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Brasile
Brazil in Worst Position for Debt Rollover, Says IIF
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazil began 2021 with the most need to refinance its public debt among all emerging countries. With maturity substantially reduced in 2020, debt rollover this year by issuing new bonds represents 18.5% of GDP, the highest level in the Treasury's records, which began in 2005. ...
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Nigeria
Edo IDP Camps Seek Gov Zulum Support, Says Funds May Prevent 250 IDPs From Enrolling WAEC
By PATRICK OCHOGA, Benin City No fewer than 250 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) may be denied from enrolling for the 2021 West Africa Examination Council (WAEC), National Examinations Council (NECO) and the National Business and Technical Examinations Board (NABTEB) over lack of fund. This was disclosed Mr Solomon Folorunsho, the ...
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Nigeria
COVID-19: Task Team Arrests One, As NSITF Directors Scale Fence
There was pandemonium in Abuja when some top management staff of Nigerian Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) allegedly abandoned their cars and scaled a perimeter fence, possibly to evade arrest by the FCT COVID-19 enforcement team. LEADERSHIP gathered that the NSITF had gathered a large crowd of its staff, across ...
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Nigeria
Kaduna Govt To Deliver Medicines With Drones
By AZA MSUE, Kaduna Kaduna State Government and Zipline, on Wednesday, signed a partnership with the world’s first medical drone delivery service, to convey routine and emergency medicine to every nook and cranny of the state. In a statement issued at Sir Kashim Ibrahim House after the groundbreaking ceremony, said ...
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Senegal
Un expert relève l'importance de la critique d'art pour la "lisibilité" de la création artistique
Dakar, 3 fév (APS) - L'importance de la critique d'art se mesure à sa contribution à une meilleure "lisibilité" de la création artistique, en vue d'amener le grand public à accéder plus facilement aux œuvres d'art et à les comprendre et à les interpréter, souligne l'ancien directeur des arts à ...
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Senegal
817 000 femmes ont accès à la planification familiale au Sénégal (rapport)
Dakar, 3 fév (APS) - Quelque 817 000 femmes ont accès à la planification familiale au Sénégal, l'un des 13 pays à faible revenu où l'utilisation de la contraception moderne a doublé depuis 2012, indique un récent rapport de Family Planning 2020 (FP2020), un partenariat mondial qui soutient les droits ...
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Cipro
Top Turkish, British diplomats discuss Cyprus issue
The Turkish foreign minister on Jan. 3 spoke with his British counterpart over the phone, according to diplomatic sources.
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Brasile USA
Brasil formaliza oferta na OMC para abrir licitações a estrangeiros
Um ano depois do primeiro anúncio, o Brasil formalizou hoje (3) a oferta de abertura das licitações públicas a empresas internacionais. O país apresentou à Organização Mundial do Comércio (OMC) uma lista de órgãos, bens e serviços que poderão entrar no acordo de compras governamentais. Atualmente, 48 países integram o acordo, ...
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Brasile
Angra 2 completa 20 anos demonstrando eficiência, diz Eletronuclear
A Usina Angra 2 completou nesta semana 20 anos de funcionamento. Com potência de 1.350 megawatts (MW), a usina pode atender o consumo de uma cidade de 2 milhões de habitantes, como Belo Horizonte, informou hoje (3) a Eletronuclear, subsidiária da Eletrobras, responsável pela construção e operação das usinas nucleares ...
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Portogallo
Porque é que o caso GameStop não ocorreria em Portugal
Em Portugal não ocorreriam situações de especulação e elevada instabilidade como a que se vive em Wall Street com empresas como a GameStop, declarou o presidente da Maxyield - Clube dos Pequenos Acionistas, Carlos Rodrigues, à agência Lusa.