Nigeria
Vai alla Scheda Paese »A man of worth never gets up to unsay what he said yesterday.
— Chinua Achebe
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Nigeria Officially Slides Into Worst Recession Since 1987
The Nigerian economy has slipped into its second recession in five years after the gross domestic product contracted the second consecutive quarter. The National Bureau of Statistics on Saturday announced that the nation recorded a contraction of 3.62 per cent in the third quarter of 2020. This year’s recession, occasioned ...
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Nigeria slumps back into recession as Covid bites
Oil price crash brought on by pandemic hits Africa’s biggest economy
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PIB, New Electoral Law For Passage In 2021 – Lawan
BY BODE GBADEBO, Abuja The Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB), the Electoral Act 2010 (Amendment) Bill and the ongoing review of the 1999 Constitution will be ready for passage in 2021. Senate president, Senator Ahmed Lawan, who disclosed this yesterday, also revealed that the National Assembly was working hard to ensure ...
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NASS To Pass 2021 Budget In 3 Weeks – Lawan
* Says PIB, new electoral law to be ready in 2021 BY BODE GBADEBO, Abuja The National Assembly is working hard to see to the passage of the 2021 Appropriation Bill in the next three weeks, Senate President, Senator Ahmad Lawan, disclosed on Friday. He also revealed that the much-talked-about Petroleum ...
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Media, NGOs, Must Partner To Fight Social Vices – Itodo
The media and non governmental organisations have been enjoined to work together in tackling social vices in the country. The call was made by an Abuja based media practitioner, Comrade Yemi Itodo, who called for synergy between journalists and Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) that are into ...
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Students Drag ASUU To Court Over Strike, Demand N10bn Compensation
Law Students Association of Nigeria has dragged the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), before the Federal High Court Abuja, challenging what it described as the incessant strikes of the union. In the suit which was filed at the court on Friday, the association is seeking an order to compel ...
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Post-harvest Losses In Nigeria Hits N3.42trn Annually
By KINGSLEY OKOH, Lagos The Chief risk officer of Farm Crowdy, a leading player in the agricultural value chain in Nigeria, Mr. Akindele Phillips, has said that the volume of Post-harvest loss in Nigeria amounts to N3.42trillion annually. To that end, Phillips said Farm Crowdy insurance unit aims to be ...
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CNNIC Launches New Content To Showcase Dangote Transformational Projects
By KINGSLEY OKOH, Lagos CNN International Commercial (CNNIC), has launched a global content branded campaign to demonstrate the impact of Dangote Industry investments across Africa through its transformational projects. The global campaign, tells the story of Dangote’s vision of a self-sufficient Africa that is powered with the company’s investments to ...
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Tetrapak To Invest £100 million In Sustainable Devt, For Low Carbon Economy
By KINGSLEY OKOH, Lagos Tetrapak, World leading food processing and packaging solution company has announced plans to invest £100 million to reduce green house carbon emission in the economy by focusing on improving packaging materials and recycling waste for renewable source and energy. This, they said, would create a sustainable ...
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Raising Educational Standard, Key To Our Operational Areas – Seplat
By Patrick Ochoga, Benin City The leading Nigerian Independent energy company, Seplat Petroleum Development Company Plc (SEPLAT) in partnership with its Joint Venture (JV) partner, the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC), said raising the quality of education of secondary school students in it operational areas is key and part of ...
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Ex-NBA President, SANs Disagree On Forfeited Assets
Former president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), J.B.Daudu (SAN), another senior advocate of Nigeria Chief Mike Ozekhome and a senior law lecturer at University of Lagos, Wahab Shittu have disagreed on federal government’s anti-corruption efforts and its handling of recovered proceeds of crime, including forfeited assets. Shittu has been ...
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FG’s Planned Reduction Of Import Duties, Taxes On Vehicles Injurious To Automobile Industries – PAN
BY NONYE EKWENUGO Kaduna Peugeot Automobile Nigeria (PAN) Limited has faulted Federal Government’s plan to reduce import duties and taxes for tractors, buses and passenger vehicles, noting that it would serve as disincentive to Nigerian automobile plants and increase unemployment. Chairman of PAN Nigeria, Hon. Ahmed Aliyu Wadada, who stated ...
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Nigeria: What NIPC Is Doing to Grow Nigeria's Foreign Direct Investment - Yewande Sadiku
[Premium Times] For constant flow of foreign direct investment into the country, Mrs Sadiku, executive secretary, NIPC, says there must be stability in government policies
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PS sublinha importância do regresso das reuniões do Infarmed
Além das reuniões, em entrevista aos jornalistas, José Luís Carneiro classificou o momento atual como "crítico", mas sublinhou a existência de "indicadores que são relativamente positivos", como é o caso da estabilização ao crescimento de casos.
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Embattled Bank Manager Petitions CJN, Alleges Malicious Prosecution
By NAHUM SULE | The embattled managing director of Taraba Micro Finance Bank, Mr. Nasiru Audu Baba has petitioned the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Tanko Muhammad against the Taraba State Chief Judge, Justice Filibus Andertur, the state’s Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice, Mr. Sam Adda and others over alleged ...
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Amnesty Programme: It’s No More Abuja Business, New PAP Boss Declares
By EMAMEH GABRIEL | The interim administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Col. Milland Dixon Dikio (rtd), has declared that the presidential amnesty programme will no longer be an Abuja-based business as he is now focused on taking the programme to people in the region as against what was ...
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FG Moves To Tackle Multiple Designations Granted To Foreign Airlines
BY ANTHONY AWUNOR | The House of Representatives Committee on Aviation is considering a new legislation on civil aviation that will critically examine and take care of multiple designations granted foreign airlines in Nigeria. The lawmakers are also planning to address the issue of lack of foreign currency access and ...
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Sterling Bank Launches Single-digit Agribusiness Facility
By OLUSHOLA BELLO, Lagos | Sterling Bank Plc has launched a new product, Sterling Women and Youths in Agriculture Finance code-named SWAY-AgFin, to provide low-cost financing at single-digit rates to young men and women entrepreneurs in the agribusiness value chain across the country. Group head, Agric Finance and Solid Minerals ...
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Experts Charge Underwriters On IT Adoption To Boost Insurance Sale
BY ZAKA KHALIQ, Lagos Insurance experts have charged underwriting firms to increase the use of Information Technology(IT) to increase insurance penetration and adoption in the country. The experts, who spoke at a recent virtual seminar organised by the Funmi Babington-Ashaye Foundation and themed: ‘Insurance In The New Normal’, said, this ...
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NOC Athletes Commission Seeks Media Partnership
By Olawale Ayeni, Abuja The Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC)’s Athletes Commission has sought the partnership and collaboration of the media towards the development of the country’s sports in line with international best standards. The chairman of the commission, Olumide Oyedeji, made the plea while speaking to the newsmen in Abuja, ...
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Sports Ministry To Partner AJ Tennis Academy
In furtherance of its role of grooming young stars from the grassroots, the Ministry of Youth and Sports Development is to partner with United States- based AJ Tennis Academy to establish a world- class tennis Academy in Abuja. Speaking during a visit to the minister, Sunday Dare, in his office, ...