Nigeria
Vai alla Scheda Paese »A man of worth never gets up to unsay what he said yesterday.
— Chinua Achebe
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Keystone Bank Donates Sanitary Kits To Over 2000 Marginalised Girls
In furtherance of its commitment to empower, enhance and promote healthy living amongst Nigerian women and young girls, Keystone Bank Limited, through its ‘Pink Network’ initiative, in partnership with Giveback Nigeria and Hayat Holdings (Molped pads), has donated menstrual period kits to over 2000 marginalised girls in secondary schools in ...
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Governo vê greve de caminhoneiros menor que em 2018; ministro cita ‘conotação política’
O governo acredita que a paralisação dos caminhoneiros deve ser bem mais limitada que em 2018, por não contar com apoio de empresas transportadores e algumas importantes associações de autônomos. Mas o clima no fim de semana esquentou com o vazamento de um áudio de conversa do ministro Tarcísio Freitas ...
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Gov Makinde’s Aide Alleges Plot To Derail Oyo’s Economy, Chase Away Investors
By Waheed Adebayo, Ibadan The Chief Press Secretary to Governor Seyi Makinde, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, on Sunday, accused opposition figures in the state of a deliberate plot to chase away investors and slow down the state’s economy. Adisa, who was reacting to a statement credited to the governorship candidate of ...
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Justiça de SP proíbe greve de caminhoneiros na Dutra e estipula multa
A decisão estipula multa de R$ 10 mil para pessoas físicas e R$ 100 mil para jurídicas em caso de descumprimento da medida Antônio Cruz/ABr/Arquivo O Tribunal de Justiça de São Paulo (TJ-SP) proibiu na última sexta-feira a obstrução da Rodovia Presidente Dutra, que liga São Paulo ao ...
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FAME Foundation: Minister Lauds ‘PLAY it DREAM it’ Boot Camp For IDP Girls
By Salifu Usman, Abuja A Non-Government Organization (NGO), FAME Foundation, has advanced philanthropic efforts with the launching of ‘PLAY it DREAM it boot camp for Internally Displaced Girls’, a new initiative aimed at using sports as a tool to help girl child access quality education and resources to achieve their ...
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Nigeria, Imperiled Democracy And Insecurity
By Simon Reef Musa Since the issuance of a 7-day ultimatum by the Ondo State Governor Rotimi Akeredolu on January 18, 2021 to criminal herders occupying forest reserves to either vamoose or face the full wrath of the law, the country before now had been on tenterhooks. More frightening, the ...
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Smuggling: Benin Republic, Togo, Others At Risk Of Dwindling Revenue
BY YUSUF BABALOLA, Lagos There are strong indications that Benin Republic, Togo and other neighbouring countries may suffer dwindling fortune from smuggling of vehicles into Nigeria as the new vehicle import tariff kicks off next week. The federal government had in the assented Finance Act 2020 proposed a ...
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Dutch Court Orders Shell To Pay Nigerian Farmers Over Oil Spills
By Festus Okoromadu, Abuja and Anayo Onukwugha, Port Harcourt A Dutch Appeal Court on Friday ordered energy giant Shell’s Nigerian subsidiary to compensate farmers in two villages for the damage to their land caused by leaks in 2004 and 2005. The judgement has been described as a victory for ...
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FG Redeems $500m Eurobond
BY MARK ITSIBOR, Abuja Debt Management Office (DMO) has announced Nigeria’s 6.75 per cent $500 million Eurobond which matured on January 28, 2021, will be redeemed. “For this purpose, funds have been made available by the Federal Government of Nigeria to the fiscal agent to repay the principal sum of ...
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Marketing Adire Fabric To The World
BY SEYI BAKARE Of all the Yoruba textile creations, adire, literally that-which-is tied￾and-dyed, is the most decorative. The Yoruba produce ofi, sanyan, kijipa and many others, but none accommodates the descriptive and expressive fibre of Yoruba thought and practices like adire, a fabric associated with the ancient city under the ...
