje de evaluadores

    El consorcio Aeropuerto Asunción Silvio Pettirossi, integrado por Cedicor (del grupo Eurnekián) y Caminos Viales del Uruguay (Argentina y Uruguay) fue el único que quedó fuera de la licitación, para la modernización y ampliación del Aeropuerto Internacional Silvio Pettirossi, que se lleva adelante bajo la Ley de Alianza Público-Privada (APP).

  • USA

    Hydrocarbons: ALNAFT to launch fifth tender call in 2017

    TEXAS (United States)- The National Agency for the Development of Hydrocarbon Resources (ALNAFT) intends to launch a fifth invitation to tender for prospecting and exploiting hydrocarbons, centred on the development of the existing gas and oil fields, the chairman of ALNAFT's managing board, Sid Ali Betata, told APS on ...