Nigeria
Vai alla Scheda Paese »A man of worth never gets up to unsay what he said yesterday.
— Chinua Achebe
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PMB Approves Immediate Reopening Of 4 Land Borders
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the immediate reopening of four land borders. Hajia Zainab Ahmed, Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting on Wednesday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The virtual FEC was presided over by ...
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FAAC Shares N601bn For December
BY MARK ITSIBOR, Abuja The Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) has shared a total of N601.110 billion November 2020 federation account revenue to the Federal, States and Local Government Councils and agencies. This was announced after FAAC meeting for the month of December 2020 held at the federal ministry of ...
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Lewandowski vota por medidas indiretas para obrigar vacinação
O julgamento iniciado hoje foi interrompido após o voto do relator e será retomado amanhã O ministro Ricardo Lewandowski, do Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF), defendeu que ninguém pode ser obrigado a tomar a vacina contra a covid-19 à força, mas que União, Estados e municípios podem estabelecer ...
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Guedes: Expectativa da OCDE para PIB em 2020 está muito próxima da nossa
Ministro disse que relatório da organização, que estima queda do PIB de 5% neste ano, reforça a importância da agenda de reformas O relatório da Organização para a Cooperação de Desenvolvimento Econômico (OCDE) sobre a economia brasileira reforça a importância da agenda de reformas, afirmou nesta quarta-feira ...
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Superávit da balança comercial em 2021 poderá ser recorde histórico
As exportações brasileiras deverão atingir US$ 237,334 bilhões no próximo ano, com aumento de 13,7% em relação aos US$ 208,791 bilhões estimados para este ano de 2020. As importações poderão chegar a US$ 168,316 bilhões, com crescimento de 7,3% ante os US$ 156,916 bilhões esperados para este ano. Estimado em ...
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FCT-NDE Train Women On Spice Production
BY HENRY TYOHEMBA, Abuja No fewer than fifty unemployed women have benefited from the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) office of the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) on COVID-19 mitigation in spice production. The programme which aimed at training women on business skills to enable them establish specific skill-based enterprises within ...
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Labour, CSOs Seeks WATAF Partner On Tax Justice
By Michael Oche, The Tax Justice and Governance Platform (TJ&GP) has stepped up its campaign for a transparent tax system in Nigeria with an advocacy visit to the West African Tax Administration Forum (WATAF) office. The TJ&GP platform is made up of trade unions who are affiliated with the Public Service International (PSI) as ...
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Nigeria: Osinbajo Discusses Nigeria, UK Post-Brexit Relations With Johnson's Trade Envoy
[Vanguard] Discussions around improving relations between Nigeria and the United Kingdom (UK) across different sectors especially in the post-Brexit era is not only exciting but will make a difference for both countries, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN.
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W/Bank Votes $3bn For Poverty Reduction In Nigeria
The World Bank Group has announced a new five-year Country Partnership Framework (CPF) from 2021 to 2024 and approved a $1.5-billion package to help build a resilient recovery post- COVID-19. In addition to that, the Bank also announced that it has approved $1.5 billion for two projects, which include: Nigeria ...
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Headline Inflation Hits 15%
Nigeria’s headline inflation recorded steep increase in November as the eco- nomic headwinds largely occasioned by outbreak of COVID-19 and slump in oil prices continue to impact the na- tion’s economy. Report by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed that the con- sumer price index (CPI) which meas- ures ...
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SAM NDA-ISAIAH 1962-2020: Senate Honours Media Mogul, Observes 1-min Silence At Plenary
The demise of the chairman of LEADERSHIP Group Limited, publishers of LEADERSHIP Newspapers and National Economy, Sam Nda-Isaiah, has continued to draw tributes from the high and mighty in Nigeria and beyond, with the Senate yesterday observing a minute silence in honour of the late media mogul. The late Nda-Isaiah ...
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Kankara Abduction: Partner With Security Agencies, APC Tasks Nigerians
By ANDREW ESSIEN ABUJA The governing All Progressives Congress (APC) has called on the citizenry to partner with security agencies towards tackling the insecurity situation in the country. This is as asked security agencies to dig deeper and tackle the security challenges especially with the abduction of over 500 students ...
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Sanwo-Olu, Abiodun Harp On Women Empowerment
BY ABIODUN SIVOWAKU, Lagos Lagos State Governor Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has stressed the need for women empowerment to fast track the process of revitalizing the nation’s economy. The governor stated this at the maiden edition of the #Herconomy Conference and the third edition of #AGSTribe Annual Challenge held in Lagos. ...
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Lagos Govt Reassures MSMEs Of Conducive Business Environment
By OLUSHOLA BELLO, Lagos Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has reiterated his commitment to ensuring a conducive business environment for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) in the state. Sanwo-Olu made the pledge at the closing ceremony of the 2020 edition of the Lagos International Trade Fair themed: ‘Connecting ...
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Nigeria: Ogrih - Real Estate Investment Still Good in Economic Recession
[This Day] The current economic recession in Nigeria should not be an excuse not to invest in real estate; in fact, it should be a fine reason to put money in property. Real estate business pays at all times, if done correctly. Worst case scenario, investors will get their money ...
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FG Suspends Issuance Of FTZs Licences
The federal government has suspended issuance of licences for the operations of Free Trade Zones (FTZs) in the country. The minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Chief Adeniyi Adebayo, announced this at the inauguration of the panel on the evaluation of the performance of FTZs, yesterday in Abuja. A statement ...
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Family Planning To The Rescue Amid Deepening Recession
By The Society for Media Advocacy on Health, Nigeria As the economy slips into deeper recession with no adequate resources to cater for the growing population, there is the need for couples to adopt family planning by giving birth to children that they can cater for. Nigeria’s economy has slipped ...
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Hotelier Tasks FG On Infrastructure, Security, Others
By ANTHONY AWUNOR, Lagos A key player in the nation’s hospitality and tourism industry has appealed to the federal government to assist in facilitating more business-friendly environment by providing adequate infrastructure, security and others facilities that will make hotel business thrive. Chairman of Dover Hotel, Mr Jackson Agbai Abbah who ...
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LEADERSHIP Reporter Wins Nestlé Nigeria’s Most Innovative Media Partner Award 2020
By Adeniyi Adunola, LEADERSHIP Health Reporter, Royal Ibeh has won the Most Innovative Media Partner award of the year 2020 (1st runner-up), at the Nestle Nigeria Plc. 2020 Media Awards. The award was presented in Lagos on Friday at the Nestlé Nigeria Plc. 2020 Media Awards. Corporate Communications & Public ...
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Gender Violence: el-Rufai’s Wife Sets Up #ummielrufaisgbvchallenge
By Israel Bulus, Kaduna To mark the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence (25 November to 10 December 2020) the wife of the governor of Kaduna State H.E. Aisha-Ummi Garba El-Rufai set up the #ummielrufaisgbvchallenge! This was in collaboration with the leading GBV development partner – the UNFPA plus ...
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Bridging Nigeria’s Transport Infrastructure Deficit Through PPP
Nigeria’s transportation industry is challenged with a huge infrastructure deficit that could mar its rating among similar industries in the West and Central Africa. YUSUF BABALOLA writes that the surest means to bridge the gap is through Public Private Partnership (PPP). Aside from the $45 billion reserved by the Central ...