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— Chinua Achebe
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NDLEA Opens Case Against Ex-Council Boss Over Alleged Drug Trafficking
The National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Thursday opened its case against a former Vice Chairman of Lagos Island East Local Council Development Area (LCDA), Kehinde Ashekun, accused of trafficking in 1.0 kilograms of Cocaine. The NDLEA commenced the trial by producing two of its officials, Anebi Ajihma and ...
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Open Doors For Foreign Investors, Chinese Envoy Tells FG
Ambassador of China to Nigeria, Cui Jianchun, has advised the federal government to formulate policies that would encourage more investors in the country. He said what makes China the country it is today was the government’s decision to open doors to foreign investors, adding that when the investors came the ...
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Homens são as principais vítimas de golpes financeiros, diz pesquisa
Sondagem feita pelo Centro de Estudos Comportamentais e Pesquisas (Cecop), da Comissão de Valores Mobiliários (CVM), revela que, de maneira geral, os homens são as principais vítimas de golpes financeiros (91%), estão em sua maioria na faixa etária de 30 a 39 anos de idade (36,5%), têm ensino superior completo ...
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Nigeria’s Petroleum Varsity And The Funding Needs
The education sector has tremendous potentials to assisting Nigeria in achieving its quest for diversification of the nation’s economy away from high dependency on oil. Quality research and development is one of the ways tertiary institutions, especially universities around the globe, often help in boosting the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) ...
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Poverty Alleviation: Experts Task Govts On Investment In Education
Financial experts have tasked the federal government to improve the ease of doing business and invest more in the education sector as a panacea for lifting 100 million Nigerians from poverty. According to them, giving more attention to education would change the economic status of the people. Executive secretary, Nigeria-South ...
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NAICOM, SERVICOM To Partner On Enhanced Service Delivery
The Service Compact with all Nigerians (SERVICOM), has sought for partnership with National Insurance Commission (NAICOM), to enhance the commission’s services delivery to Nigerians. This was contained in a statement by SERVICOM public relations manager, Mrs Henrietta Okokon, issued yesterday in Abuja. According to the statement, the commission proposed collaboration ...
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Recounting NITDA’S Two Decades Of Facilitating Sustainable Digital Economy In Nigeria
The epic moment was heralded by jingles in the media and all other avenues of modern communication. The hype was in commemoration of the celebration of the 20th anniversary of The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA). Two decades of existence as the champion of IT practices, regulation and development ...
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FCTA Launches Queue Management Technology To Enhance Business
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has launched a queue management technology in Abuja Geographic Information Systems (AGIS) to enhance business transactions in the department of land administration. Launching the technology in Abuja, the director of AGIS, Dr. Isa Jalo, explained that the initiative was meant to enhance business transactions ...
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CNC: intenção de consumo das famílias mantém ritmo de crescimento
A Intenção de Consumo das Famílias (ICF) subiu 2% em julho, alcançando a segunda alta consecutiva. O indicador chegou a 68,4 pontos e atingiu o maior nível desde abril. O resultado ficou 3,5% acima do registrado no mesmo período de 2020. O índice, porém, segue abaixo do nível de satisfação (100 ...
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Nigeria’s Power Generation Still Grossly Inadequate Despite N4.23trn Interventions
The power sector in Nigeria has continued to be plagued by a high level of inefficiency in providing electricity to Nigerians despite that it was privatised in November 2013. This is regardless of the fact that the sector has not lacked investments across all its value chain since its privatisation. ...
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FCMB Appoints Olaiya As ED, Risk & Compliance
First City Monument Bank Limited has appointed Mrs. Oluwatoyin Olaiya as executive director, risk & compliance. This follows the approval of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Mrs. Olaiya is a finance and risk management professional with over 30 years of experience. Prior to her appointment, she was the chief ...
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5G Deployment Will Transform Nigeria Into A Digital Economy-Danbatta
The executive vice chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) Prof Garba Umar Danbatta, has restated that the deployment of the 5G technology will initiate several new changes in mobile connectivity with enormous capacity to boost productivity and grow the Nigerian economy. The NCC boss said this while delivering the ...
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Lagos Govt Pays Deceased Staff Families N364.9m Insurance Benefits
Lagos State government at the weekend said it has again paid the total sum of N364,982,210.39 insurance benefits to the first batch of beneficiaries of deceased staff of local government and State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB). The state’s commissioner for Local Government and Community Affairs, Dr Wale Ahmed made ...
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AfCFTA: Osinbajo Seeks More Inclusive Trade In ECOWAS
With the opportunities presented by the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement, there is a need to drive more inclusive trade initiatives and expand intra-regional trade in the ECOWAS sub-region, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo (SAN). Osinbajo stated this at the weekend in Abuja at the inaugural gala ...
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On The Money: Opportunities In Bond Market
In Nigeria, bond market has increasingly become important in the development of the Nigerian emerging economy. A bond is a long-term financial debt instrument; a generic name for a tradable loan security usually issued to raise capital. Bonds are among a number of investments known as fixed-income securities. They are ...
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Deputy Gov Tasks Women Groups To Partner With KDSG
The Deputy Governor of Kaduna state, Dr Hadiza Balarabe has assured that the government will continue to initiate and implement inclusive programmes that will carry women along. Dr Balarabe called on the National Council of Women’s Society of Nigeria (NCWS) to partner with the state government in the task of ...
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SON, APSAN Sign MoU On Standard Agric Produce
Director-general of Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON), Mallam Farouk Faruk Salim, has said agriculture remains the backbone of the economy in Nigeria. Faruk stated this while signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Agricultural Produce Sellers Association of Nigeria (APSAN) to maintain standard agricultural products in the market. He ...
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KADIPA Board Hold Inaugural Meeting
The Deputy Governor of Kaduna state, Dr Hadiza Balarabe chaired the inaugural meeting of the newly constituted board of the Kaduna Investment Promotion Agency (KADIPA) last Wednesday. It will be recalled that Governor Nasir El-Rufai inaugurated the board on March 4, 2021, with the Deputy Governor as Chair and His ...
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Presidency Faults Kukah’s Report Before US Congress
The presidency said it is unfortunate, and disappointing, for citizens of Nigeria to bear witness to one of their Churchmen castigating their country in front of representatives of a foreign parliament. Recall that Catholic Bishop of Sokoto, Most Revd Matthew Kukah, on Wednesday, said the federal government has failed to ...
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Fidelity Bank Hosts Linda Ikeji, Assures Of Partnership To Empower Women
Chief executive officer, Fidelity Bank, Mrs Onyeali-Ikpe, last week played host to chief executive officer, LIB TV, Linda Ikeji, to explore business opportunities lend their voices to the ongoing conversation about women empowerment. According to Mrs. Onyeali-Ikpe, who was accompanied by top female management staff in Lagos to receive the ...
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Expert Advocates More Attention To MFBs, Mortgage Banks
As the fiscal and monetary policy makers in Nigeria strive to put the country back on the path of growth and development, economist and public analyst, Dr. Biodun Adedipe, has said more attention needs to be paid to the microfinance and mortgage banking sectors. These two finance sectors, he said, ...