Nigeria
Vai alla Scheda Paese »A man of worth never gets up to unsay what he said yesterday.
— Chinua Achebe
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Aviation Manpower: Nigeria, Ireland Partner To Train Pilots
Nigeria is set to boost its manpower in the aviation sector having signed a partnership with the Republic of Ireland for the development of Aviation Studies in Nigerian universities. The partnership, which was signed yesterday in Abuja, will result in Newcastle Aerodrome, a renowned aviation academy in Ireland, opening centres ...
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Nigeria: Nigeria to Attract U.S.$150 Billion Investment From U.S.$4 Trillion Halal Trade
[This Day] Organisers of the International Halal Expo, Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) have stated that Nigeria is expected to attract over $150 billion investment from the Halal trade exhibition.
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FinTech, Capital Market Collaboration Can Build Digital Economy – NGX
The Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) has said collaboration between FinTech and the capital market will effectively create a digital economy as well as increase financial inclusion and cashless payments. The divisional head, Trading Business at NGX, Jude Chiemeka, stated this during the 2021 Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers national workshop which ...
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FG, SIRA, Others Chart Path On Nigerian Foreign Policy
Federal government has joined the Society for International Relations Awareness (SIRA) and other stakeholders to chat the way forward for Nigeria’s Foreign Policy engagements in the contemporary times. This was the crux SIRA’s Annual Lecture 2021 with the theme “Continuity and Change in Nigeria’s foreign policy under President Muhammadu Buhari” ...
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Coca-Cola Sensitises Youths On Environmental Sustainability Through Pick-Up Rally
In commemoration of International Youth Day, The Coca-Cola Company, Coca-Cola Foundation (TCCF) and its partner, SWEEP Foundation have sensitised youth on environmental sustainability through a plastic waste pick-up rally in Surulere, Lagos. The International Youth Day is a day founded by the United Nations to bring youth issues to the ...
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JAN To Train 100 Corps Members
Junior Achievement Nigeria (JAN) said it will train 100 selected members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) to bridge the unemployment gap. Twenty one years after the first ViMP class was inaugurated by Junior Achievement Nigeria (JA Nigeria) in a partnership with Lagos Business School (LBS), the programme is ...
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KDSG To Increase Access To Electricity – KAPSCO
Kaduna State Power Supply Company (KAPSCO) has provided reliable power solutions to over 250 Primary Healthcare Centres over the last five years. The power supply company has also provided 1,300 solar-powered streetlights to improve night-time economy and security in inter-state bus parks in Kaduna within the same period. The Managing ...
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Wedding: Yusuf Buhari, Wife Host Dignitaries To Luncheon In Abuja
President Muhammadu Buhari, his wife, Aisha Buhari, and the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo (SAN), were among both local and foreign dignitaries at the luncheon organised for the President’s son, Yusuf and his newly wedded wife, Zahra, in Abuja. The event, which held at the Old Banquet Hall of the ...
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NICON Insurance, Nigeria Re: We Are Still In Charge – AMCON
The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) has explained that Hon. Justice A. R. Mohammed of Federal High Court Abuja Division on Monday ordered it, NICON Insurance Limited, Nigeria Reinsurance (Nigeria Re) and Barrister Jimoh Ibrahim to maintain the status-quo-ante until September 8, 2021, when the court will hear all ...
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NEPZA To Support Partnership On Development Of UniAbuja
The Nigerian Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA) has expressed readiness to support partnership between the Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) and the University of Abuja for infrastructure and business development of the university’s permanent site. NEPZA managing director, Prof. Adesoji Adesugba, disclosed this during the inauguration of the ...
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Mastercard Foundation Engages Children On COVID-19 Protocols
Beyond the Classroom, in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation, has engaged with 6,000 children in Nigeria on COVID-19 safety protocols. The community engagement is part of the Mastercard Foundation’s COVID-19 public awareness campaign aimed at delivering accurate, timely, and life-saving information on COVID-19 across African countries and communities. The initiative ...
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How NNPC’s NAPIMS Contributed To Nigeria’s Losses In $75bn Foreign Direct Investment
* NAPIMS stalls deep offshore projects, despite Buhari’s signing of PSC Act * Appoints contractor that sued NNPC for over $31m as agent to lease Ikoyi Flats Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari last week raised the alarm at Nigeria’s share of paltry $3billion in the $75 billion Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) ...
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NEPZA Backs Partnership To Develop Abuja Varsity
The Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA) has expressed its readiness to support partnership between the Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) and the University of Abuja for the infrastructural and business development of the university’s permanent site. The NEPZA managing director, Prof. Adesoji Adesugba, revealed this during the ...
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Peace-building: iNGO Trains Nigerian Youths On Inclusive Security Practices
Equal Access International Nigeria (EAI), an international non-governmental organisation committed to peace promotion in Nigeria has further trained Nigerian young men and women on inclusive governance, peace, and security building. The five-day training programme held at Hawthorn Suites in Abuja, began on Monday, August 16 and ended on Friday, August ...
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Nigeria: China's Trade With Nigeria, Other Partners Now $1.35tn, Says Envoy
[This Day] Abuja -- The Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Cui Jianchun has disclosed that trade between China and countries in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) global partners (Nigeria inclusive) has hit $1.35 trillion.
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Makinde Pledges Enabling Business Environment In Oyo
Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde has reiterated his administration’s determination to continue to design policies that will create an enabling environment for businesses to grow and be sustained. The governor, who received the management and governing board of Dominican University, Ibadan, led by its pro-chancellor and former governor of Anambra ...
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Explosion in electronic payments powers start-up boom in Nigeria
The country’s economy may be struggling but its fintech groups have attracted more than $1bn in venture capital in the past two years
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Sustaining Adesugba’s Landmark Reforms In NEPZA
When Professor Adesoji Adesugba was appointed the Managing Director of the Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA) in June 2020, he did not waste time before he hit the ground running to reactivate some of the Nigeria’s free zones worth over $30 billion. NEPZA has licensed over 40 zones spread ...
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WAEC May Approve CIIN Insurance Textbook For SSCE Exams
Indication has emerged to the effect that the West African Examination Council (WAEC) would soon approve the Chartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria (CIIN) insurance textbook for insurance examination at the senior secondary school graduating examinations across the country. There is an ongoing discussion between the management of CIIN and WAEC ...
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Trial Of Guineans For N23bn Elephant Tusk, Pangolin Smuggling Stalled
The absence of a translator has stalled the arraignment of five Guinean nationals arrested by officials of the Nigeria Customs Service for allegedly trying to export N22.3billion worth of Pangolin scales and elephant tusks. The accused were supposed to have been arraigned at the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, on a ...
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Police Arrest POS Operator For Alleged Fraud
Operatives of Lagos State Police Command have arrested a 30-year old Point Of Sales (POS) Operator, Felix Sunday Eyoh, for allegedly swindling First Bank Nigeria PLC to the tune of N6.9 million. Our correspondent gathered that the suspect, Eyoh, manipulated the POS machine and siphoned the money from First Bank ...