Nigeria
Vai alla Scheda Paese »A man of worth never gets up to unsay what he said yesterday.
— Chinua Achebe
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Nigeria: PIB to Drive New Wave of Investments in Nigeria's Oil Industry - Total
[Vanguard] Managing Director, Total Exploration and Production Nigeria Limited, Mike Sangster, Tuesday, disclosed that passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB, would spur a new wave of investments by oil and gas companies in the Nigeria petroleum industry.
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New PIB Designed To Make Nigeria Investment Haven – Sylva
The minister of state for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, yesterday said the country’s oil and gas industry was being positioned to become an investment destination as the new petroleum industry bill (PIB) will take care of all issues related to making the sec- tor attractive to investors. Speaking at ...
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Nigeria Stock Market Defies Q2 GDP, Up By N33bn
Trading on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Tuesday sustained upward posture, in spite of a negative Gross Domestic Product (GDP) recorded in the second quarter of 2020. Specifically, the market capitalisation increased further by N33 billion or 0.25 per cent to N13.194 trillion against N13.161 trillion posted on Monday. ...
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Stakeholders Call For Collaboration To Achieve SDGs
Lafarge Africa Plc, business leaders and other stakeholders have agreed that collaboration, acceleration of activities and effective strategies must be deployed to achieve the sustainable development goals of the United Nations for Nigeria by 2030. Speaking at the Lafarge Africa first maiden edition of Sustainability Webinar Series with the theme, ...
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Obaseki In Talks With NEPZA For Economic Zone Status For Edo
The Edo State Government has said that the vibrant private sector scene in the state has benefited immensely from the favourable policies designed to attract investment and remove bottlenecks that hinder business growth. Head, Edo State Investment Promotion Office (ESIPO), Kelvin Uwaibi, who said this in a chat with journalists ...
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Proposed PIB Will Create Sustainability In Oil, Gas Sector — Slyva
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, says the proposed Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB), will create wide varieties of features that will drive sustainability of the oil and gas sector. Sylva stated this at the Virtual Nigeria Energy Transformation Summit (NEITS), organised by Society of Petroleum Engineers ...
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Nigeria’s GDP Contracts By 6.10% In Q2 2020
Amid the major challenges posed by the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic and existing vulnerabilities, the Nigerian economy recorded negative growth in real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the second quarter (Q2) of 2020, a development experts say was expected. Analysts who spoke with LEADERSHIP, urged government to formulate policies that ...
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‘ICT Contributed 17.83% In Q2 To Nigeria’s GDP ‘
The Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector contributed 17.83 per cent to Nigeria’s National Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the second quarter (Q2) of 2020, the minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, has sai. Pantami, who quoted the ‘Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product Report’ for Q2 ...
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Nigeria’s Foreign Policy And Ghana’s Impudence
This editorial was first published a couple of months ago. With Ghana’s aggression towards Nigeria and especially her renewed hostile policies aimed at Nigerians and their businesses, we are compelled to publish it again in the hope that it will spur the Nigerian authorities to action. For those conversant with ...
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Precisamos de credibilidade para pegar no tranco a partir de dezembro, diz Campos Neto
Presidente do Banco Central reconhece que a recuperação da economia deve suavizar com o fim do auxílio emergencial e outros programas governamentais O Banco Central (BC) está otimista com as perspectivas para a recuperação da economia, afirmou nesta segunda-feira o presidente da autoridade monetária, Roberto Campos ...
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Neste momento o BC é passageiro, o piloto é o fiscal, afirma Campos Neto
Presidente do Banco Central disse não ser contra transferência de recursos para o Tesouro, mas ressaltou a importância de não ser caracterizada como financiamento O presidente do Banco Central (BC), Roberto Campos Neto, destacou nesta segunda-feira a importância do quadro fiscal para a condução ...
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Vendas de imóveis caíram 2,2% no primeiro semestre, diz CBIC
Os lançamentos de imóveis residenciais caíram 43,9% no primeiro semestre ano, enquanto as vendas tiveram retração de 2,2%, na comparação com igual período do ano passado. Esses números estão no estudo Indicadores Imobiliários Nacionais do segundo trimestre de 2020, divulgado hoje (24) pela Câmara Brasileira da Indústria da Construção (CBIC) ...
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We’ll Invest $10m On WiFi Technology In Nigeria- Marinho
In this interview with Mr. Akin Marinho, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of FiamWifi, a telecommunications network service provider, he speaks to CHIMA AKWAJA on the company’s plan to provide affordable ubiquitous internet coverage to connect Nigerians to the digital economy. Nigerians would like to know and how and when ...
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JUST IN: Nigeria’s GDP Decreases By 6.10% In Q2 2020
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) decreased by –6.10%(year-on-year) in real terms in the second quarter of 2020, ending the 3-year trend of low but positive real growth rates recorded since the 2016/17 recession, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has shown. The data that was published this Monday morning ...
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States Unveil Policies On Community Policing
Following the implementation of community policing across the country with a take-off fund of N13.3billion, state governments have formulated their policies on the operationalization of the initiative in partnership with the federal government. The National Economic Council (NEC) had on Thursday resolved that chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), ...
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‘Colchão de liquidez’ do Tesouro cai e encosta em limite mínimo
Nível de segurança para a gestão da dívida pública é de cerca de três meses de vencimentos Franco de Morais, do Tesouro: “Nas entrevistas, falava em situação confortável [do caixa]. O adjetivo não é mais esse”. Denio Simoes/Valor Com a multiplicação do déficit público e a piora nas condições ...
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Between COVID -19, Lagosians And New Normal
Before the COVID -19 pandemic hit the global community, life in Lagos was like in any other place in the world with hustling and bustling in the cities. The people’s lifestyles, trade, security architecture and transportation system were alright for the people. In this report GEORGE OKOJIE captures the current ...
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Nigerians Adamant On Severe Punishment For Rapists
In the past three months, Nigeria has witnessed growing incidences of rape. It is not justifiable to blame victims in anyway or insensitively trivialise the matter. Rape is a crime and should be punished, Blessing Bature and Adegwu John write. Nigerian law stipulates that rape is “Unlawful carnal knowledge of ...
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NNPC 2020 Retreat: Gov Emmanuel Seeks For Petroleum Depot In A’Ibom
Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State has insisted that Akwa Ibom State sitting on 25% of Nigeria’s oil and gas reserve, deserves at least a petroleum depot to rejig the state economy and open up job opportunities for the youths. He has also maintained that Akwa Ibom is strategically ...
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Digital Economy And Healthcare Services In Nigeria
Digital economy is defined as an economy that is based on digital computing technologies. In this mode, businesses are conducted through markets based on the internet and the world wide web and most often, it is also referred to as the Internet Economy, New Economy, or Web Economy. It is ...
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Towards Positioning Kano As Mega City
On the eve of the Kano Economic and Investment Summit (KanInvest) which held in May, 2017, where stakeholders and bigwigs in the business sector converged to share ideas concerning issues affecting the economy, especially as it concerns Kano State, Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje made a solemn declaration that Kano, despite ...