Nigeria
Vai alla Scheda Paese »A man of worth never gets up to unsay what he said yesterday.
— Chinua Achebe
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Elites, Associates, Others In Lagos For Ogunsan’s Wife At 40
All is set for the 40th birthday celebration of the wife of the Chairman of Executive Group and Board Member, Lagos State Security Trust Fund (LSSTF), Dr. Ayo Ogunsan. Clocking 40 in grand style today, the birthday celebrant, Ajoke Ogunsan, will be hosted by friends, family, business associates and well ...
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Diaspora Remittances: Experts Forecast Increased Inflow Of Forex, More Gains For Naira
…Say Naira will close 2020 at N450/$ By BUKOLA IDOWU, Lagos As the value of the naira gains strength on the back of the latest policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on remittances by Nigerians in diaspora, financial analysts have said they expect increased inflow of foreign ...
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Business Mogul Harry Akande Dies At 77
BY ADEBAYO WAHEED, Ibadan An astute businessman of international repute and presidential aspirant of the All People’s Party (APP) in the 1999 elections, Chief Harry Ayoade Akande is dead. Akande whose legacy and influence cut across continents died yesterday at the age of 77. The Ibadan traditional ...
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Ogah And The Return Of Sanity In Mining Sector
By GIDADO IBRAHIM Nigeria is heavily endowed with an array of mineral resources, big enough to finance thrice the size of its current national budget. However, the sector had been bedeviled by illegal mining activities, where criminals and community lords feast on these critical assets, to the extent that ...
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Paschal Offor Charges “Queen Of South East” Contestants To Be Peaceful In Camp
By Our Correspondent Real Estate and Logistics Entrepreneur Paschal Offor has called on the contestants of Queen of South East Nigeria Pageant to be law abiding and peaceful ahead of the grand finale Set to hold on 6th December 2020 at the prestigious Oma Event Center Awka Anambra State. ...
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FG To Curb $12bn Post-harvest Losses In Agricultural Value Chain
The Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL Plc) is championing advocacy for the operationalization of a Secured Agricultural Commodity Transport and Storage Corridor (SATS-C) which is expected to combat post-harvest losses, create jobs and boost the contribution of the agriculture to Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). NIRSAL’s ...
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PIB 2020: Lawyers Call For Robust Public Engagement, Examination
By ANDREW ESSIEN ABUJA A league of legal practitioners under the agies of Coalition of Public Interests Lawyers and Advocates (COPA) have expressed concerns over certain aspects of the Petroleum Industry Bill 2020 (PIB) which they say if left without proper interrogation, will have adverse effects on the nation’s oil ...
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Ser voluntario de rescate: la satisfacción de salvar una vida
Nacional Contenido Premium: 1Su mayor satisfacción es recibir las gracias. No devengan un salario, pero el ...
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Fintech ADD, que atua com banking as a service, deve atingir 1 milhão de contas no 1º ano
Criada em fevereiro pelo ex-Rio Bravo José Roberto Kracochansky, fintech tem parcerias com RB Benefícios, Conlife, Valorem, entre outras A fintech ADD, criada em fevereiro pelo ex-Rio Bravo José Roberto Kracochansky, deve terminar este ano com mais de 1 milhão de contas digitais. A companhia atua na ...
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Live do Valor: Mario Mesquita, do Itaú Unibanco, fala sobre o cenário de retomada da atividade econômica nesta segunda, às 11h
A perspectiva de que a vacinação contra a covid-19 comece em breve tem gerado um forte entusiasmo no mercado financeiro no mundo e também no Brasil. Na Live do Valor desta segunda-feira, dia 7, o economista-chefe do Itaú Unibanco, Mario Mesquita, vai analisar se essa euforia ...
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Digitilisation Of Govt Processes ‘ll Eliminate Corruption – Minister
By Sunday Isuwa, Abuja The minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Isa Ali Pantami, has said digitilisation of government processes and procedures will eliminate corruption and encourage transparency in the country. Pantami stated this at a National Seminar on Anti-corruption organised by the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) tagged: Fighting ...
