South Korea’s corporate retirement pension grew in double digits last year with an increasing number of companies adopting the pension scheme, statistical office data showed on Monday. Corporate retirement pension funds under management amounted to 295 trillion won ($226.6 billion) in 2021. This showed an upward trend of $30.7 billion, or 15.7 per cent, from […]
By Our Correspondent Prof. Isa Pantami, the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy has met with world-leading communication technology stakeholders in Washington, in a bid to strengthen partnerships for the development of Nigeria’s economy. This is contained in a statement issued by Reuben Muoka, Director of Public Affairs at the Nigerian Communications Commission and e-mailed […]
The legislative elections in Tunisia are conducted with full transparency, Farouk Bouaskar, President of the Independent High Authority for Elections (ISIE) said on Saturday. “Two hours after the polls opened 270,032 voters cast their ballots,” Bouasker said during a press conference held in Tunis. According to him, the African Union, the League of Arab States, […]
The United Nations, on Friday, said two UN peacekeepers, died and four others sustained injuries, in a gun attack in northern Mali. “Unidentified gunmen opened fire on a United Nations Police patrol” in Timbuktu town, the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in Mali said in a statement. The mission added that it recovered some materials […]
By Our Correspondent The Federal Government has launched a fast-track service to enable Nigerians with expired passports, to return home without any hindrance. The Federal Ministry of Interior and the Nigeria Immigration Service initiated the service for implementation at all ports of entry. This is in continuation of the implementation of passport administration and immigration […]
South Korea’s corporate earnings more than doubled last year due to economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, statistical office data showed on Thursday. The pretax net income of 13,448 companies, which hired at least 50 regular employees and had 300 million won ($230,770) or more in paid-in capital, totalled 222.4 trillion won ($171 billion) in […]
Egypt and Greece agreed, on Tuesday, to build a subsea telecom cable in the Mediterranean connecting the two countries, Egypt’s Ministry of Communications and Information Technology said in a statement. Egypt’s telecom service and subsea cable operator Telecom Egypt and Greece’s network builder Grid Telecom signed the cooperation deal, the ministry said. It added that […]
An Italian air force pilot died when his fighter plane crashed on the island of Sicily. Rescue forces found the man’s body early on Wednesday, news agency, ANSA reported. The Italian military confirmed the crash late Tuesday. Read Related News: S/Korea’s fighter jet crashes, pilot escapes safely Russia hits Ukraine homes, warns of escalation It […]
. Ethiopia’s government says it will investigate the reported deaths of 27 of its citizens found in a farming area on the outskirts of Zambia’s capital Lusaka. Ethiopia’s state News Agency (ENA) reported on Monday. The government said it would send experts to the area to confirm the identities of the citizens reported to have […]
The Philippines reported 791 new COVID-19 infections on Tuesday, pushing the number of confirmed cases in the Southeast Asian country to more than 4 million. The Department of Health (DOH) said the number of active cases dropped to 18,016, while 19 more patients died from COVID-19 complications, pushing the country’s death toll to 64,921. Metro […]