Nigeria
Vai alla Scheda Paese »A man of worth never gets up to unsay what he said yesterday.
— Chinua Achebe
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Budget Ministry Partners FTM To Track Effectiveness Of N6bn Projects In Kaduna
By Makinde Oluwarotimi, Abuja | The Federal Ministry of Budget and National Planning has agreed to partner with Connected Development (CODE)’s leading social accountability initiative, Follow The Money (FTM), on open government partnership in relation to constituency projects in Kaduna State valued at N6bn in both 2020 and 2021 budgets. ...
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Despite Challenges, Nigeria’s Economy Future Bright – Osinbajo
By Jonathan Nda-Isaiah | Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has affirmed that Nigeria’s extremely bright economic future, which he said cannot be aborted despite current challenges. Osinbajo stated this on Tuesday while touring SecureID company’s premises, a first in sub-Saharan Africa and one of the three such cutting-edge facilities on the ...
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Leadway Pensure Restates Commitment To Pension Fund Management For Workers
By KINGSLEY OKOH, Lagos Leadway Pensure PFA has restated commitment to the prompt payment of retirement benefits of the Nigerian workers adding that this would ensure to provide unrivalled pension services, leveraging advanced technology for the right people to make its customers’ experience exciting. The leading Pensure PFA recently emerged ...
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Solad Connects 10,000th Small Business To Affordable Power
By Kingsley Alu, Abuja Solad Power Group has connected its 10,000th small business to affordable and reliable power across its portfolio of mini-grids in Nigeria, marking a significant milestone in the company’s growth and development. The company is a participant in Nigeria’s Rural Electrification Agency (REA) Mini Grid component under ...
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BUSINESS: Nigeria Needs To Improve Productive Base To Diversifying Foreign Exchange Earning Sources – Elumelu
In 2010, you left your position as the GMD/CEO of UBA and then ventured into serial entrepreneurship. Today, you run Heirs Holdings, Transcorp, you are into oil and gas, the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) and many more. How do you manage to juggle all of these and what are the ...
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Reforma administrativa “trouxe as digitais” de Bolsonaro, diz Guedes
Por determinação do presidente, direito adquirido é “pedra fundamental” da reforma, explicou Não é surpresa que a reforma administrativa não tenha avançado, disse nesta terça-feira o ministro da Economia, Paulo Guedes, em reunião virtual da Comissão de Constituição e Justiça e de Cidadania da Câmara dos Deputados. ...
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Equalisation Scheme For Gas Will Boost Economy – PEF Boss
BY ABAH ADAH | The executive secretary, Petroleum Equalisation Fund (PEF), Ahmed Bobboi, has said that applying the equalisation scheme in gas marketing across the country, as has been the case with petroleum products will add value to the economy. The PEF boss who stated this during a brief interactive ...
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Pandemia derruba número de greves realizadas em 2020, aponta Dieese
Foram 649 paralisações, queda de 42% em relação às 1.118 registradas em 2019 e o menor número desde 2011 (554) A pandemia de covid-19 derrubou o número de greves realizadas em 2020, de acordo com balanço do Departamento Intersindical de Estatísticas e Estudos Socioeconômicos (Dieese), divulgado nesta ...
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Nigerians In Diaspora Catalyst For Accelerated Devt – Minister
By Innocent Odoh, Abuja | Minister of State, Foreign Affairs, Amb. Zubairu Dada, has described Nigerians in the Diaspora as catalyst for the accelerated development of Nigeria, stressing that harnessing their human capital has made tremendous impacts in the the socio-economic, cultural and political development of the county in recent ...
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18 States In Nigeria Without Audit Law – Report
By Tunde Oguntola, Abuja A sub-national Audit Efficacy Index 2020 has revealed that 18 States of the federation operate without Audit Law. They are Adamawa, Kano, Kebbi, Kogi, Plateau, Benue, Kwara, Nasarawa, Sokoto, Taraba, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, Abia, Ebonyi, Imo, Oyo, Bayelsa and Enugu states. They are with the least ...
