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    Labour’s first 100 days of the legislature in a nutshell

    Today Prime Minister Joseph Muscat celebrates his government’s first 100 days of the current legislature following his landslide electoral victory over the Nationalist Party on 3 June.The news has recently been all but dominated by the PN’s leadership campaign, which brought with it a fair amount of scandals, allegations and ...

  • Filippine

    Asia-Pacific ministers admit no RCEP agreement by year-end

    MANILA: Economic ministers from 16 Asia-Pacific countries negotiating an alternative trade pact to the floundering Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) pact acknowledged on Sunday no agreement will be finalised by year-end.

  • Cina India Corea del Sud

    Asian trade ministers to meet in Korea in Oct. for regional FTA

    INCHEON -- Trade ministers of 16 regional countries, including India and China, will meet in South Korea next month to d

  • Cina

    Korea's agricultural exports drop amid THAAD row

    Exports of South Korea's agricultural goods to China fell this year as diplomatic rows with its biggest trading partner

  • Nigeria

    Nigeria will achieve full economic recovery in 2019 — PwC

    Ife Ogunfuwa The PricewaterhouseCoopers Nigeria has predicted a full economic recovery in the country by 2019. According to analysts at the multinational consulting firm, empirical evidence suggests that it takes one year for real Gross Domestic Product to recover to the pre-recession level. In a report on Friday,  the analysts ...

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    NLC opposes release of fresh Paris Club refund to states

    •Wants power sector investment probed The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has asked President Muhammadu Buhari not to release the third and final tranche of the Paris Club refund to state governors until they make a concrete commitment to use the money to settle outstanding salaries, allowances and pension of workers ...

  • Nigeria

    $7b forex window: CBN automates import process

    Thrilled by the inflow of over $7 billion into the economy in nearly five months via the Investors’ & Exporters’  Forex Window (I&E), the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has instructed banks and other authorized dealers  to implement electronic Certificate of Capital Importation (eCCI) for foreign investors. The Certificate of ...

  • Nigeria

    Govt to reduce N6b forex spending on tomato imports

    LOCAL manufacturers have embarked on projects that will reduce the cost of tomato import, Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) president,  Dr. Frank Udemba Jacobs, has said. In an interview with The Nation, he said Nigeria currently spends N6bilion on importation of tomato, adding that the country is currently not producing ...

  • Nigeria

    Fire Outbreak Costs Nigeria N6trn In 5 Years

    By CHIKA IZUORA, Lagos Incessant fire outbreaks has cost the national economy about N6 trillion in the last five years, with major cities like Lagos, Kano, Port Harcourt , Abuja experiencing serious consequences of the scourge. The president of Fire Disaster Prevention and Safety Awareness Association of Nigeria, Badanga Ahmed ...

  • Nigeria

    Resident Doctors Strike: Impact, yet to be felt- Leadership Checks

    BY DOYIN OJOSIPE, Abuja  It’s been four days since Nigerian Resident Doctors embarked on a total indefinite strike. Leadership checks at the Abuja Teaching Hospital (ABUTH) Gwagwalada and the National Hospital Abuja confirmed that the Doctors have actually left their duty post. An official at the National hospital who took ...