Nigeria
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— Chinua Achebe
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Bakassi Deep Sea Port Will End Insurgency, Kidnapping – Gov Ayade
Cross Rivers State governor, Prof. Ben Ayade, in this interview with State House correspondents explains the imperative of the Bakassi Deep Seaport project to northern Nigeria and how it can transform the economy of the region, his relationship with detained journalist, Agba Jalingo, among other issues. JONATHAN NDA-ISAIAH was there ...
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Nigeria: Understanding Impact Investment
[This Day] Ugo Aliogo writes on the importance of impact investment in improving the business climate in the country
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José Gabriel Carrizo exhortó al sector de la construcción a trabajar junto al Gobierno para reactivar la economía
En medio de un déficit de 170 mil viviendas fue inaugurada la noche del 29 de enero Expo Inmobiliaria Acobir 2020, y se extenderá hasta el domingo 2 de febrero . Se esperan transacciones por alrededor de los $150 millones.
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Proposal comes at a time the county is ranked as having high cases of SGBV cases, especially in the slums
If Bill becomes law, Nairobi may join South Africa, Rwanda, Nigeria who have safe homes for GBV victims, survivors
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Senate Committee Screens Obiora For CBN Job
The Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance and Other Financial Institutions has charged Dr Kingsley Obiora to bring his wealth of experience to bear in the task of assisting the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to achieve its mandate of ensuring monetary and price stability. The chairman of the Committee, Senator ...
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Gov Yahaya’s UK Trip: Avalanche Of Gains For Gombe
Gombe State Governor, Alhaji Mohammadu Inuwa Yahaya and some governors recently accompanied President Muhammadu Buhari to attend the inaugural UK-Africa Investment Summit in London. The summit, hosted by the British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson on Monday January 20, 2020 focused on strengthening business relationship with Nigeria and other African countries. ...
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Bridging Infrastructural Gap, Key To Economic Revival
The managing director, Old Mutual Life Assurance, Segun Omosehin, said bridging the infrastructural deficit gap covering power, transportation and housing is critical to affecting the quality of economic growth and jobs creation. Speaking at the Business day 2020 Nigeria Economic Outlook Conference which held yesterday in Lagos, he said it ...
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AMAC Targets N1bn IGR, Commences e-Registration Of Businesses
The Abuja Municipal Area Council Chairman, Alhaji Abdullahi Adamu ‘Candido’ has announced plans to raise billions of naira to improve service delivery in AMAC through improved internally generated revenue made possible by technology. Alhaji Adamu, stated this yesterday, while opening a-two day training course for revenue officers, themed “AMAC 2020: ...
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Nigeria To Begin Rice Export In 2 Years
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mr Sabo Nanono, yesterday said that Nigeria would hopefully begin exporting rice to other countries in the next two years. Nanono hinted this in a statement issued on his behalf by Mr Theodore Ogaziechi, the director of Information in the ministry. The statement quoted ...
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Sterling Bank Partners LASG To Feed 158,000 Pupils In 32 Schools
Sterling Bank Plc, Nigeria’s leading commercial bank, has entered into partnership with the Lagos State Government (LASG) to feed about 158,000 children in 32 public schools for five days in the Lagos Island area of the state. The bank disclosed this recently at an event to appreciate volunteers who participated ...
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Afreximbank Signs N300bn Deal With SEC
The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) yesterday, signed documents to complete the registration of a N300 billion medium-term note with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) under the Bank’s local currency programme in what will be the Bank’s first-ever Afreximbank local currency fund raising programme in Nigeria. President Afreximbank, Prof Benedict ...
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Creating Entrepreneurship Devt Is to Alleviate Poverty – Garba
Dr Garba Umar, Adamawa state Commissioner for Information and Strategy, said the newly created Ministry for Entrepreneurship Development was to train and hatch business men to alleviate poverty of the state Umar during his visit to Adamawa office of Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists’ (NUJ) said, Gov. ...
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Pay Rise For Politicians Will Increase Political Violence, Poverty – Labour
The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has urged the federal government to jettison any plan to review upwardly the remuneration of political office holders in the country. The Congress in a statement by its president, Comrade Quadri Olaleye, said the plan by the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission ...
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UNICEF, AIRTEL Nigeria, Partner To Boost U-Report
The United Nation Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has partnered with Airtel Nigeria to further expand telecommunication services to boost U-Report, UNICEF’s unique social media platform that empowers young people and communities with information to transform their communities and drive positive change on a wide range of issues affecting them. Speaking at ...
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Setor de máquinas e equipamentos tem crescimento de 0,7% em 2019
O setor de máquinas e equipamentos teve alta de 0,7% na receita líquida de 2019 em comparação com o ano anterior. Segundo o balanço divulgado hoje (27) pela Associação Brasileira da Indústria de Máquinas e Equipamentos (Abimaq), a receita líquida das indústrias de bens de capital ficou em R$ 82,4 ...
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Crowded Lagos to ban commercial motorbikes from most of Nigerian metropolis
Nigeria’s business capital of Lagos will ban commercial motorcycles from operating in large parts of the city, the state government announced on Monday, a move ...
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Emefiele’s Silver Bullet Will Rev Up Nigeria’s Economy – Ayere
The chairman and CEO of DLM Group Sonnie Babatunde Ayere, a trained financial economist and investment banker in this interview with OLUSHOLA BELLO, speaks on the effort of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in addressing high interest rates and its effects on the growth of the country What is ...
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Digital Economy Is Nigeria’s Most Promising Alternative To Oil, Says Obaseki
…advocates financial inclusion for rural communities in Edo The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has called for adoption of smart Information and Communication Technology (ICT) tools and solutions as an alternative to oil in diversifying the Nigerian economy, warning that the country will not develop if the bulk of ...
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‘Creating Enabling Environment For Investors And SMEs Is Our Priority’
The new president of Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), Toki Mabogunje in this interview with OLUSHOLA BELLO, spoke on the importance of public policy advocacy, creating an enabling environment for investors, and supporting capacity building for small businesses. What has been the performance of Small and Medium Enterprises ...
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As North Central States Mull Community Policing
In this piece, Danjuma Joseph, reports that the North Central geo-political zone of Nigeria, agreed on a template for effective community policing to checkmate the security challenges bedeviling the region. It is often said that security is everybody’s business, hence the reason why many states and regions in Nigeria today ...
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UTME: NSCDC Pledges Partnership With JAMB In Anambra
The Anambra State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), has pledged collaboration with the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), to facilitate successful conduct of the March 2020 UTME examination. The Commandant of the Corps, Mr David Bille, stated this when he paid a courtesy visit ...