Nigeria
Vai alla Scheda Paese »A man of worth never gets up to unsay what he said yesterday.
— Chinua Achebe
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Juan José Aranguren: "Es hipócrita pedir que las tarifas se ajusten al incremento salarial"
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Oil rises to $62 on OPEC cuts, supply outlook
Nigeria got yesterday some cheery news from the oil market. Prices rose, reversing earlier losses, as investors latched on to positive supply-side drivers for the market, although concern about the wider economy simmered in the background after data pointed to a slowdown in China. Brent crude oil futures were up ...
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FG Restates Commitment To Free, Credible Elections
Federal government has assured the European Union Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) deployed to monitor the 2019 general elections that the exercise would be free, fair and credible. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Geoffrey Onyeama gave the assurance yesterday, when the Chief Observer EU EOM to Nigeria for the 2019 ...
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Motoristas podem ter desconto de até 30% no valor do IPVA
O pagamento em cota única e antecipado do Imposto sobre a Propriedade de Veículos Automotores (IPVA), além da ausência de multas, pode reduzir o valor do tributo em até 30%. Em alguns estados, há também a possibilidade de usar créditos de programas de incentivo à emissão de nota fiscal para ...
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9mobile appoints new Chief Financial Officer
Telecommunications company, 9mobile has announced the appointment of Mr Phillips Oki as its new Chief Financial Officer. The Acting Managing Director of 9mobile, Stephanie Beuvelet, who disclosed this in a statement issued in Lagos on Monday, said that Oki has resumed duty. Beuvelet said that Oki emerged as the best ...
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Nigeria: SEC Restates Commitment to Attract Investors, Boost Economy
[Daily Trust] The Securities and Exchange Commission has restated its commitment to partner with relevant government agencies and the private sector to attract more investments to the country.
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Argentino é esperança da Nissan no mercado dos EUA
A nova gestão mundial da Nissan, agora sem a influência do ex-presidente do conselho Carlos Ghosn, acaba de promover um executivo latino-americano para o comando das vendas nos Estados Unidos, um dos mais importantes mercados para a marca no mundo. O argentino José Luis Valls, presidente da Nissan na América ...
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Inflation, capital flow top agenda as MPC meets
MEMBERS of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)-led Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) will today converge on Abuja for a two-day meeting. They are expected to take measures for more foreign capital inflow and curtail capital flow reversals and rising inflation ahead of the elections next month. The consumer price index, ...
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$9b Dangote Refinery: CBN reiterates support for indigenous firms
INDIGENOUS companies will get the support of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to import equipment, the apex bank has said. The bank reiterated its readiness to facilitate access to foreign exchange by manufacturers. CBN Governor Godwin Emefiele made the pledge yesterday during an inspection of facilities at the $9 ...
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Fed Govt to send foreign security experts packing
A NEW regulation is coming to flush out expatriates operating private security outfits in the country, the Federal Government has said. Such expatriates, it was learnt, are being suspected of aiding insurgency and criminalities. Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Commandant General Abdullahi Gana Muhammadu stated these in Kaduna ...
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Atiku Campaign Organisation Commiserates With Jimoh Ibrahim
The Ondo State chapter of the Atiku/Obi Campaign Organisation has commiserated with Ondo State-born business mogul, Barrister Jimoh Ibrahim over the loss of his mother in a fire incident in her Lagos home. In a statement issued on their behalf by the Director-General of the Ondo State chapter of the ...
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Making Nigeria’s Refineries Work Again
There is no doubt that Nigeria needs to urgently fix her moribund refineries and address the lingering issue of importation of refined petroleum products, which has continued to gulp several billions of foreign exchange. With a huge potential as the 12th largest oil-producing nation in the world, with an estimated ...
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FG To Fund 2019 Budget With Recovered Loots
The federal government said that the 2019 budget would enjoy significant funding from recoveries from looted funds and the sale of public assets. Finance Minister, Hajia Zainab Ahmed, who spoke on the funding options opened to the government at an interactive session with journalists in Lagos at the weekend, identified ...
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2019: Ezekwesili, Durotoye, Moghalu reel out economic plans
Three presidential candidates on Saturday clashed on the economy in the televised debate held at the Trans-corp Hilton Hotel, Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that they include Oby Ezekwesili of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN), Fela Durotoye of the Alliance for New Nigeria (ANN) and ...
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Onnoghen: SANs demand respect for constitution, rule of law
The Body of Senior Advocates of Nigeria (BOSAN) on Saturday called for respect for the Constitution in the trial of Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Walter Onnoghen. It made the call in a communique at the end of its meeting held at the Nigerian Law School in Lagos. The Federal ...
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Nigeria needs different kind of leadership – Moghalu
The Presidential candidate of the Young Progressives Party (YPP), Kingsley Moghalu, says Nigeria needs a different kind of leadership that will transform the country and make it the envy of other nations. Moghalu stated this on Saturday in Abuja at the 2019 Presidential Debate orgnaised by the Broadcasting Organisation of Nigeria ...
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Kano/Jigawa customs impounds N100m foreign rice
The Kano/Jigawa Customs Command on Saturday in Kano impounded over 3,000n bags of foreign rice and some assorted contraband, valued at over N100 million. Briefing reporters at the Command’s headquarters in Bompai, Kano, the Comptroller Nasir Ahmed, said the goods were intercepted at various border towns within Jigawa axis. He ...
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Wike Urges Rivers People To Vote Atiku
Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers, on Friday called on Rivers people to vote overwhelmingly for Alhaji Atiku Abubakar as he had the business and leadership acumen to create employment opportunities and revive Nigeria’s economy. Wike gave the charge while addressing the people of Omuma, in Etche Local Government Area of ...
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NANTS Calls On FG To Resist E-Commerce Negotiations At WTO
The National Association of Nigerian Traders(NANTS),has called on the federal government to resist negotiations by some key representatives of Nigeria at the 11th World Trade Organisation, WTO ministerial conference in Buenos Aires,Argentina under the guise of ‘Friends of e-commerce Development’ in 2017. Addressing a press conference in Abuja,President of NANTS,Barr.Ken ...
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Vietnam rejects 37, 000 tonnes of cashew export from Nigeria
Nigeria’s push to grow her non-oil export suffered a setback when her 37,000 tonnes of cashew exported to Vietnam were rejected because of high price of the commodity. The Deputy Executive Secretary, Federation of Agricultural Commodity Associations of Nigeria (FACAN), Mr. Peter Bakare, who made this known, said the price ...
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Jigawa Farmers Earned N19.78bn From Sesame Export In 2018 – Association
The Sesame Farmers Association in Jigawa, on Thursday, said its members earned N19.78 billion from the export of 43,000 tonnes of sesame in 2018. The Chairman of the association, Alhaji Yakubu Gwari, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Hadejia. He said each ...