• Spagna

    Economía/Energía.- El butano subirá otro 5% este martes y acumulará un alza del 20% desde mediados de 2016

    br /> MADRID, 19 (EUROPA PRESS) El precio máximo de la bombona de butano una vez incluidos los impuestos experimentará este martes 21 de marzo una nueva subida del 5%, hasta 13,52 euros, con lo que acumula incrementos del 20% desde julio del año pasado, indicaron ...

  • Paraguay

    Titular de Essap se queja y reclama aumento de tarifa

    El presidente de la Empresa de Servicios Sanitarios del Paraguay (Essap), Osmar Ludovico Sarubbi, habló sobre la necesidad de realizar un ajuste tarifario para hacer frente a las inversiones en infraestructura que necesita el sector. Aclaró, sin embargo, que no está en sus manos aumentar la tarifa por consumo de ...

  • Nigeria

    Shehu Sani to APC: Punish El-Rufai for memo on Buhari

    Senator Shehu Sani has urged the All Progressives Congress (APC) to penalise Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State for allegedly leaking to reporters a memo he wrote to President Muhammadu Buhari. Sani, who is the Vice-Chairman, Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, called for the punitive measures in a statement in ...

  • USA Giappone

    U.S. issues trade challenge at fraught G-20

    The United States on Saturday challenged long-standing global principles surrounding free trade, refusing to renew past anti-protectionist pledges and threatening to reopen negotiations on World Trade Organization deals. In a first sign of what Donald Trump’s “America First” push spells for the world, finance ministers from the Group of 20 ...

  • Giappone

    Gist of Group of 20 finance chiefs’ communique

    In the communique released Saturday after a two-day meeting of Group of 20 finance ministers and central bankers, the finance chiefs: Drop a pledge to resist all forms of protectionism. Vow to “strengthen the contribution of trade” to their economies. Say excess volatility and disorderly moves in exchange rates could ...

  • Nigeria

    ‘Lack Of Coordination Killing Export Business In Nigeria

    For government to get the export sector right, the exchange rate must be look into, this formed the opinion of the chief executive officer of Simplified Corporate Logistics (SCL), Mr. Nduka Udeh in an interview with OLUSHOLA BELLO. In this era of diversification, in what areas do you think logistics ...

  • Nigeria

    Customs Vehicles Duty Verification Policy: Intrigues, Conspiracy

    After so much controversy that the vehicle duty verification programme of the Nigeria Customs Service generated, the policy eventually was put on hold. YUSUF BABALOLA writes on the politics and economics of the policy suspension. This is arguably not the best of time for the embattled Comptroller-General of the Nigerian ...

  • USA Nigeria

    The Way Nigeria Is Run Won’t Take Us Far – Benson

    Hon Babajimi Benson is representing Ikorodu federal constituency of Lagos State. In this interview with RUTH CHOJI, the lawmaker speaks on the challenge of Nigeria’s current federal system. He also believes that the early announcement of the 2019 general election dates will cause a distraction from attending to the frail ...

  • Nigeria

    Nigeria Loses N600bn Yearly To Importation Of Iron Rods, Others

    Unless deliberate policies are formulated to encourage the growth of the steel industry to produce more materials needed in building and construction works, the nation will be losing as much as N600 billion yearly to the importation of such materials, particularly iron rods. The industry which is a key sector ...

  • USA

    Fayose’s Outburst And Truth About Ekiti Allocation

    ADEBIYI ADEDAPO writes on the encounter between the Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose and the Ministry of Finance over the delayed release of the states statutory allocation. he Ekiti State Governor and Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors Forum, Mr. Peter Ayodele Fayose, last Tuesday alleged that the ...