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FG Considers Another Lockdown In Abuja, Lagos, Plateau
BY PATIENCE IVIE IHEJIRIKA, Abuja The federal government hinted yesterday that it was considering targeted lockdown in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) as well as Lagos and Plateau States. National Incident Manager of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, Mukhtar Muhammed, who stated while speaking on Channels Television’s ...
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New Service Chiefs Assume Duty As Buratai Pulls Out
By Tarkaa David, Abuja New Service Chiefs including chief of defence staff major general Lucky Irabor,chief of the air staff air vice marshal Oladayo Amao and chief of naval staff rear admiral Awwal Zubairu Gambo assumed office during handing and taking over ceremonies at the Armed Forces Complex, Abuja. The ...
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Equities Market To Improve Amidst Liquidity, Earnings In 2021
BY OLUSHOLA BELLO, Lagos Norrenberger Financial Group. said, the Nigerian equities market in 2021 will be shaped by system liquidity, corporate earnings, attractive corporate dividends, foreign exchange and foreign portfolio investors. This was made known in its report titled ‘Seizing The New Reality’, which was designed for local and foreign ...
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Foundation Empower Young Entrepreneurs With Business Startups
By Olawale Ayeni, Abuja The William and Helen Heritage Foundation (WHHF) in partnership with Business Academy Africa, a non-governmental organization on Friday in Abuja organised a programme to empower young entrepreneurs with business startups. The two-day event which began on Thursday and ended today (Friday) was a virtual and physical ...
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CBN Financing Support Has Created Economic Stability – ACJHR
By Jonathan Nda- Isaiah, The African Centre for Justice and Human Right (ACJHR) has noted with concerns claims by a global rating agency, Fitch report, on the decision of the Central Bank of Nigeria to print more money to finance the Federal Government’s budget. Fitch, had in its report claimed ...
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Resist All Incentives To Start Any Ethnic Strife, NAS Tells Nigerians
By Jonathan Nda-Isaiah, The National Association of Seadogs, Pyrates Confraternity, have called on Nigerians to resist all incentives to start any ethnic strife. In a statement by Abiola Owoaje, NAS Capoon in Abuja, poverty and bad governance affects every tribe and tongue equally. He said, “We call on Nigerians to resist all incentives to ...
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CBN, NIRSAL Adopts YEN As Development Partner
By Tarkaa David, Abuja Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending Plc have appointed Young Entrepreneurs of Nigeria (YEN) as its development partner. The engagement and partnership are specifically in the areas of entrepreneurship development and MSMEs entrepreneurial training in Nigeria for ...
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Nigeria Philanthropist, Elizabeth Jack-Rich Celebrates Hubby In Style
…pour out her heart with love notes. By Our Correspond A Former beauty queen and one of Nigeria’s female celebrity who is a reputable business mogul, Elizabeth Jack-Rich has expressed in a heart touching notes what her love of life meant to her. Engr. Tein Jack-Rich, a quiet but influential ...
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Customs Seizes Container Of Pangolin, Elephant Tusk Worth N952m
BY YUSUF BABALOLA | The Apapa Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), has intercepted an export container concealed with 162 sacks of pangolin scales weighing 8,800 kg and 57 sacks of mixed endangered species of various sizes such as Ivory/animal horns, lion bones and others destined for Haiphong in ...
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Promoting Transparency In Cash Transfer Schemes
BY PETER STANLEY | The National Cash Transfer Programme was introduced by the Federal Government in 2016 in partnership with the World Bank to fortify social safety nets and establish a social protection system in Nigeria in line with the Buhari administration‘s social investment agenda of eradicating poverty and promoting ...
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FG To Receive 802 Nigerian Returnees From Saudi Arabia
By INNOCENT ODOH, ABUJA The Federal Government has made arrangements to receive 802 Nigerian returnees from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said. The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Gabriel Aduda, said this in a statement yesterday, stressing that the 802 Nigerian ...