International Archives — Page 51 of 57

September 21, 2016 No Responses

FG bans Samsung Galaxy Note 7 on airlines

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, has directed passengers not to turn on or charge their Samsung Galaxy Note 7 devices on board aircraft following recent incidents and concerns raised by its manufacturers. The aviation regulatory body gave the...

September 21, 2016 No Responses

Elumelu wins Africa Investor ‘Person of the Year’ Award in New York.

The Chairman of Heirs Holdings, Mr. Tony Elumelu has been honoured with the ‘Person of the Year’ award at the Africa Investor Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Institutional Investment Summit hosted alongside the UN General Assembly in New York, Receiving th...

September 21, 2016 No Responses

U.S Chamber names Dangote Co-Chair of U.S.-Africa Business Centre

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, in a show of further commitment to collaboration by the business communities in the United States and across Africa, today named Aliko Dangote, Africa’s most successful businessman, as the co-chair of its U.S.-Africa Business Ce...

September 21, 2016 No Responses

Man charged in New York, New Jersey bombings

(Chicago Tribune) Ahmad Khan Rahami vowed to martyr himself rather than be caught after setting off explosives in New York and New Jersey, and he’d hoped in a handwritten journal championing jihad that “the sounds of bombs will be heard...

September 20, 2016 No Responses

CMA CGM unveils new African phase, inaugurates training for executives

CMA CGM Vice Chairman, Rodolphe Saadé, will on Tuesday, September 20th, 2016 inaugurate a unique training course tailored for its future African executives, With the launch of this new African development phase, CMA CGM explained that it will advance...

September 20, 2016 No Responses

Elumelu seeks more U.S engagement, investment in Africa

The chairman of United Bank for Africa Plc, (UBA) Tony Elumelu, has called for more United States of America (USA) engagement in Africa through mutually beneficial trade and investment. Elumelu, who is on a business tour of the US...

September 20, 2016 No Responses

Photo News

L-R: Jack Ma, Founder & Executive Chairman of Ali baba Group; Gordon Brown, former British Prime Minister and UN Special Envoy for Global Education; Aliko Dangote, President/CE, Dangote Group and Dr. Abdu Mukthar, Group Chief Strategy Officer at United Nat...

September 19, 2016 No Responses

Buhari speaks on plight of Lake Chad Basin at UN

President Muhammadu Buhari is to address world leaders at the United Nations 71st session on Monday in New York, United States of America (USA). Among other issues, the President is expected to address the plight of the over nine million...

September 19, 2016 No Responses

What is wrong with Manchester United?

By Ryan Rosenblatt – Nine days ago, Manchester United were flying high. They had won their first three games of the season and it looked like Jose Mourinho, along with a trio of high priced signings up the middle were going to...

September 17, 2016 No Responses

Toyota demonstrates i-road concept

From September 17, 2016 till the end of March 2017, Toyota Motor Corporation will unveil round two of the Open Road Project primarily in Tokyo. According to Toyota, the second round of the project will involve other companies as...

September 16, 2016 No Responses

FIFA rates Nigeria 14th in Africa

New ranking released by FIFA on Thursday indicates that Nigeria has moved three places higher, placing 64th in the world and 14th in Africa with a cumulative score of 534. According to the report, Nigeria was in the 67th...

September 15, 2016 No Responses

Guinness Nigeria targets South African market

(Bloomberg) Guinness Nigeria Plc plans to increase exports to improve sales and generate more foreign exchange as the country’s second-largest brewer battles to overcome an economic slump in its home market. The unit of London-based Diageo Plc will cons...

September 14, 2016 No Responses

Law on DNA before issuance of birth certificate underway

From 2017 onwards, all babies born to South African parents will be required to undergo DNA tests to confirm their paternity before they can be allowed to take on their fathers’ surnames, Minister of Home Affairs, Mr Malusi Gigaba has...

September 14, 2016 No Responses

Protest Rocks Zimbabwe

(CNN) Zimbabwe has known only one leader since independence. First as prime minister, then president, there has only been Robert Mugabe at the top for the last 36 years. There have been challenges, opposition and violence, but the 92-year-old leader...