• Malta

    Is your panel beater up to scratch?

    Around 70 panel beaters and paint sprayers across Malta and Gozo have added their names to a recently announced quality assurance certification scheme, the Motor Insurer Repair Efficiency Project has said. Garages which sign up to the Quality Vehicle Repair scheme agree to have their workplaces regularly inspected to ensure they are ...

  • Russia

    Jailed anti-Putin activist says he is being tortured in prison

    A Russian opposition activist who became the first person to be jailed for repeatedly staging peaceful anti-Kremlin protests under a new law says he is being tortured in prison and fears for his life. A Moscow court sentenced Ildar Dadin to three years in prison in December for holding a series ...

  • Nigeria

    Grazing law: Fayose, Miyetti Allah meet to raise joint patrol

    Kamarudeen Ogundele, Ado Ekiti Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, and leaders of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria have met in Ado Ekiti to sort out differences over the new law restricting cattle grazing in the state. On the demand by the MACBAN leaders that they be part ...

  • Nigeria

    Stop lobbying for promotion, IG warns policemen

    Adelani Adepegba, Everest Amaefule, Abuja The Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has frowned on lobbying for promotion by policemen, stating that promotion in the Nigeria Police Force was based strictly on merit and seniority. The IG, who warned the rank and file against against all forms of indiscipline, insisted that ...

  • Cina Nigeria

    Erisco Foods to relocate tomato paste plant to China

    The Chief Executive Officer, Erisco Foods, Chief Eric Umeofia, has decried the Central Bank of Nigeria’s foreign exchange policies, saying they were stifling local manufacturers’ operations and growth. Umeofia said this on Tuesday in Lagos at a news conference. Erisco Foods is an indigenous tomato paste manufacturing company that employs ...

  • USA

    FG hails Nigerian doctor for successful operation on unborn baby

    The Federal Government has commended a US-based Nigerian surgeon, Dr Oluyinka Olutoye, who successfully removed tumour from a baby in her mother’s womb. The Senior Special Assistant to the President Muhammadu Buhari on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Mrs. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, in a statement said that Nigerian Government and people were proud of Olutoye. ...

  • Giappone Bolivia

    Japan ties up with regional development bank to aid Jamaica and Bolivia

    The government and the Inter-American Development Bank said they will jointly support energy-related projects in Jamaica and Bolivia under a co-financing program. Using a $3 billion co-financing program agreed on in April, Japan and the regional development bank will help Jamaica improve energy efficiency at public facilities and support Bolivia ...

  • Cina Giappone

    Top Japanese, Chinese corporate execs discuss ways to deepen ties

    Top corporate executives and former government leaders from Japan and China met Tuesday in an annual meeting to discuss ways to expand economic ties despite years of political tension. Former Chinese Vice Premier Zeng Peiyan said business leaders are duty bound to take “as many as possible active actions that ...

  • Giappone

    Dollar stays beneath ¥105 as BOJ keeps policy steady

    The dollar stayed in a narrow range below ¥105 in Tokyo trading on Tuesday, as the Bank of Japan kept monetary policy unchanged, providing no strong trading incentives. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥104.92-93, compared with ¥104.91-92 at the same time Monday. The euro was at $1.0985-0986, up ...

  • Giappone

    Tokyo stocks edge up after BOJ meeting

    Stocks closed slightly higher on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Tuesday after the Bank of Japan stopped short of expanding its negative interest rate policy. The 225-issue Nikkei average gained 17.38 points, or 0.10 percent, to end at 17,442.40. On Monday, the key market gauge lost 21.39 points. The Topix index ...