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Egypt has resumed the importation of meat from Brazil, the agriculture ministry said on Saturday, two days after it said it was suspending it until the meat was confirmed safe for consumption. The ministry said in a statement that it had…

'KICKSTART' PROJECT FOR YOUTH EMPOWERMENT KICKS OFF IN 8 STATES From Chuks Collins  March 25,2017 More funds and beneficiaries have been slated to benefit in the 2017 edition of the Intafact Hero's Foundation "Kickstart" programme for the…

US President Donald Trump says he will turn to tax reform, following his failure to get his healthcare bill through Congress on Friday. The draft bill would have scrapped the Affordable Care Act of his predecessor Barack Obama, which was…

U.S. President Donald Trump has said that the White House “learned a lot about loyalty and the vote-getting process” following the dramatic failure of a Republican-backed bill that would have made good on a campaign promise to repeal and…

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned Nigeria that its economy needs urgent reform. According to a report by Reuters, the IMF document detailing the warning could delay talks over $1.4 billion in international loans to the west…

Apple has announced a new special-edition iPhone with a red aluminium finish, a first for Apple smartphones, as part of a drive to raise funds to fight AIDS. A portion of the sales revenue from the new red iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus is to…

Nigeria’s Aliko Dangote remains Africa’s richest man with $12.2 billion net worth and 103rd in the world, the Forbes magazine list of the world’s more than 2,000 billionaires Mike Adenuga is Africa’s third richest and 250th in the world,…

The Naira is expected to further appreciate within the week as the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has offered additional S180 million to meet bids for wholesale auction and requests. The requests  cover invisibles such as medicals, school…

Finance ministers from world's biggest economies have dropped an anti-protectionist commitment after opposition from the US. In an unprecedented move, G20 ministers left the two-day meeting without a pledge to bolster free trade. Last…

*Lagos, Ogun Lead In Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) * State Govts Piling Up Debts Akwa Ibom in South-South Nigeria, received the highest allocation of N116.6 billion from the federation account in 2016, according to the latest report…