• Cina Giappone

    Korea ranks 3rd in foreign net stock buying in Asia

    South Korea ranks third in foreign investors' net stock buying among Asian countries, excluding China and Japan, this ye

  • Grecia

    Do the Europeans want to squeeze out Tsipras?

    For Greece, last week was a bad week. First, the government could not secure an agreement on a relief of its huge debt in a meeting with finance ministers of the Eurozone and the IMF on May 22.

  • Nigeria

    Court declares LG marriage certificates illegal

    Adelani Adepegba, Abuja A Lagos High Court has barred local government areas from conducting marriages across the country. The court, in a judgment, declared that the Local Government Unified Marriage Certificate was unknown to law and therefore unconstitutional, null and void. A Certified True Copy of the judgment by Justice ...

  • Nigeria

    Economy bleeds as CBN pursues elusive naira stability

    As the Central Bank of Nigeria steps up efforts to achieve naira stability through the convergence of the official and unofficial exchange rates, OYETUNJI ABIOYE writes that the road will be tortuous with major economic challenges looming for the country Nigeria, the biggest economy in Africa, is down on its ...

  • Nigeria

    LASACO pays claims to relatives of deceased workers

    Nike Popoola LASACO Assurance Plc has paid insurance claims to relatives of 85 deceased Lagos State workers under the Group Life Insurance Policy. During the presentation of cheques to the relatives of the deceased workers in Lagos, the Commissioner for Local Government and Community Affairs, Muslim Folami, said dependants of ...

  • Nigeria

    Democracy Day: Saraki, Ekweremadu call for stronger economy, lawfulness

    Leke Baiyewu, Abuja President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, has called for concerted effort by all Nigerians to build a strong economy as a means of sustaining the country’s democracy. Saraki made the call in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Yusuph Olaniyonu, in Abuja, to ...

  • Nigeria

    PIGB will curb corruption, says IPMAN, NEITI

    Major stakeholders like the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) and the Nigerian Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) are of the view that the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill (PIGB) will curb corruption in the distribution of petroleum products. However, the Oil and Solid Mineral Producing Area Landlords’ Association of ...

  • Cina Kenya

    Business News: Sh7b funding for mineral mapping

    China Eximbank will fund Kenya's mapping of geological resources if ongoing talks succeed. A source privy to the closed-door meetings disclosed to The Standard that the talks are at an advanced stage.

  • Kenya

    Business: Uganda needs Kenya's go-ahead for rail cash

    Uganda, which wants to start building part of a multi-billion-dollar rail line to Kenya, must wait for its neighbour to decide on plans for its portion of the track before the project's main funder makes money available, Uganda's finance minister said.

  • Cina Kenya

    Business: Sh7b funding for mineral mapping

    China Eximbank will fund Kenya's mapping of geological resources if ongoing talks succeed. A source privy to the closed-door meetings disclosed to The Standard that the talks are at an advanced stage.