Nigeria
Vai alla Scheda Paese »A man of worth never gets up to unsay what he said yesterday.
— Chinua Achebe
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COVID-19: Brazil, Other Foreign Countries To Participate In 32nd Enugu Fair
By Nnamdi Mbawike, Enugu. Brazil and other foreign countries are expected to participate in the 32nd Enugu International Trade Fair that would commence on Friday 19th March 2021. The fair, which is expected to be declared open by Minister of State for Industry, Trade and Investment , Ambassador Mariam Yalwaji ...
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Nigeria’s COVID-19 Response, Commendable – Okonjo- Iweala
By Ejike Ejike, Abuja The director-general of World Trade Organization, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said Nigeria’s COVID-19 response has been commendable. This is even as she promised that the trade body will work to reduce export restrictions among member states, especially with regards to medical supplies in the wake of COVID-19 ...
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UNICEF, EU, Others Express Concern Over Increasing Rate Of Violence Against Children
By Obinna Ogbonnaya, Abakaliki The United Nations Children’s Fund, (UNICEF), European Union, United Nations EU-UN and the National Orientation Agency (NOA) have decried the increasing rate of violence against children especially women and girls in Nigeria. The groups raised the concern during a 4 Day Spotlight Initiative Training of Ebonyi ...
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Sanwo-Olu Goes Tough On Cultism, Stipulates 21-year Jail Term For Cultists
BY GEORGE OKOJIE, Lagos Worried by the recent upsurge in cult-related violence in the state, Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Monday signed the bill for the Prohibition of Unlawful Societies and Cultism of 2021 into law, approving 21-year jail term for convicted cultists in the state. The State’s ...
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Kano Govt Arrests 200 Street Beggars, Almajiris
BY OUR CORRESPONDENT The Kano State Government said it has arrested 200 street beggars and Almajiris for allegedly violating the Law banning street begging in the state. The Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Dr Zahra’u Muhammad-Umar, made the disclosure while repatriating the beggars in Kano on Monday. According ...
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ICT: Nigeria Seeks Increased Collaboration In West Africa
Nigeria has called for increased regional collaboration for the development of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) ecosystem in West Africa as a potential digital hub on the global ICT map. The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ibrahim Pantami and the executive vice chairman of the Nigerian Communications ...
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Agric: NASENI, NIRSAL Partner On Mechanisation Promotion
By Nkechi Isaac, Abuja Following the dip in the global price of crude oil, the Federal Government has been moving to diversify the economy and get other sectors to contribute significantly to the nation’s growth. One of the sectors with major potentials of contributing to nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) ...
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Universal Insurance Promises Customers Satisfaction, 60yrs On
BY ZAKA KHALIQ, Lagos Universal Insurance Plc has promised to continue to satisfy its customers’ needs through its innovative products and services, adding that, the insurer will not renege in its promise to continue to pay genuine claims as and when due. The company, which clocked 60 years last week, ...
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Africa: NEITI Decries Nigeria's U.S.$3 Billion Share of Africa's U.S.$75 Billion FDI
[This Day] The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) has described as regrettable that out of the $75 billion foreign direct investment (FDI) flowing into Africa, Nigeria has a meagre share of just $3 billion.
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Broadband Penetration, Others Key To Financial inclusion – Danbatta
By CHIMA AKWAJA and ADENIYI ADUNOLA, Lagos Executive vice chairman of Nigerian Communications Commission, (NCC), Prof Umar Danbatta, has said broadband penetration, Subscribers Identity Module (SIM) registration, National Identity Number (NIN) to SIM linkage and other digital economy interventions of federal government are targeted at ensuring digital financial inclusion for ...
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Okonjo-Iweala Offers Ways To Improve Nigeria’s Trade
JONATHAN NDA – ISAIAH, KINGSLEY ALU, MARK ITSIBOR And INNOCENT ODOH, Abuja Director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has urged Nigeria to look at ways to add value to its primary products and expand its ability to trade with other countries, especially within the African Continental ...
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Sokoto’s Grant-Application Template
Last year, a friend of mine who works at an international financial institution pointed me to the reason various state governments in Nigeria have failed to access grants and secure a lasting development partnership. “We have so many grant opportunities available,” he said, “but the conditions appear like a huge ...
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How Nigeria Can Benefit From WTO – Okonjo- Iweala
By INNOCENT ODOH, Abuja Director General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has said that Nigeria can benefit from the foremost organisation by encouraging and pushing more trade as well as adding value to its products and exports more that will attract the rest of the world. ...
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Nigeria Must Step Up Action On Economy To Deliver Trade – Okonjo-Iweala
By Kingsley Alu, Abuja The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has said Nigeria needs to step up action on its economy by adding value to its products and improving on infrastructure to deliver trade. WTO director-general, Dr Ngozi Okonjo- Iweala said this during her visit to the minister of industry, trade ...
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Sanwo-Olu Goes Tough On Cultism, Stipulates 21 Years Jail Term For Cultists
BY GEORGE OKOJIE, Lagos Worried by the recent upsurge in cult-related violence in the state, Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Monday signed the bill for the Prohibition of Unlawful Societies and Cultism of 2021 into law, approving 21-year jail term for convicted cultists in the state. The State’s ...
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AAC Disowns Sowore Over Occupy INEC Protest
By Jonathan Nda- Isaiah, The chairman of African Action Congress (AAC), Leonard Nzenwa, has dissociated itself from the planned occupy INEC protest by Omoyele Sowore. In a press conference on Monday in Abuja, Ezenwa said AAC as a legal, responsible and law-abiding political party in Nigeria do not have anything ...
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Mano a mano
El día empezó como cualquier otro día. No imaginaba lo que me esperaba. Las noticias, rutinarias, las de siempre, crímenes, violencia, asaltos. Solo cambian los nombres de las víctimas, niñas, jóvenes mujeres, hombres indefensos, maleantes; ayer fueron Juan, Roberto, Elisa, Carmen o Ana; hoy, José, Elena, Isabel, Francisco. Demasiados nombres, ...
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Nigeria Needs To Focus On Production To Drive Economic Growth – ANAN President
The Nigerian economy is in chaos, are there some specific steps the government can take to bring it out of the woods? The first step is for the government to focus on production. Whatever government is thinking of doing, its primary starting point is to find a way of ...
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More Banks Plan To Float Insurance Subsidiaries
BY ZAKA KHALIQ, Lagos More commercial banks are set to float their own insurance subsidiaries in no distant future, especially when the suspended insurance industry recapitalisation exercise resumes. LEADERSHIP gathered that most of the banks are already looking at opportunities to diversify their income and have identified the insurance sector ...
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Badejo Appointed As Vanuatu’s Trade, Investment Commissioner For Nigeria
The Republic of Vanuatu has appointed the Managing Partner of Cersèi Partner, Olufemi Badejo as the Honourable Trade and Investment Commissioner of Vanuatu to The Federal Republic of Nigeria. Mr Badejo currently serves as the Trade and Investment Commissioner of Vanuatu to the Republic of South Africa. This makes Mr ...
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Juros anuais do cartão de crédito chegam a até 875%
O adiamento do pagamento integral da fatura do cartão de crédito leva à multiplicação da dívida, que pode sair do controle do consumidor. Quem não tem dinheiro para pagar o valor total da fatura, terá a dívida corrigida por taxas anuais de juros superiores a 300% – podendo chegar 875%, ...