Nigeria
Vai alla Scheda Paese »A man of worth never gets up to unsay what he said yesterday.
— Chinua Achebe
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Gunmen Abduct Family Of 10 In Oyo
BY ADEBAYO WAHEED, Ibadan A family of 10 has been kidnapped at Agbo Hotel in Ajaawa community, Ogo Oluwa Local Government Area of Oyo State. It was gathered that the victims included the owner of the hotel, Hon. Olukunle Oyedokun, his younger wife, his baby, two daughters, granddaughter, sister-in-law with ...
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Anambra Guber: I’ve Capacity To Transform State’s Economy – Muoghalu
By OKECHUKWU OBETA, Awka A frontline aspirant under the platform of All Progressives Congress (APC) in the forthcoming Anambra State gubernatorial election, Chief George Muoghalu has assured that he has the capacity to transform the state’s economy if elected governor. Muoghalu who is currently the managing director of the Nigeria ...
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Injustice, Failed Family System Responsible For Insecurity – Okorocha
By Jonathan Nda-Isaiah Former Imo State governor, Rochas Okorocha, has blamed the rising insecurity in the country on injustice and failed family system occasioned by the indifference to the role of women in nation-building by politicians. The former governor spoke while receiving an Award of Excellence from the United Business ...
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Kaduna Tops ICAN Rating In 2020 – Commissioner
Abdallah Yunus Abdallah | Kaduna State got 356 points and was ranked first in the 2019 Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) Accountability Index which was published in the year 2020. The Commissioner of Finance, Alhaji Muhammad Bashir Saidu who made this known at the ministerial briefing which took ...
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How Citizens Will Benefit From Kaduna Residents Card – El-Rufai
By Omolara Daniel | Governor Nasir El-Rufai has said that the Kaduna State Residents Card helps government to know citizens, better organise their access to social services like education, basic health care and social interventions as well as conduct business with the government without hindrance. The governor also said that ...
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Ex-MP Condemns Attack On Pantami
By ABDULLAHI YAKUBU, Kano Former special assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Assembly matters, Hon Abdurrahman Suleiman Kawu Sumaila, OFR, has condemned, in strong terms, the recent attack on the minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Pantami. Honourable Sumaila, in a statement he signed, said those behind ...
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Nigeria, Others Roll Out New Spectrum For Africa’s ICT Space
BY CHIMA AKWAJA, Lagos Nigeria and other member countries of the African Telecommunications Union (ATU) have launched the first set of spectrum recommendations that focus on transforming Africa into a knowledge economy through the development of technologies that boost connectivity and innovation. The spectrum recommendations are as a result of ...
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Lagos Will Deepen Relationships With Investors, Development Partners – Sanwo-Olu
BY GEORGE OKOJIE, Lagos Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has reiterated his administration’s commitment to continually partner and deepen relationships with international investors and developmental partners to harness the opportunity in skills acquisition, training and investments. Sanwo-Olu gave the assurance at the weekend while receiving Management of the European ...
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Bayelsa Partners CBN On Farmers’ Training
By Osa Okhomina, Yenagoa The Bayelsa State government is to partner the Central Bank of Nigeria to train and empower over 3,500 farmers in the state on rice production, fisheries and poultry under the Accelerated Agriculture Development Scheme (AADS) and Anchor Borrowers programmes. According to the deputy governor, Senator Lawrence ...
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FOREIGN: Anxiety In Nigeria As Uncertainty Envelops Chad
By INNOCENT ODOH, Abuja Following the death on Tuesday, April 20, of Chadian President, Idriss Deby, while fighting rebels, anxiety has heightened as to what would become the fate of Nigeria and other countries fighting armed groups along the Lake Chad basin and in the Sahel region. Deby died in ...
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FOREIGN: Climate Change: US, Nigeria Collaborate On Tree Planting Initiative
By INNOCENT ODOH, Abuja As part of the events to commemorate World Earth Day held on April 22, 2021, the United States Government and the Federal Government of Nigeria have strengthened their collaboration in tree planting exercise to check the impact of climate change. A statement issued by the US ...
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FOREIGN: ‘US Delivered 14.7m Doses Of Treatment, 7.1m Nets To Nigerians In 2020’
By Innocent Odoh, Abuja The United States (US) government has said that in the Annual Report released to the U.S. Congress on Friday, the President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) noted that in 2020, despite the constraints of COVID-19, PMI helped Nigeria provide 14.7 million treatment doses at the facility and community ...
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Pantami’s Albatross
BY Wole Olaoye “They say the past always catches up with you, sooner or later. I prefer sooner, because by the time later rolls around, the past has picked up a lot of speed”, says writer Dan Thompson. For Nigeria’s minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Sheik Isa Ali ...
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NDLEA Intercepts Drugs Concealed In Virgin Mary’s Statue
By Ejike Ejike, Abuja Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted illicit drugs concealed in the statue of virgin Mary and auto spare parts and spices heading to Canada and United Arab Emirate (UAE). The narcotics agents from directorate of operations and general investigations, embedded in ...
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NDLEA Intercepts Drugs Concealed In Statue Of Mary, Others
By Ejike Ejike, Abuja | Eagle-eyed operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), have intercepted illicit drugs concealed in the Statue of Mary and auto spare parts heading to Canada and the United Arab Emirate (UAE). The narcotics agents from the directorate of operations and general investigations, who ...
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Lere Baale : Exceptional Business Leader
BY Enyo Ati Lere Baale is a Professor of Organisation Transformation and Chief Executive of Business School Netherlands International, Nigeria, Director of World Institute of Action Learning Coaches in Nigeria and also Regional Partner of HOWES – CMOE Inc. USA in Africa & Middle East Area. He is on the ...
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FG Reiterates Commitment To Industrial Property Legislature
By Orjime Moses, Abuja The federal government has reiterated its commitment to industrial property legislature to improve and promote Nigeria‘s geographical indications (GIs). The minister of state for Industry, Trade and Investment, Hajiya Mariam Katagum, said this in her welcome speech at the capacity building workshop themed, “Geographical Indications for ...
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NDLEA To Clamp Down On Outlets Selling Drug-laced Cookies – Marwa
By Ejike Ejike, Abuja The chairman/chief executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig. General Mohamed Marwa (rtd), has warned that the agency would clampdown on supermarkets and other food stores selling cookies laced with drugs. Marwa gave the warning while receiving further briefing on follow up operations ...
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Agrictech Coy Bags Int’l Quality Award For Improving Agriculture
BY AUGUSTINE AGBO, Abuja Farm4Me, Nigeria’s leading agritech company, has bagged Africa’s Leading Quality Farm Equipment Sales & Rental Service Provider of the Year award 2021. The feat was recorded at the 7th African Quality Achievement Awards 2021, held in Lagos. The award, organised by World Quality Alliance ...
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True Federalism Not Negotiable, Says Makinde
BY ADEBAYO WAHEED, Ibadan Oyo State governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde, has said that true federalism was no longer negotiable in the face of the myriad of challenges facing the country. The governor, who stated this while receiving a delegation of the Nigerian Bar Association Section on Public Interest and Development ...
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President Buhari Restores Ownership Of OML 123, Others To NNPC
By Jonathan Nda-Isaiah In line with the current administration’s commitment to the rule of law, fairness and enabling a stable business climate for investment, President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the restoration of the leases on OMLs 123, 124, 126 and 137 to the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), which is ...