• Nigeria

    Board arrests 1,429 beggars in Kano

    The Kano State Hisbah Board arrested 1,429 beggars for violating the law banning street begging, between January and August, according to Malam Dahiru Muhammed, an official of the board. Muhammed, who is specifically attached to the board’s Anti-Begging Unit, told the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday in Kano that ...

  • Nigeria

    We’re expanding our kingdom to accommodate Lagos population – Elegushi

    Maureen Ihua-Maduenyi The traditional ruler of Ikateland, Oba Saheed Elegushi, has said that the kingdom is extending its territories to help accommodate the growing population of Lagos residents. He stated this on Saturday at the ground-breaking of a new city in Lagos known as the Imperial International Business City, a ...

  • USA

    US Open top 10 quotes

    Top 10 quotes from the 2017 US Open, which ended on Sunday: “When you look on Center Court, I understand completely the business side of things, but someone who comes back from a drugs sentence — performance enhancing drugs -– and all of a sudden gets to play every single match ...

  • Nigeria

    Kano: Board arrests 1,429 beggars in eight months

    The Kano State Hisbah Board arrested 1,429 beggars for violating the law banning street begging, between January and August, according to Malam Dahiru Muhammed, an official of the board. Muhammed, who is specifically attached to the board’s Anti-Begging Unit, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Kano ...

  • Nigeria

    Fed Govt loses trillions as stamp duty fee is unremitted

    Stamp Duty charges on bank transactions may have yielded trillions of naira, but the revenue is unremitted to the Federation Account, The Nation has learnt. The fate of the revenue, which is believed to have risen to over N7trillion as at 2015, has pitched the Nigerian Interbank Settlement System (NIBSS) against ...

  • Nigeria

    Board Arrests 1,429 Beggars In Kano Within 8 Months

    The Kano State Hisbah Board arrested 1,429 beggars for violating the law banning street begging, between January and August, according to Malam Dahiru Muhammed, an official of the board. Muhammed, who is specifically attached to the board’s Anti-Begging Unit, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Kano ...

  • USA Nigeria

    Unveiling The 37 Cultural Wonders Of Nigeria

    By Lizi Ben-Iheanacho – Recently, the National Council for Arts Culture unveiled its compilation of the 37 Cultural Wonders of Nigeria.  The 37 Cultural Wonders of Nigeria is a brand identity and marketing concept premised on peculiar tangible manifestations and intangible expressions unique to the 36 States of the Federation ...

  • Venezuela

    «Un consensus est vital pour assurer une transition socialement équitable»

    Comment s’annonce à votre avis la rentrée sociale en cette période de difficultés économiques, mais aussi d’instabilité sur le plan managérial après les derniers changements ? L’Algérie fait face aux conséquences néfastes du choc pétrolier, qui persiste depuis juin 2014. Cela va accentuer les problèmes structurels dont souffre l’économie algérienne. A ...

  • Francia

    Ouyahia IV sans Hassi Berkine II ou le sortilège algérien de «l’impensé» du temps long

    Le fait marquant de la semaine est, bien sûr, la nouvelle tonalité alarmiste du pouvoir politique. «La situation financière est très préoccupante». Le déficit budgétaire projeté pour 2017 était optimiste. Pour Ali Benouari, ancien ministre, il serait en réalité le double : 2500 milliards de dinars contre 1247 milliards prévus. Les mesures ...

  • Algeria

    Plus de 40 milliards de dollars engloutis et le pays a toujours soif

    Avec la crise inédite du manque d’eau qui s’abat avec force sur le pays et qui a tendance à s’amplifier du fait la vulnérabilité des potentialités hydriques, le scénario des années de grand stress hydrique ayant marqué les années 2001-2002, lorsque le recours aux bateaux-citernes, autrement dit l’importation, fut envisagé, ...