• Nigeria

    KPMG holds digital summit, pegs investments at $1bn

    Ozioma Ubabukoh KPMG Nigeria has said that the KPMG Digital Summit 2017, which begins today (Wednesday), is intended to shed light on the future of digital finance and take stock of the country’s digital evolution. It said that the summit would also engage on emerging trends and market opportunities, and ...

  • Nigeria

    Directors call for inclusive ERGP implementation

     Ozioma Ubabukoh The Statistician-General of the Federation and Chief Executive, National Bureau of Statistics, Yemi Kale, and his counterparts in the Institute of Directors, Nigeria, have urged Nigerians to be optimistic in the Federal Government’s Economic Recovery and Growth Plan, saying that the economy has begun to show signs of ...

  • Nigeria

    World Bank ranking: Buhari commends Osinbajo, others 

    Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday commended the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council chaired by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo over the improvement of Nigeria on the World Bank’s Doing Business latest rankings. In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, the President commended the PEBEC ...

  • Nigeria

    Queen Cerruti of Netherlands visits Ambode

    Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State on Tuesday said the state would begin the implementation of Health Insurance Scheme in 2018 to make healthcare accessible to every resident, irrespective of financial status. The governor said this when Queen Maxima Cerruti of Netherlands and her entourage paid him a courtesy visit ...

  • Nigeria

    BDCs take BVN validation, compliance to new heights

    Compliance with the foreign exchange (forex) rules is a task every stakeholder should take seriously. The Association of Bureaux De Change Operators of Nigeria (ABCON), in collaboration with the Nigeria Interbank Settlement System (NIBSS), organised sensitisation programmes for Bureaux De Change (BDCs) on the use and deployment of Bank Verification ...

  • Nigeria

    NAFDAC, Traders To Partner In Fight Against Fake Products In Rivers

    BY ANAYO ONUKWUGHA, PORT HARCOURT The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) and Rivers State Traders and Market Women Association (RSTMWA) has resolved to partner with each other to check the incidence of fake and counterfeit products in stores and market in Rivers State. That agreement ...

  • USA Nigeria

    Experts begin second wave of polio outbreak response assessment in Nigeria

    Source: World Health Organization Country: NigeriaOther initiatives that continue to be strengthened include routine immunization, innovative disease surveillance activities and health communications.Abuja, 31 October 2017 - The polio Outbreak Response Assessment (OBRA) team with representation from the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) partnership has started the second evaluation of the response ...

  • Bolivia Paraguay Uruguay

    Tormentas generaron daños a 20.000 familias paraguayas en octubre

    Source: Government of Paraguay Country: ParaguayEl ministro de la Secretaría de Emergencia Nacional (SEN) indicó que desde el 30 de setiembre al 25 de octubre, se produjeron 12 tormentas, que en solo 26 días, generaron daños a 20 mil familias en 15 departamentos.Un informe de las últimas acciones de la Secretaría ...

  • Senegal

    Keur Mbaye Fall : des quartiers confrontés depuis 4 jours au ''calvaire" d'une pénurie d'eau (habitant)

    Dakar, 31 oct (APS) - Plusieurs quartiers de Keur Mbaye Fall, dont Médina Gare Mbao, dans la grande banlieue dakaroise, font face une pénurie d'eau qui dure depuis quatre jours, apprend-on d'un résident selon lequel la gravité de la situation nécessite que des ''mesures'' concrètes soient prises par les autorités ...

  • Portogallo

    OE2018: Municípios agradados com proposta do Governo

    A proposta de lei do Orçamento do Estado para 2018 agrada aos municípios, prevendo-se um aumento de 1,5% nas transferências de verbas do Estado, disse hoje em Coimbra o presidente da Associação Nacional de Municípios Portugueses (ANMP).