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Unity In Diversity (Column)
By Zainab Altine Yusuf It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences. – Audre Lorde The promotion of national unity is not a new discourse in Nigeria, a predominantly diverse nation in culture, ethnicity, language, and religion. It is ...
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Bandits Kill Ex-Soldier, Wife, Daughter-In-Law In Kaduna Village
BY AZA MSUE | Kaduna State government, on Sunday, said a retired Sergeant of the Nigerian Army, Christopher Madaki, his wife, and daughter-in-law were shot dead by bandits in Golkofa community, Jama’a local government area of the state. In a statement issued by the commissioner for Internal Security and Home ...
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Nigerian Farmers Need Processing Plants For Soya Bean Export – Daniel
In this interview with CHIKA IZUORA, the managing director of Amicable Mondiale Farms, Chukwudum Amaka Daniel, avers that while Nigeria is the largest producer of soya beans in Africa, the country lacks infrastructure to support export potentials. Do we have local capacity in soya beans production? Yes, Nigeria is the ...
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World Bank Supports LAPO On Expansion Of Microfinance Services
BY BUKOLA IDOWU, Lagos The World Bank, through its member, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), is providing advisory support to Lift Above Poverty Organisation(LAPO) in order to help it expand its microfinance business beyond Nigeria and Sierra Leone, where it currently operates with more than 495 branches, serving over 800,000 ...
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Stranded Nigerians In St. Vincent And Grenadines Did Not Request For Evacuation – FG
By Innocent Odoh, Abuja The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said that contrary to media reports Nigerians stranded in the Island nation of St. Vincent and the Grenadines due to the Volcanic eruption in the Caribbean Island have not made request for evacuation back home. Nigerians have become victims of ...
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How Nigerian Female Entrepreneurs Can Benefit From UK Green Tech Programme – Johnson
The UK-Nigeria Tech Hub interim country director, Lamide Johnson, believes that Nigerian female entrepreneurs selected to participate in the UK-sponsored Green Tech programme can benefit through actionable modules that take entrepreneurs through the fundamental building blocks of starting and growing a GreenTech business. In this interview with INNOCENT ODOH, the ...
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Recruitment: NDLEA Releases Candidates List For Final Screening
Agency Report The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has released shortlisted names for the final screening of qualified candidates for narcotic officers and narcotic assistants cadres. Its Director, Media and Advocacy, Mr Femi Babafemi, announced this in a statement on Saturday in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) ...
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Firm Donates Food, Medicals To FCT Women
By Ejike Ejike, Abuja As part of the activities to assist the less-privileged and the needy, the principal partner of Plymouth Consult Nigeria, Temi George, has donated food, medicals to women in Zamani village, a suburb of Abuja. The gesture, according to her, was part of her ways of impacting ...
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NEPZA, NBS To Share Data On Import, Export, FDIs, Employment
By Jonathan Nda-Isaiah The Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA) and the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) have agreed to share data on import and export points for analysis and for decision making aimed at properly measuring the contribution of the Free Trade Zone Scheme to the national economy. Prof. ...
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JUST-IN: Customs Intercepts N1.7bn Codeine, Tramadol At Apapa Port
BY YUSUF BABALOLA, Lagos The Apapa Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted four 40ft containers laden with 674 cartons of tramadol tablets and 805 cartons of codeine syrup at APM Terminal in Apapa and Sifax bonded terminal in Lagos. The Duty Paid Value (DPV) of the ...
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Falling Oil, Gas Prices, High Shipping Cost Affecting Nigeria, South Korea Trade Relations
By Chinelo Chikelu, Abuja The South Korean Ambassador to Nigeria, Young-Chae Kim, has said that the falling prices of oil and gas, delay in ports and high shipping costs, have negatively impacted bilateral trade between his country and Nigeria. Ambassador Kim, who spoke to journalists in Abuja on the occasion ...