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Regno Unito
Mirae to finance W1tr for Yeosu resort development
A consortium led by Mirae Asset Financial Group and UK-based investment firm Castlepines clinched a deal to finance more
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Nigeria
FCT residents urge ‘menstrual leave’ for women
Some residents of the Federal Capital Territory have called for a law that will allow female employees in Nigeria to have a day off work to observe their menstrual period each month. The residents made the call in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Monday. The ...
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Nigeria
BREAKING: FG suspends law that forced Adeboye to step down
Ifeanyi Onuba, Abuja The Federal Government on Monday suspended the controversial Corporate Governance Code which was issued on October 17 by the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria. The suspension was disclosed in a statement by the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr Okechukwu Enelamah. In the five paragraphs statement issued ...
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Nigeria
BREAKING: Buhari sacks Obazee, orders reconstitution of FRC board
President Muhammadu Buhari has fired the Executive Secretary of the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria, Mr. Jim Obazee, and ordered the reconstitution of the FRC board. The decision comes two days after Pastor Enoch Adeboye of the Redeemed Christian Church of God stepped down as the General Overseer of RCCG ...
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Nigeria
Customs generated N898bn as revenue in 2016
The Nigeria Customs Service has generated N898bn as revenue in 2016, including VAT. The NCS spokesman, Mr. Joseph Attah, on Monday said that the figure was however less than the N904bn collected in 2015. He attributed the shortfall to the difficulty in accessing foreign exchange and removal of the 41 ...
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Nigeria
Gambia: Nigeria On Standby To Evacuate Citizens
Abike Dabiri-Erewa, senior special assistant to the president on foreign affairs and diaspora, has said that the federal government is ‘on standby’ to evacuate Nigerians in the Gambia if the need arises. As the crisis continues to thicken, as a result of the refusal of President Yahaya Jammeh to step ...
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Nigeria
Police Parade 7 Suspected Kidnappers Of Hirse, 2 Others
The Nigeria Police Force, yesterday, paraded seven suspected kidnappers, who were allegedly responsible for the kidnap of former foreign affairs minister, Bagudu Hirse in Kaduna last year. The suspects are Dominic Nwakpa (aka Alhaji) who is the gang leader, Ifeanyi Chukwu, Balat Paul, Ibrahim Samuel, Jatau Peter (a dismissed ...
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Bolivia
L’inefficacité des mécanismes de contrôle
Les pouvoirs publics rassurent, les commerçants se défendent, les producteurs justifient et les consommateurs se plaignent. A chacun sa réaction en ce début d’année face à la hausse quasi générale des prix, particulièrement ceux relevant de l’alimentaire. Des hausses justifiées dans le cadre de la loi de finances 2017 dans ...
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Bolivia
Le syndrome algérien Ben Ali - Trabelsi devant ses premières conséquences
Il ne faut pas faire attention aux déclarations de circonstances. Le pouvoir politique algérien pensait avoir acheté du temps. Les événements de Béjaïa lui montrent qu’il n’en a presque plus. La dernière séquence semblable à ce début janvier 2017 n’est pas lointaine. Les émeutes surprises de janvier 2011. Liées à ...
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Yemen
EU and FAO team up to address alarming food insecurity in Yemen
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Country: YemenWith 14 million people food insecure in strife-torn Yemen, the European Union has committed 12 million euros in support of the UN Food Agency's efforts to tackle rising hunger.Partnership to directly assist 150 000 people and strengthen early warning information 9 January ...