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USA
Naira faces further pressure against dollar
’Femi Asu with agency report The naira is seen weakening further against the United States dollar next week amid a crackdown in the parallel market currency traders and the persistent scarcity of the greenback. Reuters reported that foreign exchange demand by small businesses was set to surge ahead of holiday ...
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Nigeria
AfDB, UBA sign $150m loan for infrastructure, SMEs
’Femi Asu The African Development Bank Group and United Bank for Africa Plc have signed a $150m loan agreement to finance infrastructure and the Small and Medium-scale Enterprise’ projects, including women-owned enterprises in Nigeria. The Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, UBA, Mr. Kennedy Uzoka, was quoted in a statement as ...
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Nigeria
2017 budget can’t make much impact on economy, says Osinbajo
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday put the figure of the 2017 Appropriation Bill yet to be presented to the National Assembly at about N7tn. However, he said the budget size was not big enough to make a huge difference in the nation’s economy. Osinbajo, who is the ...
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Nigeria
Kaduna assembly okays N214bn budget for 2017
Godwin Isenyo, Kaduna The Kaduna State’s 2017 Appropriation Bill of N214bn was on Thursday passed into law by the state House of Assembly three weeks earlier than it did last year. The lawmakers approved N214.921bn as 2017 budget for the state as against N172bn it approved for 2016. The state ...
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Nigeria
FG Moves To Recover N450b Unremitted Revenue From 33 Agencies
The Federal Government yesterday disclosed that it has uncovered unremitted revenue by federal Ministries, Departments and Agencies to the federation account to the tune of N450 billion. Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun who made the disclosure during a media briefing in Abuja, yesterday, also said a recovery committee Chaired ...
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Israele
Euro touches 14-year low against the shekel
Business in Brief | Leviathan wins $2 billion gas deal; Spacecom piggybacks on AsiaSat satellites; Tel Aviv Stocks down for fourth day running.
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USA
UN human rights experts say international community has an obligation to prevent ethnic cleansing in South Sudan
Source: UN Human Rights Council Country: South SudanThe world’s youngest country, South Sudan, is on the brink of catastrophe, said the UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan at the end of a ten-day visit.GENEVA/JUBA (1 December 2016) - The world’s youngest country, South Sudan, is on the brink of ...
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Etiopia
Imminent new drought in Ethiopia's southeastern regions - FAO
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Country: EthiopiaAs dryspells are likely to last until the 2017 spring rains, livestock-dependent households in southern zones of Oromia, Somali Regions and South Omo Zone will be affected. IN NUMBERS 9.7 million People food insecureUSD 91 million Required for humanitarian response in Ethiopia’s agriculture sector1.3 million People ...
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Uruguay
Publicidad y Marketing Digital: “K360 dio la primera vuelta”.
La Consultora Keiretsu brindó el Seminario Keiretsu 360, donde se pudo develar información muy valiosa para "darle la vuelta a internet".
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Spagna
Economía.- Montoro dice que se abre una "nueva etapa" de "convencer y ser convencidos" tras el acuerdo sobre el déficit
MADRID, 1 (EUROPA PRESS) El ministro de Hacienda y Función Pública, Cristóbal Montoro, ha valorado este jueves el "equilibrio" entre "convencer y ser convencidos" en el acuerdo alcanzado por el Gobierno con las comunidades autónomas en el Consejo de Política Fiscal y Financiera (CPFF), que ha marcado una ...