Nigeria
Vai alla Scheda Paese »A man of worth never gets up to unsay what he said yesterday.
— Chinua Achebe
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Diaspora Day: Governor Ugwuanyi Honoured For Promoting Foreign Investment
Enugu State Diaspora Community has commended Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi for providing the enabling environment and mobilizing indigenes of the state resident abroad for direct foreign investments (FDI) in the state. Speaking on behalf of the Enugu State Diaspora Community when they embarked on an outreach programme in schools across the ...
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IGP Asks 167 Officers To Justify Their Promotion
The inspector-general of police, Alkali Baba Usman, yesterday, kick-started the decoration of about 167 newly promoted police officers. Speaking in Abuja, while decorating the assistant inspector-generals of police, the IGP said “this promotion exercise is a due recognition of the history of professional excellence of all the senior police officers ...
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Ezekwesili, Falana, Oyebode Urge NBA To Defend Rule Of Law
A former minister of education, Dr Obiageli Ezekwesili, human rights lawyers, Femi Falana and Professor Akin Oyebode yesterday called on the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) to lead the crusade for the rights and liberties of Nigerians. They made the call while speaking at the ongoing Law Week of the Lagos ...
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CSOs Ask Buhari To Decline Assent To Electoral Bill
A coalition of 124 Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in Nigeria on Monday urged President Muhammadu Buhari not to sign the Electoral Bill, 2021 into law, citing various infractions embedded in the proposed bill. A spokesperson for the CSOs, Mrs Vivian Bellonwu of Social Action while addressing journalists in Abuja described ...
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Former Glencore trader pleads guilty to role in Nigeria bribery scheme
Anthony Stimler admits to money laundering and violating US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
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MDS é o único grupo ibérico no top 250 mundial das empresas de corretagem de seguros
A multinacional liderada por José Manuel Dias da Fonseca ocupa a 141ª posição no ranking mundial referente a 2020, com uma receita estimada em 79,4 milhões de dólares, refletindo o desempenho nos vários mercados onde está presente a nível global.
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Indústria da construção civil deve crescer 4% este ano, prevê CBIC
Mesmo com a pandemia de covid-19 e desafios impostos por escassez e aumento nos custos do aço, a expectativa da Câmara Brasileira da Indústria da Construção (CBIC) para o crescimento do setor em 2021 subiu de 2,5% para 4%. A projeção é do estudo Desempenho Econômico da Indústria da Construção do ...
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IGP Decorates 167 Newly Promoted Police Officers
The inspector-general of police, IGP Alkali Baba Usman, on Monday, kick- started the decoration of about 167 newly promoted police officers. Speaking in Abuja while decorating the assistant inspectors-general of police, the IGP said, “this promotion exercise is a due recognition of the history of professional excellence of all the ...
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El-Rufai: Governor of The Year, Man of The Moment (Column)
First, Business Day gave Malam Nasir El-Rufai an award of Governor of the Year. In 2019, The Sun Newspaper also crowned him its Governor of the Year. Penultimate Saturday, the same award was given to the Executive Governor of Kaduna state, this time by the Vanguard newspaper. Undoubtedly, El-Rufai deserves ...
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Okonjo-Iweala Negotiates Better Trade Deal For Nigeria
The director general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has disclosed the efforts she is making to push for better trade negotiations for Nigeria and other African countries at the world body in order to attract investment and add value to the goods produced in the country. Okonjo-Iweala ...
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IFC Invests $25m To Boost Digital Access In Nigeria, Others
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has made a $25 million equity investment in convergence partners’ digital infrastructure fund. This, it said, was to strengthen broadband infrastructure and improve online access to digital services for individuals and businesses in more than 12 countries in sub-Saharan Africa including Nigeria. The fund is ...
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Fernando Iglesias salió del aire y José Luis Espert protagonizó un “tierno cruce” con Guillermo Moreno
El funcionario de Juntos por el Cambio se desconectó al decir que no quería “interactuar” con el exsecretario de Comercio; en tanto, el liberal dijo que el peronista debería ir preso por haber “destruido el Indec”, y éste le respondió: “Vos sos un ortiva, y el pueblo no vota ortivas”
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Nigeria: Experts Lament 80 Percent Drop in Foreign Direct Investments
[This Day] - Blame unfriendly regulatory environment, insecurity
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I’m Bringing Future Of Music To Nigeria – Supernova
Can I meet you and how about the name Supernova? My name is Chinenye Joy Nweke, popularly known as Supernova. I’m 22 from Ebonyi State and first child from a family of eight. I’m a graduate of Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK), where I studied Business Administration. I won beauty pageants ...
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Group Lauds Gov Makinde Over Ibadan Airport Upgrade
The government of Engr. Seyi Makinde has been commended as a forward-looking administration determined to improve the economy of Oyo State, with the government’s effort to upgrade the facilities at the Ibadan Airport described as a masterful initiative to develop the state’s economy. The group said the development has led ...
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Aluko Cautions NASS Against Plot To Gag Media
Chief Akanni Aluko, a renowned business mogul and publisher of the defunct Third Eye Newspapers, has cautioned the National Assembly against an attempt to gag the media, saying it would fail. Aluko gave the warning while speaking with newsmen yesterday at his residence in Ibadan, saying, “Nobody can kill the ...
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UK Launches New Scheme To Boost Nigerian Trade, Create Jobs
The United Kingdom (UK) Government has launched the Developing Countries Trading Scheme (DCTS) a consultation on new trading rules that will help countries like Nigeria grow its trade and build back better and help British businesses and consumers at the same time. According to a statement issued by the UK ...
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Ministry To Partner LEADERSHIP On STI Development
The minister of science and technology, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, has said strategic partnership with the media on Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) development is key to moving Nigeria from resource to knowledge -based economy. The minister stated this when a team from LEADERSHIP Media Group Limited led by the vice ...
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Uplift Ibadan Airport To Boost Economy, Makinde Tells FG
Oyo State governor, Seyi Makinde, has charged the federal government to take necessary steps to uplift the staandard of the Ibadan airport, saying making Ibadan a regional airport would boost the state and national economy. The governor, who stated this while hosting the Joint National Assembly Committee on Aviation led ...
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Nigeria: Investment Announcements Down 13.4% to $10.1bn in H1'21 - NIPC
[Vanguard] Investment announcements in Nigeria dropped 13.4 percent to $10.1 billion in the first half of 2021, H1'21. This economy development indicated recorded $11.68 billion in the second half of 2020, H2'20.
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Stakeholders Urge Multi-sectorial Response To Drug Abuse
Stakeholders, who are at the forefront of drug policy reform advocacy in Nigeria, have advocated for strategies on the effective drug control response in Nigeria. The panel discussion also focused on exploring the role of the National Assembly in addressing the drug problem in Nigeria. The chairman/CEO, National Drug Law ...