Nigeria
Vai alla Scheda Paese »A man of worth never gets up to unsay what he said yesterday.
— Chinua Achebe
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Nigeria: Nigeria, India to Expand Partnership
[This Day] Nigeria and India are working on ways to enhance the $12 billion annual bilateral trade between both countries in a way that would focus on investment.
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FEC Okays €64,000m For Kano Water Project
LEADERSHIP: The federal government has approved €64,750,000 from French Development Agency for a national urban water sector reform project in Kano State. Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed disclosed this to State House correspondents after the federal executive council meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. ...
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Over 200 SMES Seek Space In Edo Production Centre, As Govt Assures Regular Electricity Supply
LEADERSHIP: The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said that not less than 200 Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) in fabrication, furniture making, printing and polythene production have applied to work from the Edo Production Centre, which will soon open for business. Addressing journalists after inspecting the renovation ...
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2 Policemen Killed In Sokoto On Election Duty – CP
LEADERSHIP: The Commissioner of Police in Sokoto State, Mr Aminu Koji, on Wednesday confirmed the killing of two police personnel, Asp. Abdullahi Maisaje and Sgt. Usman Ibrahim, while they were on election duty. Addressing newsmen in Sokoto, Koji said the officers were ambushed by gunmen on their way to Isa ...
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UK Announces Tariff Cuts, Border Plans For A No-Deal Brexit
LEADERSHIP: Britain said on Wednesday it would eliminate import tariffs on a wide range of goods and avoid a so-called hard border between Ireland and Northern Ireland in the event of a no-deal Brexit. The government announced the measures, which it said were temporary, ahead of a vote by lawmakers ...
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Quem avalia Tomás Correia? É o Governo, insiste o regulador dos seguros
"Nós não temos de avaliar a idoneidade do sr. Tomás Correia, quem tem de avaliar a idoneidade, a tutela das associações mutualistas é do Ministério do Trabalho e da Segurança Social", disse José Almaça, na Comissão de Orçamento e Finanças, referindo que o entendimento de que ainda não tem esse ...
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NDLEA Arrests Graduate With 250gms Skunk Cannabis In Edo
LEADERSHIP: The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Edo has arrested a 23-year-old graduate with substance suspected to be skunk Cannabis. The state Commander of the NDLEA, Mr Buba Wakawa, who disclosed this to newsmen on Tuesday in Benin, said the substance weighed about 250 grammes. According to Wakawa, ...
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Abiodun Vows To Make LGs’ Relevant Arm Of Govt
LEADERSHIP: The governor-elect in Ogun state, Prince Dapo Abiodun has promised to bring back the lost glory of local government administration towards ensuring that they truly reflect a third tier of governance. Abiodun also assured that his administration will create the needed atmosphere for Private Public sector Partnership (PPP) ...
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Brexit Fallout On UK Finance Intensifies – Think Tank
LEADERSHIP: More than 275 financial firms are moving a combined 1.2 trillion dollars in assets and funds and thousands of staff from Britain to the European Union in readiness for Brexit at a cost of up to 4 billion dollars, a report from a think tank said on Monday. UK ...
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Asian Shares Struggle After U.S. Payrolls Shock
LEADERSHIP: Asian shares struggled for traction on Monday after U.S. employment data raised doubts about the strength of the global economy, while investor jitters ahead of crucial Brexit votes in the UK parliament this week weighed on the pound. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was little changed ...
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Aiteo Fixes Leak, Restarts 150,000 bpd Nembe Creek Oil Export Pipeline
LEADERSHIP: The Nembe Creek Trunk Line (NCTL) resumed normal operations on March 7 following the plugging of a leak which necessitated the shutdown of the facility on Feb. 28. A spokesperson for Aiteo Eastern Exploration and Production the operator of the 97 km NCTL, Mr Masade Odianosen told the ...
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Pension: Lagos Signs 18% New CPS Contribution Rate Into Law
LEADERSHIP: The Lagos State Pension Commission (LASPEC) on Sunday said that Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode has signed into law the Amended Lagos State Pension Reform Law. LASPEC’s spokesperson, Mrs Ajoke Lawal, said the amendment increased the contribution rates under the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS) to 18 per cent. “It will be ...
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RMD, Eucharia Anunobi, Ali Nuhu, Others In ‘Zero Hour’
LEADERSHIP: After what seems a lull in the buoyant cinema business in Nigeria, following last yuletide pomp, the jig is about to return with a much anticipated film, ‘Zero Hour’, a thriller from the director of the celebrated ’30 Days in Atlanta’ and ‘A Trip To Jamaica’, Robert O. Peters. ...
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ECOWAS Calls For Elimination Of Trade Barriers
LEADERSHIP: President of the ECOWAS Commission, Jean- Claude Kassi Brou has called for increase in intra-regional trade, with particular reference to the elimination of formal and informal barriers . He stressed that it will facilitate the achievement of the single currency in the year 2020. Kassi Brou who made the ...
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China Says Working With U.S On Trade Deal
LEADERSHIP: China and the U.S. are still working to achieve a trade deal that matches the interests of both sides and the hopes of the world, including eliminating tit-for-tat tariffs, an official said on Saturday. Chinese Vice Commerce Minister, Wang Shouwen, said he was optimistic about negotiations with Washington, but ...
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Trade: Nigeria Struggles To Rescue 20,000 Girls From Mali
With over 24.9 million people trapped in forced labor via human trafficking worldwide, sex trade has become a booming business globally. BLESSING BATURE writes on the need to curtail this unspeakable crime Despite efforts by the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), about 20,000 Nigerian girls ...
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Alleged $2.1m Fraud: EFCC Re-arraigns Ex-NHIS Boss, BDC Operator
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday re-arraigned a former Executive Secretary, National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Oluwafemi Thomas before the Federal High Court in Lagos over an alleged $2.1 million fraud. Thomas, was arraigned before Justice Ayokunle Faji, alongside a Bureau De Change operator, Kabiru Sidi, on ...
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EFCC Faults UK Agency Over Comments On Anti-graft War
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has faulted the report in the media that Nigeria’s anti-corruption war is frustrated by the EFCC and others. Reacting the report, spokesperson of the EFCC, Tony Orilade said “we observe that the report contains several illogicalities, credited to the Programme Manager of the ...
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Nigeria: Return On Investment in Innovations Drops By 27% in Five Years
[Guardian] Return on Investments (RoI) on innovation spend is on a steep fall, as research has shown a 27 per cent decline in the last five years.
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Nigeria: Firm Targets U.S.$3.4 Billion Investments in Agric By 2023
[Guardian] Abuja -The Nigeria Agribusiness Register (NAR) has disclosed plans to facilitate new agribusiness investments worth $3.4 billion from domestic and foreign sources by 2023.
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Carregar o carro elétrico nos centros comerciais vai ser possível a partir de abril
"A partir do dia 1 de abril, legalmente, o mercado já estará liberalizado nesse tipo de instalações", disse José Mendes secretário de Estado Adjunto e da Modernidade, em declarações à Rádio Renascença.