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NSE Halts 2-Day Gains on Selloffs across Major Counters

  By Peter OBIORA InvestAdvocate Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)-The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Thursday halted a two-day consecutive gain on selloffs across major counters. This was mainly the result of late selloffs in the shares of Nigeria’s most capitalised company and cement producer, Dangote Cement Plc dropping 148.84 points as the […]

IMF MD Christine Lagarde Announces Specific Actions on Women’s Economic Empowerment

September 22, 2016/IMF Ms. Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, issued the following statement today at the conclusion of her participation in a United Nations High-Level Panel on “Women Economic Empowerment” on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly: “It is a great pleasure to participate in […]

Africa nominates Zimbabwe’s Tourism and Hospitality Industry Minister, Dr Walter Mzembi, as continent’s candidate for the post of UN – WTO Secretary General

September 22, 2016/ New Africa Magazine African nations have nominated a Zimbabwean, Dr Walter Mzembi, as their candidate to become the new head of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UN – WTO) (www.UNWTO.org/en). Should Mzembi get this post, it will be the first time in the organisation’s 43-year history that an African […]