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Kenya
Business: National Bank of Kenya profit hit by loan income drop
Lending shrank by Sh7.8 billion as deposits grew by Sh3.2 billion
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Kenya
Stanchart extend Nairobi Marathon partnership to 2022
The race, which will be in its 15th edition this year, will be held on October 29.
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Turchia USA
Turkey gains membership to UN regional economic bloc
Turkey’s membership to the U.N. Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) was formally approved during a meeting in New York on July 25, the Foreign Ministry said on July 26.
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Nigeria
Fidelity Bank to boost earnings with Visa partnership
Stanley Opara Aside from its resolve to promote financial inclusion in Nigeria, Fidelity Bank Plc says it is targeting increased earnings following its partnership with the world largest payment network, Visa, on its mVisa new payment solution. mVisa is the first mobile payment solution that will operate through the use ...
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Nigeria
‘Law faculties overshooting admission quota will be sanctioned’
Ade Adesomoju, Abuja The Director General of the Nigerian Law School, Dr. Olanrewaju Onadeko (SAN), says any Law faculty, which admits students above the stipulated quota by the Council of Legal Education, risks losing its accreditation. Onadeko said this in his speech at the recent Call to Bar of students ...
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Nigeria
Customs service dismantles illegal check points
The Comptroller-General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ali (retd), has directed the immediate dismantling of all illegal check points in the country. Ali announced this in a statement by the Service Public Relations Officer, Mr Joseph Attah, on Wednesday in Abuja. Attah said that the CGC directives were in line with ...
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Nigeria
Reps reject NHIS’ 2017 budget over suspension of executive secretary
John Ameh, Abuja The House of Representatives on Wednesday rejected the 2017 budgetary proposals of the National Health Insurance scheme over the raging crisis on the suspension of the Executive Secretary of the agency, Prof. Yusuf Usman. The House and the Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, had been on ...
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Why we intervened in Etisalat debt issue – NCC
The Nigerian Communications Commission says resolving the Etisalat debt issue is an incentive to attract the $2bn Foreign Direct Investment expected from Mubadala of United Arab Emirates. The Executive Vice Chairman of NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta, in a statement on Wednesday by the Director, Public Affairs of the commission, Mr ...
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Nigeria
Odegbami’s housekeeper arraigned for theft of jewellry, others
Rose Patrick, the 25-year-old housekeeper of Mrs. Oyindamola Odegbami, wife of ex-Green Eagles captain, Segun Odegbami, was on Wednesday arraigned before an Ikeja Magistrate Court for allegedly stealing N150 million worth of jewellry. She was arranged alongside the complainant’s driver, Mohammed Abdulazeez, 26, and one Esther Pam, before Magistrate Y.O. ...
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Brasile
Polícia prende seis suspeitos de sequestro relâmpago no Rio
Policiais civis prenderam hoje (26/7) seis pessoas suspeitas de sequestrar pessoas para sacar dinheiro em caixas eletrônicos e fazer compras no Rio de Janeiro. As prisões ocorreram na comunidade do Cesarão, em Santa Cruz, na zona oeste da cidade do Rio, segundo informações da assessoria de imprensa da Polícia Civil.O ...