Nigeria
Vai alla Scheda Paese »A man of worth never gets up to unsay what he said yesterday.
— Chinua Achebe
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Kano Unveils Incentives For Local, Diaspora Investors
Director-general of Kano Investment (KanInvest) Hajiya Hama Ali Aware has said the agency is introducing policies to create an enabling environment for the existing and new business outfits to flourish. Aware stated this at a press briefing on the forthcoming Kano State Economic and Diaspora Investment Summit (KEDIS 2021) to ...
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Dangote Unveils New Sugar Brand
Africa’s leading sugar manufacturer, the Dangote Sugar Refinery (DSR) has unveiled an innovative sugar brand tagged: New Look, Same Great Quality. The ceremony for the unveiling of the granulated white sugar was conducted yesterday at the ongoing Kaduna 42nd international trade fair. The vitamin A fortified sugar excited participants who ...
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Vencedores do Nobel cobram ação urgente do G-7 para conter crise climática
Declaração é assinada por 126 ganhadores do Prêmio Nobel de várias áreas e cientistas renomados, que pedem ações urgentes aos líderes políticos “Sem uma ação transformadora nesta década, a humanidade está assumindo riscos colossais com o nosso futuro comum”. Esta é a mensagem central de uma carta ...
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Nigeria Begins SIM Card, Smartphone Production
Unknown to many, Nigeria now produces smartphones. This feat was disclosed yesterday by the minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami. Apart from the production of smartphones, he also revealed that the nation now has capacity to produce SIM cards, not only for Nigeria but for the entire Africa. ...
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Presidency Faults Foreign Affairs Report On Nigeria
The presidency has faulted the latest article on Nigeria in Foreign Affairs magazine titled ‘The Giant of Africa is Failing’ saying its unfair both to a magazine with such an esteemed pedigree and to its readers. Presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, in a statement on Thursday, said Ambassador Campbell has been ...
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Digital Economy: IT, Key To The Future, Says Westgate Boss
Despite the economic downturn occasioned by the COVID-19 outbreak and against the backdrop of the emerging digital economy, the information technology sector remains the key to the future. This was disclosed by the managing director of Westgate Technologies, Mrs Ijeoma Ezeudu, on Thursday during the opening of a Westgate retail ...
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FHFL Completes, Handover 700 Homes To Families In Chibok, Yaskuri In Borno state
Hundreds of families in Borno State are set for a new and happier life as Nigeria’s leading social housing finance Institution, Family Homes Funds Limited (FHFL) completes 700 new homes for low-income earners in partnership with the State Government. Chibok and Yana Yaskuri, both important towns in Borno state have ...
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Nigeria: Shoprite Sells Nigerian Business to Local Firm Ketron
[Vanguard] A Nigerian company, Ketron Investment Limited, has acquired Shoprite Nigeria from the Retail Supermarkets Nigeria Limited, RSNL, owner and operator of the Shoprite stores in Nigeria.
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Virtual Engagements To Be Incorporated Into Nigeria’s Public Service Rules – Pantami
The Honourable Minister of Communications and Digital Economy Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami has said virtual engagements are no longer informal in the Nigeria public sector, adding that the new communication method will be incorporated into the Public Service Rules (PSR). “Virtual engagements are no longer informal rather they have ...
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Customs Seizes 637 Bags Of Foreign Rice, Other Contrabands
Nigeria Customs Service’s Joint Border Patrol Team (JBPT), North Central Zone, Sector 3, has seized 35 prohibited items with a total duty paid value of N28 million. The items seized by JBPT include 637 bags of 50kg of foreign parboiled rice, 795 kegs of 25 litres of PMS, 15 units ...
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Federal Govt Cautions New NSITF Management Against Corruption
Federal government has inaugurated the new management team of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) with a charge to the officers to shun all forms of corrupt practices. The event which was performed at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa by the minister of labour and employment , ...
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Universal Insurance Launches Products For Tricyclists In FCT
To improve the lives of tricyclists popularly called Keke riders and their passengers in Abuja, Universal Insurance Plc recently launched its Keke Pass campaign in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and neighbouring towns. The Keke Pass insurance product developed by the insurance firm, is aimed at providing cover for Keke ...
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Improved Business Performance Pushes PMI To 54.4 Points
BY OLUSHOLA BELLO, Lagos Growth in the Nigerian private sector gained momentum in May to 54.4 basis points, with business conditions improving to the greatest extent in nine months. The Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) was up from 52.9 in April to 54.4 in May. The headline PMI registered a rate ...
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NUJ Honours Yahaya Bello With Security Award
Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has honoured the governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, with the Torchbearer of Security Award. Presenting the award to him at the Kogi State Liaison House, Asokoro, Abuja, NUJ chairman, FCT council, Emmanuel Ogbeche, said it was important to reward diligence to duty as a ...
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Família viticultora zela marca José Maria da Fonseca
A covid atirou a média de 40 mil visitantes anuais, interessados em visitas às adegas ou provas vínicas, para números mais baixos, mas não esmoreceu a empresa que já ultrapassou "guerras, sistemas políticos e crises".
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Lagos Waste Forum: Coca-Cola Wins Social Impact Award
In recognition of Coca-Cola’s strides in sustainability through the promotion of sustainable development and a better shared future for communities across Nigeria, the company has emerged winner of the “Best Company in Outstanding Social Impact Award at the 2nd edition of the Lagos State Waste Forum organised by SWEEP Foundation. ...
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Hope Rises For Failed Banks’ Depositors As NDIC Meets Minister Over Asset Liquidation
The expectations of failed banks’ customers to get their insured deposits is set to get a fillip as the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has sought the support of the Ministry of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in the realisation of landed properties of banks in-liquidation within the FCT to ...
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Leadway Assurance Persuades Parents On Education Policy
BY ZAKA KHALIQ, Lagos Leadway Assurance Company Limited, has partnered with the Association of Parents of Private School Students (APPSS) to launch an education insurance policy plan tagged the ‘Group Education Protection Plan (GEPP).’ The education plan, which was launched at the children’s day event hosted at Eliud International School ...
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Naira Depreciates Further To N498/$
The naira continued its nosedive as it depreciated to N498 at the parallel market despite being stable at the Investors’ and Exporters’ window yesterday. Having depreciated to N495 to the dollar last week following the adoption of the Nigeria Autonomous Foreign Exchange (NAFEX) rate by the Central Bank of Nigeria ...
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Heirs Holdings Enters Insurance Market, Promises Insurance Revolution
Heirs Holdings (HH) announced the Group’s transformative insurance industry play, with the launch of Heirs Insurance Limited (HIL) and Heirs Life Assurance (HLA), on Tuesday, June 1, 2021, at the companies’ Victoria Island headquarters in Lagos. Heirs Holdings will bring a dynamic, digitally driven offering to the general and life ...
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Comércio não tem mais fôlego para parar
Confederação Nacional do Comércio, Bens, Serviços e Turismo (CNC) lidera campanha por medidas de apoio ao setor, que historicamente depende do consumo presencial Estabelecimentos estão preparados para receber consumidores com segurança Banco de Imagens Desde o início da pandemia, as empresas de comércio de bens, serviços e turismo foram ...