International Archives — Page 53 of 58

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 consider...

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...

September 14, 2016 No Responses

‘How Venus and Serena Williams failed drug test’

Hacking group, Fancy Bear group has alleged that the World Anti-Doping Agency allowed United States tennis players Serena and Venus Williams to take banned substances, while gymnast Simone Biles failed a doping test yet avoided disqualification. Accord...

September 13, 2016 No Responses

Nissan recalls 120,000 vehicles over engine fire

Nissan has recalled 120,000 vehicles because of fire risk and warning drivers to park away from buildings if there’s trouble. The recall applies to the 2016 and 2017 Maxima with Intelligent Cruise Control, the 2015 to 2017 Murano with...

September 13, 2016 No Responses

UBA wins best Bank in Sub-Sahara Africa award, sponsors Ebola Movie “93 Days”

Pan-African banking group, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc at the weekend carted home two very important laurels at the annual Businessday Banking Awards, winning the Best Bank in Sub-Saharan Africa and the Best Bank in support of Agriculture. ...

September 13, 2016 No Responses

Lagarde to face trial over alleged fraud

The head of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde, will go to trial December 12 in a long-running fraud case. A French court set the date Monday after rejecting an appeal. Lagarde is accused of intervening in a legal dispute...

September 13, 2016 No Responses

Samsung loses $44 Billion of value

(BLOOMBERG) Tepid demand for Samsung Electronics Co.’s newest Galaxy smartphones triggered a fifth straight monthly decline for the electronics maker, wiping out about $44 billion in market value since April. Shares of the world’s biggest smartphone vendor...

September 10, 2016 No Responses

GM recalls 4.3m vehicles worldwide

General Motors has recalled 4.3 million vehicles for a software problem that can prevent airbags from deploying in a crash. The defect, which according to agency report affects all of GM’s current full-size pickups and Sports Utility Vehicles (SUVs),...

September 10, 2016 No Responses

Kia introduces 8-speed FWD automatic transmission

Kia Motors has revealed details of its advanced new eight-speed automatic transmission (8AT), engineered for use in front-wheel drive vehicles. Kia’s new front-wheel drive 8AT (FWD 8AT) has been developed in-house by the Korean manufacturer, engineered to of...

September 10, 2016 No Responses

‘Samsung Galaxy Note 7 too dangerous to use’

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission says owners of the Galaxy Note 7 smartphones should turn them off and stop using them because of the risk that their batteries can explode. The agency also says it’s working with Samsung on an...

September 7, 2016 No Responses

‘Nigeria begins visa on arrival for foreign investors soon’

As part of measures to encourage foreign investors, the Federal Government is to commenece issuance of Visa at point of entry into Nigeria. According to the Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, the development is expected to curtail perceived bureaucratic b...

September 7, 2016 No Responses

IBM Appoints Dipo Faulkner as Country General Manager for Nigeria

IBM has announced the appointment of Ernest Oladipo Faulkner as Country General Manager, IBM Nigeria. He succeeds Taiwo Otiti who served as Country General Manager, West Africa, since 2010. Dipo will be responsible for IBM’s overall business in Nigeria w...

September 7, 2016 No Responses

Aruna gets improved ranking in Africa

Similar to his record as the first African to make the top 30 in the world, Rio Olympic Games quarterfinalist, Nigeria’s Aruna Quadri has inscribed his name in the annals of history in the continent after leaping to 25th in...