Nigeria
Vai alla Scheda Paese »A man of worth never gets up to unsay what he said yesterday.
— Chinua Achebe
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BREAKING: Labour Issues 7 Days Ultimatum To FG Over Hike In Petrol, Electricity Tariff
By Michael Oche, Abuja The Trade Union Congress (TUC) has urged the Federal government to reverse the increase in pump price of fuel and electricity tariff in the next seven days or face a mass action. The TUC in a letter addressed to President Muhammadu Buhari said Nigerians “cannot bear ...
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Ipea: Controle de despesas pode economizar até R$ 816 bi em 10 anos
Projeção considera congelamento temporário de salários e mudanças nas carreiras de servidões Estudo divulgado nesta segunda-feira pelo Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada (Ipea) mostra que medidas de controle de despesas com pessoal da União, Estados e municípios podem resultar em uma economia de R$ 673,12 bilhões a ...
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AUDA-NEPAD Initiative Will Strengthen 90% Farmers – Gov AbdulRasaq
By Olawale Ayeni, The initiative of African Union Development Agency- New Partnership for Africa’s Development (AUDA-NEPAD) Nigeria to strengthen small holder farmers capability who constitute almost 90 percent of farmers in the country will greatly impact on the nation’s food security, eliminate unemployment and promote other socio-economic benefits, says Governor Abdulrahman AbdulRasaq ...
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Boko Haram: Buni Commences Construction of Houses For IDPs In Yobe
BY HUSSAINI JIRGI, DAMATURU. Yobe state Governor Hon Mai-Mala Buni, has commenced the construction of 15 units of two-bedroom semi-detached houses for Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, in the state. Governor Mai Mala, started that the project was sponsored by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Shell Petroleum Development Company of ...
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Law Union & Rock Insurance Shareholders Accept Investor’s Offer To Recapitalise
BY ZAKA KHALIQ, Lagos Shareholders of Law Union and Rock Insurance Plc have accepted an offer of N1.23 per share for every 50 kobo ordinary share they held from the new owner-Verod Capital Management. The board secured the exit payment from its new investor in the quest to get full ...
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Nigeria Needs $4bn To Implement Broadband Plan Over 5 Years- Teniola
In this interview with CHIMA AKWAJA, the President, Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON), Engr. Olusola Teniola, speaks on the role of technology in the pandemic, broadband plan implementation The Nigeria telecom sector has surpassed expectations, remaining resilient and helping the economy withstand and navigate the Covid-19 pandemic. What ...
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FG Shifts Meeting With Labour To Tuesday
The Federal Government has rscheduled the meeting between its team and the leadership of the organised labour, comprising the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) to discuss the economy, to Tues- day next week. Deputy director, Press and Pub- lic Relations, Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, ...
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CBN’s Emergency Maize Intervention Saved Livestock Sector – Stakeholders
Stakeholders in the livestock and feed sector, particularly those in poultry and fish farming have said the timely intervention by the Central Bank of Nigeria through its emergency approval it gave to four companies to import 262,000 tonnes of maize into the country saved the sector from near collapse. The ...
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ACCI To Partner UNIABUJA On Skills Development, Innovation
The Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) has expressed readiness to collaborate with University of Abuja in various sectors including skill development, innovation, commercialisation of research and the new Abuja University Business School. The ACCI president, Prince Adetokunbo Kayode, made this known when he received some top management staff ...
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National Commission For Persons Living With Disabilities
On January 23, 2019 President Muhammadu Buhari signed the Discrimination Against Persons with Disabilities (Prohibition) Act 2018 into law after nine years of relentless advocacy by disability rights groups and activists. According to the World Health Organization’s 2011 World disability report, about 15 per cent of Nigeria’s population, or at least ...
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FEPSAN Commends PMB Over Ban On Food, Fertilizer Import
The president of the Fertilizer Producers and Suppliers Association of Nigeria (FEPSAN), Mr Thomas Etuh, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for re-emphasising the need to sustain the ban placed on the importation of fertilizer and some staple food items into Nigeria. Speaking on the presidential proclamation, Etuh said it is ...
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Juros futuros acompanham mau humor externo e fecham em alta
No fim da sessão regular, às 16h, a taxa do DI para janeiro de 2022 passou de 2,84% para 2,86% e a do DI para janeiro de 2023 subiu de 4,11% para 4,15% Os juros futuros encerraram o pregão regular desta sexta-feira (11) em alta, depois de ...
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Dólar tem leve alta antes de semana com Fed e Copom
Moeda americana encerrou em alta de 0,26%, a R$ 5,3328 A recuperação ainda cambaleante das ações do setor de tecnologia dos Estados Unidos, combinado com a falta de noticiário relevante sobre o cenário fiscal local, levou investidores a uma leve realização de lucros no dólar comercial na ...
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Era Of Lobbying For Postings, Promotion In Customs Over — Ali
The Comptroller-General of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Col. Hameed Ali (rtd), says the era of lobbying for postings and promotion in the service is over. Ali said this while addressing students of Junior Course Six and Seven, during a graduation ceremony at Nigeria Customs Command and Staff College, Gwagwalada, Abuja ...
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Nigeria Criminal Justice System Cumbersome, Corrupt – Orija
Oluyemi Orija is a Lagos-based legal practitioner and human rights activist. In 2015, she set up her lam chambers, Headfort Chambers, an all-female law firm and in 2018 Orija established Headfort Foundation, which specialises in rending free legal services to poor inmates who have spent months or years, in ...
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Traditional Rulers, Politicians Issuing LG Letters Of Origin To Illegal Immigrants In C/River – NIS
By RICHARD NDOMA Calabar Nigeria Immigration Service,( Cross River State Command) has frown against attitude of some traditional rulers and politicians in the state who issue certificate of Local Government of origin to foreign nationals through the backdoor without recourse to due process and national interest consideration. The Comptroller of ...
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Insurers Face Low Travel Insurance Sales, High Claims Demand
By ZAKA KHALIQ Lagos Insurance companies in the country are currently facing low travel insurance policy sales and high claims demand as the multiplier effect of coronavirus pandemic continues to bite harder, LEADERSHIP learnt. Although, federal government has since 5th of September, 2020, opened up the nation’s airspace for international ...
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COVID-19: NNPC/Chevron JV Donates PCR Lab To Delta
Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL), operator of the joint venture between the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and CNL (NNPC/CNL JV), has donated a Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) labora-tory facility to Warri Central Hospital to support the fight against COVID-19 pandemic in Delta State. Other items donated along with the machine ...
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PGR prorroga trabalhos da Lava-Jato em Curitiba até janeiro
O pedido do grupo era que esse prazo fosse de um ano A Procuradoria-Geral da República (PGR) decidiu prorrogar os trabalhos da força-tarefa da Lava-Jato de Curitiba até o dia 31 de janeiro de 2021. O pedido do grupo era que esse prazo fosse de um ano. ...
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Kano Hisbah Arrests 648 Beggars For Violating Street Begging Laws
The Kano State Hisbah Board has arrested 648 suspected beggars in Kano metropolis for allegedly violating the law on ban of street begging from February till date. The Public Relations’ Officer (PRO) of the board, Malam Lawan Ibrahim, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) ...
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Nigeria’s ipNX Delivers 200Mbps Internet Speed To SMEs, Homes
Internet service provider, ipNX has introduced FOS Xtreme flagship into the market with two service plans Xtreme100 and Xtreme200, offering speeds of 100Mbps and 200Mbps respectively. This offering for homes and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) is the first of its kind in Nigeria, lending credence to ipNX’ reputation for ...