African Railway Roundtable, a rail advocacy society , has tasked President Nana Akuffo Ado of Ghana to use his chairmanship of the Economic Commission of West African States (ECOWAS) to revive the moribund Trasn-West African Railway project. In a statement issued in Abuja over the weekend and signed by its Director, Olawale Rasheed, the group […]
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The Executive Director, Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC)/Transparency International Nigeria, Auwal Ibrahim Musa (Rafsanjani) has reiterated the interest of CILAC to partner with Fiscal Commission to ensure Economic stability. He stated this when he paid a one day working visit with his team to the Commission recently. According to him, with the external debt […]
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Cairo, 11 September 2020: – African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has disbursed US$200 million to Zenith Bank Plc Nigeria under its Pandemic Trade Impact Mitigation Facility (PATIMFA). The funds will assist Zenith Bank to continue to maintain foreign currency trade flows impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. They will also allow Zenith Bank to on-lend to eligible sub-borrowers involved […]
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•Government should attract investments to productive sectors Former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and ex-Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi yesterday listed the benefits of removing subsidy on petrol and further advised the federal government to implement structural reforms that would remove every vestige of subsidy in the system in order to attract […]
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By Bolade Nafisat Funding national budget is a tough job especially for decision makers from the Finance Minister, Shamusuna Ahmed to the Director General of the Budget Office, Benjamin Akabueze. They have the difficult job of attending to needs of several ministries and agencies, with expenditure request often overwhelming available resources. The rule for decision […]
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Forbes “Best of Africa” Award to honour outstanding leaders in Africa conferred on business mogul and Chairman of Ocean Marine Solution Limited (OMSL), Captain Idahosa Wells Okunbo (Capt. Hosa), has been presented to him by the Chair of Foreign Investment Network (FIN), Her Excellency, Mrs Olayinka Fayomi. The presentation was done in Abuja on Friday […]
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The Minister of Women Affairs, Pauline Tallen, has advocated death penalty for rape and related offences. Mrs Tallen said this during the flag-off of the National Cooking Gas and Tree Planting project held in Girei town, headquarter of Girei Local Government Area of Adamawa State on Friday. The minister also advocated stiff penalties for child […]
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Fulham gave Arsenal an early scare when Aboubakar Kamara drew a smart save from Bernd Leno. However, Alexandre Lacazette opened the scoring on the eighth minute. He tapped in after Marek Rodak had pushed Willian’s shot to him. In so doing, the forward became the first player to score the first goal of a Premier […]
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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says one of the many ways by which Africa can maximize the benefits of the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) deal is to ensure that trade negotiations with the rest of the world are based on the free trade agreement rather than deals separately endorsed by regional economic blocs. He […]
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