• USA Nigeria

    Naira closes at 365/dollar despite CBN interventions

    Oyetunji Abioye The naira closed at 365 per United States dollar at the parallel market on Wednesday, the same rate it closed on Tuesday. This was despite the Central Bank of Nigeria’s injection of $250m in the foreign exchange market on Tuesday. The naira had traded flat at 365/dollar on ...

  • Nigeria

    We’ll grow economy as rapidly as we can – Udoma

    Ifeanyi Onuba, Abuja The Minister of Budget and National Planning, Udo Udoma, said on Wednesday that with the exit from recession, the task ahead was to grow the Nigerian economy in a rapid manner. Udoma, who stated this while reacting to the Gross Domestic Product growth rate report released on ...

  • Nigeria

    Lagos CP promises to reduce crime by 30%

    Samson Folarin The new Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, Edgal Imohimi, has promised to reduce crime rate by 30 per cent in two months. He said any policeman caught in any unethical act would bear the full weight of the law. Imohimi, who released 10 dedicated lines for members ...

  • Cina

    UN should take ‘necessary measures’ on North Korea – China

    Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi said Thursday that China would support the United Nations taking further measures against North Korea following its recent nuclear test. “Given the new developments on the Korean peninsula, China agrees that the UN Security Council should respond further by taking necessary measures,” he told a ...

  • Nigeria

    Recession is over. The pains? Not so fast

    Nigerians will have to wait for more time for the benefits of the economy’s recovery from recession. Stakeholders warn against taking the exit for an end. It is only a means to an end, they explain. In this report, they suggest what the government must do to sustain and strengthen ...

  • Nigeria

    $8.5bn Sold On I&E Window Boosts Confidence, Naira Value

    By Bukola Idowu,  Lagos Since its inception in April this year, the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange market (NAFEX), known as the Investors’ and Exporters’ foreign exchange window has seen an inflow of over $8.5 billion, complementing the several interventions of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The inflow from the ...

  • Senegal Burkina Faso

    Les derniers fruits aigres-doux de la promotion interne dans la Tanière

    Dakar, 6 sept (APS) – Les 3-ème et 4-ème journées des éliminatoires de la Coupe du monde 2018 ont consacré, côté sénégalais, le principe des vases communicants, avec la présence de cinq joueurs ayant évolué dans les sélections junior et olympique dans le groupe de performance appelé pour la double ...

  • Cuba

    El huracán Irma podría afectar a cientos de miles de niños en el Caribe

    Source: UN Children's Fund Country: Antigua and Barbuda, British Virgin Islands, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Martin (France)UNICEF tiene previstas provisiones de agua potable, alimentos no perecederos y medicinas, así como kits de emergencias para ser distribuidos entre las poblaciones más afectadas por el paso del ...

  • Qatar

    Trasporti, Delrio torna dal Qatar con le idee più chiare e chance su porti e Meridiana

    (Teleborsa) - Il viaggio del Ministro Delrio in Qatar porta i suoi frutti in vista del rilancio dei trasporti e delle infrastrutture e promette bene per l'attività portuale italiana e per...

  • Cina Russia USA

    UN mulls oil embargo on N.Korea, textile export ban

    The United States wants the United Nations Security Council to impose an oil embargo on North Korea, ban the country's exports of textiles and the hiring of North Korean laborers abroad and subject leader Kim Jong Un to an asset freeze and travel ban, according to a draft resolution seen ...