Nigeria
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— Chinua Achebe
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Nigeria: Hedging Against Inflation
[This Day] Goddy Egene writes that as inflation rate remains above 18 per cent, the stock market still provides investors opportunity to earn positive returns on their investments.
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UNIDO Tasks Federal Govt On Implementation Of Action Plan On Mercury
The United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) has urged the Nigerian government to support the implementation of the National Action Plan (NAP) which the global organisation has presented to it on the elimination of mercury. Regional Director and UNIDO Representative to ECOWAS, Mr Jean Bakole, who described the partnership between ...
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Agric Minister Okays 1st International Potato, Root Crops Expo In Jos
The Minister of Agriculture, Alhaji Sabo Nanono, has approved the hosting of the 1st International Potato Value Chain and other Root Crops Conference and Exhibition scheduled to hold in September in Jos, the Plateau State capital. The exposition is being organised by ABG Paulas in partnership with the Plateau State ...
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Maikyau Restates Commitment To Abuja Lawyers’ Football League
Senior Advocates of Nigeria and chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Welfare Committee, Y.C. Maikyau (SAN) restated his commitment to the development of football in Nigeria through Abuja Lawyers Football League. The legal luminary who is the chief sponsor of the 2021 Abuja Lawyers Football League, described football as ...
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Economists Evaluate Nigeria-China Currency Swap
Some financial economists have expressed great concerns on the minor influence that the Nigeria-China currency swap had on the country’s economy, three years after. The experts said that the volume of currency import so far traded, had not been significant, though a few swaps took place. The pact which marked ...
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Nigeria: Obiano Targets Diaspora Investments to Industrialise State
[This Day] Awka -- Anambra State Governor, Chief Willie Obiano has disclosed that his target is to industrialise the state by getting indigenes in the diaspora to bring back at least 10 per cent of their investment to the state.
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El-Rufai Is Business-friendly – Senior Adviser Counsellor
Mr JIMI LAWAL, the Senior Adviser Counsellor to Governor NASIR EL-RUFAI, spoke on how Kaduna state has increased its Internally Generated Revenue (IGR), created jobs and attracted investments in the last six years. The Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) of Kaduna state has been growing in the last six years, from ...
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PDP Govs Meet Over Insecurity, Economy In Oyo Monday
By Chibuzo Ukaibe, Abuja Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will take far-reaching decisiosn on the security and economic crises affecting the country on Monday. The meeting, which is scheduled to hold in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, comes barely days after the Southern Governors ...
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KDSG to NLC: Strike Action Futile, Govt Will Not Bow To Mob
Kaduna State Government has notified security agencies about the planned strike action of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and necessary steps will be taken to thwart the violent intent of the organisers. The government revealed that some trade unionists plan to recruit hoodlums, including from other states, to destroy facilities ...
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FOREIGN: Chad Situation Putting Democracy On Trial In Africa
By Innocent Odoh, Abuja Since the death of Chadian President Idris Deby, on Tuesday April 20, in the hands of the Front for Change and Concord in Chad (FACT) fighting to wrestle power from him, the succession of political leadership in the country has again stirred up the question of ...
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FEATURE: Enhancing Nigerian Seafarers’ Development Amid Global Absence
NNSL was established in 1959 with aim of mitigating incessant freight rate hikes, arrest capital flight, earn foreign exchange and most especially, train Nigerian citizens in seafaring. But, since the collapse of the shipping line, Nigeria could not provide seafarers for global use while it became difficult for Nigerians to ...
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Senate In Focus: Why Fiscal Responsibility Act Must Be Amended
By Sunday Isuwa, Abuja Revelations coming out of the Senate Committee on Finance investigating remittances from Ministries Department and Agencies (MDAs) has revealed serious leakages. Government is losing a huge amount of money as a result of frivolous spending by MDAs. But this can be tackled if the Fiscal Responsibility ...
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Focus On The Green Chamber: End Of The Road For Arms Probe
By ADEBIYI ADEDAPO, Abuja The House of Representatives recently dissolved its ad hoc committee investigating the purchase, use and control of arms, ammunition, and related hardware by Military, Paramilitary and other Law Enforcement Agencies in Nigeria. The Committee was part of the twelve committees whose assignments were discharged by the ...
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STOCK MARKET: Stock Market To Experience Mixed Trade Performance
BY OLUSHOLA BELLO, Lagos Market observers expected the nation’s capital market to experience mixed trade performance in the new week, following the low-price attraction and impressive first quarter (Q1) results from companies listed on the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) Limited. This is despite the rising yields in the fixed income market, ...
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NEPC Boss Seeks MDAs Assistance On SMEs Growth
BY SIVOWAKU ABIODUN, Lagos The executive director of Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC), Mr Segun Awolowo, has called on relevant government agencies such as the ministries of agriculture, commerce and industry, women and youth development, technology and incubation centre (TIC) and others to assist the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) ...
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Firm To Boost Investment Through Initiative
By OLUSHOLA BELLO and ABIODUN SIVOWAKU, Lagos In a bid to provide Nigerians with affordable and secured access to asset ownership and investments, Assetrise (AR) Limited has launched the FlapCoop, a cooperative society platform initiative to assist individuals invest and earn from real estate, agricultural and other strategic assets investments. ...
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Fin-Tech Can Resolve Problems Of Financial Inclusion In Africa – Adebola Sanni
Financial inclusion and provision of sustainable energy is at a turning point in Africa’s largest economy, Nigeria. With a population of over 200 million, about 50 per cent of the total population live in rural areas, and only 39 per cent of those living in rural communities have access to ...
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INTERVIEW: ‘For Thriving Local Manufacturing, CBN Should Review Export Proceeds Policy’
Don’t you think there is the need to review repatriation of export proceeds policy? There is need for the apex bank to rethink or re-evaluate its foreign exchange policy on the repatriation of export proceeds so as to drive non-oil exports. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)’s policy on repatriation ...
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Para conter covid-19, Batatais decreta lockdown mais longo já adotado no Estado de SP
Ao todo serão 16 dias de lockdown, até 31 de maio Para conter o avanço do coronavírus, a cidade de Batatais, no interior de São Paulo, decretou o mais longo lockdown já adotado no Estado. A população do município permanecerá confinada a partir deste sábado (15) e ...
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Buhari Calls Erdogan, Seeks More Turkish Investments In Nigeria
By Jonathan Nda-Isaiah President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday put a phone call across to his Turkish counterpart, Tecep Tayyep Erdoğan. President Buhari, who had fruitful discussions, expressed satisfaction with existing bilateral ties between the two countries and called for greater Turkish participation in the economy and the humanitarian efforts in ...
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PMB Departs On A 4-day Trip To Paris
By Jonathan Nda-Isaiah President Muhammadu Buhari will on Sunday, May 16, 2021, depart Abuja for Paris, France, on a four-day official visit to attend African Finance Summit which will be focused on reviewing African economy, following shocks from coronavirus pandemic, and getting relief, especially from increased debt burden on countries. The ...