• Nigeria

    Nigerians not feeling impact of development banks – Dogara

    John Ameh, Abuja The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Yakubu Dogara, said on Tuesday that Nigerians were not feeling the impact of Development Finance Institutions established by the Federal Government to serve as a catalyst for development. He noted that despite the huge financial resources at the disposal ...

  • Cina Nigeria

    N30.5bn spent importing honey from China annually – Ogbeh

    Okechukwu Nnodim, Abuja The country spends N30.5bn every year to import honey from China, the Federal Government has said. It also stated that some of the imported products were not real honey as they often come out after careful analysis as sugar syrup. The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, ...

  • Nigeria

    Dollar scarcity forces Interswitch to delay $1bn IPO

    Stanley Opara with agency report Interswitch Limited has suspended plans to raise as much as $1bn in an initial public offering as investors fret over further potential weakness in the naira and a shortage of foreign currencies, especially the dollar. The company processes payments for banks and owns a brand ...

  • Nigeria

    Nigerians living abroad remit $35bn in 11 months

    Ifeanyi Onuba, Abuja The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora Matters, Mrs. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, on Tuesday said between January and now, over $35bn had been remitted to the country by Nigerians living abroad. Dabiri-Erewa disclosed this when she visited the Executive Chairman of the Federal ...

  • Nigeria

    CBN’ll eliminate official, black market exchange rate gap –Adeosun

    The Central Bank of Nigeria will try to eliminate the spread between the official and black market exchange rates against the dollar, the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, has said. The naira is trading on the parallel market some 40 per cent lower than the official rate as low ...

  • Nigeria

    Health insurance scheme can boost GDP – HMCAN

    Ramon Oladimeji The Health and Managed Care Association of Nigeria has said if well managed, the National Health Insurance Scheme can contribute significantly to the country’s Gross Domestic Product. According to the association, what has kept the scheme down is low awareness among the people. A professor of Medicine, Mustapha ...

  • Nigeria

    FIRS to support Nigerians in Diaspora willing to invest in Nigeria –Fowler

    The Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS) says it will provide the required information, guide and answer the questions on tax matters of Nigerians in the Diaspora interested in investing in the country. The Acting Chairman of FIRS, Mr. Babatunde Fowler, said this while receiving the Senior Special Assistant to President ...

  • Nigeria

    Lagos To Commence Sales Of Lake Rice Tomorrow

    Indications have emerged that the Lagos State Government will begin sales of the much  expected Lake Rice it produced in partnership with Kebbi State Government to members of the public at  the sum of  N12, 000 per 50 Kg bag with effect from tomorrow. A source told our correspondent that ...

  • Francia Senegal

    Paris-Dakar : Hollande rappelle l'histoire et invite à se mobiliser pour l'avenir

    Paris, 20 déc (APS) – Le président français François Hollande a rappelé, mardi, l'histoire qui lie la France et le Sénégal, estimant que les deux pays doivent se mobiliser aussi pour construire l'avenir à travers un partenariat exemplaire. Paris, 20 déc (APS) – Le président français François Hollande a rappelé, ...

  • Senegal

    L'accélération de l'abandon de l'excision au menu d'une rencontre, mercredi

    Dakar, 20 déc (APS) - Le ministère de la Femme, de la Famille et de l'Enfance, en partenariat avec le Fonds des Nations Unies pour la Population (UNFPA) organise, mercredi à 16h 30 à L'hôtel les Almadies, une rencontre de plaidoyer pour l'accélération de l'abandon de l'excision et des mariages ...