Nigeria
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— Chinua Achebe
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Nigerian Maritime Trade Under Threat Over War Risk Surcharge – NIMASA DG
The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has said that Nigeria’s maritime trade is facing huge threat due to the increasing war risk insurance premium paid by Nigeria-bound vessels. Speaking during a media briefing at the weekend, the director-general, NIMASA, Dr. Bashir Jamoh, expressed worry over the continued collection, ...
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Tecnologia e transformação dos negócios são o foco do Oracle Fest
Primeira edição do festival traz mais de cem palestrantes para discutir inovação, tecnologia e transformação digital, com destaque para Simon Sinek, Gabriela Prioli e mais de 100 executivos da América Latina Ao longo da última década, a transformação digital dos negócios se tornou prioridade na agenda de ...
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Kaduna Govt, Airtel To Deploy Broadband Services, Fibre Network Across State
The Kaduna State Government has collaborated with Airtel Nigeria, to modernise and digitalise its entire telecoms and network infrastructure as well as deploy broadband services across the state. Speaking recently during the memorandum of understanding (MoU) signing ceremony with the leadership of Airtel Nigeria, Kaduna State governor, Mallam Nasir El ...
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NDIC Begins Payment Of Liquidation Dividends To Depositors Of Failed Banks
The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has announced plans to commence payment of liquidation dividends to uninsured depositors, creditors and shareholders of additional 14 banks in-liquidation. In a press statement issued by the director, communication and public affairs department, Bashir Nuhu, the NDIC stated that while stakeholders of eight closed ...
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Osinbajo, Marwa, Others Headline `The Silent Baron’ Movie Premiere In Abuja
It was the gathering of the crème de la crème of the society, as the most anticipated movie on the effect of drugs on the society and Nigeria in particular, titled, “The Silent Baron” premiered at the weekend in Abuja. The red carpet was packed with dignitaries at the National ...
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Kaduna Govt, Firm Sign MoU On Maize, Soybeans Production
Kaduna State government in partnership with Golden Agri Inputs, an FMNAGRO company, has launched “Project YALWA” (Abundance) for farmers in the state. The partnership is contained in a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed by the state government and the agricultural firm in Kaduna. It is aimed at increasing production of ...
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Federal Govt Moves To Tax Facebook, Twitter, Others
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said the federal government is set to utilise legal provisions to collect taxes on profits made by foreign global technology and digital firms with significant economic presence in Nigeria. Osinbajo gave the hint while interacting with a delegation of the Chartered Institute of Taxation of ...
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Curbing Unsafe Abortion, Maternal Deaths Through Family Planning In Nigeria
Conception and childbearing is the priority of several couples in many African countries, like Nigeria. However, it costs a lot of time, energy, and fund to care for and raise a child. It is much easier if you have the support of your partner and a supportive family. Unfortunately, Nigeria’s ...
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Nigeria Can Earn $520m Annually From Rubber Export – Ogundele
What are the economic potentials of the rubber industry? Rubber is one of the highest foreign exchange earner among export commodities in Nigeria. About 95 per cent of rubber raw materials are exported. The country can earn over 520 million Dollars annually from export of rubber. However, rubber was not ...
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Insurance Firms Partner CBN To Reap N270bn Income From Importation
Insurance companies under the auspices of the Nigerian Insurers Association (NIA) have partnered the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in a bid to reap about N270 billion annual premium income from insurance on imported and exported cargoes, LEADERSHIP Sunday can now reveal. To this end, CBN has since integrated the ...
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Ijebu Heritage Half Marathon Unveils Airtel Headline Sponsor
Leading telecommunications services provider, Airtel Nigeria, has been announced as the headline sponsor of Ijebu Heritage Half Marathon. Mr. Bukola Olopade, the Chief Executive Officer of Nilayo Sports Management Limited, Project Consultants on the Ijebu Heritage Half Marathon, said “We are delighted to welcome Airtel on board as Headline sponsor, ...
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Our Strategic Investments In Infrastructure Is For Economic Growth – Sanwo-Olu
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu yesterday said the huge investments in infrastructure development by his administration would help to economic prosperity of the state. The governor stated this at the formal commissioning of the Upgraded Rehabilitated Ikoyi Network of Roads which included Thompson Avenue, Milverton and Mac Donald, Lateef ...
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Our Strategic Investments In Infrastructure Is For Economic Growth – Sanwo-Olu
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu yesterday said the huge investments in infrastructure development by his administration would help to economic prosperity of the state. The governor stated this at the formal commissioning of the Upgraded Rehabilitated Ikoyi Network of Roads which included Thompson Avenue, Milverton and Mac Donald, Lateef ...
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We Lost Over N500m During Lockdown – Traders
Traders in Garki Model Market in Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) of the FCT said they lost over N500m worth of goods during the lockdown, while many of them lost their capital and are out of business as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The chairman of the traders association, ...
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Nigeria Needs More Effort On Democracy, Rule Of Law – Group
The non-government group known as BE A BUILDER OF SECURE NATION has said that Nigeria needs to do more in entrenching proper democratic procedures and the rule of law. In a statement signed by Halima Bukar, Muktar Muhammad Abdurrahman, Lawal Ahmad and Ekoja Godwin made available to newsmen in Abuja ...
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Proposta de reforma do IR prevê taxa de 20% sobre lucros e dividendos
Os lucros e dividendos distribuídos pelas empresas passarão a ser tributados em 20% na fonte no Imposto de Renda de Pessoa Física (IRPF). Hoje, essa distribuição de recursos é isenta de imposto. A medida foi proposta pelo governo na segunda fase da reforma tributária, entregue hoje (25) pelo ministro da ...
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International Passengers Face Delay As Airport Facilities Malfunction
International passengers will have to exercise patience as facilities at the Muritala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos are presently functioning below capacity. Recall that last week, LEADERSHIP reported that the runway lighting system was faulty, which made airlines to divert foreign passengers to the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. The ...
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Nigeria Can Earn N600bn From Excise Duty On Tobacco, Alcohol – W’Bank
The World Bank has advised Nigeria to increase excise duties on tobacco and alcohol as recommended in the National Development Update report, as this can grow its revenue significantly and generate N600billion annually. A senior tax specialist of the bank, Rajul Awasthi gave the counsel yesterday at a virtual discussion ...
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Buhari Appoints Jime As Exec Sec Of Nigerian Shippers’ Council
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Emmanuel Jime as the Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Shippers’ Council. Malam Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, confirmed this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. According to the statement, Jime, who holds a ...
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Governo entrega nesta sexta proposta de reforma do Imposto de Renda
O governo entrega amanhã (25) ao Congresso Nacional a segunda fase da reforma tributária, informou o Ministério da Economia. Será um projeto de lei, modificando o Imposto de Renda para pessoas físicas, empresas e investimentos. Os ministros da Economia, Paulo Guedes, e da Secretaria de Governo, ...
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Lagos Traders Seek IGP’s Intervention In Leadership Crisis
Lagos traders under the umbrella of Balogun Business Association (BBA), Ojo area of Lagos, have alleged plots by a group to conduct elections into their leadership of their n outside the market and called on the inspector-general of police to intervene in the matter. The aggrieved traders claimed that one ...