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Nigeria
$13.9bn transfer: Senate summons MTN, banks
Leke Baiyewu, Abuja The Senate has summoned the management of MTN Limited, their bankers and some businessmen over alleged violation of the Foreign Exchange (Monitoring and Miscellaneous) Act. They are to appear before the Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance and Other Financial Institutions next week. The Senate had begun a ...
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Nigeria
BREAKING: Senate extends JAMB result’s validity to three years
Leke Baiyewu, Abuja The Senate on Thursday passed the amendment to the law establishing the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board. The law now extends the validity of the result of the board’s examination from one year to three years. Details later… The post BREAKING: Senate extends JAMB result’s validity to three ...
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Nigeria
FG to release expenses template for MDAs
The Office of Accountant General of Federation (OAGF) is in the process of releasing a template on appropriate expenses for federal government Ministries Departments and Agencies (MDAs). This is to sustain the current effort of making state owned enterprises productive and accountable. Minister of finance, Kemi Adeosun made this disclosure ...
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Nigeria
Govt flags off independent power supply in 40 federal varsities
The Federal Government in conjunction with the German Energy Partnership Project on Thursday formally flagged off its independent power supply initiative to all the 40 federal universities in the country with the Ground-breaking ceremony of a 10-Mega Watts Solar Power Plant at the University of Ibadan. Performing the ceremony on ...
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Nigeria
Buhari directs EFCC to release N10b recovered fund to NBC
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) to release the N10 billion recovered loot to the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC). The fund was part of the proceeds from the sales of spectrum made by the past administration which was diverted. NBC Director General, Mr. Modibbo Kawu ...
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Nigeria
Recession: FG targets N19bn savings from travels, sitting allowances
Everest Amaefule, Abuja As part of measures to tackle the challenges of recession, the Federal Government is implementing cost cutting measures that would save about N19bn in expenses previously made on travels and sitting allowances. Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, disclosed this while speaking at a Cost Management Workshop ...
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Marocco Algeria
Mohamed Taher Sraïri, chercheur marocain : « Nous nous devons de songer à l’amélioration des bovins de races locales »
L’Algérie demeure dépendante de l’importation en matière de lait et dérivés. Elle est même à la traîne par rapport à ses voisins qui enregistrent des résultats plus satisfaisants. Mohamed Taher Sraïri, enseignant-chercheur marocain à l’Institut Agronomique et Vétérinaire Hassan II (Rabat, Maroc), revient sur la question. Les pays du Maghreb multiplient les ...
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Algeria
JGC remporte un contrat de 1,4 milliard de dollars
La société d’ingénierie japonaise JGC Corp a décroché un contrat de 1,4 milliard de dollars pour stimuler la production déclinante du champ gazier de Hassi R’mel, a rapporté avant-hier l’agence Reuters citant un document de Sonatrach. La compagnie japonaise, qui dispose d’une filiale du groupe à Alger dénommée JGC Algeria, ...
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Cuba
PM holds discussions with Cuba's Vice president of Council of Ministers, Minister of Economy
HAVANA- Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal held discussions, Thursday in Havana, with the Vice President of the Council of Ministers and Minister of Economy and Planning of Cuba, Ricardo Cabrisas Ruiz. The two sides examined economic cooperation, as well as ways and means to expand the win-win partnership between the ...
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Corea del Sud
Samsung woes shadow South Korea growth forecast
SEOUL - South Korea's central bank on Thursday trimmed its 2017 growth outlook, having considered the potential impact of Samsung's Note 7 recall crisis on the national economy.