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— Chinua Achebe
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Grupo Mateus confirma preço de ação no IPO e levanta R$ 4,615 bilhões
A rede de supermercados maranhense Grupo Mateus confirmou a precificação da sua oferta pública inicial de ações (IPO, na sigla em inglês) a R$ 8,97 por papel, conforme havia sido antecipado ontem pelo Valor. Com a oferta base, o exercício de 14,49% do lote adicional (sendo ...
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CSOs Task Govt On Justice For Women, PLWDs
By Blessing Bature, Abuja A civil society organisation (CSO), Rights Enforcement and Public Law Centre (REPLACE) has tasked government on need to uphold the fundamental human rights of Nigerians vulnerable people, especially women and people living with disabilities (PLWDs). The executive director of REPLACE, Barrister Felicitas Aigbogun-Brai, said this yesterday in Abuja ...
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FG Prioritising Devt Of Gas Resources, Says Sylva’s Aide
Mr Justice Derefaka, the Technical Adviser on Gas Business and Policy Implementation to the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, says development of Nigeria’s vast gas resources remains national priority of the Federal Government. Derefaka spoke on Friday at webinar organised by the University of Lagos Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) ...
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Cornerstone Insurance Partners FRSC On Insurance Penetration
BY MARK ITSIBOR, Abuja Cornerstone Insurance Plc has partnered Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) to deepen insurance penetration in the country, especially among motorists and other road users. The partnership is aimed at improving their level of awareness with regards to claims and elimination of procurement of fake insurance policies. ...
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Customs FOU Zone ‘B’ Makes Seizures Worth DPV Over N360m In One Month
BY ISAIAH BENJAMIN Kaduna The Nigeria Customs Service (NSC) Federal Operation Unit (FOU) Zone ‘B’ Kaduna said it has made various seizures with Duty Paid Value (DPV) of N360,227,250:00 within one month. The Comptroller FOU Zone ‘B’ Mustafa Sarkin-Kebbi who made the disclosure while briefing newsmen in Kaduna gave a ...
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Customs Generates N16.10bn From Import, Export At Onne Port
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Area ll Command, Onne Port has announced that it generated a total of N16.10 billion from import and export for September, 2020. A statement from the command made available to LEADERSHIP Friday, said the money was generated in the first month of the Customs Area ...
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Chevron Invests $5m In Fight Against TB/HIV
Chevron has revealed that it is spending over $5 million (about N1.9 billion) to support the federal government’s fight against tuberculosis, malaria and HIV in the country since 2017. Chairman and managing director, Chevron Nigeria Limited, Jeff Ewing, who disclosed this, lauded the 12-year partnership between Chevron and the Global ...
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As Nigeria Deepens The Gains Of Digital Economy
After 60 years as a sovereign nation, Nigeria is beginning to key into the multi-trillion dollar global Digital Economy. The pace of engagement gained in tempo with the appointment of Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami as minister of Communications and Malam Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi as the director-general of the National ...
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Making Of Kano Economic City A Reality
A new chapter will soon be opened in the commercial development of Kano, a city boasting of 1,000 years of continuous existence as a centre of commerce and in a great way transform the economy of the ancient city and restore it to its enviable position as strategic sub-Saharan African ...
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Senate Denies Dumping PIB, For Debate Oct 20
BY BODE GBADEBO, Abuja The Senate yesterday denied ever dumping the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB), saying it is committed to expeditious passage of the Bill and the N13.08 trillion 2021 budget estimates. Senate spokesman and chairman of its Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Senator Ajibola Basiru (APC, Osun Central) ...
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Military Arrests Foreign Boko Haram/ISWAP Arms, Logistics Supplier
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) said the troops of Operation Lafiya Dole have arrested a foreign arms and logistics supplier for the Boko Haram /Islamic States of West Africa States Province (ISWAP) terrorists. The coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, disclosed this while giving updates on military operations across the ...
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Juros futuros têm dia de queda firme após leilão do Tesouro
A taxa do DI para janeiro de 2025 cedeu de 6,66% para 6,56% e a do DI para janeiro de 2027 passou de 7,58% para 7,53% O leilão semanal de títulos públicos do Tesouro Nacional foi, mais uma vez, o principal fator a influenciar o mercado de ...
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Over 7,000 gather for Jobberman’s Virtual Career Fair To Boost Employment Opportunity
By KINGSLEY OKOH, Lagos In a move to facilitate talent attraction and place 3 million young Nigerians in dignified employment spaces in the next 5 years, leading professional recruitment agency, Jobberman Nigeria, hosted Nigeria’s largest Virtual Career Fair in partnership with MasterCard Foundation as part of efforts to leverage on ...
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Malami: Nigeria’s Chief Law Officer To Be Reckoned With
Upon his successful ascendance into power in 2015, key and most urgent jobs that needed to be delivered to Nigerians by President Mohammadu Buhari which also served as parts of his election promises were the war against graft and insecurity. So, President Buhari had to search thoroughly for an unbiassed ...
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WTO Race: Ngozi Iweala Makes Final Shortlist
The World Trade Organization is due to announce on Thursday the final two candidates from a shortlist of five to lead the agency. Reports suggest they are both women – Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala of Nigeria and Yoo Myung-he of South Korea. The WTO has never been led by a woman or ...
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Annual Claims Value Of Insurance Firms Rise Above N100bn—AIICO Boss
BY ZAKA KHALIQ, Lagos Insurance companies in the country have paid consistently over a N100 billion annually for the last three years, a development that shows the importance underwriters now attached to prompt claims payment. The insurance industry, in 2018 financial year paid above N150 billion claims, while investigation revealed ...
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Operators Set Agenda For New SON DG
By Kingsley Alu, Abuja Leading business operators and industry players across the country have been upbeat concerning their expectations from the new appointment Director General, Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), Mallam Farouk Salim. For them, it would be only through improved budgetary funding and mobilising adequate resources that are urgently ...
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I’m Excited To Be With Super Eagles – Akpoguma
Hoffenheim of Germany center back, Kevin Akpoguma has expressed happiness at linking up with the Nigeria national team, Super Eagles at their training camp in Austria. Akpoguma, one of the nine foreign-born players currently with the Super Eagles, is in contention to make his senior debut after his one-time request ...
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Reajuste do frango testa demanda interna
Diante da disparada dos preços dos grãos usados na ração, indústrias buscam repassar os custos A disparada dos grãos que compõem a ração achatou as margens de lucro das agroindústrias processadoras de frango, desafiando a capacidade dos frigoríficos de repassar a alta de custos ao consumidor. A ...
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FEC Approves N1.8bn For NADDC’s Automotive Training, Service Centres
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the sum of N1.8billion for the National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC), to procure and install automotive/mechatronics equipment in special centers in six geopolitical zones of the country. Addressing State House correspondents shortly after the virtual FEC meeting in Abuja on Wednesday, ...
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Senate Moves To Investigate Complaints Of Excessive Bank Charges
The Senate on Wednesday at plenary directed its Committee on Banking, Insurance and other Financial Institutions to investigate complaints of Nigerians on illicit and excessive bank charges by commercial banks on customers’ accounts. It also directed the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to look into the complaints of Nigerians and ...