• Brasile

    Homens entram em posto de saúde do ES para furtar vacinas de febre amarela

    Na disputa para conseguir se imunizar contra a febre amarela, no Espírito Santo, bandidos invadiram uma unidade de saúde, na Barra do Jucu, em Vila Velha, na madrugada desta sexta-feira, 27. A tentativa de furtar as doses da vacina foi frustrada quando eles perceberam que não havia mais nenhum frasco ...

  • Brasile

    Brasil teme entrada de armas de rebeldes das Farc pela fronteira

    O ministro brasileiro da Defesa, Raúl Jungmann, reúne-se na próxima terça-feira (31/1) com seu contraparte colombiano, em Manaus, para estabelecer novos procedimentos de segurança na fronteira, por onde temem a entrada de armas de rebeldes das Farc.Em novembro passado, as Forças Armadas Revolucionárias da Colômbia (Farc, marxistas) assinaram um acordo ...

  • Nigeria

    We won’t reverse forex ban on 41 items – CBN

    Ifeanyi Onuba, Abuja The Central Bank of Nigeria is not considering the reversal of its policy banning foreign exchange sale to importers of 41 items, which the country has the capacity to produce locally. The apex bank said rather than reversing the policy, it would continue to come up with ...

  • Nigeria

    High import duties threaten LPG market growth – NLPGA

    Eric Dumo The Nigeria Liquefied Petroleum Gas Association has said that the high cost of importation of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (cooking gas) equipment is seriously affecting the industry and threatening its growth. The NLPGA also said that if the situation persisted, the growth of the LPG market in the country ...

  • Giappone Nigeria

    Obaseki wants Japanese investment inagriculture, solid minerals

    Friday Olokor, Abuja Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has commenced discussions with the Japanese government to drive investments in agriculture, transportation, solid minerals and youth empowerment in vocational and technological services. The governor at a meeting in Abuja with the First Secretary, Economic Development and Cooperation, Embassy of Japan ...

  • Nigeria

    We’ll sustain war against fake drugs – Minister

     Chukwudi Akasike, Port Harcourt  The Federal Government has vowed to sustain the war against fake and substandard drugs with a view to forcing counterfeiters out of the illicit business. Minister of Health, Dr. Isaac Adewole, made this vow while supervising the destruction of fake drugs worth N9.6 billion at a ...

  • Nigeria

    IGP commended over safety on roads

    Inspector General of Police  Ibrahim Idris has been commended over the performances of the police in ensuring that motorists maintained proper law and order on Nigerian roads during the last yuletide, as there was much sanity on our roads during the celebration. In a statement issued after its National Executive ...

  • Nigeria

    Youth Should Pay Attention To Nation’s Unity – Yakasai

    Alhaji Tanko Yakasai served as Hausa editor of Daily Comet, Kano, between 1954 and  1960, he was Kano State commissioner for Information from 1967 to 1971 and between 1971 and 1972, he served as commissioner for Forestry, Community Development And Co-operatives Kano State he was also Kano State commissioner for ...

  • USA Nigeria

    Time To Give Emefiele His Due Credit

    The issue of foreign exchange (forex) policy in Nigeria is one that has continued to generate controversy even as the authority vested with the power to manage what is available, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has consistently explained that it does not manufacture foreign currencies which, actually, is what ...

  • USA

    More than 4.8 million people deemed severely food insecure in South Sudan

    Source: DanChurchAid Country: South SudanSouth Sudan is facing increased violence, political chaos and a deepening economic crisis, resulting in widespread hunger and massive displacementSouth Sudan is facing increased violence, political chaos and a deepening economic crisis, resulting in widespread hunger and massive displacement By Andreas Kiaby, Head of Programme, DanChurchAid, South Sudan More ...