• Giappone

    Giappone, confermato brusco calo della produzione industriale

    (Teleborsa) - L'industria giapponese si conferma in calo nel mese di maggio. Il dato definitivo sulla produzione industriale, pubblicato dal Ministero del Commercio Internazionale e...

  • Nigeria

    CBN to issue N205bn in Treasury bills next week

    Oyetunji Abioye The Central Bank of Nigeria is planning to issue N204.95bn in treasury bills at an auction on July 19. The bank is aiming to raise N36.78bn in three-month bills, N39.17bn in six-month paper and N129bn in one-year bills. The CBN issues treasury bills twice a month to finance ...

  • Cina Nigeria

    Nigeria, China moves to improve $15bn trade relations

    Ifeanyi Onuba, Abuja The Federal Government and the government of China are developing strategies to improve the level of trade between both countries, which stood at about $15bn at the end of 2016. The President, China Chamber of Commerce in Nigeria, Mr. Ye Shuijin, disclosed this during the unveiling of ...

  • Nigeria

    N960m scam: Presidency backs minister, orders NHIS boss’ probe

    Eniola Akinkuotu, Abuja Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has endorsed the probe of the suspended Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance, Prof. Usman Yusuf, who has been accused of fraud to the tune of N960m. The message was conveyed in a letter signed by Osinbajo’s Deputy Chief of Staff, Ade ...

  • Nigeria

    Finance ministry contradicts Adeosun, says Nigeria’ll continue to borrow

    Ifeanyi Onuba, Abuja The Ministry of Finance on Thursday said that the Federal Government would continue to borrow from foreign and domestic financial institutions to fund its programmes. The ministry stated this in a statement issued on Thursday by the Director of Information, Mr. Salisu Dambatta. The statement contradicts the ...

  • Giappone Nigeria

    Nigeria emerges Japan’s biggest supplier of Sesame seed

     Anna Okon Nigeria is currently the biggest supplier of Sesame Seed to Japan. The Deputy Trade Commissioner of Japan External Trade Organisation, Chiharu Yamamura, said this while making a presentation at a seminar and selection exercise for participation of Nigerian food and beverage exporters in the 43rd edition of the ...

  • Nigeria

    Nigeria has let a crisis go to waste

    The term “dead cat bounce” derives from the fact that even a dead cat will bounce if it falls from a great height. If you imagine a dead cat soaked in crude oil and dropped from a 50-storey building, you get a rough picture of how Nigeria’s economy is performing ...

  • Nigeria

    LASG threatens land-grabbing rulers with dethronement

    Sesan Olufowobi The Lagos State Government on Thursday said it would dethrone any traditional ruler that engaged in land-grabbing activities. The Coordinator, Lagos State Taskforce on Land Grabbing, Jide Bakare, stated this in Ikeja at a sensitisation programme on the Lagos State Property Protection Law, 2016, organised by the Office ...

  • Nigeria

    Debts: Reps demand N2.7tn settlement proposal details

    Adelani Adepegba, Abuja  John Ameh, Abuja Barely 24 hours after the Federal Government announced a proposal of N2.7tn to offset accumulated local debts and other services, the House of Representatives on Thursday demanded the details of the plan. Lawmakers passed a resolution asking the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, ...

  • Nigeria

    Reps probe killing of 97 Nigerians by Cameroonian soldiers

    John Ameh, Abuja The House of Representatives, on Thursday, summoned the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Godfrey Onyeama, over the alleged killing of 97 Nigerians by Cameroonian Gendarmes. The soldiers were said to have murdered the Nigerians, who resided in the part of the Bakassi Peninsula ceded to Cameroon by ...