Category: Foreign

Coco Gauff Wins US Open
September 10, 2023 No Responses

Coco Gauff Wins US Open

American teenager Coco Gauff fulfilled the potential she has long promised by landing her first Grand Slam title with a fightback win over Aryna Sabalenka in the US Open final. BBC report that Gauff, seeded sixth, started slowly in front...
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Hyundai Motors Delivers 347,377 Units In August
September 5, 2023 No Responses

Hyundai Motors Delivers 347,377 Units In August

Hyundai Motor Company has announced global sales of 347,377 units in August 2023, a 3.2 percent increase year-over-year.  City Business News reports that despite continued uncertainties in the business environment, the company is maintaining robust sales ...
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Japanese Ambassador Hosts NPA Boss, Harps On Trade, Investment
August 30, 2023 No Responses

Japanese Ambassador Hosts NPA Boss, Harps On Trade, Investment

The Japanese Ambassador and Permanent Representative to ECOWAS, Mr. Matsunaga Kazuyoshi, has commended the Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Mohammed Bello Koko for facilitating growth in the value of Nigeria – Japan trade vo...
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LNG: Firm Completes Bunkering Operations
August 27, 2023 No Responses

LNG: Firm Completes Bunkering Operations

Low and zero-emission fuels supplier, Titan has performed its first ship-to-ship LNG bunker operations in Hamburg, Germany. The company said it performed its first-ever ship-to-ship LNG bunkering operation in Hamburg to Vox Ariane, Van Oord’s trailing suctio...
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Heineken Sells Off Russian Business For €1
August 27, 2023 No Responses

Heineken Sells Off Russian Business For €1

Heineken has finally sold off its Russian business for €1 – or 86p – nearly a year and a half after first pledging to do so. The Dutch brewer said it will take a loss of €300m on the division,...
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HMM Orders Four Multi-Purpose Heavy-Lift Ships
August 13, 2023 No Responses

HMM Orders Four Multi-Purpose Heavy-Lift Ships

South Korea’s flagship carrier HMM has signed a new shipbuilding order with China State Shipbuilding Corporation’s subsidiary Huangpu Wenchong for four 38,000-ton multi-purpose heavy-lift ships. Designed by the Shanghai Merchant Ship Design and Research In...
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ECOWAS To Assemble ‘Standby Force’ Over Political Crisis In Niger
August 11, 2023 No Responses

ECOWAS To Assemble ‘Standby Force’ Over Political Crisis In Niger

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has approved armed intervention in Niger Republic “as soon as possible”.  The President of ECOWAS, Omar Alieu Touray, made this announcement while presenting the ECOWAS resolutio...
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Tinubu’s Speech At ECOWAS Extraordinary Summit On Niger Republic
August 11, 2023 No Responses

Tinubu’s Speech At ECOWAS Extraordinary Summit On Niger Republic

Your Excellency, the President of the ECOWAS Commission; Your Excellency, President of the African Union Commission; Your Excellency, President of the UEMOA Commission; The Special Representative of the Secretary General of the United Nations in...
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MSC Makes Fresh Order For Ten LNG-Powered Containerships
August 9, 2023 No Responses

MSC Makes Fresh Order For Ten LNG-Powered Containerships

The world’s largest container shipping firm MSC has returned to Chinese shipbuilder Zhoushan Changhong International Shipyard with an order for an additional ten LNG-powered containerships. The deal will see Zhoushan Changhong International Shipyard build te...
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EU Suspends Security Cooperation, Budgetary Aid For Niger
July 30, 2023 No Responses

EU Suspends Security Cooperation, Budgetary Aid For Niger

The European Union (EU) has suspended all security cooperation with Niger after the country’s army took power in a coup. It comes shortly after the US declared its “unflagging support” for ousted president Mohamed Bazoum – seen as ...
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Four Contenders Join Race For HMM’s $3.9b Privatization
July 27, 2023 No Responses

Four Contenders Join Race For HMM’s $3.9b Privatization

Four bidders have thrown their hats in the ring for the privatization of HMM, Korea’s largest shipping company, as the government seeks to divest a controlling stake valued at 5 trillion won ($3.9 billion). HMM Co Ltd, formerly Hyundai Merchant...
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India Bans Rice Exports
July 21, 2023 No Responses

India Bans Rice Exports

India has outlawed the export of non-basmati white rice in an attempt to ward off looming domestic price spikes. BBC report that heavy rains have hurt crops in the country and rice prices have risen by more than 11% over...
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Photo News
June 23, 2023 No Responses

Photo News

L – R: Mr Abiona Babarinde, General Manager, Marketing and Corporate Communications, Coscharis Group; Mr. David Greene, United States Embassy Charge d’ Affaires for Nigeria; Mr. Josiah Samuel, Group Managing Director, Coscharis Group; Mr. Joseph Omokha...
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America’s 10 Richest People Worth More Than 106 Poorest Countries
June 22, 2023 No Responses

America’s 10 Richest People Worth More Than 106 Poorest Countries

The concentration of wealth in the hands of a privileged elite has long been a subject of concern and scrutiny, with the gap between the poor increasingly widening. The impact of the gap is highlighted by the fact that the...
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