• Nigeria

    PIB passage to be completed before 2018 – Saraki

    ’Femi Asu The President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has said the upper chamber of the National Assembly is working to ensure the completion of the passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill in the fourth quarter of this year. Saraki stated this in Lagos on Monday at the Nigeria ...

  • Nigeria

    Ambode donates 120 5KVA generating sets to police

    •We’ll utilise facility to ensure effective law enforcement, says commissioner Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode yesterday handed over 120 5KVA generating sets to the Lagos State Police Command to power police formations across the state, with a pledge of continuous support to security agencies. Speaking at Lagos House,  Ikeja, while ...

  • Nigeria

    CBN, banks bicker over slow disbursement of SMEs funds

    The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)  and lenders involved in the disbursement of N220 billion Small, Medium Enterprises (SMEs) funds to small businesses have traded blames over the slow pace of the disbursement of the funds. The Group Head, Specialised SMEs of Fidelity Bank, Mr Ndubuisi Onuoha blamed the CBN ...

  • Nigeria

    Sirika pushes for airports certification

    NIGERIAN airports certification will reduce insurance premiums, attract more foreign carriers into the country and lower charges for domestic operators, Minister of State, Aviation, Hadi Sirika, has said. Besides, insurance premiums and charges reduction, certification of airports, Sirika said, have put Nigeria on the global safety chart, with the Murtala ...

  • Nigeria

    Nigeria Should Focus More On Manufacturing Sector – NES

    BY TAOFEEK LAWAL, Abuja The Federal Government has been urged to shift its focus on the manufacturing sector to grow the economy, benefit the population and to create employment opportunities for the unemployed. The President, Nigerian Economic Society (NES), Professor Ben Aigbokhan, stated this at a press conference to herald ...

  • Russia USA

    UN report details grave human rights violations in Crimea

    Source: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Country: UkraineThe situation has significantly deteriorated under Russian occupation, with “multiple and grave violations” committed by Russian state agents, according to the UN human rights office. UN report details grave human rights violations in Russian-occupied Crimea GENEVA (25 September 2017) – The human ...

  • Colombia

    Familias desplazadas por el conflicto armado en Colombia reciben títulos de propiedad durante acto histórico

    Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees Country: Colombia155 familias que han estado por más de dos décadas desposeídas, adquieren de forma alternativa y en acto público los títulos de propiedad de sus predios.155 familias que han estado por más de dos décadas desposeídas, adquieren de forma alternativa y en acto público ...

  • Etiopia

    Hydromet Services for Climate Resilient Economy

    [Ethiopian Herald] As an advocate of climate resilient green economy and a country with prolonged experience of natural disasters such as drought, Ethiopia more than ever needs effective and state-of-the-art hydromet system.

  • Etiopia

    A Clear Path to Horn's Economic Integration

    [Ethiopian Herald] Following the formation of a Preferential Trade Area (PTA) among some Eastern and Southern African countries including Ethiopia in 1981, the idea of economic integration was conceived in these regions. PTA's formation was aimed at establishing a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) in a very short time. Despite the ...

  • Senegal

    Le Sénégal signe des accords de partenariat avec la Chine

    Diamniadio, 25 sept (APS) - Le Sénégal a signé trois accords de partenariat avec des entreprises chinoises, en marge de l'ouverture du troisième forum "Investir en Afrique", lundi, à Diamniadio (environ 30 km à l'est de Dakar), a constaté l'APS. Diamniadio, 25 sept (APS) - Le Sénégal a signé trois ...