Nigeria
Vai alla Scheda Paese »A man of worth never gets up to unsay what he said yesterday.
— Chinua Achebe
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Again, Samsung Heavy Industries’ JV Gets ISO Certifications
By CHIKA IZUORA, LAGOS Barely two years after SHI-MCI FZE fabrication and integration yard, a joint venture company of Samsung Heavy Industries Nigeria Limited (SHIN), was certified as International Standards Organisation (ISO) 9001:2015 and ISO 29001:2010 compliant, the company has obtained ISO14001:2015 and ISO45001:2018 certifications. SHI-MCI yard located in Lagos ...
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Japan and Mexico agree to expand membership of TPP free trade pact
Mexico is the first stop of an 11-day trip that will also take Toshimitsu Motegi to Uruguay, Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil, Senegal, Nigeria and Kenya.
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The Importance Of Wang Yi’s Visit To Nigeria
For many years now, China- Africa relations have metamorphosed into something bigger and more vital for the two parties. China has always placed Africa on its foreign itinerary with Chinese Foreign Ministers making it a call of duty to visit Africa annually. This year 2021 will not be different, it ...
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Energia do futuro será limpa, descentralizada e democrática, dizem especialistas
Com corredores de mobilidade elétrica e soluções sob medida para consumidores, transição energética já é realidade para empresas como a Neoenergia Descarbonização, digitalização e descentralização. São esses os 3D’s que guiam o futuro do setor energético no caminho para um mundo mais sustentável. O Valor Econômico reuniu ...
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Balança deve ter superávit de US$ 69 bi em 2021, estima AEB
“O Brasil quase obrigatoriamente terá superávit, porque é grande exportador de commodities, mas a corrente de comércio não tem crescido nos últimos anos”, observa o presidente da Associação de Comércio Exterior do Brasil O superávit comercial de US$ 50,994 bilhões atingido pelo país em 2020 foi ...
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‘IP Infringement Has Compromised Patient’s Safety In Nigeria’
BY MARK ITSIBOR, Abuja Stakeholders in the pharmaceutical sector of the Nigerian economy have raised the alarm over the rising spate of intellectual property infringement in the sector, saying it has seriously impacted the nation’s economy and local manufacturing of pharmaceutical products. They therefore demand the review of intellectual property ...
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Africa: PIB - How Nigeria Attracted Only 4% of $75bn Africa's Oil, Gas Investment in 4 Years
[Vanguard] by Nwafor
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How Remittance Policy Will Boost Inflow Of Forex
The recent remittance policy introduced by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) may likely boost the inflow of forex into the country. BUKOLA IDOWU writes. The Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBNs) policy on diaspora remittance became effective early last month, a situation that enhanced the services of bankers on the ...
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NIN Enrollment: FG Directs Suspension Of Staff Over Extortion
BY ERNEST NZOR | The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Ali Isa Ibrahim Pantami, has directed the immediate suspension of staff members involved in extortion of applicants at the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) in Bauchi and Kaduna state offices. The director-general/CEO of NIMC, Engr Aliyu Aziz, who ...
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LCCI Calls For Competitive Environment To Attract Investment To Oil & Gas Sector
By OLUSHOLA BELLO | Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), has highlighted the need for Nigeria to create a competitive environment that will position the oil industry to attract capital. The director-general of LCCI, Dr Muda Yusuf said, “The oil and gas industry is a major contributor to the ...
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PFAs Divest N900bn Pension Fund Investments In Bonds To Equities
BY ZAKA KHALIQ and OLUSHOLA BELLO | With pension fund investments in Open Market Operations (OMO) bills now matured, the Pension Fund Administrators (PFAs) have diverted over N900 billion from the proceed of the matured bills into the equities market in 2020, LEADERSHIP can exclusively reveal. The Central Bank of ...
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Nigeria Needs New Audit Law
Nigeria’s budgets and public funds are currently audited and evaluated with a pre-independence Audit Law or Act. There is currently no audit law for the Office of the Auditor General of the Federation (OAGF). The only relevant statute is the pre-independence Audit Ordinance of 1956. An Audit Bill was passed ...
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The Importance Of Wang Yi’s Visit To Nigeria
By Bukola Ogunsina | For many years now, China- Africa relations have metamorphosed into something bigger and more vital for the two parties. China has always placed Africa on its foreign itinerary with Chinese Foreign Ministers making it a call of duty to visit Africa annually. This year 2021 will ...
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Financiamento imobiliário tem desafios para manter ritmo em 2021
Em meio à crise provocada pela pandemia de covid-19, um setor da economia brasileira encerrou 2020 em ritmo de superação. De janeiro a outubro, os financiamentos imobiliários concedidos com recursos da poupança totalizaram R$ 92,7 bilhões, crescimento de 48,8% em relação ao mesmo período de 2019, segundo os dados da ...
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Prefeito de Porto Alegre toma posse e promete manter ‘cidade aberta’ para recuperar economia
Sebastiao Melo, prefeito de Porto Alegre Reprodução/Youtube Sebastião Melo (MDB-RS) tomou posse hoje em Porto Alegre com um discurso direcionado ao setor empresarial. "Queremos manter a cidade aberta porque a economia passou por grandes dificuldades e não tem mais espaço para fechar a cidade", disse na Prefeitura Municipal, ...
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NINM Optimistic Of Better 2021 Despite COVID-19
By Michael Oche, The National Institute of Marketing Nigeria (NIMN) has urged Nigerians and marketing professionals in the country to look up to 2021 with confidence, courage and faith in God. The Institute in it’s new Year message signed by its President/Chairman of Council, Tony Agenmonmen, admitted that with the ...
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This Path We’re Taking Will Destroy Us If…
BY RETSON TEDHEKE | The obsession for foreign goods and services has obviously been one of the biggest banes to national development. Even as Nigeria struggles to wade off the challenges that it is currently facing, which is occasioned by the outbreak of COVID-19 and with the government’s efforts to ...
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Sanwo-Olu Signs N1.163trn 2021 Budget
BY GEORGE OKOJIE | Lagos State governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Thursday signed the 2021 budget of N1.163trillion into law. The budget christened ‘Budget of Rekindled Hope’, has a Capital Expenditure of N702.9billion and a Recurrent Expenditure of N460.6billion which stands at a ratio of 60 to 40 per cent. ...
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President Buhari’s 2021 Budget Speech
SPEECH BY PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI AT THE SIGNING OF THE 2021 APPROPRIATION BILL AND THE 2020 FINANCE BILL INTO LAW ON THURSDAY DECEMBER 31, 2020 AT COUNCIL CHAMBERS, PRESIDENTIAL VILLA, ABUJA. It gives me great pleasure today to sign the 2021 Appropriation Bill and the enabling 2020 Finance Bill into ...
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NDLEA Nabs 61 Suspected Drug Traffickers In Niger
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Niger Command, says it arrested 61 suspected drug traffickers in different parts of the state from January to date. The acting Commander of the agency in the state, Mr Isaac Aloye, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna on ...
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Afreximbank, Credit Suisse Complete $1bn 3-year Loan For BoI
BY MARK ITSIBOR, Abuja African Export-Import Bank(Afreximbank) has announced that the closing of a $1 billion facility for the Bank of Industry, Nigeria’s state-owned development bank. The Facility provides much needed support to Nigerian businesses across key sectors and is the largest international syndicated loan to a Nigerian financial institution ...