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EUROPEAN confectionery and sugar processing associations have appealed to the European Parliament not to reimpose market controls on the European Union’s (EU) sugar sector. MEPs have pressed for new restrictions during the ongoing negotiations about reforming the EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).…

UK universities are turning a blind eye to Nigerian political elites laundering dirty money through their fees, according to a paper published by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace from West Africa expert and non-resident scholar, Matthew Page. Commissioned by the British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Catriona Laing, ‘West African Elites’ Spending on UK Schools and Universities: A Closer Look’ (1), flags up the “unexplained wealth” used by Nigerian politicians and public officials to pay British university and boarding school fees.…

UK colleges and universities are complicit in Nigerian corruption and money laundering, according to a report commissioned by British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Catriona Laing, from West Africa expert, Matthew Page. Published by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (for whom Page is a non-resident scholar), ‘West African Elites’ Spending on UK Schools and Universities: A Closer Look’ (1), points to “unexplained wealth” used to pay British university and boarding school fees way above the salary levels of prominent politically exposed persons (PEPs).…

UK universities and private schools are turning a blind eye to Nigerian political elites laundering dirty money through their fees and support payments to their children, according to a paper published by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Sara Lewis and Samuel Okocha report.…

UK universities and private schools are turning a blind eye to Nigerian political elites laundering dirty money through their fees and support payments to their children, according to a paper published by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Sara Lewis and Samuel Okocha report.…

International News Services’ Nigeria correspondent, Samuel Okocha, has produced a photographic book showing a candid glimpse of the city. “It’s also a product of my strong interests in street photography which has been therapeutic for me,” Samuel said. “Street photography helps me slow down in a crazy fast moving city like Lagos.…

COVID-19 has been tough for all Nigerian higher education institutions, their staff and students, but one bright spark has been the fact that universities have developed remote learning capacities that will stand them in good stead for the future.

One university that has used Covid-19 to evaluate and improve its remote learning systems is the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), a public university based in Ife, east of Ibadan.…

COVID-19 has been tough for all Nigerian higher education institutions, their staff and students, but one bright spark has been the fact that universities have developed remote learning capacities that will stand them in good stead for the future.

One university that has used Covid-19 to evaluate and improve its remote learning systems is the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), a public university based in Ife, east of Ibadan.…

China’s recycled polyethylene terephthalate (PET) materials market is heading for another distortion with repercussions for apparel and footwear brands. While the likes of Adidas, Nike and Decathlon continue shifting from virgin fibre to recycled fibre to improve their environmental impact standings, China’s PET market is heading for another distortion, raising the spectre for supply bottlenecks and price increases.  …

Covid-19 has ripped through the economy of the Indian Ocean country Mauritius, but it has helped island business advisory agency managing director Sheila Ujoodha make her case to clients that risk assessments and contingency planning are important.

The owner of SmarTree Consulting (SCL) since she created the company in 2018, Ujoodha is busy suggesting how businesses can cope with the pandemic, through its services of internal audit, risk assessment and regulatory consulting.…