Nigeria
Vai alla Scheda Paese »A man of worth never gets up to unsay what he said yesterday.
— Chinua Achebe
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Rallying Local Ingenuity For Security
Thursday’s revelation by the Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, that the war against insecurity was suffering setbacks due to refusal by foreign powers to sell arms to Nigeria seems to have explained why insurgents and other criminal elements have unleashed terror on our communities. Like it was in the ...
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Foreign Powers Refusing To Supply Nigeria Weapons – FG
The federal government lamented yesterday that for the past three years some world powers have refused to sell weapons it required to combat insurgency in Nigeria. Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, who made the disclosure, however did not reveal the names of the world powers. Speaking when ...
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Police Arraign Businessman For Alleged N2m Fraud
The police on Thursday in Abuja, arraigned a 37-year-old businessman, Christopher Chukwuwike, in a Dutse Grade 1 Area Court for allegedly defrauding his business partner of N2 million. Chukwuwike of Shop No 18, Area 1 Bus Stop Bwari, is charged with breach of trust and fraud, to which he pleaded ...
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Liquidation Of Fortis Bank Still Ongoing, Says NDIC
The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) said it adhered to statutory guidelines on the distress resolution and liquidation of Fortis Microfinance Bank (MFB) Plc and the protection of interest of its depositors. NDIC in a statement yesterday said, a joint CBN/NDIC interim management committee was initially set up to manage ...
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Jos To Host 1st International Potato Expo
Preparations for the 1st Edition of the International Potato Value Chain and other root crops conference and Exhibition has advanced, as stakeholders from across the globe are set to gather in Jos, the Plateau State capital, to appraise the issues, challenges and solutions to the mass production of Potato in Nigeria. The theme of the Expo is “Repositioning Potato and Root ...
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Airtel, Avaya To Enable Remote Work, Learning In Nigeria
Airtel Nigeria has entered into partnership with Avaya Holdings Corp to enable organisations in the country to implement remote working and learning initiatives. Through the partnership, Avaya will offer organisations in Nigeria full-feature access to its flagship collaboration app, Avaya Spaces, on a complimentary basis, through Airtel Nigeria. Avaya Spaces ...
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Stakeholders List Gains Of Navy, OMSL Collaboration
The Lagos Secure Anchorage Area (SAA) operated by Ocean Marine Solutions Limited (OMSL) is saving foreign shipping companies calling at the Lagos ports N81million ($213,500) each every month, LEADERSHIP checks have revealed. This is just as stakeholders in maritime industry have said the OMSL Secure Anchorage in Lagos has helped ...
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17 Yrs After, NIMASA Gets FG’s Approval To Disburse $200m Vessels Intervention Fund
After 17 years of contributing into the Cabotage Vessels Finance Funds (CVFF), Nigeria Shipowners can now heave a sigh of relief as the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) said it has secured approval to disburse the vessel intervention fund. The CVFF was established alongside the Nigerian Coastal and ...
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Pantami, Danbatta For UK/Nigeria Right Of Way Regulatory Forum
The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Ibrahim Pantami, and the Executive Vice Chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission, Prof Umaru Danbatta, are set to speak at a national technical conference on Right of Way (RoW) and site build permitting. The virtual forum which holds on Thursday, August 13th, 2020, is ...
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NDLEA Seizes 3,546kg Hard Drugs, Arrests 205 Suspects In FCT
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), FCT Command, says it seized 3,546.632 kilograms of hard drugs from January to July. The NDLEA, FCT Commander, Mr Lawan Hamisu, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Abuja that the drugs seized comprised Cannabis sativa, Cocaine, Tramadol, Exol, Rophynol ...
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Nigeria: Nigeria Begins Reforms of International Investment Agreements
[Leadership] Abuja -- The Federal Government of Nigeria is undertaking series of reforms of the country's Bilateral International Treaties (BIT) to attract responsible, inclusive, balanced and sustainable investments.
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The Race For Chief Judge Of Gombe State
At the Federal level, the Judiciary in Nigeria has made and is still making giant strides as it affects the recognition of female judges who, through a dint of hard work and commitment to duty, have rose to the pinnacle of their chosen career. Regardless of gender, the appointing authorities ...
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Private Sector Business Activities Rise By 50.4 Points In July
The Nigerian private sector returned to expansion during July with 50.4 points, following three successive months of decline. The Nigeria purchasing manager’s index (PMI) report showed that both business activity and new orders increased, but the severity of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) downturn meant that spare capacity remained evident, leading ...
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Nigeria Begins Reforms Of International Investment Agreements
The Federal Government of Nigeria is undertaking series of reforms of the country’s Bilateral International Treaties (BIT) to attract responsible, inclusive, balanced and sustainable investments. Government said the move would involve the development of a new model BIT, modernising existing stock of old generation treaties and enabling the government put ...
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Medical Film Donates N25m Worth Lab Instruments To Kubwa General Hospital
The Institute of Human Virology Nigeria (IHVN), with help from ISN Medical, is carrying out a study on the burden, prevalence, risk factors and incidence of non-communicable diseases among people living with HIV, using five sites across the FCT, including Kubwa General Hospital. ISN Medical, the sponsor of this study, ...
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Boxed between Yuan and Dollar
Nigeria’s Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, stirred the hornet’s nest the other day at a public hearing held by the House of Representatives Committee on Treaties, Protocols, and Agreements when he argued that a probe into Nigeria’s resort to Chinese loans to finance railway projects could make the lender withdraw ...
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Adeola, Nigerian Entrepreneur Aspires To Global Stage
A Nigerian entrepreneur, Adeola Adeyemi, has said that she aspires to be on the global stage with her business by 2025. Adeyemi , who was born in Lagos to a Yoruba father and an Igbo mother had her elementary and secondary education in Lagos. She is a graduate of Arts ...
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Kano, Largest Emerging Gold Market Frontier – Ganduje
The Kano State governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Gandu- je, has described Kano as the largest emerging gold mar- ket frontier in Nigeria, even as he called for partnership between state governors with large chunk of solid mineral deposits to partner to boost the sector. He made this call during the formal ...
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As Era Of Gold Economy Begins In Nigeria
The virtual presentation of Nigeria’s first ever locally produced gold bar recently marks a productive beginning of a journey to an era of gold economy. ABAH ADAH writes: Upon assumption of office in 2015 for first term in office, the present administration of President Muhummadu Buhari prioritised the solid minerals ...
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AU Partners Peace Corps To End Gun Violence
The African Union, Economic, Social Cultural Council (AUECOSOCC), in partnership with the Peace Corps of Nigeria (PCN) has pledge its commitment to end guns violence across the country. The national commandant of PCN, Dr Dickson Akoh, disclosed this in a working and familiarisation visit of AUECOSOCC to the headquarters of ...
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Geladeira e fogão podem ficar mais baratos com IPI menor, diz Guedes
A proposta de reduzir a cobrança de Imposto sobre Produtos Industrializados (IPI) sobre itens da linha branca barateará produtos como geladeira e fogão, disse hoje (5) o ministro da Economia, Paulo Guedes. Em audiência na Comissão Mista da Reforma Tributária, ele afirmou que a proposta beneficia a população de menor ...