• Turchia Malta

    Faculty for Social Wellbeing appeals for further action against domestic violence

    The Faculty for Social Wellbeing has appealed to the authorities to take the necessary and expedited action to address violence against women, in particular domestic violence, which it described as "a social issue that is leaving a profound scar on our communities.""As a Faculty we condemn violence against women (and ...

  • Nuova Zelanda

    Sales of $1m-plus homes grow 11 per cent in Tauranga

    Sales of million-dollar plus properties in the Bay are up on last year, bucking a national decrease driven by a drop in Auckland sales.In the first half of 2017, 180 properties sold for more than a million across the region, according...

  • Nigeria

    Belgium, France now issue Dutch visas — Envoy

    The Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Nigeria, on Tuesday, stated that it was no longer in the business of issuing visas to Nigerians. The Embassy’s Charge d’ Affaires, Mr. Michel Deleen, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos that the embassy had since 2013 swapped its ...

  • Nigeria

    Fraudsters circulating forged crude oil allocation letters, says NNPC

    Okechukwu Nnodim, Abuja The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation on Tuesday warned oil sector operators about the activities of conmen specialising in circulating forged letters of crude oil allocation with the intent of defrauding unsuspecting buyers or members of the public. Speaking at the presentation of commendation letters to 12 personnel ...

  • Nigeria

    Adeosun emerges board chair of ECOWAS Investment Bank

    Ifeanyi Onuba, Abuja The Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, has emerged as the new Chairman of the Board of Governors of the ECOWAS Investment Bank. She was named as the new chairman at the end of the 15th Annual General Meeting of the board of governors of the bank. ...

  • Nigeria

    CBN: Forex monthly demand jumps to N588b

    The demand for foreign exchange (forex) has continued to rise despite the drop in forex earnings by the Federal Government, it was learnt yesterday. Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Godwin Emefiele said yesterday that the average monthly import bill rose from N12.4 billion in 2005 to N588.1 billion in ...

  • Nigeria

    Olubadan: I still oppose chieftaincy law

    The Olubadan of Ibadan land, Oba Saliu Adetunji, has said his opposition to the attempt by the government to review the Olubadan chieftaincy laws remain unchanged. The monarch said the recommendation of 32 crowns for Ibadan by the Boade Commission set up by Oyo State was a joke too far. ...

  • Cina Nigeria

    Nigeria, China to tackle low quality products import

    China and Nigeria have agreed to put in place measures to tackle importation of substandard products into the country. China and Nigeria Chamber of Commerce (CCCN) President, Ye Shuijin, stated this yesterday, while addressing reporters in Abuja. He insisted that most of the imported fake products were not made in ...

  • Nigeria

    FAAC July revenue drops to N387.31b

    The revenue shared yesterday to the federal, state and local governments from the Federation Account for July dropped by N183.26 billion from the amount shared for June. The amount shared yesterday is N387.31billion compared to June’s N570.58 billion. The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of finance, Dr. Mahmoud Isa Dutse, ...

  • Nigeria

    Danbatta seeks passage of Data Protection, Electronic Transaction bills

    • Subscribers advised to report unsolicited SMS Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) Prof Umar Danbatta yesterday called for the passage of the harmonised Data Protection Bill and the Electronic Transaction Bill into Law. He urged Nigerians to report cases of unsolicited messages from service provides to ...