Nigeria
Vai alla Scheda Paese »A man of worth never gets up to unsay what he said yesterday.
— Chinua Achebe
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#ENDSARS: Police Officers Desert Duty Posts, Checkpoints
Officers and men of the Nigeria Police Force have deserted their duty posts in several states across the country in the aftermath of the #EndSARS protests that rocked the country recently. Our correspondents in several states report that the cops have not been in their various duty posts for time ...
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Indigenous Firm Drags Amaechi To Court Over Rail Project
An indigenous firm, Insight Dynamic Resources Limited has dragged the minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi before a Federal High Court, Abuja over the rail project. This is even as the firm expressed displeasure over its failure to take part in the nation’s Rail Project which Export–Import Bank of the United ...
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FG, States’ Debt Profile To Hit N38.68trn In 2021
Given pending approvals, Nigeria’s total public debt stock will hit N38.68 trillion by December 31, 2021, says minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed. This comprises the external and domestic debts of the federal and State governments including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Mrs Ahmed gave this projection ...
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TdC: 69% dos inscritos para consultas externas no SNS aguardam para além do tempo máximo de resposta garantido
A mediana no tempo de espera para consultas externas a mediana subiu de 100 para 171 dias, assinala relatório do Tribunal de Contas. A instituição presidida por José Tavares diz que a recuperação da atividade não realizada no SNS devido à pandemia pode "justificar a criação extraordinária de incentivos específicos ...
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AWB Launches New Research Into Workplace Violence Against African Women
By ANTHONY AWUNOR, Lagos Non-profit organisation African Women on Board (AWB) has launched a new research project based on its 2020/2021 theme: ‘The Power of Africa’s Female Economy’. The initiative will begin by focusing on violence, women, and the workplace, a core research project conducted in partnership with Ford Foundation, ...
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FirstBank Clinches Global Finance 2020 Best Mobile APP Award
First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s premier and leading financial inclusion services provider has announced that its mobile banking application, FirstMobile, has been awarded the 2020 Best Mobile Banking App award 2020 in the Global Finance Best Digital Bank Awards 2020. The achievement of this feat is largely attributable to ...
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NASAL Unveils Her One Youth One Legislator Projects In Partnership With AU ECOSOCC Nigeria
By SOLOMON NDA-ISAIAH, Building an all-inclusive system of government has being one of the major cry of the Nigerian youths as they have decided not to sit at the fence anymore but get involved into the development of their various, constituencies, states and the nation at large which was part ...
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Eleições: novos prefeitos encontrarão “cenário desafiador” nas cidades
Os prefeitos que assumirão a administração de suas cidades a partir de 1º de janeiro de 2021 encontrão mais dificuldades que os seus antecessores. A economia brasileira estará em recuperação após a recessão mais aguda da história, provocada pela pandemia de covid-19. No rastro da crise, queda de arrecadação e ...
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#EndSARS Looting: Sanwo-Olu Assures Business Owners Of Support, Tax Holiday
BY GEORGE OKOJIE, Lagos Following recent looting and burning of several shops and stores at Circle Mall in Lekki by hoodlums in the wake of the EndSARS protests, Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu has promised to assist the tenants and shop owners at the mall for them to bounce ...
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PIB: FG Moves To Revoke Oil Firms’ Licences Over Neglect Of Host Communities
BY FESTUS OKOROMADU, Abuja and CHIKA IZUORA, Lagos Oil firms that neglect their obligations to host communities risk losing their operating licenses if the new Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) presently before the National Assembly sails through. In the new bill sighted by LEADERSHIP yesterday, the power to revoke ...
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#EndSARS Looting: Sanwo-Olu Assures Business Owners Of Support, Tax Holiday
BY GEORGE OKOJIE, Lagos Following recent looting and burning of several shops and stores at Circle Mall in Lekki by hoodlums in the wake of the EndSARS protests, Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has promised to assist the tenants and shop owners at the mall for them to bounce ...
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COVID-19: FG’s N5bn Bailout For Airline Operators Inadequate – Senate
BY BODE GBADEBO, Abuja The Senate has called on the Federal Government to give a more substantive bailout fund to Nigerian airline operators by increasing the already approved N5bn bailout for them in order to keep them in the business and as well prevent them from shortchanging customers. Chairman, Senate ...
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Berklee Announces Partnership wWth Afrinolly Creative Hub On MTN Y’ello Star Project
Berklee College of Music will take part in Y’ello Star, the latest music reality project by MTN Nigeria, with Afrinolly as Technical Partner. Members of the Berklee community will serve in various capacities on the project, and the winner of the music project will record their debut single at the ...
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Don Advocates Synergy In Rebuilding Nigeria’s Image Abroad
BY BODE GBADEBO, Abuja The Director of National Education Academy, Prof. Adams Agahiu, has called on Nigerian stakeholders for a greater collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in rebuilding the nation’s image abroad. Agahiu, who made the call during an interview with journalists on Abuja, eulogised the efforts of ...
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Audiomack Partners Transsion Holdings To Further Amplify African Music
By SAMUEL ABULUDE, Lagos Committed to spotlighting and elevating young local talent on the continent by investing capital and knowledge resources into African culture and communities, Audiomack today announced a partnership with Transsion Holdings, the manufacturer of popular smartphone brands, Tecno, Infinix and Itel. This partnership will further drive the ...
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Reap Africa Initiative Launches Project ‘Back To Agro’
By Salifu Usman, Abuja In support of the Federal Government’s drive to boost the agricultural sector of the economy and empower Nigerians, Reap Africa Initiative, a Non-Governmental Organisation, is set to launch project KOMANOMA (Back to Agro). The project which is aimed at empowering 50,000 unemployed youths and employing youths ...
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Nigeria: Group Plans N2 Billion Investment, Seeks Partnership With Bayelsa Govt
[This Day] Petferns Group has begun a N2 billion investment operations in the country with the purchase of seven hectares of land in Bayelsa State, setting up of assembling and manufacturing plants. The plants are expected to provide employment for 3,000 Nigerians directly and indirect.
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Editorial: Donald Trump Is A Danger To Nigeria’s Democracy
We’re not taking it lightly: In the countdown to the US election, just 24 hours away, this newspaper considered more than once the option of writing Nigeria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs to issue a travel warning to Nigerians about the state of affairs in the United States. We also considered ...
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#EndSars Protests : Smugglers Flood Lagos, Ogun Markets With Rice, Tokunbo Cars
Smugglers have flooded markets in Lagos and Ogun States with smuggled foreign parboiled rice, foreign used vehicles, poultry products and groundnut oil in the af- termath of the #EndSARS protests that left the country’s borders porous, LEADERSHIP investigations have revealed. The #EndSARS protest embarked on by Nigerian youths campaigning against ...
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BtoB Events Announces FABWA, WAAS, BWA, All booked for Lagos Landmark Centre
By SAMUEL ABULUDE, Lagos Three of Nigeria’s most popular trade and retailer exhibitions are set to return in 2021, BtoB Events, the country’s leading exhibition organiser, has announced. Food & Beverage West Africa will run from June 16th-18th, the West Africa Automotive Show is scheduled for July 13th–15th and Beauty ...
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FG To Partner FIFA On Youth Football Devt
By Olawale Ayeni, Abuja The federal government through the ministry of youth and sports development is set to partner with the FIFA on football development in the country. The minister of youth and sports, Sunday Dare, made this known during the third edition of the virtual Town Hall meeting with ...