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: LEADERSHIP, Anap, 10 Others Partner On ‘Hall Of Shame’ Initiative
BY HENRY TYOHEMBA, Abuja LEADERSHIP Group Limited and 10 other media organisations have joined forces with Anap Foundation COVID-19 think tank to launch a ‘Name and Shame Initiative’. The initiative which is aimed at promoting behavioural change around the management of the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria will also highlight the ...
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Kogi Signs 2 Loans Agreement On Food Security, Economy
The Kogi State Commissioner of Finance, Budget and Economic Planning, Mukadam Asiwaju Asiru Idris had signed two separate subsidiary loan agreements on behalf of the Kogi State Government, with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and World Bank yesterday in Abuja. The World Bank and International Fund for Agricultural Development loans ...
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247 Suspects Arrested In Ebonyi In 2020 — NDLEA
The Ebonyi State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has said that it arrested 247 suspects in the state in 2020. Mr Umar Adoro, State Commander of the agency made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday at its state ...
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Dangote Refinery To Bail Nigeria Out Of Recession, Says IMF
BY OLUSHOLA BELLO | The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected that Dangote Refinery has the potential to rescue Nigeria from the current economic downturn as well as provide an elixir for the country’s economy when it is completed and start production by 2022. In its latest report on Nigeria’s ...
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Nigeria Can Leverage Real Estate To Grow Economy – Dantata
As Nigeria continues its search for the right formula to grow the economy, executive chairman of Dantata Town Developers Limited Alhaji Alhassan Abdulkadir Dantata has said the real estate can provide the answer. Dandata who spoke on the soon-to-be launched Dantata Market, said that the real estate sector like any ...
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Nigeria: Nirsal Facilitates N148 Billion Credit for Agric/Agribusiness Investment
[This Day] Abuja -- In spite of the global disruption caused by COVID-19, the Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agriculture Leading (NIRSAL) said it facilitated over N148billion in finance and investments for agriculture and agribusiness.
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Nigeria: 'Nigeria Needs More Foreign Direct Investments to Fund Capital Projects'
[This Day] A securities dealer and Managing Director, Cowry Asset Management Limited, Mr. Johnson Chukwu, has said that Nigeria needs appropriate policies that would attract Foreign Direct Investments (FDIs) into the country.
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Lagos Govt Warns Against Planned Second #EndSARS Protest
BY GEORGE OKOJIE, Lagos The Lagos State Government on Thursday read the riot act to those planning to organize the second phase of the #EndSARS protest in Lekki area of the state on Saturday, saying anyone arrested would be made to face the wrath of the law. The government also said ...
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Senate Summons CBN Gov, SEC DG Over Cryptocurrency Ban
BY BODE GBADEBO, Abuja The Senate, yesterday, mandated its Committees on Banking, Insurance and Other Financial Institutions; ICT and Cybercrime; and Capital Market to invite the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, and the Director-General of the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC), Lamido Yuguda, over the recent ban ...
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Insecurity: Lawan Calls For Synergy Among Security Agencies
BY BODE GBADEBO, Abuja President of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan, has urged the security agencies to partner and collaborate among themselves especially in the sharing of intelligence. Lawan gave the advice on Thursday when he received in audience, Course 14 Participants from the National Institute for Security Studies, led ...
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STF começa a julgar denúncia contra o chamado "Quadrilhão do MDB" no Senado
Renan Calheiros, Jader Barbalho, Edison Lobão, Romero Jucá, Valdir Raupp, José Sarney e Sérgio Machado podem se tornar formalmente réus no processo Jefferson Rudy/Agência Senado O Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF) começa a julgar nesta sexta-feira, em plenário virtual, a denúncia da Procuradoria-Geral da República (PGR) contra integrantes do ...
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FG, UN Reiterates Commitment To Ensure Substantial Food Systems In Nigeria
By Blessing Bature-Akpakpan, The Federal Government and the United Nations have reiterated their commitment to ensuring substantial and positive changes in Nigeria’s food systems. The Permanent Secretary, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Olusola Idowu, at a webinar for journalists, said Nigeria is working with the United Nation and other stakeholders ...
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Tenure Extension For IGP Within PMB’s Prerogative, Group Insists
By ANDREW ESSIEN ABUJA A group under the umbrella of Citizens Action for Good Governance (CAGG) has said the extension of tenure for the Inspector General of Police Adamu Mohammed is within the prerogative of President Muhammadu Buhari and therefore legal before the law. Citing precedence from the regime of ...
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CODE Commends Kano Govt For Approving Child Rights Bill
By Ernest Nzor, Abuja Connected Development (CODE), a non-profit organisation, has applauded the Kano State Government for approving the Child Rights Protection Bill. The reason for the bill is to protect children, girls especially, from early marriages and domestic violence, as well as punish violators of children’s rights. Recall CODE ...
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Nigeria Reggae Export, Winning Jah Tops Shaggy, Sean Paul, UB40, Others On iTunes Reggae Chat
By Anthony Ada Abraham, Nigeria-international Italian based reggae export, Kingsley Eno Osagie, popularly known as Winning Jah is in a joyous mood as his album “Africa Inside Me” ranked 14th position on Top Reggae Albums on iTunes beating Shaggy, Sean Paul, UB40, Majek Fashek and others. Jah who is one ...
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PDP A Viable Option For Nigeria’s Unity, Devt – Metuh
By Chibuzo Ukaibe, Abuja Former national publicity secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olisa Metuh, has said that the PDP remains a viable option for Nigeria’s unity, stability and development, given that it possesses the values, ideals and principles needed to pull our nation out of her present ...
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PMBÂ Offers Automatic Employment, Scholarship To 110 Ex-corps MembersÂ
By Jonathan Nda- Isaiah President Muhammadu Buhari has offered automatic employment to 110 ex-corps members in the Federal Civil Service and scholarships for the pursuit of post-graduate studies up to doctoral level in any university in Nigeria. Speaking at the virtual 2018/2019 President’s National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) honours award ...
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Avoiding Rumours In Times Of Adversity
Happenings around the world reiterate the stern fact that fake news and rumour are the biggest evil of the digital age. Today’s column deems it fit to share the nuggets in the sermon delivered by Professor Ibrahim Maqari on the revered pulpit of the National Mosque, Abuja. The Khutbah, titled ...
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Stallion Group Hosts Otunba Adebayo, Fashola Others At Nigeria’s First Electric Car Grand Unveiling
By Our Correspondent Nigeria’s first locally assembled electric car, Hyundai Kona, was unveiled in a grand style at the Nation’s Federal Capital Territory, Abuja on the 5th of Feb.5, 2021 by Stallion Group, with high profile dignitaries including the minister of industry, trade and investment, Hon. Otunba Richard Adeniyi Adebayo, ...
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United Nigeria To Conduct Inaugural Flight FridayÂ
By ANTHONY AWUNOR, Lagos New entrant into the Nigeria’s aviation industry, United Nigeria Airlines will conduct its inaugural flight on Friday, February 12, 2021. The inaugural flight will take off from the domestic wing of Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MM2) in Ikeja, Lagos state and terminate at the Akanu Ibiam ...
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Stakeholders Charge Govt To Explore Capital Market For Long-term Economic Plan
BY OLUSHOLA BELLO, Lagos Stakeholders in capital market have called on the federal government to build its long-term plan around the capital market to ensure faster and sustained growth and development. The experts, who spoke at the yearly economic review of the Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers (CIS), were unanimous that ...