Nigeria
Vai alla Scheda Paese »A man of worth never gets up to unsay what he said yesterday.
— Chinua Achebe
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Federal Govt Grants 12,000 Expatriate Quotas In 1 Year
The Federal Government of Nigeria has granted 12,000 Expatriate Quota licences to foreigners seeking to work in Nigeria whilst it has treated applications from 2,000 companies. This was revealed by the Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, whilst delivering his goodwill address titled, ‘That Business May Thrive In Kaduna’, on ...
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Federal Govt Insists On Recognition Of Nigerian Certificates In Ukraine
As Ukrainian Government intensify efforts to woo more Nigerians to study at almost 400 higher education institutions in Ukraine, the Federal Government of Nigeria has insisted on a bilateral agreement to ensure that certificates obtained from Nigerian institutions are considered for job opportunities in Ukraine. Currently, out of a total ...
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AfCFTA Will Enhance Africa’s Agribusiness, Trade – Sterling Bank
The chairman of Sterling Bank Plc, Mr. Asue Ighodalo, has said the recent endorsement of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) by African countries will impact positively on the agricultural sector and trade on the African continent. Ighodalo said this in Lagos while addressing participants at the opening of ...
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AIICO Eyes Offshore Operations In West, East Africa
AIICO Insurance Plc is eyeing the setting up its offshore operations in East and West Africa in a bid to explore opportunities in the African insurance market. Speaking to journalists at the African Insurance Organisation (AIO) Conference, in Lagos recently, managing director/chief executive officer of the firm, Mr. Babajide Fajemirokun, ...
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Tal Cual
PAN Y CIRCO. Sobre el enredo que se ha formado con el nuevo mercado del marisco, el edil de Don Bosco, Willy Bermúdez, le recordó al alcalde de la capital José Luis Fábrega que durante la administración pasada se hicieron estudios en los cuales se determinó la estructuración de los ...
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UNECA, 350 Coalition Partners To Tackle Unemployment In Africa
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), through its Sub regional Office for West Africa (SRO-WA), has collaborated with over 350 coalition partners to tackle unemployment in Africa. The executive secretary, ECA, Dr. Vera Songwe, at a 3-day hybrid regional business forum in Lagos, said, “In a crisis, the ...
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Anti-open Grazing Law: Hilltop Club Commends Ugwuanyi, House
A socio-political cum professional group from Enugu State has commended Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi for signing the Anti-open Grazing Bill into law. In a letter commending the governor and signed by Edmund Nnaji (chairman) and Pascal Ozioko (secretary), the group expressed joy over what they described as securing “the legal framework ...
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Nigeria Yet To Take Full Advantage Of Young Talents – Osinbajo
Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, yesterday, in Kaduna lamented that Nigeria is yet to take full advantage of its young talents, stressing the need for Nigeria to focus on developing knowledge based economy where human capital is developed to become a productive asset that can be sold for profit anywhere. ...
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Nigeria’s Commodity Import Increased By 1.07% In Q2 2021
Latest data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) have shown that Nigeria’s all-commodity group import index increased by 1.07 per cent between April and June, 2021. The all-products terms of trade index on average decreased by 0.35 per cent as a result of declines in the prices of ...
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AfCFTA To Raise Income Level Of 68m Nigerians – Osinbajo
The federal government said the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is expected to raise the income level of about 68 million Nigerians, thereby, leading to poverty reduction and economic growth. The vice president, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo who spoke at the 47th African Insurance Organisation (AIO) Conference, hosted by Nigeria ...
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NLNG Blames Marketers For Rising Cost Of Cooking Gas
Major supplier of cooking gas, the Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) has blamed marketers for their inability to offtake the full 450,000MTPA of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) allocated to the Nigerian market. The marketing manager, NLNG, Mr Austin Ogbogbo, who made the clarification during an interactive session with journalists in ...
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Sports Minister To Speak At 76th UNGA Event
Nigeria’s minister of youth and sports development, Mr. Sunday Dare, will today, September 23, 2021, deliver a keynote address at the 76th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) High-Level Side Event on Social Business, Youth and Technology. The address, which will be delivered virtually, will focus on “Social Business Towards a ...
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Lagos Senator Blames Nigeria’s Debt Burden On Past Military, PDP Govts
Chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance, Senator Solomon Olamilekan Adeola (APC, Lagos West), has alleged that a huge part of Nigeria’s total debt profile roughly estimated at N35trillion naira were incurred by past administrations dating back to the military era. Adeola made the disclosure on Wednesday during the consideration ...
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Anti-open Grazing Law: Your Attack On Us Devious, Southern Governors Tell el-Rufai
The chairman, Southern Governors’ Forum and Governor of Ondo State, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has faulted the comments attributed to the Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, attacking the Southern governors for the enactment of Anti-open Grazing Law in their domains. El-Rufai who had chided the Governors of states in the South for ...
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MTN Moves To Attract FDIs, Increase Nigeria-US Foreign Trade
MTN Nigeria has vowed to strengthen Nigeria and United States of America (USA) economic relations, saying it would continue to encourage foreign direct investments (FDIs) into Nigeria with its success story in the last 20 years. In 2019, the two-way trade in goods between the United States and Nigeria totalled ...
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Nigeria: Eurobonds - Nigeria Seeks $3 Billion, Foreign Investors Offer N12 Billion - DMO
[Premium Times] The debt office says the government has raised $4 billion.
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Access Bank Partners SME.NG To Support Digitalisation Of Women Businesses
Access Bank, through the W Initiative, a brand dedicated to inspiring, connecting, and empowering women in all categories, has partnered with SME.NG to provide a one-stop-shop solution for women entrepreneurs in Nigeria. As an organisation that sees providing female entrepreneurs with an opportunity to access easy finance, wider market, ...
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Nigeria, Chinese Trade Volume Reaches $20bn In 2020
The Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria, Amb Cui Jianchun, has disclosed that despite the devastations caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the trade volume between his country and Nigeria reached about $20 billion in 2020. During the period, the envoy explained that China’s GDP also grew to $15.7 trillion from $10.5bn in ...
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Anti-open Grazing Law Unimplementable, el-Rufai Tells Southern Govs
Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai has responded the new law banning Open Grazing in the Southern states of Nigeria, saying such a law is not implementable. Some southern states like Ondo, Oyo, Lagos, Enugu and Osun, among others have passed anti open gracing law. But speaking with newsmen Tuesday after ...
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Sugar Master Plan Will Fetch Nigeria Over $700m Yearly – Dangote
The chairman of Dangote Sugar Refinery Plc, Aliko Dangote has said the national sugar master Plan (NSMP) when executed as designed, could fetch the nation foreign exchange in excess of $700 million yearly from the backward integration component of the plan. Dangote said this recently while receiving some businessmen who ...
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Covid-19, Exchange Rate Responsible For Hike In Import Duty – Customs
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) yesterday gave a detailed explanation on the reasons duties on cargoes imported into the country are going up. According to the deputy national public relations officer of the service, Timi Bomadi, the reasons for the increase in valuation of imported cargoes were COVID-19 pandemic that ...