Nigeria
Vai alla Scheda Paese »A man of worth never gets up to unsay what he said yesterday.
— Chinua Achebe
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Labour Protests At UAE Embassy, Demands Respect For African Migrant Workers In Gulf States
LEADERSHIP : Michael Oche …seeks reform of kafala system The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) as well as the National Trade Union Network on Migration yesterday in Abuja called for the protection of the rights of African migrant workers in the United Arab Emirates as well as other Gulf Cooperation ...
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Ocean Can Sustain Nigeria Economy – NIMASA DG
LEADERSHIP : BY YUSUF BABALOLA, Lagos The director-general of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside, has stated that the nation’s ocean’s resources are rich enough to sustain the economy of Nigeria as most countries with maritime – based economy. Dakuku, who said this over the ...
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5G To Contribute $700bn To Global Economy
LEADERSHIP : BY CHIMA AKWAJA, Lagos Fifth generation (5G) mobile technology rollout is forecast to contribute $700 billion to the global economy by 2030, with a compound annual growth rate of 20 per cent according to an industry study. According to the 5G Technology, Market and Forecast 2019-2019 report, compiled ...
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Dangote Group: Driving Sustainable Business Practices For Positive Impact
LEADERSHIP : By OLUSHOLA BELLO, Lagos The Dangote Group of companies is well known for sustainable business practices that is driven by a desire to contribute and impact positively towards the development of the communities they operate and the society at large. A decade ago sustainability was considered peripheral by ...
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Projeto mostra que é possível integrar agricultura e preservação
Pesquisas feitas desde 2010 no Cerrado mostram que produção agrícola e conservação do meio ambiente podem andar juntas, incrementando o lucro dos agricultores brasileiros e evitando o pagamento de multas pelo descumprimento de leis ambientais. Tais pesquisas contribuem para que os produtores cumpram a legislação e obtenham lucros a partir ...
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#My9jaHustle: Ikenna Chidoka Promoting SBOs Across Nigeria
LEADERSHIP : BY ANTHONY ADA ABRAHAM Small business owners start their business to mostly feed themselves. Small businesses do not scale up like a start-up, they make small decision and usually operate the business themselves. Small business owners walk on the right ropes with a safety net underneath. They ...
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Economy, My Main Agenda For Deputy Senate President Office – Kalu
LEADERSHIP : By ANTHONY AWUNOR Senator-Elect representing Abia North Senatorial District of Abia State, Chief Orji Uzor Kalu has disclosed why he is aspiring for the post of Deputy Senate President in the Upper Chamber of the National Assembly. Speaking to Aviation correspondents at the Murtala Muhammed Airport 2 in ...
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Minimie Empowerment Program Extends To More States
LEADERSHIP : Minimie has taken the ongoing youth empowerment project another step higher by extending the corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiative reach to more states such as Abuja, Benin, Delta State thereby touching the lives of more young Nigerians by providing them with trade assets to start up new businesses. ...
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Adeosun’s Input To Nigeria’s Economy Can’t Be Ignored – Experts
LEADERSHIP : Former Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun has been commended for spearheading some of the critical reforms, which have sanitised the fiscal space, reduced corruption in the federal civil service as well as stabilised the Nigerian economy. Specifically, experts said she was a key actor in the country’s ...
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Continente celebra Dia de Portugal com caras conhecidas
O Continente vai emitir, a partir do dia 10 de junho, a sua maior campanha institucional com um vídeo que conta com a participação de nomes como Catarina Furtado, Herman José, Tony Carreira, Fernando Santos e Chakall.
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NNPC Records N174.62bn Petroleum Product Sales In March – Report
LEADERSHIP : The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Sunday said it recorded N174.62 billion sale of white petroleum products in March. The corporation disclosed this in its March Monthly Financial and Operations Report (MFOR) released in Abuja. It says that March sales figure was higher than the N168.65 billion recorded in ...
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ASVAN To Partner Kiakia, NFGCS To Raise N10b For Nigeria Artisans
LEADERSHIP : As part of effort to boost small and medium business entrepreneurs in Nigeria, Association of Skilled and Vocational Artisans of Nigeria, ASVAN, have said they have mapped out plans to raise over N10 billion for its members to promote their businesses across the country. Comrade Everest Obijuru, national ...
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NLC Goes Spiritual For Speedy Implementation Of Minimum Wage
LEADERSHIP : The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Bayelsa chapter, has sought God’s face for all authorities concern to ensure speedy implementation of the N30, 000 minimum wage for workers in the country. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the bill signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari is ...
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Shippers Council Partners London Investment On Export
LEADERSHIP : The Nigerian Shippers Council (NSC) says it is partnering with Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council (CEIC) in London to improve standards of export products from Nigeria. Mr Hassan Bello, the Executive Secretary of NSC, disclosed this at a briefing on Sunday in Abuja. He said the partnership was part of the ...
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Prostitution And Nigeria’s Gloomy Global Image
LEADERSHIP : Prostitution is as old as humanity, but the trade has however assumed international dimension, dealing a deadly blow to Nigeria’s global image. The situation has degenerated to a sorry reality of a secondary slavery, OMONU NELSON writes. The Nigeria criminal system prohibits national and trans-national trafficking of women ...
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DBN: Addressing Financing Gaps in MSMEs Sector
LEADERSHIP : The Micro, Small and Medium scale enterprises (MSMEs) sector is regarded as the engine of any economy. This is rightly so as MSMEs play a crucial role in economic growth, poverty reduction, employment creation, and shared wealth creation in Nigeria, OLAJIDE FABAMISE writes MSMEs contribute immensely to the ...
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Jumia Boss Set Tourism Agenda For Lagos Gov
LEADERSHIP : The Managing Director of Jumia’s hotel and flight marketplace, Omolara Adagunodo, has set out a tourism agenda for the administration of new Governor of Lagos State, His Excellency, Babajide Sanwo-Olu. Adagunodo in a press statement called on the governor to focus on sustainable tourism to further boost the ...
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Juan Jované: Es legítima la preocupación del nuevo Gobierno por las Finanzas Públicas
Luego de que el vicepresidente electo, José Gabriel Carrizo expresara preocupación por las finanzas públicas, el MEF, en un comunicado, indicó que le parece poco responsable que se ventile información falsa sobre el cumplimiento de topes presupuestarios y contrataciones de obras.
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NOUN Graduates call for Presidential Order Implementation
LEADERSHIP : Law Graduates of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) say they are yet to know their fate of gaining admission into the Nigerian Law School in spite the Presidential assent to NOUN Amendment Act. Mr Carl Umegboro, Chairman of the Law Graduates Forum, NOUN, said this ...
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Kaduna Assembly Passes Religious Bill To Regulate Preaching
LEADERSHIP : The controversial religious preaching regulation law, 1984, which was before the Kaduna State House of Assembly, seeking substitution was yesterday, Friday, June 7th, 2019 passed, few minutes before the fifth Assembly was dissolved. The passage of the bill came three years after the bill faced criticism from different ...
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NNPC Subsidiary, NGMC, Makes 12bn Profit
LEADERSHIP : The Nigerian Gas Marketing Company (NGMC), a subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), has announced a profit after tax of ₦12,476,685,000.00 for the year ended December 31, 2018. This was disclosed at the company’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) held in Abuja, yesterday. A press release by ...