Nigeria
Vai alla Scheda Paese »A man of worth never gets up to unsay what he said yesterday.
— Chinua Achebe
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Snakes Chase Liberian President Away From His Office
LEADERSHIP: Snakes have been found in Liberian President George Weah’s office, forcing him to work from his private residence, according to a report by BBC Press secretary Smith Toby told the BBC that on Wednesday two black snakes were found in the foreign affairs ministry building, his official place of ...
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Minimum Wage: NLC, TUC Laud Buhari Over Assent
LEADERSHIP: The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC)and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) has lauded President Muhammadu Buhari for signing the N30,000 minimum wage bill into law. Mr Peter Ozo-Eson, General Secretary, NLC and Mr Bobboi Kaigama, the President of TUC in a separate interviews on Friday in Abuja, described the action ...
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Snakes Force Liberian President George Weah Out Of Office
LEADERSHIP: Snakes have been found in Liberian President George Weah’s office, forcing him to work from his private residence, the BBC has learnt. Press secretary Smith Toby told the BBC that on Wednesday two black snakes were found in the foreign affairs ministry building, site of the official office. All ...
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JRT’s 12th Festival of Theatre To Entice Present Internet Generation To The Stage
LEADERSHIP: Jos Repertory Theatre (JRT), Festival of Theatre is back. The twelfth edition which packs a thrilling foreign and local repertoire, opens on May 7, and focuses on ‘building a new generation for the arts’. Festival Founder, Patrick Jude Oteh, says rather than the usual ten schools, the festival targeted ...
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Renewable Energy: ICT, Finance, Others, Priority Areas To Improve Women’s Access
LEADERSHIP: Clean Technology Hub, a research and incubation clean energy company has identified five priority areas that demand immediate address in order to improve women’s access to renewable energy. These areas include ICT, agriculture, healthcare, education and financial inclusion. In a workshop congregating Women Leaders in the Renewable Energy (RE) ...
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NGO Lauds Buhari For Signing New Minimum Wage Bill
LEADERSHIP: Noble Youths Mass Support Association (NYMSA), an NGO, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for signing the New Minimum Wage Bill into Law. Mr Godwin Onmonya, the National Coordinator of the group gave the commendation in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Gwagwalada on Friday. The ...
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$1.5BN Ghana PPP Deep Sea Port To Service ECOWAS Subregion
LEADERSHIP: As ECOWAS Parliament, the lawmaking arm of ECOWAS Commission pushes for a more sustainable and suitable Public Private Partnership, PPP model that will accelerate infrastructural and social development in West African sub region, the need for the strict application of the local content laws by Member states has been ...
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Massilia Motors Unveils New Mitsubishi L200 Pickup
LEADERSHIP: Massilia Motors, sole distributor of Mitsubishi vehicles in Nigeria and a joint venture between CFAO and CHANRAI Group, has revealed the all new Mitsubishi L200 Pickup. The new pickup was launched by top officials of Massilia Motors led by the Managing Director/CFAO Country Delegate, Mr. Thomas Pelletier at an ...
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Need To Open Up Bayelsa For Business
LEADERSHIP: Management aficionado, Peter Drucker, declares that management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things. The leadership of Bayelsa State and indeed all oil producing communities would do well to take heed of this time tested maxim. At a recently concluded forum to debate the economic future ...
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Alleged Intimidation Of PDP Members: Nobody Is Above The Law In Edo – Govt
LEADERSHIP: Following allegations that the state government was intimidating a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state, the Edo State Government has flayed the insinuations, insisting that nobody was above the law in the state and that the interest of the common would always supersede that of ...
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Customs FOU Apprehend 5 Persons With Vehicles, Goods Worth N183m DPV
LEADERSHIP: The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone ‘B’ Kaduna has arrested 5 persons, two trailers loads of perboiled rice conceived in maize bags, vegetable oils, one bullet proof Land crusher 2019 model, one Hilux and a Toyota corrola vehicle worth total N183, 187,500 Duty Paid Value ...
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Implementation Of N30,000 Minimum Wage Takes Effect From April 18 – Presidency
LEADERSHIP: Implementation of the N30, 000 minimum wage just signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari takes effect from April 18, a presidential aide, Mr Ita Enang, has announced. Enang, who is Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters, told State House correspondents on Thursday in Abuja ...
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Nigeria: Firm Harps On Coconut Investment, Holds Investors' Forum
[Guardian] A coconut plantation and processing promotion firm, First African Coconut Company, has perfected arrangements to hold a forum on businesses revolving around coconuts.
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Boosting African Economy Via Investment In ICT
LEADERSHIP: The rapid development of information and communication technology (ICT) in the last 20 years has dramatically changed the way people live, work and communicate. According to the World Bank’s World Development Report, ICT can create significant economic benefits for a nation. When broadband penetration rose by 10%, GDP for ...
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FG Urged To Establish Bureau Of Mines
LEADERSHIP: The federal government has been called upon to establish a bureau of mines to ensure the development of the mineral sector in the overall interest of the economy. The appeal was made on Wednesday by a University of Port-Harcourt don, Dr Joseph Nwosu, who was presenting a paper on ...
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FEC Approves $247.3m Foreign Loan For Electrification
LEADERSHIP: The Federal Executive Council, FEC, yesterday approved $247.3 million loan facility from the African Development Bank, AfDB and French Government. Disclosing this while briefing State House correspondents after the FEC meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Council, Presidential Villa, Abuja, minister of Finance, Hajia Zainab Ahmed ...
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China-Nigeria Belt, Road Initiative Will Transform Nation’s Economy – NIPC
LEADERSHIP: The chairman, Nigeria Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC) Babangida Nguroje has disclosed that Nigeria was 100 per cent in support of the Belt and Road Initiative championed by China-Nigeria Economic and Trade Cooperation Forum as it would transform the economic environment of the country. Nguroje, who stated this at the ...
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ACOMORAN Boss Begs FG Not To Disband Tricycles
LEADERSHIP: The newly elected National President of the Amalgamated Commercial Tricycle and Motorcycle Owners, Repairs and Riders Association of Nigeria (ACOMORAN), Alhaji Samsudeen Apelogun has appealed to the federal government not to disband tricycle and motorcycle business in the country. Apelogun emphatically stated that banning tricycle and motorcycle business across ...
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Ghana Solicits ECOWAS Support For Bid To Host AfCFTA Secretariat
LEADERSHIP: As the eventual takeoff of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), draws nearer, Ghana has solicited the support of the ECOWAS in its bid to host the Secretariat of the propose continental free trade initiative, in its capital, Accra. This Ghanaian minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, ...
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The Role Of The NCC In National Security
LEADERSHIP: The spate of kidnappings, banditry and other security challenges in parts of the country have generated heated criticisms against the Federal Government and some of its institutions, including the Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC), the regulatory agency responsible for ensuring that telephony Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) do their business in ...
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Nigeria Customs Begins Recruitment Of 3,200 Officers
LEADERSHIP: The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) said that it will open its portal to applications from interested Nigerians to apply for the positions of Support Staff for Superintendent Cadre category, Customs Inspector and Customs Assistant Cadre in the General Duty category. 3,200 vacancies exist for prospective officers and men to ...