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Grecia Nigeria Austria
NDLEA intercepts 325,640 Euros, $30,000 cash at Lagos Airport
Officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted 325,640 Euros and $30,000 (About N175m) in cash about to be smuggled into the country from Greece and Austria. The cash, concealed inside envelopes and shoes, was seized at the Murtalla Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) in Lagos during the ...
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Grecia Austria
NDLEA seizes N175m from suspected drug traffickers
Afeez Hanafi Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have arrested two suspected drug traffickers for allegedly laundering hard currencies estimated at about N175m from Greece and Austria. It was learnt that the suspects – Edos Nicholas and Hallowell Lovely – were arrested at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport ...
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Nigeria
Ambode fires three commissioners, more may follow
Sesan Olufowobi Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State on Wednesday sacked three commissioners from the state cabinet. The Commissioner for Tourism, Mr. Folorunsho Folarin-Coker; his counterparts in Finance, Dr Mustapha Akinkunmi; and Transportation, Dr Ekundayo Mobereola, were removed a year after they were appointed into office. The Secretary to the ...
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Nigeria
Nigeria’ll return as Africa’s largest economy, says IMF
Rasheed Bisiriyu and Oyetunji Abioye Nigeria is set to overtake South Africa and reclaim its spot as the biggest economy in Africa at the end of the year, the International Monetary Fund has predicted. In its latest report, the IMF projected that Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product would hit $415.08bn at ...
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USA Pakistan
Revised Investment Bill to help Algeria attract more FDI, says IMF
WASHINGTON- The revision of Investment Bill will help Algeria to attract an important flow of Foreign Direct Investment, forecast the International Monetary Fund (IMF). In its report on the prospects of growth for the region of Middle-East, North Africa, Afghanistan and Pakistan (Moanap), the Fund said that the countries ...
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Marocco Algeria
Algeria, key partner to end Libyan crisis
NIAMEY- Vice-president of the Presidential Council of the National Accord Government Moussa El Kouni hailed the Algerian position regarding the Libyan crisis, stressing that Algeria is a key partner of Libya to end the crisis. Following his meeting with Minister of Maghreb Affairs, African Union and Arab League Abdelkader ...
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India
Sellal receives India's Vice President in Algiers
ALGIERS- Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal received Wednesday in the official residence in Zeralda, Algiers, by India's Vice President, Mohamad Hamid Ansari. The audience was attended by Minister of State, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Ramtane Lamamra, Minister of Industry and Mines Abdeslem Bouchouareb, and Minister of Tourism, ...
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Senegal
Le DG de SENELEC table sur une baisse du prix de l'électricité avec les futures centrales
Dakar, 19 oct (APS) - Le directeur général de SENELEC, la Société nationale d'électricité, Mouhamadou Makhtar Cissé, a dit mercredi miser sur le développement des futures centrales du Sénégal, pour une baisse du prix de vente de l'électricité. Dakar, 19 oct (APS) - Le directeur général de SENELEC, la Société ...
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Senegal
Atelier stratégique du ministère de la Promotion des investissements, le 28 octobre
Dakar, 19 oct (APS) - Le ministre de la Promotion des investissements, des Partenariats et du Développement des téléservices de l'État, Khoudia Mbaye, présidera, du 28 au 30 octobre prochain, un atelier stratégique annuel à Saly (Mbour), annonce un communiqué transmis à l' APS. Dakar, 19 oct (APS) - Le ministre ...
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Senegal
Quadruplement en 2015 des échanges commerciaux entre l'Afrique et les Etats-Unis
Dakar, 19 oct (APS) - Les échanges commerciaux non-pétroliers entre l'Afrique et les Etats-Unis ont quadruplé entre 2001 et 2015, passant de 1, 4 milliard de dollars à 4,1 milliards de dollars en 2015, sous l'impulsion de la Loi américaine sur la croissance et les opportunités en Afrique (AGOA), a ...