Nigeria
Vai alla Scheda Paese »A man of worth never gets up to unsay what he said yesterday.
— Chinua Achebe
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Trade Optimism Supports Dollar Ahead Of U.S. Jobs Report
LEADERSHIP: Optimism for a U.S.-China trade deal helped the dollar hit a three-week high against the yen on Friday, although moves in broader foreign exchange markets were limited as investors saw a lot of headlines but no conclusions out of the trade talks. U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday ...
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NNPC Intensifies Search For Oil In North
LEADERSHIP: The Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, (NNPC) has disclosed that it will continue oil exploration in the north. Disclosing this at the 40th edition of the Kaduna International Trade Fair yesterday, group managing director, NNPC, Dr. Maikanti Baru, said that the corporation has dug 10,075 feet deep with a target ...
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As CBN Repositions Oil Palm Sector
LEADERSHIP: There is an ongoing total overhauling of the manacled wheels of production in the Nigerian moribund palm oil industry to re-position it as a viable alternative to crude oil in the country, so as to insulate the economy from the vagaries and shocks associated with volatility in crude oil ...
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Nigeria: USAID Launches $300 Million Agribusiness Investment in Nigeria
[Premium Times] Nigerian entrepreneur Fajemi Gognaje, 35 years old, started a new business in 2016, selling agricultural inputs like seed and fertilizer. Photo by Michael Stulman/Catholic Relief Services
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Nasarawa Govt. To Host 1000 Entrepreneurs At Business Summit — Coordinator
LEADERSHIP: Mrs Stella Ajige, the Managing Director, SKDC Global Links Ltd and Chief Coordinator of Nasarawa Entrepreneur Summit (NES) has said that no fewer than 1000 entrepreneurs were billed to participate in the second edition of NES in the state. Ajige told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday ...
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Why Nigeria Should Prioritise Cashew Production – Stakeholders
LEADERSHIP: Stakeholders have called on government to prioritise cashew production in the country in view of its “huge economic benefits”. They made the call in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja. According to the stakeholders, the crop is not only a big foreign exchange earner, ...
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Regularly Swallowing Your Partner’s Semen Could Protect Against Miscarriage, Researchers Claim
LEADERSHIP: …Researchers from the Netherlands compared women’s oral sex habits …Sufferers of recurrent miscarriage perform fellatio less often, they found …The scientists suggest swallowing semen could boost the mother’s immunity Women who regularly give their male partner oral sex may be less likely to suffer recurrent miscarriages, scientists claim. Researchers ...
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Gold Gains On Softer Dollar, Focus On U.S.-China Talks
LEADERSHIP: Gold prices rose on Thursday as the U.S. dollar traded close to a one-week low hit in the previous session, while investors awaited progress on the Sino-U.S. trade negotiations. Spot gold climbed by 0.2 per cent to 1,292.16 per ounce as of 0756 GMT. U.S. gold futures firmed 0.1 ...
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Regulador dos seguros: Margarida Corrêa de Aguiar e Caldeira Cabral vão ser ouvidos hoje no Parlamento
Margarida Corrêa de Aguiar, ex-secretária de Estado da Segurança Social do Governo PSD/CDS-PP de Durão Barroso e atualmente consultora do Banco de Portugal, é a pessoa escolhida pelo Governo para presidente do regulador dos seguros, para substituir José Almaça, cujo mandato já terminou em 2017.
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Uber Trains Driver-Partners, Others
LEADERSHIP: As a way of improving safety and security on trips, leading transportation network company, Uber trained a large number of its driver-partners registered on the Uber app in Lagos recently. With the recent training programme, Uber created a forum whereby driver-partners had the opportunity of engaging with law enforcement ...
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HUMAN RESOURCE: Accepting Responsibility Of Workers’ Pension, Insurance Packages
LEADERSHIP: Despite the fact that the Pension Reforms Act (PRA 2014) mandates companies both in public and private sphere to provide group life insurance coverage as well as monthly pension contributions for their workers, employers are flouting these directive. ZAKA ABD-KHALIQ writes. While PRA 2014 has made it compulsory on ...
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FIRS Gives Amnesty, Waiver To Tax Defaulters
LEADERSHIP: The Executive Chairman of Federal Inland Revenue Service, Tunde Fowler has said the agency has set a target to realise about N750billion from about 55,000 tax defaulters. Fowler made the disclosure while addressing the House of Representatives joint committees on Finance and Appropriations According to Mr. Fowler the substitution exercise ...
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2019 Budget Saga: 2 Minister’s Aides Directors Of Firm Allotted N42bn
LEADERSHIP: More facts have emerged on the ownership of the private company that the minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr. Okechukwu Enelamah, allocated the controversial N42billion in the 2019 budget. LEADERSHIP investigation revealed that two of the three directors of the firm are serving aides of Enelamah. They are ...
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Apologies, Reinstate Onnoghen Now, ADC Tells FG
LEADERSHIP: ***Backs Atiku’s Legal Action On Polls The African Democratic Congress (ADC) Tuesday reflected on the ordeal of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen and described it as torture. The party therefore asked President Muhammadu Buhari to tender an unreserved apology to Onnoghen and reinstate him to his ...
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Presidency Appeals To Saudi For Leniency Over 20 Nigerians On Death Row
LEADERSHIP: The Federal Government has expressed concern over the number of Nigerians awaiting execution in Saudi Arabia and those already executed over drug related offence. Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, who briefed State House correspondents on Tuesday at the Presidential ...
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Nigeria: Govt Mulls New Incentives to Attract Local, Foreign Capital
[Guardian] Efforts to attract both local and foreign capital into the country may get added boost, as the federal government has assured that it is providing enough policy incentives this year.
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Late Nipsey Hussle’s Music Sales Increase By 2,776% In U.S
LEADERSHIP: Following the murder of Grammy-nominated rapper, Nipsey Hussle on Sunday, sales of his music has increased to 2,776 percent in the U.S. as fans mourn his death through music. According to Billboard, Nipsey’s catalog of songs and albums on Sunday sold a combined 15,000 copies — up 2776 percent ...
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Senate To Pass 2019 Budget On April 16
LEADERSHIP: The Senate have assured Nigerians that the 2019 Appropriation bill would be pass into law on April 16. The decision was made on Tuesday by the Senate President, Bukola Saraki after the plenary session in Abuja. Details later… The post Senate To Pass 2019 Budget On April 16 appeared ...
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Nigeria: Senate Rejects Trade and Investment Ministry's 2019 Budget
[Vanguard] Abuja - The Senate Committee on Trade and Investment has rejected the ministry's 2019 Budget of N15.63 billion.
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2019 Budget: Senators, Minister Clash Over N45bn Allocation To Private Firm
LEADERSHIP: It was a budget defence turned sour yesterday as the Senate Committee on Industry, Trade and Investment grilled the minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr. Okechukwu Enelamah, over his ministry’s allocation of N42billion to a “private company” as an entity of the federal government in the 2019 budget. ...
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Troops Raid Gun Factory In Benue
LEADERSHIP: Troops of Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS) in Benue State have arrested and paraded two suspects, Cephas Ati and Mdzuulga Teryila who are in the business of weapon manufacturing at Ayiin in Logo and Ukum local governments area of the state. The troops also recovered assorted weapons. The Commander of ...