Nigeria
Vai alla Scheda Paese »A man of worth never gets up to unsay what he said yesterday.
— Chinua Achebe
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Abdulrazaq Commends PMB On Youth Investment Fund
By Ernest Nzor, The son of Kwara State governor, Farouk Abdulrazaq, who is a politician and business development manager, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari on the approval and establishment of a N75 billion Nigeria Youth Investment Fund (NYIF). The investment fund has been approved for three years following a memo ...
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Over 500 Exhibitors To Attend 15th Abuja Int’l Trade Fair
The Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) yesterday confirmed that over 500 exhibitors from within and outside Nigeria are being expected to attend the 15th Edition of the Abuja International Trade Fair in October. The ceremony themed, “Trade and Commerce Beyond Borders” is scheduled to take place on the ...
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FG Committed To Lifting Large Scale Onion Farmers – CBN
The federal government is committed to transforming the nation’s economy through the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Anchor Borrower Scheme targeted at uplifting the standard of peasant onion farmers to large scale farmers, Alhaji Abdullahi Farouk has said. Farouk, who is the Sokoto State CBN Agric officer, spoke during the ...
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A/Ibom: CSO Supports Technical College With N385,000 Grant
A Civil Society Organisation, Development Research and Projects Centre (dRPC) in partnership with Open Society foundations has given a grant of N385,000 to the Government Technical College, Abak, Akwa Ibom State. The grant, according to the CSO was aimed at supporting technical schools across Nigeria to prepare exit students for ...
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UKaid Empowers IDPs With £1.4m In Borno
Mercy Vincent Foundation and EYN Project, Maiduguri in partnership with Christian Aid Nigeria, with funding from Ukaid has disbursed N20,000 each to 1,080 vulnerable households in four local government areas of Borno State. The project, embarked by UKaid through the Department For International Development ( DFID) also reached 1326 households ...
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Lawmaker Commends PMB For Signing Nigeria Police Act 2020
Member of the House of Representatives who sponsored the Nigerian Police Bill 2020, which has no been signed into an Act, Hon Yusuf Gagdi has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for signing the law. Gagdi, while commending the president’s action, said the Act would no doubt promote intense security in states ...
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Respect Ruling Of Industrial Court, Union Tells NUPPPPROW
Pulp Paper and Paper Products, Printing and Publishing Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PPAPPPAPSSAN) has called on National Union of Printing, Publishing and Paper Products Workers (NUPPPPROW) to limit its activities to junior workers in the sector. The association said no junior workers’ trade union can negotiate, represent or ...
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Ajagba Beats Rice With Unanimous Decision
Nigeria’s heavyweight boxing sensation, Efe Ajagba, improved his unbeaten boxing record to 14-0-11 with a unanimous decision win over Johnnie Rice on Sunday despite fighting with an injured elbow. The fight is Ajagba’s debut for new promoters Top Rank, after spending three years with former promoters Ringstar Sports and going ...
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Breweries Donates PPEs, Essential Supplies to Ibadan University College Hospital
Nigerian Breweries Plc, foremost Nigeria’s brewer has donated essential supplies including Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) to the University College Hospital, Ibadan, Oyo state in continuation of its support in the fight against the spread of coronavirus pandemic in Nigeria. Other items that were donated include 120 packets of facemasks, 70 ...
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Report Reveals Tobacco Industry Interfering In Nigerian Government Policies
The Nigeria Tobacco Control Alliance (NTCA) and the Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) have launched the 2020 tobacco industry interference index report for Nigeria. The report of the survey forms part of the Global Tobacco Industry Interference Index – a global survey of how public health policies are ...
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FG Collaborating With Investors To Improve Digital Sector – Osinbajo By Jonathan Nda-Isaiah, Abuja Just as global social media and technology giant, Facebook was informing the Federal Government about its decision to open a Nigerian office in
Just as global social media and technology giant, Facebook was informing the Federal Government about its decision to open a Nigerian office in Lagos, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN has restated the determination of the Buhari administration to keep boosting the nation’s technology sector and digital economy. According to a ...
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Okonjo-Iweala Makes Top-5 List For WTO DG
Nigeria’s former minister of Finance and candidate in the forthcoming election for the director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has made the advance list of contestants for the global position, as three contestants are screened out of the race. The WTO announced on its website yesterday ...
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Boboski: Fear Grips Rivers Politicians AsPolice Nab Council Boss
Operatives of the Rivers State Police Command has arrested the chairman of Gokana local government area, Hon. Paul Kobani, for alleged being the prime sponsor of the late most wanted kidnapper, Honest Digbara, popularly known as Boboski. Boboski was arrested last weekend by a combined team of the Nigeria Police ...
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WTO: Okonjo-Iweala, 4 Others Advance To 2nd Round Of Election
Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria’s candidate aspiring to the position of Director General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) has won the first run of elections and has along with four others advanced to the second phase. The other contestants, who are from Kenya, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, and the UK, ...
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LANW Partners Christian Aid, Disbursed N25.6m To 581 Vulnerable People In 4 LGAs Of Kaduna State
BY ISAIAH BENJAMIN Kaduna Legal Awareness for Nigerian Women (LANW) a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) in partnership with Christian Aid Nigeria with support from UKAID has disbursed N25.6 million to 581 poor and vulnerable households in 16 communities from Makarfi, Kachia, Kaura and Kajuru Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Kaduna State ...
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‘Proper Accounting Of Natural Resources Will Generate Revenue To FG’
The Globe Nigeria in partnership with the Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning have called for proper accounting for the nation’s natural resources. The duo while speaking yesterday, during a two-day training workshop held in Abuja for Federal Ministries Department And Agencies (MDAs) on “Mainstreaming Natural Capital Accounting into ...
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ANOCA Hosts World Clean Up Day In Lagos
The Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA) and a global network organisation for the promotion of clean environment Let’s Do It World (LDIW), in collaboration with other interest groups is organising the World Clean Up Day (WCD). The day is a global clean up action uniting millions of ...
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Após encampação da Linha Amarela, deputados do RJ pedem anulação de concessão da CCR
CCR diz que recebeu com surpresa a proposta da Assembleia Legislativa do Rio de Janeiro Na mesma semana em que o Superior Tribunal de Justiça (STJ) deu aval à encampação da Linha Amarela, concessão rodoviária da Invepar no Rio de Janeiro, deputados estaduais também pediram a extinção ...
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Confiança do empresário do comércio tem alta recorde em setembro
O Índice de Confiança do Empresário do Comércio (Icec), medido pela Confederação Nacional do Comércio de Bens, Serviços e Turismo (CNC), registrou, em setembro, alta de 14,4% na comparação com agosto. É a maior alta da série histórica da pesquisa, iniciada em abril de 2011. Apesar da alta mensal recorde, o ...
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Nigeria: Biafra Doesn't Need Your Investment, IPOB Replies Miyetti Allah
[Vanguard] The Indigenous People of Biafra IPOB, Thursday, replied Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, MACBAN's claim that they were in the South-East just for business interest.
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NHIS Enrols 1000 Retired Policemen In Bauchi
The National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) has enrolled 1,099 retired police officers in Bauchi State. Alhaji Aminu Tanimu, the state NHIS Coordinator, announced in a statement, made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Bauchi. Tanimu said that the exercise was mainly to extend affordable healthcare to ...