Nigeria
Vai alla Scheda Paese »A man of worth never gets up to unsay what he said yesterday.
— Chinua Achebe
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Volkswagen espera concluir negociações com sindicatos nas próximas semanas
Montadora pretende reduzir em 35% o quadro de funcionários em todas as fábricas no país O presidente da Volkswagen América Latina, Pablo Di Si, disse hoje que a montadora espera concluir as negociações com os sindicatos de metalúrgicos nas próximas semanas. Segundo o executivo, a montadora ...
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International Flights: 2,360 Passengers To Take Off From Lagos, Abuja Airports
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), yesterday issued a circular to all aviation stakeholders and the foreign airlines flying into Nigeria, where it disclosed that 2, 360 passengers will travel from the Abuja and Lagos airports from tomorrow. In the “All Operators Letter” with reference number NCAA/AIR/11/16/225 and signed by ...
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We’ll Ground Economic Activities In Rivers If Peaceful Protest Fails, Labour Tell Wike
Organised labour, comprising the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) has said it will next Tuesday hold a peaceful protest in Rivers State to demand the state governor, Nyesom Wike ends what they described as “persecution and infractions on workers and trade union rights in Rivers State” Addressing ...
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Southwest Leads In Insurance Adoption With N329bn Premium
Of the six geo-political zones in the country, South West zone has the highest rate of insurance penetration and adoption, LEADERSHIP learnt. However, the figure of the south west zone was boosted by Lagos State which is responsible for 50 per cent of insurance adoption in the zone. This reflected ...
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BDCs Want CBN To Review Profit Margin
As Bureau de Change (BDC) operators begin to fund their accounts in anticipation of dollar sales by the Central Bank of Nigeria on Monday, September 7, 2020, the foreign exchange traders have urged the apex bank to reconsider the advised rates. The CBN sell dollars to the BDCs at a ...
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Looming Recession: Steps To Save Nigeria’s Economy
As the COVID-19 induced recession looms, MARK ITSIBOR in this report, suggests fundamental steps authorities must take to successfully guide the nation through the pandemic. Nigeria arguably occupies a strategic position in the global economy. A significant portion of the world economy is directly or indirectly linked to the health ...
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South West Leads In Insurance Adoption With N329bn Premium
Of the six geo-political zones in the country, South West zone has the highest rate of insurance penetration and adoption, LEADERSHIP learnt. However, the figure of the south west zone was boosted by Lagos State who is responsible for 50 per cent of insurance adoption in the zone. This reflected ...
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CUPP Rejects CAMA, Says Law Invitation To Anarchy
The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) has rejected the Companies and Allied Matters Act (CAMA), saying it’s an invitation to anarchy. CUPP spokesman, Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere, in a press conference yesterday in Abuja, accused some members of the National Assembly of secretly inserting and passed as amendments, obnoxious sections ...
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Emefiele And CACOVID: The Burden Of A Patriot
The year 2020 started on a brighter and prospective note for Nigeria and Nigerians, with the expectation of increased economic activities, arising most especially, from the CBN’s sustained interventions in agriculture and Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). Economic indices also proved this until what was believed to be a localised virus in ...
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Dólar contraria exterior e fecha em queda com otimismo sobre reforma
Moeda americana teve um dia de recuperação pelo mundo O otimismo com a possível retomada da agenda reformista no Brasil levou o dólar comercial a se segurar em queda durante praticamente toda a sessão nesta quarta-feira. Embora o sinal vindo do exterior tenha sido negativo, investidores ...
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CUPP Rejects CAMA, Says Law Invitation To Anarchy
The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) have rejected the Companies and Allied Matters Act (CAMA) saying it’s an invitation to anarchy. CUPP spokesman, Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere in a press conference on Tuesday in Abuja, accused some members of the National Assembly of secretly inserting and passed as amendments obnoxious sections into ...
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Challenges Of Growing Small Business In Nigeria
With 30.2 million small businesses operating nationwide, we cannot ignore the magnitude of small business impact on the local economy. The importance of small business to local communities is deeply rooted in buying and selling with friends and neighbours. . In some towns and villages, a small business is the ...
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BC prevê queda do PIB próxima de 5% neste ano e avanço superior a 4% em 2021
Roberto Campos Neto, presidente da autoridade monetária, diz que perspectivas para o quarto trimestre e para o próximo ano são melhores do que esperado pelo mercado O Banco Central (BC) calcula que o Produto Interno Bruto (PIB) cairá aproximadamente 5% neste ano e subirá um pouco mais ...
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Onne Port: Customs Generates N70B In 8 Months
The Area II Command of the Nigeria Customs Service at Onne Port in Rivers State, has said it generated the sum of N70Billion between January and August 2020. This is as it recorded a total of 31 seizures involving 27 containers with total Duty Paid Value (DPV) over N825Million from ...
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Kaduna Govt Sponsors Law School Students, Two Physically Challenged
Kaduna State Scholarship and Loans Board has supported 27 law students with N18.5 million for their Law School programme, out of the 90 candidates that applied. In a statement issued by the Executive Secretary of the board, Malam Hassan Rilwan on Tuesday, the board said that the selection was done ...
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Govs Meet Over Stamp Duty, Executive Order 10
The Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) will today meet over stamp duty and the contentious Executive Order 10. President Muhammadu Buhari had on May 20 signed the Executive Order 10, giving financial autonomy to the legislature and judiciary at the state level. The Order empowers the accountant-general of the federation to ...
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Oxford University Loses Bid To Stop Nigerian Lawyer’s N10m Suit
Justice Ibironke Harrison of the Lagos State High Court in Igbosere, yesterday, dismissed the preliminary objection filed by the University of Oxford, England against a suit instituted by a Nigerian lawyer, Ogedi Ogu, challenging the definition of some words in its dictionary. The foreign University had urged the judge though ...
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CNAS-CIN To Hold 3 Week Web Summit On Cryptocurrency
The Compliance Institute Nigeria (CIN) in partnership with the Centre for National American Security (CNAS), a coalition of global compliance professionals and business leaders, has announced that it will hold a three-week workshop series on cryptocurrency operation. The web-based workshop will take place on 11th, 18th and 25th September, 2020 respectively, 9-10:30am US Eastern ...
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TRF-1 suspende ação penal em que Lula é réu por recebimento de propina
Desembargadores da Quarta Turma do tribunal entenderam não haver provas suficientes para prosseguir com as investigações O Tribunal Regional Federal da 1ª Região (TRF-1) suspendeu uma ação penal em que o ex-presidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva era réu por suposto recebimento de propina para favorecer o braço da Odebrecht ...
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Ayade Vows To Train More C’River Youths On Agripreneurship
The governor of Cross River State, Sir Ben Ayade, Tuesday visited the foremost agricultural training and business farms in Abuja, vowing to build capacity of more Cross River youths on Agribusiness. The visit became necessary to enable Ayade assess the expansive Hi-Tech driven institution where more Cross River indigenes would ...
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Ipea: Ajustes do IBGE explicam queda menor que esperada do investimento
Instituto previa queda de 24,5% da FBCF no segundo trimestre, mas tombo foi de 15,4% Os ajustes usados pelo Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE) para calcular o Produto Interno Bruto (PIB) durante a pandemia explicam a queda menor do que a projetada para os investimentos, ...