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Nigeria
TUC Urges FG To End ASUU Strike
By Taiwo Ogunmola- Omilani The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, (TUC) has called on the Federal Government to wade into the strike embarked upon by university lecturers and immediately dialogue with them not to aggravate the insecurity challenge in the country. This was contained in a statement signed by the ...
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Nigeria Regno Unito
Competence, Decisiveness, Positive Attitude Make A Business Leader Tick – Ubah
By BAYO AMODU Dr Maxwell Ubah, a graduate of medicine from College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Akoka is also a certified leadership, strategy and peak performance consultant. He holds the prestigious Sloan Masters in Leadership and Strategy from London Business School. In this interview with BAYO AMODU, he spoke ...
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Nuova Zelanda
Wellington Tenths Trust says it has no plans to pursue Sir Ngatata Love
The Maori trust Sir Ngatata Love was jailed for defrauding says it has no plans to pursue him through the courts, even as it chases his former partner.
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Kuwait
Saudi Arabia and Iraq to re-open border crossing after 27 years
Saudi Arabia and Iraq plan to open the Arar border crossing for trade for the first time since 1990, when it was closed after the countries cut ties following Saddam Hussein’s invasion of Kuwait, Saudi local media reported on Aug. 15.
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Turchia
Turkey runs $6.7 bln budget deficit
Turkey ran a budget deficit of 24.3 billion Turkish liras (nearly $6.7 billion) in the first seven months of 2017, Finance Minister Naci Ağbal said on Aug. 15.
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Turchia
Over half of export group chiefs to change
The Constitutional Court has reversed an application by Turkey’s exporter unions to cancel a decision, which stipulates that any union chief cannot keep a presidency position more than two terms.
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Regno Unito
London asks for interim customs deal with EU, new trade accords
Britain has said it wants an interim customs agreement with the European Union after Brexit to allow the freest possible trade of goods, but that it will also seek the right to negotiate other trade deals -- a possible sticking point in the talks.
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Cina USA
China warns of retaliation as Trump launches trade probe
Trade tensions between the United States and China heated up on Aug. 15 as Beijing warned that it “will not sit idle” if a U.S. probe into its intellectual property practices leads to sanctions.
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Turchia
Economic pressure on Turkey ‘working,’ German FM Gabriel says
Economic pressure on Turkey “is working,” German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel has said, commenting on ongoing tensions between Berlin and Ankara.
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India
Modi says India will fight foreign threats
India can defend itself from anyone who seeks “to act against our country,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in an Independence Day speech Aug. 15 amid a tense standoff with Beijing over a Himalayan plateau.