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USA
Trump to withdraw US from UN Arms Trade Treaty
President makes announcement at National Rifle Association conference
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Canada
Fiancee pleads for people to look twice after Tauranga partner's serious crash
"He has a young family at home waiting for him."These are the words of Victoria Bishop, whose fiancee was seriously injured in a motorbike accident on Thursday night.She is hoping their story will warn motorists to take care around...
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Kenya
Banks want cash rule eased to increase lending to SMEs
?Pushed to lend to small businesses, banks are now asking the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) to relax regulation on cash reserves
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USA
Trump Rejects UN Arms Trade Treaty
LEADERSHIP : U.S. President Donald Trump has rejected a UN arms trade treaty that was approved by his predecessor Barack Obama and is currently waiting in the Senate for ratification. “The UN will soon receive a formal notice that America is rejecting this treaty,” Trump said on Friday, addressing the ...
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Nigeria
Oyo Opens Negotiation With Labour On Minimum Wage
LEADERSHIP : Oyo State Government has opened negotiation with the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) over the new minimum wage which was recently signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari. The state government while congratulating the new leadership of the NLC in the state led by Comrade Titilola ...
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Nigeria
3-Shift Duty: Obaseki Hails Acting IGP On Change In Work Structure
LEADERSHIP : Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has commended the Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, on the reversal from 12-hour two-shift, to 8-hour three-shift structure in the Nigeria Police Force, noting that the development bodes well for a pragmatic work culture. The governor, who hailed the ...
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Nigeria
Intellectual Property Day: Obaseki Advocates Support Structures, Synergy, Funding To Drive Innovation
LEADERSHIP : Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said Nigeria’s economic development rests on the willingness of leaders to build and strengthen support structures, make investments and ensure synergy among stakeholders, to drive innovations that protect the ideas of creative minds. Obaseki said this in commemoration of the World ...
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Nigeria
Nigeria: AfDB's Investments in Nigeria Stands At $4.5bn - Official
[Premium Times] The African Development Bank (AfDB) says its level of investment in Nigeria stands at $4.5 billion as at March 2019.
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Brasile Argentina
Brasil e Argentina miram em acordo com UE
Os ministros da Economia de Brasil, Paulo Guedes, e da Argentina, Nicolás Dujovne, se reuniram hoje (26) no Rio de Janeiro para fechar questões bilaterais e, assim, abrir caminho para o fechamento de um acordo do Mercosul com a União Europeia. Depois da reunião, Guedes disse esperar que os dois ...
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Brasile
Sobe o número de pessoas que cuidam de parentes em 2018, diz IBGE
Cinquenta e quatro milhões de brasileiros de 14 anos de idade ou mais cuidaram de parentes moradores ou não no domicílio, em 2018. Isso representou uma taxa de realização de cuidados de 31,8%, superando a detectada no ano anterior, de 31,5%. O índice subiu para os homens de 25,6%, em 2017, ...