China Becoming Apprehensive About Nigerian Loans
China is becoming apprehensive about releasing loans to Nigeria following probes by the National Assembly on loans earlier released to…
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Dollar Can’t Catch A Break; Gold Shines
It is shaping up to be yet another rough and rocky trading week for the battered Dollar as investors attack…
The Stoppage Of 58 UK-Bound Doctors
The attempt by some doctors to leave for the UK holds lessons for the country The recent prevention of 58…
Economy Faces A Bumpy Ride As It Enters Healing Phase
The U.S. economy has entered the third stage of the coronavirus pandemic called the “healing phase,” according to economist Michelle…
Novavax’s Coronavirus Vaccine Generates Promising Immune Response In Early Trial, Data Shows
Novavax’s potential vaccine to prevent Covid-19 generated a promising immune response in an early stage clinical trial, the company said.…
UK’s ‘Racist’ Visa Screening System Scrapped By Government After Legal Challenge
Campaigners say some nationalities were automatically given a red traffic light risk score due to the system’s algorithm. By Kit…
Experts Seek Solution To Forex Challenge Facing Businesses
Financial experts have said there is a need to address the foreign exchange challenge facing the manufacturing and trade sectors…
U.S. Government Begins Two Trials Testing Eli Lilly’s Coronavirus Antibody Drug
The trials, called ACTIV-2 and ACTIV-3, will look at U.S. drugmaker Eli Lilly’s experimental treatment known as LY-CoV555, which is…
The $600 Unemployment Boost Is Gone That Leaves Some With Just $5 A Week
Congress didn’t extend a $600-a-week boost to unemployment benefits, which expired July 31. That leaves aid recipients with their typical…
Ports Economic Regulator And Automation Project
For every maritime stakeholder, the mention of world big ports like Shanghai, China and Singapore rings a bell about their…
Trump Says Nationwide Lockdown Would ‘Ultimately Inflict More Harm Than It Would Prevent’
President Donald Trump insisted Monday that shutting down the United States in an attempt to curb the coronavirus would cause…
As Pandemic Stretches On, Retail Bankruptcies Approach Highest Number In A Decade
2020 is on track to have the highest number of retail bankruptcies in a decade, according to S&P Global Market…
UK Told To Stop Sending Foreign Aid To Nigeria After Mass Killing Of Christians
More than half of people (53 percent) want British aid to Nigeria made conditional on measures protecting Christians, a new…
Next Big COVID-19 Treatment May Be Manufactured Antibodies
As the world awaits a COVID-19 vaccine, the next big advance in battling the pandemic could come from a class…
U.S. Manufacturing Activity Near 1-1/2-year High; Construction Spending Extends Drop
U.S. manufacturing activity accelerated to its highest level in nearly 1-1/2 years in July as orders increased despite a resurgence…
Earnings, Microsoft Boost Wall St. As Investors Await Stimulus
Wall Street’s main indexes rose on Monday as Microsoft’s pursuit of TikTok’s U.S. operations and a clutch of upbeat quarterly…
Treasury Yields Bounce Slightly From Last Week’s Record-Setting Drop
Treasury yields edged higher on Monday following last week’s decline that pushed some of the frond-end rates to record lows.…
Covid-19 Testing Delays Create A Public Health Nightmare As Schools And Workplaces Try To Reopen
Demand for Covid-19 tests far outstrips supply in the U.S. “The wheels have fallen off the wagon,” said Susan Butler-Wu,…
U.S. Makes Deal For 100 Million Doses Of Coronavirus Vaccine, Deaths Expected To Rise
Two major drug companies will supply the U.S. government with 100 million doses of an experimental coronavirus vaccine, the Trump…
Outlook For U.S. Value Stocks Uncertain With Cloudy Economic Picture
After a rally led by growth companies that has left the S&P 500 index .SPX roughly 4% from setting a…
Global Funds Favour Bonds Over Stocks On Surging Coronavirus Infections
Global funds recommended cutting equity holdings in July to the lowest in four years and suggested keeping bond allocations unchanged…
Dollar Heads For Biggest Monthly Drop In A Decade As Virus Fuels U.S. Economy Fears
The dollar extended its dramatic fall on Friday, putting it on course for its biggest monthly drop in a decade…
Emirates Expands African Connections
Emirates has announced it will resume flights to Nairobi from August 2, 2020, Baghdad and Basra will follow from August…
Human Trafficking Worse In US Than Nigeria
The 2020 trafficking in-person report had placed Nigeria on a tier-two watch list, meaning that Nigeria failed to meet the…
Canada And Nigeria Working To Combat Migrant Smuggling, Human Trafficking And Irregular Migration
OTTAWA, ON, July 29, 2020 /CNW/ – The Honourable Marco E. L. Mendicino, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, today reaffirmed Canada’s commitment to…
UK Advises Against All Non-Essential Travel To Spain’s Balearic And Canary Islands
Britain’s Foreign Office is extending its advice against all non-essential travel to mainland Spain to include the Balearic and Canary…
Bigotry Against Black People Poisons The Arab World
Day after day, week after week, the cars pulled up outside the Ethiopian embassy in Beirut and ejected their passengers: tired-looking…
Virus Takes Toll On Cargo Import Volume
The economic effects of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) may begin to manifest in the maritime space sooner than later. This…
Wall St. Climbs On Stimulus, Dovish Fed Bets Ahead Of Earnings Rush
U.S. stocks rose on Monday after a two-day slide, as investors shrugged off surging COVID-19 cases and U.S.-China tensions, betting…
Black And Ethnic Minority People Could Feature On British Money
Black and ethnic minority figures are set to feature on British currency for the first time, with Gurkha heroes and…