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Digitilisation Of Govt Processes ‘ll Eliminate Corruption – Minister
By Sunday Isuwa, Abuja | The minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Isa Ali Pantami, has said digitilisation of government processes and procedures will eliminate corruption and encourage transparency in the country. Pantami stated this yesterday at a National Seminar on Anti-corruption organised by the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) ...
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Group Unveils Whistleblowing Crime Reporting Scheme
A new crime reporting scheme which shields the identities of the whistleblowers has been unveiled in collaboration by the Police, NIPOST Security Initiative Advocacy Group (PONSIAG). At the launch of the scheme in Abuja on Wednesday, PONSIAG chancellor, Mr Emeka Oraetoka, said that under the initiative, with a strong partnership ...
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Dangote Refinery Named Among 20 Most Influential Projects In The World
By CHIKA IZUORA | Dangote Oil Refinery has been listed among top 20 influential projects surveyed in the last 18 months by the renowned Project Management Institute (PMI) global, for the potential to fuel Nigeria’s economic transformation from importer to self-sustaining powerhouse in petroleum refining. PMI, which disclosed this recently ...
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Kaduna Introduces Sex Offenders Register
By NONYE EKWENUGO | The acting governor of Kaduna state, Dr Hadiza Balarabe, on Thursday, said the state government has introduced sex offenders register to name and shame offenders. The deputy governor said the government also established four sexual Assault Referral Centres in Kaduna state, clarifying that the law to ...
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Resultado do PIB evidencia prejuízos da covid-19 ao setor de serviços
O diretor de Estudos e Políticas Macroeconômicas do Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada (Ipea), José Ronaldo Souza Júnior, disse hoje (3) que o crescimento de 7,7% do Produto Interno Bruto (PIB, soma de todos os bens e serviços produzidos no país) no terceiro trimestre deste ano mostrou recuperação baseada fortemente ...
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FG Reiterates Commitment To Promote Welfare Of PLWDs
By Blessing Bature-Akpakpan, Abuja In commemoration of the 2020 International Day of Persons With Disabilities (IDPWDs) with the theme “Building back better: toward a disability-inclusive, accessible and sustainable post COVID-19 world”, the Federal Government has reiterated its commitment towards the promotion of the welfare of Persons With Disabilities (PWDs) in ...
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Gender-Based Violence: ‘Implementation of Existing Laws Poor’
Chinelo Chikelu, Abuja | Law and Gender-Based Violence GBV, experts have lamented the poor implementation of existing laws against gender-based and domestic violence, including the Violence Against Persons Prohibition VAPP, Act. They urged federal government reference of all such cases to NAPTIP as the police’s hands are too full to ...
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Still On Fake News And EndSARS Protest
By Sadiq K. Dangogo As a young professional photographer, I was invited to cover an event at the PRNigeria Centre in Abuja. Surprisingly, rather than minding my business of taking the pictures, my attention was drawn to the theme of the event when the moderator announced that “101 Cases Of ...
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TETFund: Fast-Tracking Knowledge-Driven Economy Through Centers Of Excellence
BY HENRY TYOHEMBA, Abuja Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has taken on the responsibility to resuscitate Nigeria’s economic growth by redirecting its focus on transformation of Higher Institutions from mere ‘citadels of learning’, to the springboard of Nigeria’s leap into the knowledge economy paradigm. In this regard, TETFund Executive secretary, ...
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INL Donates ICT Equipment To NCC
By ABUBAKAR YUNUSA and AMINU FAVOUR AKINYELE, Abuja The US Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) has donated Information and Communication Technology(ICT) equipment to Nigeria Copyright Commission (NCC) for effective monitoring online copyright infringement. The items are laptops, printers, public address system, scanner, projectors, UPS and flash drives. ...