• Nigeria

    Federal Competition Commission Law Will Pull Nigeria Out Of Recessionm – Dogara

    Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has said thatn the establishment of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, passed by the House will help pull Nigeria out of recession. According to a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Turaki Hassan, Dogara stated that ...

  • Nigeria

    Nigeria’s e-Passport Database In Malaysian Firm’s Custody

    The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) is not in charge of the country’s e-passport central database where all travel documents of its citizens are stored. Investigations by LEADERSHIP has revealed that over ten years after the federal government, through the NIS, entered into a public private partnership with a Malaysian based ...

  • Nigeria

    World Bank To Invest $57bn In Nigeria, Others

    Following a meeting with G20 finance ministers and central bank governors, World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim yesterday announced a record $57 billion in financing for Nigeria and other Sub-Saharan African countries over the next three fiscal years. The bulk of the financing – $45 billion – will come ...

  • Cina

    China's THAAD sabotage spills over to smaller firms

    Small and medium-sized South Korean companies doing business in China are also bearing the brunt of a string of disrupti

  • Cina

    Netanyahu: Israel and China must cooperate on security and trade

    Meeting in Beijing's cavernous Great Hall of the People, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang praised Israel's advances, saying it was a world leader in some technologies.

  • Perù

    Siete regiones del Perú en emergencia sanitaria por impacto de lluvias e inundaciones

    Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country: PeruLas lluvias torrenciales han generado inundaciones, deslizamientos y flujos de lodo y piedras en 24 de las 25 regiones del país. Doce regiones han sido declaradas en Estado de Emergencia. Resumen • Se activó el protocolo de respuesta conjunta que permitirá a los ...

  • USA Nigeria

    FG has challenged us to deliver S’East –APC

    Ihuoma Chiedozie, Enugu The South-East chapter of the All Progressives Congress on Monday said the Federal Government has challenged it to deliver the five states in the zone to the party by 2019. The APC National Vice-Chairman, South-East, Emma Eneukwu, disclosed this during the inauguration of zonal disciplinary and fundraising/finance ...

  • USA Nigeria

    FG, states owe foreign creditors $11.41bn

    Everest Amaefule, Abuja The Federal Government, the 36 state governments, and the Federal Capital Territory Administration currently owe foreign creditors a total of $11.41bn, the Debt Management Office has said. Statistics obtained from the DMO on Monday showed that while the Federal Government’s foreign debt stood at $7.84bn as of ...

  • USA Francia Nigeria

    Paris Club refund: We’re reviewing states’ claims, says Adeosun

    Ifeanyi Onuba, Abuja The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, on Monday stated that the Federal Government would within 12 months carry out a detailed review of the claims submitted by the states as over- deduction on the Paris Club debt. She said that while the states had all submitted ...

  • Nigeria

    Paris Club refund: NLC, TUC, Umar disagree on disbursement of fresh N500bn

    Fidelis Soriwei, Friday Olokor and Ifeanyi Onuba  The two main labour movements in the country, the Trade Union Congress and the Nigeria Labour Congress  on Monday,  differed on the disbursement of fresh N500bn Paris Club loan refund to state governments. While the NLC said that governors, who were unable to ...