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Kenya
Business: Fuel crisis persists even as truckers resume work
The fuel supply crisis gripping Nairobi and its environs is expected to bite on today before normalising tomorrow.
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Kenya
Business: Bleak future as Kenyan investors lose Sh153 billion at bourse in just 17 days
Investors at the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) may be in for another disappointing year as the bourse continues to drift into dismal records.
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Kenya
Kenya: East African Business Council backs Amina for top AU position
A regional body has thrown its weight behind the candidature of Foreign Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohamed for the African Union (AU) Commission chairperson's post.
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Cina Giappone
K-Pop Industry Relies More on Japan Than China
SM Entertainment, one of Korea's top-three entertainment companies, achieved about 12 percent of its 2015 sales (195.4 billion won) from the Chinese market. In the third quarter of last year, the share of the Chinese market in SM's overall sales rose to 14.4 percent. However, such a share is estimated ...
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Cina USA
First Salvo in America's Trade War with China Delivered
The U.S. government ruled on Chinese-made tires for trucks and buses that these products were dumped in the U.S. market on the back of subsidies provided by the government. This is the first protectionist measure taken against China by the Trump administration just five days after Donald Trump took office. ...
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Nigeria
Electricity: Consumers groan as power firms, others trade blame
Consumers are embittered by the poor electricity supply and unfair treatment by power companies, while the firms have continued to trade blame, OKECHUKWU NNODIM writes Power consumers in Nigeria are unhappy with the abysmal supply of electricity from the distribution and generation companies across the country. The latest data from ...
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Nigeria
The National Code of Corporate Governance (2)
Lalekan Are Continued from Wednesday Many stakeholders also complained about sections of the code that are contrary to the Companies and Allied Matters Act which is supposed to regulate registration and running of businesses and the NFOs in Nigeria. CAMA, which is a law of the parliament, has already determined ...
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Nigeria
Buhari’s health: Govt to punish rumour mongers
The Federal Government is investigating sources of “subversive messages” on President Muhammadu Buhari’s health. Purveyors of such messages will face “the full wrath of the law”, the government said yesterday. For the second time in one week, the social media was yesterday awash with rumours on the President’s state of health, ...
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Nigeria
ICPC recovers 40 vehicles from retired directors, others
THE Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences (ICPC) yesterday handed over 40 recovered vehicles coveted by retired directors and assistant directors at the Federal Ministry of Water Resources. One of the directors carted away five vehicles. But ICPC said the affected retired public officers would face the law after ...
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Nigeria
Firm To Governments: Intensify Tree Planting To Avert Effects Of Climate Change
The Chairman of Bisrod Furniture Nigeria Limited and the Evergreen Tree Planter, Giwa Bisi Rodipe, has urged both the federal and state governments to make huge investments in tree planting to avert effects of climate change. Rodipe, who stated this recently during the commissioning of the state-of-the-art Bisrod Mechanical Kiln ...