• USA Portogallo

    FMI ottimista sulla crescita ma cauta sui tassi in USA

    Dopo molti anni di crescita debole, il Fondo Monetario Internazionale guarda con più ottimismo al futuro e stima una ripresa dell'economia globale, sia per i Paesi avanzati sia per...

  • Kenya

    [Statement] 10 things Raila wants Uhuru to do to save Kenyans from drought

    Kenyans have today woken up to media reports that the prices of basics like maize flour, milk, tomatoes, cooking oil, onions and sukuma wiki have hit a new high last seen in the drought of 2009. This is in addition to the deepening drought that has claimed lives across the ...

  • India USA Kenya

    [VIDEO] Five more suspected drug barons arrested, Sh18m cash, Sh170m heroin found

    Anti-narcotics detectives have arrested five more most wanted drug barons in Mombasa amid a government operation to eliminate them. Coast regional coordinator Nelson Marwa said the five were arrested at an apartment in Bamburi on Monday. Marwa told journalists that they also seized 15 kgs of heroin worth Sh170 ...

  • Angola

    Trans Nzoia Speaker, clerk, 38 MCAs arrested over corruption

    The Trans Nzoia Speaker, clerk and 38 MCAs have been arrested over graft allegations. Most of the ward representatives were arrested at their homes in Trans Nzoia before 6am on Monday. They were taken to the EACC's office in Eldoret for grilling ahead of court appearances. The commission said the ...

  • Turchia

    Russian envoy assassination image wins World Press Photo Award

    Brandishing a gun, his face contorted with rage, the shocking image of an off-duty Turkish policeman assassinating the Russian envoy to Turkey Monday won the prestigious World Press Photo Award. Judges praised the bravery of Burhan Ozbilici, a photographer for the Associated Press, who stood his ground as 22-year-old policeman Mevlut ...

  • Nigeria

    FG screens foreign scholarship applicants

    The Federal Ministry of Education on Monday, began screening of prospective students for the Bilateral Education Agreement Scholarship Award across the country. Malam Abdullahi Jibrin of the Federal Scholarship Board disclosed this at a news conference in Kaduna. He said that the exercise, which would last from Monday to Friday ...

  • Nigeria

    Lawyer urges FG to make whistleblowing policy a law

    A constitutional lawyer, Mr Onyekachi Ubani, on Monday urged the Federal Government to make its policy on whistleblowing a law for proper enforcement. Ubani told newsmen in Lagos that the policy would be very effective in the recovery of looted funds when it becomes a law. The Federal Government on ...

  • Nigeria

    Police release detained Ibadan Poly students

    The Students Union President of The Polytechnic Ibadan, Oluwadamilola Peter Edema and 18 other students of the institution who were detained at the Oyo State Police Command headquarters, Eleyele, Ibadan, have been freed. The students, according to the police Public Relations Officer, Adekunle Ajisebutu, were arrested on Friday for assaulting ...

  • Nigeria

    Rates To Rise As CBN, DMO Mop Up Liquidity

    Rates at the interbank market are expected to spike this week as liquidity is mopped from the financial system through bond and Treasury Bills sales by both the Debt Management Office (DMO) and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). A total of N252.43 billion is expected to be mopped from ...

  • Nigeria

    BoI Pledges To Increase N1bn Fashion Fund On Viable Proposals

    The Bank of Industry (BoI) said it would increase its N1billion Fashion Fund if it received requests with potential and viable proposals. The bank said it was ready to finance it with other development banks, including Africa Development Bank. Acting managing director of the bank, Waheed Olagunju, made this disclosure ...