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Giappone
Tokyo stocks end higher in thin trading
Tokyo stocks ended slightly higher Friday in thin trading that reflected an absence of major trading incentives.The 225-issue Nikkei average gained 40.68 points, or 0.14%, ...
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Cina
China’s economy soars by record a year after pandemic slump
The country's economy steadily picked up pace after an historic contraction in the first quarter of last year, recovering all its lost ground by the ...
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Myanmar
Aung San Suu Kyi supporters unveil Myanmar ‘national unity government’
New body hopes to attract foreign aid and international recognition in effort to defeat coup
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Cina
China’s economy springs back from pandemic hit with record growth
Headline figures mask continued difficulties in manufacturing sector
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Nigeria
FG Will Continue To Democratise Access To Internet – Osinbajo
BY FEMI OYEWESO, Abeokuta Vice President Yemi Osinbajo said yesterday that the federal government will not relent in its efforts at democratising access to broadband internet. According to him, it remains the best option in determining the country’s competitiveness in the global economy. Osinbajo, who stated this during the official ...
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Nigeria
IMF Tasks Nigeria On Revenue Mobilisation To Pay For Investments In Health
BY MARK ITSIBOR, Abuja For the umpteenth time, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said for Nigeria to achieve the desired growth, more fiscal space needs to be created through domestic revenue mobilization to pay for investments in health, education and infrastructure. Director, African department at IMF, Abebe Aemro Selassie, ...
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Nigeria
Fight Against Drug Trafficking Will Curb Insurgency – FG
BY TUNDE OGUNTOLA, Abuja Federal government has said the successful fight against drug trafficking would reduce funding for insurgency, saying It is common knowledge that drug money can be used to finance insurgency and terrorism. To halt this menace, the Federal Ministry of Information and Culture will collaborate with the ...
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Nigeria
FG Reconstitutes Governing Councils Of NABTEB, NSSEC
BY HENRY TYOHEMBA, Abuja Federal government has approved the reconstitution of the Governing Councils of the National Business and Technical Examinations Board (NABTEB) and National Senior Secondary Education Commission (NSSEC). Director, press and public relations of the Ministry of Education, Ben Goong, disclosed this in a statement yesterday. He said ...
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Nigeria
Sugar Plant Dispute: Ganduje Reconciles Dangote, BUA
Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has waded into the dispute between Dangote and BUA companies owned by two business moguls from the state. His action ended the lingering conflict among the two Kano prominent indigenes Aliko Dangote and Abdussamad Isyaka-Rabi’u over the establishment of a sugar plant by BUA. ...
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Argentina Nigeria
UNIABUJA Partners Embassy On Agric, Spanish Language Programmes
Authorities of the University of Abuja (UniAbuja) and the Embassy of Argentina in Nigeria have reached a series of agreements on agriculture and foreign languages’ programmes for students of the school. The agreements were reached yesterday in Abuja when the Ambassador of Argentina to Nigeria, Mr Alejandro Herrero, visited the ...