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Kenya
Four officers deployed to Nairobi trade fair fall sick
Officers complain of stomach ache, vomiting and diarrhoea.
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Nigeria
Ekiti Assembly threatens Magu with contempt over state officials’ arrest
Olusola Fabiyi, Abuja The Ekiti State House of Assembly has sent a letter of protest to the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr. Ibrahim Magu, over the arrest and detention of the state Commissioner for Finance, Chief Toyin Ojo, and the Accountant General, Mrs. Yemi Owolabi. ...
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USA Nigeria
CBN sells $195m, naira closes at 364/dollar
The Central Bank of Nigeria on Tuesday intervened in the inter-bank foreign exchange market with the sale of $195m. This came just as the naira appreciated to 364 per United States dollar at the parallel market, up from the 365/dollar recorded on Friday. Figures released by the CBN showed that ...
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Nigeria
FG to release proceeds of N100bn Sukuk bond to Ministry
The Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, has disclosed that proceeds of the N100 billion Islamic bond, Sukuk, will be released to the Ministry of Works on Thursday. Adeosun made this known when she appeared before the Joint Committee on Finance and Appropriation of the Senate on Tuesday in Abuja to brief ...
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Brasile Cina
Relatório aponta Brasil como quarto país em número de usuários de internet
Um relatório sobre economia digital divulgado nesta terça-feira (3/10) pela Conferência das Nações Unidas sobre Comércio e Desenvolvimento (UNCTAD, na sigla em inglês) colocou o Brasil em quarto lugar no ranking mundial de usuários de internet. Com 120 milhões de pessoas conectadas, o Brasil fica atrás apenas dos Estados Unidos ...
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USA
States Acting to Protect Buyers of Seller-Financed Homes
Ohio and Michigan are eyeing legislation to clamp down on contracts that appeal to lower-income consumers but have a history of abuse. Illinois enacted a similar law this year.
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Nigeria
Más de 150 mil autos circularían sin seguro
El superintendente de Seguros y Reaseguros de Panamá, José Joaquín Riesen, informó que la...
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'The only thing they have got to do is clear the dead bodies away'
Boris Johnson has been slapped down by a senior Cabinet colleague after saying a Libyan city could become the next Dubai once it had cleared the dead bodies away. The British Foreign Secretary is facing calls for his sacking over the comments on the fringes of the Conservative conference. Damian Green, the ...
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Giordania
Motorbike explodes in Paris outside Jordan military mission
A motorbike exploded outside a Jordanian military attache's office in western Paris this morning, Jordan's Petra news agency has reported. No staff at the mission were injured in the blast, a spokesman from Jordan's foreign ministry told the news agency. An embassy official said that there was no indication that the explosion was ...
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Spagna
Catalan officials study date for independence declaration
Catalonia's regional government is mulling when to declare the region's independence from Spain in the wake of a disputed referendum that has triggered Spain's most serious national crisis in decades.The region's pro-independence president, Carles Puigdemont, who has said an independence declaration will come in a few days, is due to ...