• Nigeria

    Marital rape under Nigerian law

    As human beings evolve and our societies change, our laws must keep up with the changes and define our interactions in the context of our new societies. There are many areas of our laws in Nigeria that have not kept up with the times. And there are areas of modern ...

  • Nigeria

    Floods forcing up demand for insurance cover

    Insurance companies are already coughing out huge claims from recent floods that ravaged some high-brow areas of Lagos State, even as there has been an increase in the demand for cover from residents in Lekki and its environs, NIKE POPOOLA reports Excessive rains that wreaked havoc in recent weeks in ...

  • USA Nigeria

    Nigeria spends N5tn yearly on off-grid diesel generation — Report

    Stanley Opara Aside from the massive recurrent national grid investments in Nigeria running into several billions of the United States dollar, the country is said to be spending N5tn ($14bn) on off-grid diesel generation yearly. Off-grid diesel generation refers to systems that have no connection with the national utility grid, ...

  • USA Nigeria

    Hurdles As South-east, South-south Governors Seek Integration

    CHIBUZO UKAIBE and ANAYO ONUKWUGHA, X-ray the import of the recent meeting of governors from the South-south and South-east in Port Harcourt, Rivers State On Sunday, August 27, 2017, governors of the 11 states that make up the South-east and South-south geopolitical zones of the country, met in Port Harcourt, ...

  • USA Nigeria

    Nigerian Business Leaders Receive U.S. Congressional Delegation

    By David Abakpa, Abuja Chairman of Oriental Energy Resources, Mohammed Indimi, President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, Chairman of Heir Holdings, Tony Elumelu, Stanel Group Chief Executive Officer, Stanley Uzochukwu, and other top Nigerian business leaders on Wednesday received an eight-member Congressional delegation from the United States at the U.S. ...

  • USA

    Nintendo viola brevetto, il giudice ordina un risarcimento di 10 milioni

    Nintendo deve pagare 10 milioni di dollari, circa 8 milioni e mezzo di euro, alla società americana iLife, per la violazione di un brevetto. A stabilirlo un giudice di Dallas, in Texas,...

  • USA

    100 hours of leave for IVF couples

    Couples undergoing the process of medically assisted procreation  can avail themselves of up 100 hours of leave (IVF leave), thanks to recent changes in the law regulating employment and industrial relations. Although this family- friendly employment law was enacted on May 30 through a legal notice, it went largely unnoticed due ...

  • Regno Unito Malta

    Promotion for shelved Paceville master plan cost €60,000

    The Planning Authority spent more than €60,000 to hire the services of a renowned international marketing firm to publicise the long-awaited Paceville master plan, the Times of Malta has learnt. The proposed master plan was scrapped just weeks after it had been unveiled. Asked to explain why there was the need for ...

  • Malta

    Over €3 million of EU funds received for ISF projects

    On 2September 2017, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Promotion Carmelo Abela together with Parliamentary Secretary for European Funds and Social Dialogue Aaron Farrugia addressed a press conference during which three EU co-financed projects under the Internal Security Fund (ISF) 2014-2020 were launched.The national internal security strategies provide the direction ...

  • Malta

    Malta Motorsports Federation disappointed with Church Commission’s call against Ta' Qali racetrack

    The Malta Motorsport Federation has expressed its disappointment with The Church Environment Commission's suggestion to government to cancel the car racetrack project in Ta' Qali.The Church Commission had recommended planting more trees instead.The motorsport federation said that it agrees with the Commission's suggestions for other areas, such as in the ...