Nigeria
Vai alla Scheda Paese »A man of worth never gets up to unsay what he said yesterday.
— Chinua Achebe
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Edo Govt Trains Young Entrepreneurs On How To Access Grants, Eyes TEF’s $5,000
The Edo State Government has charged entrepreneurs in the state to develop bankable business plans for their enterprises to enable them access the numerous grant opportunities to scale their operations. Speaking at the training held at Idia College in Benin City, Commissioner for Wealth Creation, Cooperatives and Employment, Hon. Emmanuel ...
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“A Ortega se le abre una oportunidad final”
La sesión extraordinaria del Consejo Permanente de la OEA sobre Nicaragua fue seguida de cerca por José Miguel Vivanco, director[...]
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Tourism: Lagos economy records N50b transactions
For the second year in a row, the Lagos State economy received a major, unprecedented boost in the entertainment, hospitality and creative sectors in four weeks of the yuletide season, Commissioner for Tourism, Arts and Culture, Mr. Steve Ayorinde disclosedyesterday. Trends and reports monitored by the Lagos State Government over ...
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Edo Govt Fetes Bendel Insurance, Tasks Team On NPFL Title
…as team, supporters club get N30m The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has celebrated Bendel Insurance Football Club for qualifying to the Nigerian Professional Football League (NPFL), charging the team to give account of themselves in the topflight division. Bendel Insurance qualified to the NPFL after picking maximum 9 ...
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EU Deploys Election Observation Mission To Nigeria
The European Union (EU) has deployed a high level election observation mission to monitor the February General Elections in Nigeria. Mr Federica Mogherini, High Representative of EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy; and Vice-President of the EU Commission, made the announcement in a statement on Friday in Abuja. Mogherini ...
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CAF Champions League: Lobi Stars in smooth take-off
Lobi stars began their CAF Champions League group stage campaign on a victorious note Friday, handing visiting Mmelodi sundowns of South Africa a 2-1 defeat at the Cathedral in Enugu. The Makurdi side suffered an initial scare when the visitors shot into the lead in the 38th minute of the ...
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Mother Of 7 Bags 16 Months Jail Term For Drug Trafficking
The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday sentenced one Rose Phillips, a 51-year-old mother of seven, to 16 months imprisonment for unlawful dealing in narcotics. Justice Nkeonye Maha, convicted Phillips on a count charge of possession of 44 kilograms of cannabis sativa (a.k.a Indian hemp), filed against her by the ...
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Why We’re Amending Lagos State Audit Law — Speaker
The Lagos State House of Assembly on Friday, said the ongoing amendment to the state Audit Law, was being done to enhance probity, accountability and transparency in management of public funds and governance. The Speaker of the House, Mr Mudashiru Obasa, disclosed this at a one-day Public Hearing on `A ...
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Mambilla Hydro Power ‘ll Create Employment – Nguroje
Chairman of the board of Nigeria Investment Promotion Commission ,NIPC and former Deputy speaker of the House of Representatives , Honourable Babangida SM Nguroje has expressed confidence that measures taken by the current administration to ensure the actualization of the Mambilla hydro power project comes on stream would improve the ...
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Custo de vida na capital paulista sobe 3,89% em 2018
O Índice do Custo de Vida (ICV) na cidade de São Paulo encerrou o ano de 2018 em 3,89%, 1,45 ponto percentual superior à inflação registrada em 2017, que foi 2,44%. De acordo com dados do Departamento Intersindical de Estatística e Estudos Socioeconômicos (Dieese), entre os dez grupos que compõem o índice, ...
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Customs Seizes Tramadol, Rice Duty Worth Over N54m In Kaduna
Nigeria Customs Federal Operation Unit, Zone ‘B’ has made seizure of three cartons of Tramadol 255mg and 1,100 bags of foreign per boiled Rice Duty worth over 54 million Naira in Kaduna. The Area Controller of the zone, Mohammed Sarkin Kebbi disclosed this in Kaduna while conducting newsmen round the ...
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After 10 seasons, Bendel Insurance return to NPFL
Bendel Insurance FC of Benin on Wednesday defeated the Oluyole Warriors to gain promotion to the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL). The club defeated Oluyole Warriors 1-0 at the ongoing Nigeria National League (NNL) Super 8 in Aba. Bendel Insurance was relegated to the Nigeria National League (NNL) 10 seasons ...
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ALGON lobbies for passage of autonomy bill
The Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON) has urged the National Assembly and State Houses of Assembly to hasten process of passing the Local Government Autonomy bill into law. Chairman communiqué committee, Ahmed Isyaku, stated this during the Association’s End of Maiden Conference in Abuja. According to Isyaku, the ...
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Customs Seizes Tramadol, Rice Duty Worth Over N54m In Kaduna
Nigeria Customs Federal Operation Unit, Zone ‘B’ has made seizure of three cartons of Tramadol 255mg and 1,100 bags of foreign per boiled Rice Duty worth over 54 million naira in Kaduna. The Area Controller of the zone, Mohammed Sarkin Kebbi disclosed this in Kaduna on Wednesday while conducting newsmen ...
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Ábalos anuncia un aumento de las compensaciones a los viajeros de tren en caso de incidencias tras el caos vivido en Extremadura
El ministro de Fomento, José Luis Ábalos, ha anunciado su intención de mejorar los derechos de los pasajeros de tren de forma que reciban una mayor compensación o indemnización en los casos de servicios ferroviarios "deficientes" como los registrados en Extremadura.
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Tinubu blasts PDP, Atiku
ALL Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu was yesterday unsparing on the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate in the February 16 presidential election Atiku Abubakar. The PDP, according to the former Lagos State governor, is seeking power to return the country to the dark days ...
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CBN Continues Intervention In Forex Market
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has continued its intervention in the inter-bank sector of the foreign exchange market by injecting another $210 million into the forex market. In the forex trading yesterday, the CBN injected the sum of $100 million in the wholesale segment of the market in addition ...
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CBN injects $210m into forex market
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has sustained its intervention in the Inter-Bank Foreign Exchange Market by injecting 210 million dollars into the various segments of the market. The Director, Corporate Communications, CBN, Mr Isaac Okorafor, on Tuesday in Abuja, said the apex bank offered 100 million dollars as wholesale ...
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Kano Industrialisation Plan: Fg Okay Kano’s 540mw Electricity Project
The Federal Government has okayed Kano State government’s proposal of 540 megawatt Qua Iboe Power Plant (QIPP) for the re-industrialisation plan of the state. The Minister of Finance, Mrs Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed gave the Federal Government’s assurance on Tuesday, when she received the Kano State Governor, Dr Abdullahi Umar ...
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FG Approves Kano’s 540MW Electricity Project
The Federal Government has approved Kano State government’s proposal of 540 megawatt Qua Iboe Power Plant (QIPP) for the re-industrialisation plan of the state. The Minister of Finance, Mrs Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed gave the Federal Government’s assurance on Tuesday, when she received the Kano State Governor, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje ...
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FIRS targets N8tr revenue in 2019
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has set an N8 trillion revenue target this year, its Executive Chairman Tunde Fowler said yesterday. Fowler, who spoke in Lagos at the opening of the 2019 FIRS Management and Stakeholders Retreat tagged: “Parliamentary support for effective taxation of the digital economy”, said the ...