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  Up'     Minister of State for Petroleum, Timipre Sylva ‌ BUSINESS Nigeria to resume fuel imports from Niger Republic Published   November 20, 2020             ‌ ’Femi Asu and Okechukwu Nnodim Nigeria, Africa’s biggest oil producer, is set to resume the importation of petroleum products from a neighbouring country, Niger Republic. The Ministry of Petroleum Resources announced on Thursday in a statement that the two countries signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Thursday for petroleum products transportation and storage. According to the statement, Niger Republic’s Soraz Refinery in Zinder, some 260km from the Nigerian border, has an installed refining capacity of 20,000 barrels per day. “Niger’s total domestic requirement is about 5,000bpd, thus leaving a huge surplus of about 15,000 bpd, mostly for export,” it said. The ministry said the MoU was signed by the Group Managing Director, NNPC, Mallam Mele Kyari and the Director-General ...

  ASUU Strike Nigeria: Academic Staff Union of University, Federal Government meeting update today 20 November 2020, 19:01 WAT New Informate 4 hours wey don pass WIA DIS FOTO COME FROM, OTHER Academic Staff Union of University [ASUU] and Federal Government meeting to today end without any agreement. Nigeria striking university lecturers [ASUU] tell BBC Pidgin afta di meeting dis evening say Federal Goment don shake bodi small but dem go need to meet wit oda members of di union. See di outcome: Earned Allowances, Revitalisation Fund Tori be say no agreement dey reached yet, but goment bin shift grounds on how to equip schools, and increase money ontop di university lecturers allowance from 50 to 65 billion naira [40bn for earned allowance and 25bn for revitalization fund alias money to take equip universities]. Before Friday meeting, di goment agreement na 50 billion [20bn for revitalization fund and 30bn for allowance]. But di striking lecturers bin dey demand 110 billion naira to ...

  CZECH REPUBLIC BUSINESS NEWS Czechs dominate the ranking of the fastest-growing companies in Central Europe "The results of this year's Fast 50 confirm that technology companies are increasingly successful in the Czech Republic," says the Director of the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 CE program November 20, 2020 editor: REMIX NEWS author: PETER BREJČÁK via: CZECHCRUNCH.CZ Czech technology companies have long dominated the region of Central Europe, and this year is no different. According to Deloitte Technology Fast 50 CE ranking, 21 out of the 50 fastest-growing businesses are Czech companies. This year's top spot in the ranking, which monitors the growth of registered technology companies over the previous four years (2016-2019), went to Packhelp, a Polish manufacturer of custom-made boxes. However, Czech companies took the following three places, including logistics startup DoDo in second place with a growth of 8,427 percent. UlovDomov.cz, with its application for r...

  HUNGARY VIKTOR ORBÁN POLAND MATEUSZ MORAWIECKI ANGELA MERKEL EUROPEAN UNION RULE-OF-LAW EU BUDGET CORONAVIRUS RECOVERY FUND NEWS EU summit makes no headway on Polish-Hungarian veto over rule of law German Chancellor Merkel carefully avoids using the word "threat" November 20, 2020 editor: DÉNES ALBERT author: REMIX NEWS via: REMIX NEWS Thursday's online summit of the European Union's heads of state and government failed to make any progress on the issue of linking budget and recovery funds to rule of law criteria after Poland and Hungary announced they will veto the budget if any political criteria are linked to the payments. Both the Hungarian and Polish prime ministers joined the meeting having previously clearly stated their positions; one day ahead of the summit, they were backed by Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Janša. "Some political groups... are openly threatening to use the instrument wrongly called 'rule of law' in order to discipline individu...

  ransfer Centre News Last Updated:  20/11/20 9:44am Pascal Struijk has extended his Leeds contract until June 2024 Pascal Struijk has signed a new three-and-a-half-year contract with Leeds which could keep him at Elland Road until the summer of 2024. It's been a rapid rise for the 21-year-old defender, who signed from Ajax in 2018. After making his first-team debut against Hull in December 2019, Struijk made four more appearances in the Championship including the final three matches of the season as Leeds were promoted back to the Premier League. Download the Sky Sports Scores App:  Apple  |  Android The UK's No 1 scores app: Find out more This season, the defender has begun to feature a lot more for head coach Marcelo Bielsa. He has started four of Leeds' eight league matches so far this season, deputising at centre-back and in central midfield. Struijk follows 18-year-old centre-back Charlie Cresswell, who put pen to paper on a new two-and-a-half-year deal on...