Nigeria
Vai alla Scheda Paese »A man of worth never gets up to unsay what he said yesterday.
— Chinua Achebe
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Finance Act: MAN DG Seeks Transitional Guidelines For Smooth Conversion
The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has called for transitional guidelines that would ensure smooth conversion from the pre-Finance Act laws to the changes introduced in the new Act. The Director-General(D-G) of MAN, Mr Segun Ajayi-Kadir, made the call in a statement released in Lagos, recently. Ajayi-Kadir said that the ...
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Filho de empresário José Guilherme nega dívida ao Finibanco Angola
Neste comunicado, Paulo Guilherme realça que subscreveu unidades de participação da Caixa Económica Montepio Geral e que "frustrada a expectativa inicial de valorização das unidades de participação, as mesmas acabaram por ser vendidas em mercado com enorme prejuízo pessoal".
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Nigeria: Foreign Investors Bought Less Bonds in 2019, Says DMO
[This Day] Foreign investors cut their participation in Nigerian government bond auctions last year, buying just 4.39 per cent of all bonds issued compared with the previous year when they bought 10.99 per cent, a debt office presentation showed.
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FG To Establish Foreign Trade Academy–Minister
The federal government has inaugurated a Task Force to produce a policy framework for the establishment of Nigerian Foreign Trade Academy (NFTA). The minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Mr Adeniyi Adebayo, while inaugurating the task force in Abuja, said that the move was to update skills and capacity of ...
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Non-Oil Export: Sesame, Cocoa, Cashew Gross $84.97m In 2019
AFEX Commodities Exchange has stated that Sesame, Cocoa, and Cashew led the non-oil export charts, grossing $84.97 million by the end of the third quarter of 2019. According to AFEX’s latest annual report, the agriculture sector in Nigeria has received significant attention, rivalling what was witnessed in the 2011 to ...
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Tokyo 2020: Team Nigeria To Camp In Europe, Kenya
Minister of Youth and Sports Development has revealed that Team Nigeria’s home-based athletes who will represent the country at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics will use Europe and Kenya camps for their training. He made this disclosure while speaking to newsmen on Nigeria’s preparations for the Olympic Games. He said that ...
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Lagos To Employ PPP For Infrastructure Development
Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has said that his administration will employ the Public Private Partnerships, (PPP) model to tackle infrastructure challenges in the state. Sanwo-olu made this known at a Stakeholders’ Engagement of the Lagos State Infrastructure Maintenance and Regulatory Agency (LASIMRA), with the theme: Private Partnership on ...
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Dangote: Transforming Nigeria Into Export-based Economy
The importance of transforming an import based economy like Nigeria to an export based economy cannot be over-emphasised, apart from increasing local production of manufactured goods, generation of employment, preservation of the country’s foreign exchange and expansion of the country’s domestic market for goods locally manufactured. It is usually argued ...
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COWLSO To Partner Lagos Market Leaders On Sanitation, Security
The Committee of Wives of Lagos State Officials, (COWLSO), has expressed its readiness to partner with market men and women in the state to clean up and guarantee adequate security of markets in the state. Wife of the Lagos State Governor and Chairman of COWLSO, Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu, stated this on ...
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Kaduna Govt Appoints Major Rimi To Head State Traffic Agency KASTLEA
Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai has approved the appointment of Major Garba Yahaya Rimi as the head of the Kaduna State Traffic Law Enforcement Agency, KASTLEA. The governor who made this known in a statement issued by the Special Adviser on Media and Communication, Mr Muyiwa Adekeye, further said ...
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Wike Inaugurates Rivers Ease-Of-Doing Business Council
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has inaugurated the Rivers State Ease-of-Doing Business Council (EODBC), with a charge to the council to improve the investment environment of the state. Inaugurating the Council at the Government House Port Harcourt, Wike stated that the council is critical to the economic development of ...
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Residents Protest At Lagos Assembly Over Demolition
Residents of Okobaba at Ebute-Metta area of Lagos on Monday stormed the Lagos State House of Assembly to protest over the demolition of their offices and make shift houses. The protesters numbering about 200 brandished placards with various inscriptions such as; “Is Tomori, Oloto above the law”, “Tomori is threatening ...
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Foreign Carriers Dominate Routes As Local Airlines’ Fleet Shrinks
Foreign airlines have dominated domestic routes in Nigeria’s aviation sector due to the decreasing number of local airlines and their fleet size, LEADERSHIP has learnt. The development has, therefore, caused stakeholders concerns, especially as the number of local commercial airlines operating in the country has dropped to seven carriers. It ...
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Declare State Of Emergency In Security Sector, PENGASSAN Tells FG
The Petroleum and Natural Gas Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has called on federal government to declare state of emergency in the nation’s security sector. President of the association, Comrade Ndukaku Ohaeri, also called on the federal government to create enabling environment for local and international investments to thrive. Ohaeri, who ...
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Rights Group Wants NUC To Revisit EKSU Courses Accreditation
A civil society organisation, the Society for Rule of Law in Nigeria (SRLN) has called on the National Universities Commission (NUC) to revisit the accreditation of courses in the Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti done in 2016, owing to the sack of the staff recruited by the university to facilitate ...
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Declare State Of Emergency In Security, PENGASSAN Tells FG
The President of Petroleum and Natural Gas Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), Comrade Ndukaku Ohaeri has called on Federal Government to declare state of emergency in the nation’s security sector. The labour leader also called on Federal Government to create conducive business for local and international investors to thrive. Ohaeri who ...
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Insurgency: Church Urges Govt To Partner Clergies In Rebuilding North-East
The Archbishop-Elect, Anglican Communion Church, Jos province, Markus Ibrahim, has urged government to partner clergies, in rebuilding process of places of worship destroyed by insurgency in the North-East. Ibrahim during interaction with newsmen Sunday, in Yola, mentioned that, rebuilding places of workshops and fostering peaceful coexistence among people, are major ...
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Nigeria Should See Sports As Business, Not Recreation – Onikeku
The Sports Secretary of the Nigerian Customs Service, (NCS), Samuel Onikeku, in this interview with Olawale Ayeni, states the need for sports to be taken as a business rather than recreational activities in the country . What are the high and low moment of the Nigeria Customs Service (NSC) ...
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CCETC-Ossiomo Plant: Manufacturers In Edo Record Improved Business Environment
Manufacturers at the Edo Production Center, an initiative of the Governor Godwin Obaseki-led administration, has said that the anticipated completion of the CCETC-Ossiomo Power Plant in Edo State in 2020 would boost industrial activities in the state. A cross-section of the manufacturers, who spoke with journalists in Benin City, said ...
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Emirates Offers Travellers Special Fare Package For 2020
Travellers across the globe stand a chance to enjoy another bumper year of travel with Emirates’ 2020 global fare promotion. For a limited time, jet-setters in Nigeria can look forward to great deals to key destinations in Emirates’ global network with special Business Class and Economy Class fares. With return ...
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Defasagem na tabela do Imposto de Renda está próxima de 104%
A inflação oficial pelo Índice Nacional de Preços ao Consumidor Amplo (IPCA) de 4,31% no ano passado fez a defasagem na tabela do Imposto de Renda Pessoa Física (IRPF) ultrapassar 100% pela primeira vez na história. Segundo cálculos divulgados hoje (10) pelo Sindicato Nacional dos Auditores Fiscais da Receita Federal (Sindifisco ...