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Senegal
Les députés convoqués en séance plénière, lundi
Dakar, 6 mars (APS) - Les députés sont convoqués en séance plénière lundi, à 10 heures, pour examiner des projets de loi, qui seront défendus par le ministre des Affaires étrangères et des Sénégalais de l'extérieur, Amadou Bâ, annonce un communiqué transmis à l'APS. Dakar, 6 mars (APS) - Les députés ...
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Senegal
Aux Allées du Centenaire, les affaires malgré le coronavirus dans les esprits
Dakar, 6 mars (APS) – Aux Allées du Centenaire, haut lieu du commerce chinois à Dakar, les commerçants se prononcent rarement sur l'épidémie de coronavirus et ses conséquences sur leurs activités, bien que le Covid-19 soit bien présent dans les esprits, avec le port de masque de protection devenu la ...
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Nigeria
KDHA Passes Bill To Reduce Poverty At Grassroot Level
The Kaduna State House of Assembly has passed a bill which is geared towards poverty eradication in the state. The Deputy Speaker of the Assembly, Hon. Mukhtar Isa Hazo who presided over the sitting said the bill which is to substitute the Kaduna agency for community and social development law, ...
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Nigeria
Army Intercepts Petrol Tanker With 100 Bags Of Foreign Rice
The Nigerian Army has intercepted a petrol tanker conveying 100 bags of foreign rice in Nsukka axis of Enugu State. Brig.-Gen. Christopher Ataki, Commander 82 Division Garrison, Enugu, disclosed this while handling over the tanker and other smuggled items to the Enugu/Anambra/Ebonyi Command of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) in Enugu ...
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Nigeria
NIMN Drags Marketers To Court Over Illegal Practice
For allegedly flouting marketing practice rules in Nigeria the National Institute of Marketing of Nigeria (NIMN) has announced plans to go ahead with the prosecution of six marketing practitioners, including marketing chieftains of Dufil Prima Foods Plc, Girish Sharma; Anheuser-Buch Inbev’s (AB Inbev), Mrs Tolulope Adedeji and Lafarge Africa Plc’s Mr. ...
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USA
Govt Tasked To Key Into Contributory Pension Scheme
Mr Kabir Ahmed, has tasked the government of Adamawa state to key into the contributory pension scheme as solution to pension challenges across many states. Ahmad who is the Executive Director, Business Development and Strategy of Premium Pension Ltd, Friday made the urge at s stakeholders forum. He said that premium ...
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Portogallo
Plásticos: Portugal adere ao pacto europeu no mesmo dia em que Parlamento chumba corte nas embalagens
O anúncio foi feito pelo ministro do Ambiente e Ação Climática, João Pedro Matos Fernandes, pouco antes de o Parlamento chumbar quatro projetos de lei que previam a diminuição da quantidade de plástico nas embalagens distribuídas em superfícies comerciais.
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Portogallo
Miguel Albuquerque admite que coronavírus pode levar a abrandamento na economia da Madeira
Miguel Albquerque já é o segundo governante regional a admitir que possam existir impactos no setor turístico da Região, depois de o Secretário Regional do Turismo e Cultura, Eduardo Jesus, no início da semana ter referido que poderia existir alguma retração no mercado turístico na escolha do momento para viajar ...
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Brasile
One Percent Yearly Growth Not Normal for Country Like Brazil, Says Treasury Secretary
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Secretary of the National Treasury, Mansueto Almeida, said on Thursday, March 5th, that the country is experiencing "tremendous difficulties" and said it is not "normal" for a nation like Brazil to grow one percent a year. The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) result for 2019, ...
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Brasile USA
Court Freezes R$143 Million in Financial Assets of Marcelo Odebrecht
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The São Paulo courts have frozen R$143 (US$32) million from Marcelo Odebrecht's accounts. The preliminary decision, handed down on Tuesday by Judge Eduardo Pellegrinelli, of the 2nd São Paulo Business Court, meets Odebrecht Group's own request, which brought the lawsuit against its former president, his ...