Nigeria
Vai alla Scheda Paese »A man of worth never gets up to unsay what he said yesterday.
— Chinua Achebe
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‘Enabling Environment ‘ll Spur Investment Inflow Into Nigeria’
LEADERSHIP : The former commissioner for commerce and industry in Ogun State, Bimbo Ashiru, has called on the government to ensure an enabling environment which would help businesses to grow so as to attract more foreign direct investments in the country. Speaking at the opening ceremony of the Food and ...
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Dangote Cement To Open Export Facilities
LEADERSHIP : As part of moves to boost foreign exchange and capacity production, Dangote Cement will open export facilities in Lagos and Port Harcourt this year. The company stated that the opening of export facilities would attract about $700 million foreign exchange into the Nigerian economy. Also, Dangote Cement said ...
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Food Security: Expert Calls For Expansion Of CBN’s Anchor Borrowers Programme
LEADERSHIP : A business analyst, Akinyinka Akintunde, has urged the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to involve more farmers in its Anchor Borrowers Programme toward boosting food production in the country. Akintunde, who is the Business Development Manager, AFEX Commodities Exchange Ltd, made the call in an interview with Newsmen ...
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NNPC Assures Support for Local Companies
LEADERSHIP : The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has assured that it would continue to support local companies, within the entire hydrocarbon value-chain, for the growth of the nation’s economy. The Group Managing Director of the Corporation, Dr Maikanti Baru, stated this in a statement released by the corporation in Abuja ...
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NNPC Assures Support For Local Companies
LEADERSHIP : The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has assured that it would continue to support local companies, within the entire hydrocarbon value-chain, for the growth of the nation’s economy. The Group Managing Director of the Corporation, Dr Maikanti Baru, stated this in a statement released by the corporation in Abuja ...
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Lagos Fashion Week 2020 Set To Hold October
LEADERSHIP : Lagos Fashion Week (LFW) in partnership with Heineken Nigeria, FETS Wallet, Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC), and Style House Files (SHF) will return for its 9th season from the 23th to the 26th of October this year. The bi-annual showcase held in Africa’s largest city, has become a ...
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Elumelu Proposes Curriculum Overhaul On Financial Studies
LEADERSHIP : BY DUSTAN AGHEDO, Lagos Chairman, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Group and Founder, Tony Elumelu Foundation, Mr. Tony Elumelu has proposed an overhaul of school curriculum so as to accommodate finance and accounting graduates with modern financial software packages, including global accounting and financial reporting standards, while preparing ...
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Africa: Moscow Hosts Discussion on Russia–Africa Investment Cooperation
[RosCongress] Moscow -A panel session on Russia--Africa investment cooperation was held in Moscow during the open Russia--Africa Economic Conference, part of the Afreximbank Annual Meetings with the support of the Roscongress Foundation and Russian Export Center. The discussion was moderated by Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Africa Consulting and ...
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ANDP Condemns Media Attack On Buratai
LEADERSHIP : A political party, Advanced Nigeria Democratic Party (ANDP) has condemned media reports against the Chief of Army Staff, Lt General Tukur Buratai over a purported comment indicting Nigeria soldiers for being unserious and lazy in the course of duty. The party explained that the Army chief must have ...
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Nigeria: Nigeria Needs $100bn in 20 Yrs to Tackle Power Challenges - Stakeholders
[Vanguard] Abuja -The Nigeria Electricity Supply Industry, NESI, requires investments of over $100 billion in the next 20 years, if the country, Nigeria must have 24 hours of electricity supply daily, stakeholders in the power sector have said.
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Nigeria: Obasanjo Urges Govt to Sign African Free Trade Agreement
[Premium Times] Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has urged the federal government to sign the African Continental Free Trade Area (AcFTA) agreement.
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Africa: This New Battle 'Will Be Fought With Ideas, Hard Work and Investments' - Oramah
[Afreximbank] Moscow -H.E. Mr. Dmitry Medvedev, Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation; Mr. Mustapha Boss, Secretary to the Government of Nigerian Federation, representing the Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as Chair, of the General Meeting of Shareholders;
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NNPC To Resume Oil Search In Chad Basin If….
LEADERSHIP : The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has restated its commitment to resume oil search in the Chad Basin as soon as it receive security clearance. The outgoing group managing Director of the corporation, Dr. Maikanti Baru, disclosed this today when the governor of Bauchi State, Senator Bala Mohammed, ...
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DPR, NSCDC Move Against Illegal Sales Of Cooking Gas
LEADERSHIP : Worried by the growing incidents of gas explosions in the country, the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) in conjunction with the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has set-up a team to rid the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) of illegal dealers of cooking gas. The team on ...
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FG Planning To Restructure Power Sector – Osinbanjo
LEADERSHIP : Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said that the federal government was discussing with stakeholders on ways to restructure Nigeria’s power sector with a view to improving supply and attracting more investment to the country. Osinbajo stated this in Abuja on Tuesday at a Breakfast Meeting of the Lagos ...
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Firm To Digitise Police Database
LEADERSHIP : In an effort to improve services as well as strengthen its collaboration with the general public towards crime reduction, the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has entered into a public private partnership with Ace of Spades Consult Nigeria Limited (AoS) to Build Operate and Transfer (BOT) a purpose-built civil ...
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Nigeria: Spain Pledges to Strengthen Trade Relations With Nigeria
[Leadership] Spain has pledged to invest more in Nigeria to further strengthen the bilateral trade relations between the two countries.
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Nigeria: Experts Hinge Nation's Growth On Infrastructure, Technology Investment
[Guardian] To close the nation's huge infrastructure gap, economic experts have stressed the need for government to attract more private capital and expertise. The experts, who spoke at the Risk Management Association of Nigeria's 19th annual lecture in Lagos recently, submitted that Nigeria needed to make massive investments beyond the ...
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Funcionários do BNDES participam de ato contra proposta sobre FAT
Um ato hoje (19), na sede do Banco do Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social (BNDES), criticou a medida prevista no relatório da reforma da Previdência, apresentado pelo deputado federal Samuel Moreira (PSDB-SP) na comissão especial da Câmara, que prevê que a parcela de 40% das receitas do Fundo de Amparo ao ...
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ZAP aposta na produção de conteúdos e quer ser maior operador de televisão da lusofonia
A operadora de televisão por satélite controlada pela empresária angolana Isabel dos Santos, filha do ex-presidente angolano José Eduardo dos Santos, iniciou a sua atividade no mercado angolano em abril de 2010, entrou no mercado moçambicano em 2011 e está presente desde maio em Portugal.
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Spain Pledges To Strengthen Trade Relations With Nigeria
LEADERSHIP : Spain has pledged to invest more in Nigeria to further strengthen the bilateral trade relations between the two countries. Spanish ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Marcelino Ansorena, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Wednesday. Ansorena said that Spain had ...