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Nigeria
Businessman Urges Youths To Engage In Politics For Better Nigeria
A businessman, Chief Mmerigwo Henry Iyke, has called on youths across Nigeria to participate actively in politics and unite together to discuss ideas of achieving a new Nigeria that is desirable by all. The foremost Uli-born business tycoon and renowned philanthropist said youth’s active participation this year, which precedes the ...
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Nigeria
Senate Okays Establishment Of National Rice Dev’t Council
The Senate has passed a Bill seeking to establish the National Rice Development Council, a move that would see to Nigeria saving about $2billion dollars on rice importation and improve the country’s foreign exchange earnings. The passage of the Bill followed the consideration of a report by the Senate Committee ...
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Nigeria
Food Security: CSOs Hail Buhari, Emiefele Over Rice Pyramids Launch
As Nigeria’s agricultural sector gradually takes centre stage of the economy, 106 civil society organisations (CSOs) under the auspices of Coalition of Civil Society Groups (CCSG), Tuesday, hailed President Muhammadu Buhari and the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emiefele, over official launch of highest rice pyramids in Abuja. ...
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Nigeria
Lesser Hajj: NAHCON Lauds Saudi Arabia For Lifting Omicron Travel Ban
National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has lauded the federal government’s efforts through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to have Saudi Arabia lift the suspension of flights from Nigeria to the Kingdom. The Saudi Arabian General Authority for Civil Aviation, GACA, had on December 8, 2021 announced the suspension of ...
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Nigeria
Maritime Stakeholders Seek CBN, AfDB’s Participation In Nigeria’s Blue Economy
Maritime stakeholders, under the auspices of the Maritime Organisation of West and Central Africa (MOWCA), have advocated for the inclusion of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), African Development Bank (AfDB) and other financial institutions in the realisation of Nigeria’s blue economy objectives. The secretary general, Maritime Organisation of West ...
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Turchia
Turkey, UAE agree to currency swap deal
Turkey and the United Arab Emirates have agreed to a currency swap deal equivalent to $4.74 billion to boost Turkey’s depleted foreign exchange reserves, the Turkish central bank announced on Jan. 19.
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Portogallo
Madeira: Taxa de juro no crédito à habitação diminui em dezembro de 2021
O valor médio da prestação vencida para o conjunto dos contratos de crédito à habitação manteve-se nos 266 euros, tendo os juros se fixado nos 38 euros e a amortização nos 228 euros, os mesmos valores do mês anterior.
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Brasile
Ministério avalia concessão do Aeroporto Santos Dumont no Rio
Publicada no Diário Oficial da União de hoje (19) portaria do Ministério da Infraestrutura que institui um grupo de trabalho que terá, como finalidade, estudar e avaliar os impactos do modelo de concessão a ser adotado no Aeroporto Santos Dumont, no Rio de Janeiro. A avaliação será feita no âmbito da sétima ...
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Brasile
Caixa paga hoje Auxílio Brasil para cadastrados com NIS terminado em 2
A Caixa Econômica Federal paga, nesta quarta-feira (19), a terceira parcela do Auxílio Brasil às famílias inscritas no Cadastro Único para Programas Sociais do Governo Federal (CadÚnico), com o Número de Identificação Social (NIS) final 2. A terceira parcela incluirá 3 milhões de famílias, aumentando para 17,5 milhões o total de ...
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Uruguay
Mondelez International anuncia nuevo Presidente para Cono Sur
Martín Antola, que hasta ahora se desempeñaba como Director Sr. de Finanzas para Cono Sur, sucederá a Karla Schlieper