THE SEVEN MOST POWERFUL BLACK WOMEN
NGOZI OKONJO- IWEALA AGE:61 _ Adviser, super-bank, AIIB. Chair, Global Alliance of Vaccines and Immunization & Senior Adviser to Lazard
GLENCORE: THE MINING GIANT, BOOSTS PRESENCE IN AFRICA, ESPECIALLY SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; MINING REVENUES RISE BY 36%, OIL AND GAS BY 100%. D.R. CONGO saw
PETROLEUM SUBSIDY PAYMENTS FOR 11 YEARS ASSESSED AT ABOUT 9 TRILLION NARIA
According to the Petroleum Pricing Regulatory agency, subsidy payments to both NNPC and marketers amounted to about 9 trillion naira
WILL F.G REVIEW CANCELLATION OF INTEL’S CONTRACT TO OPERATE ONNE PORT IN RIVERS STATE?
The question arose over Intel’s payment of $42.6 million (N13.2 billion) into the Nigerian Ports Authority Treasury Single Account (TSA).
BRITAIN TO BUILD PRISON WING IN LAGOS FOR REPATRIATED NIGERIA PRISONERS
The British government plans to spend nearly 700,000 pounds on a dedicated prison wing at Kirikiri prison in Lagos for
HIGH-FIBRE DIET BOOST GOOD BACTERIA TO FIGHT DIABETES
A high-fibre diet can cure symptoms of type-2 diabetes by boosting the good bacteria in the guts, according to Chinese
EAST AFRICAN TRADE WITH U.S: SPAT OVER THE REGION’S BAN ON IMPORT OF SECOND-HAND CLOTHES FROM U.S
East African countries recently banned the imports of second-hand clothes from America. That angered President Trump; he threatened retaliation through
COBALT SET FOR PRICE LIFT AS DRC INCREASES MINING ROYALTIES BY 500 PERCENT
The price of battery metal – cobalt – could further increase as the Democratic Republic of Congo hikes up mining
CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX 2017
The corruption perception index, CPI, for 2017 released by TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL, made depressing reading. According to the world body; corruption
OPEC’S PRODUCTION RESTRAINT, RESULTING HIGH PRICES, MASSIVE BOOST TO AMERICAN SHALE OIL PRODUCTION
Over the past year and a half, OPEC’S return to market management, by cutting supplies, in alliance with Russia, has