Nigeria
Vai alla Scheda Paese »A man of worth never gets up to unsay what he said yesterday.
— Chinua Achebe
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La Liga: Nigeria U-15 Players Bags Sponsorship
La Liga, the Spanish league, has promised to sponsor some of Nigeria’s U-15 players to Europe for professional football. Managing Director of La Liga Nigeria, Javier Delpio, made the promise on Friday in Abuja at the closing ceremony of a five-day training clinic for coaches. Delpio reassured of La Liga’s ...
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Disability Law Excites Albinos, BMO
Mr Jake Epelle, Founder of Albino Foundation has praised President Muhammadu Buhari for enacting the law to stop all forms of discrimination against people living with disability. Epelle, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja that the president took a bold step to sign the bill into law. ...
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CBN Injects $289.76m, CNY38.70m Into Retail SMIS
Following its maiden Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting for 2019, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), yesterday, January 25, 2019, injected the sum of $289.76million into the retail Secondary Market Intervention Sales (SMIS) and CNY38.70million in the spot and short-tenored forwards segment of the inter-bank foreign market. The director, Corporate ...
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¿Qué pueden hacer las VTC para tumbar el decreto ley catalán?
El Decreto Ley elaborado por la Generalitat de Cataluña para restringir la actividad de las VTC ha puesto en alerta a la Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (CNMC), a la Comisión Europea (CE) y, por supuesto, al propio sector liderado por Uber y Cabify, que lleva meses ...
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TCN, AEDC trade blame over load allocation, rejection
The Transmission Company of Nigeria ( TCN ) and Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) on Friday traded blames over why power supply to the DisCos and customers was low. TCN’s Managing Director Usman Gur Mohammed said there was no network constraint in the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI) that would ...
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Hope Dims For Local Shipowners Over CVFF Disbursement
The fresh hope of indigenous shipowners to access the the disbursement of maritime intervention fund, Cabotage Vessels Finance Fund (CVFF) has been dashed as the federal government has blamed the shipowners for failure to disburse the fund. Speaking recently on the sidelines of an event organised by the Shipowners Association ...
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Ethiopian Airlines Moves Into Abuja New Terminal
The Ethiopian Airlines, yesterday moved into the new terminal building of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, making it the first major airline to use the newly- constructed terminal. Speaking at a brief ceremony to mark the inaugural flight to the new terminal, the traffic and sales manager, Ethiopian Airlines ...
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Nigeria Ratifies 40 Maritime Conventions, Domesticates 19 Int’l Laws
The director-general of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dakuku Peterside, has disclosed that Nigeria has been able to ratify 40 conventions passed by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) and International Labour Organisation (ILO) covering Maritime Safety, Labour and Marine Environment. The DG, who spoke in Lagos during ...
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Fairness And Justice As Counter-Terrorist Measures (1)
Remarks at the National Stakeholders Roundtable on Partnership on Strengthening the Role of Religious Experts and Scholars in Countering Violent Extremism in Nigeria Held at NTI Kaduna. Organised by Office of the National Security Adviser between 19th and 21st January 20, 2015. Let me begin by congratulating the offices of ...
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FG seeks power sector exit from dependence on forex
Minister of Power, Works and Housing Raji Fashola on Thursday sought the exit of the power sector from its dependence on other countries for human and material resources. He lamented the Nigeria Electricity Supply Industry (NESI) is highly dependent on imported human and material resources, making it vulnerable to foreign ...
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Obi Insist On Restructuring, Says Oil Is Baggage Economy
…Urges Electorates To Vote Out APC The Vice Presidential running mate to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Presidential Candidate PDP, Mr Peter Obi, on Thursday said it is time for Nigeria to reduced its dependence on crude as the major revenue earner describing such as a baggage economy. The former ...
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Tax on luxury items, corporate gains coming
VALUE Added Tax on luxury items and corporate gains tax are to be introduced this year to widen revenue sources, the Federal Government has said. The government yesterday unveiled its Strategic Revenue Growth Initiatives aimed at generating more revenues to finance programmes. Finance Minister Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, who launched the ...
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CBN Committed To Growth Of Real Sector
Efforts by the federal government, in particular, the policies of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to restructure and diversify the economy in the areas of agriculture, mining and manufacturing are beginning to attract local investors like Dangote Group. The CBN’s decision to ban several import items from accessing the ...
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Assessing Nigeria-Pakistan Military Cooperation
Bilateral cooperation between Nigeria and Pakistan began five decades ago and diplomatic ties have continued to go from strength to strength most notably, in the area of military cooperation, trade, cultural exchange and education. Military to military ties can further increase between two countries as Nigeria expressed its desire to ...
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Porto de Santos bate recorde de movimentação em 2018
O Porto de Santo registrou no ano passado a maior movimentação de cargas de sua história, 133,16 milhões de toneladas, 2,5% acima do resultado de 2017, informou a Companhia Docas do Estado de São Paulo (Codesp). A soja foi o produto com maior movimentação no ...
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NDLEA Nabs 3 Suspects With 586Kg Of Indian Hemp In Niger
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested 3 suspects with fake police uniforms and 586 kilogrammes of substance suspected to be Indian Hemp in Niger State. The agency’s Commander in the state, Mrs Sylvia Egwunwoke, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna on Wednesday that the suspects ...
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Facebook partners Nigerian hubs to promote entrepreneurship
Facebook says it is unveiling a new incubation programme, in partnership with its Nigerian satellite hubs to help local start-ups and upcoming entrepreneurs realise their business goals. Facebook Developer Programme Manager Kendra Nnachi said in a statement on Wednesday in Lagos that, the programme was in continuation of Facebook’s desire ...
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Nigeria's central bank to finance Dangote's oil with Sh21b
Nigeria's central bank will provide 75 billion naira in financing to an oil refinery project being built by Africa's richest man Aliko Dangote
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Labour rejects N27, 000 offer for states
THE N27, 000 recommended approved yesterday by the National Council of State as minimum wage for states and the private sector has been rejected by Labour. In separate statements, the Trade Union Congress (TUC) and United Labour Congress (ULC) described the decision as unfortunate and shocking. Lagos lawyer Femi Falana ...
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UN, WEF To Address E-Waste Challenges In Nigeria, Others
Seven UN entities have come together, supported by the World Economic Forum, and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) to call for an overhaul of the current electronics system, with the aim of supporting international efforts to address e-waste challenges in Nigeria and several countries. A report, “A ...
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Slow Justice System Scaring Maritime Investors–NIMASA DG
The director-general of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA),Dr. Dakuku Peterside, has blamed the slow pace of the Nigerian judicial system saying it has scared away potential investors from the maritime sector. The DG, who stated this at the 8th Strategic Admiralty Law Seminar for Judges held in ...