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Kenya
Kenya: Suspects in Pastor Pius Muiru's mother death remanded
The suspects, who include Wangari Mwangi's daughter-in-law, were yesterday remanded by Kigumo Senior Principal Magistrate Agnes Wahito Mwangi following an application by the investigators.
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Kenya
Business: Potato farmers in Kenya to get cheap loans and access to markets
Some 23,000 potato farmers in 13 counties have signed agreements with financial institutions for cheaper loans.
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Regno Unito
UK ban on miraa to stay, British envoy says
British government awaiting taskforce report on miraa to see how they can finance other livelihoods in Meru.
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Corea del Sud
Federation of Korean Industries Vows to Transform Itself by Changing Its Name
The Federation of Korean Industries, the trade group representing the interest of the nation's large corporations, will start over with a new name "Association of Korean Corporations." In addition, it will do away with the council of chairmen who are mostly corporate owners while creating a board of directors meeting ...
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Nigeria
130 underage Nigerian girls trapped in Mali, B’Faso – Dabiri-Erewa
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja At least 130 underage Nigerian girls trafficked to Mali and Burkina Faso are still trapped in the two countries, Saturday PUNCH has learnt. According to the Federal Government, 90 of the girls are in Burkina Faso while the remaining 40 are in Mali. The Senior Special Assistant ...
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Regno Unito
People thought I was crazy for buying and selling used items –Akingboye
Abimbola Akingboye is the Chief Executive Officer, 3A Auction House. In this interview with Eric Dumo, he speaks about his early childhood, inspiration and how he got into the business of auctioneering What was childhood like for you? I was a typical young boy growing up in Battersea, South London. ...
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Nigeria
Whistle-blower policy: FG receives 2,251 reports on stolen funds, others
Ifeanyi Onuba, Abuja The Federal Government said since the whistle-blower policy commenced in December last year, 2,251 cases have been reported so far. The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, provided the details of the reported cases in a statement issued on Friday night by her Media Adviser, Mr. Festus ...
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Nigeria
IMF to Nigeria: Revise exchange rate policy to qualify for $1.4bn loan
Nigeria’s quest to secure a $1.4billion loan from the international funding agencies may be hindered, if the country fails to buy-in to reforms being pushed by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), a report has indicated. The IMF, Reuters said, is expected to warn Nigeria that its economy needs urgent reform, ...
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Nigeria
The Cost Of Reforms And Hadiza Bala Usman
The evolutionary trend of Nigeria’s socio-political journey since Independence has shown a clear path for the permeation of corruption, from an alien concept to the statutory way of getting business done. Corruption has become the existential reality of the ordinary man or woman in Nigeria trying to eke out a ...
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Cina
Dangote Acquires Largest Crane In Africa From China
Business mogul, Aliko Dangote is presently the owner of the largest crawler crane in Africa. The astute businessman bought the crane from China’s number one construction company, XCMG Construction Machinery Co Ltd, a Company dealing in heavy machineries. “Our biggest customer in Africa is Dangote,” the assistant president and general ...