Nigeria
Vai alla Scheda Paese »A man of worth never gets up to unsay what he said yesterday.
— Chinua Achebe
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Boosting Nigeria’s GDP With Gemstones
The second edition of the African Gems and Jewellery Exhibition and Seminar (AGJES) held in Abuja recently, attracting participants from across Africa. ABAH ADAH writes. It is a dependable fact today that Nigeria is one of nature’s most favoured countries in terms of availability of solid minerals around the world ...
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La Nica Act golpea “talón de Aquiles” de la economía
El economista José Luis Medal analiza el impacto de la Nica Act en la economía de Nicaragua y cuestiona como[...]
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CBN Injects $210m Into Foreign Exchange Market
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it has injected 210 million dollars into the various segments of the market to sustain its intervention in the Inter-Bank Foreign Exchange Market. Mr Isaac Okorafor, CBN Director, Corporate Communications, made this known on Thursday in Abuja. Okorafor said that the apex bank ...
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JMJ representa una oportunidad para estimular a la economía
José Ramón Icaza, tesorero de la Cámara de Comercio, dice que son momentos importantes para Panamá que debemos aprovechar para mostrar una imagen positiva y que, además, con la visita de los peregrinos y turistas, esperamos se dé una inyección a las diferentes actividades económicas del país
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Special Christmas Offers for Book Lovers
All book lovers and bookish people (those who love to read), are being treated to a special Christmas and holidays offers by ACE World and Okada Books. Both organizations are offering readers free, and discounted book sales in celebration of the holidays. ACE World located at Sango, Ibadan, in Oyo ...
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IMF: Lagos will grow by 4% to $136b in 2019
Lagos State economy would grow by four per cent in 2019, the Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, said. Ambode, who spoke at separate meetings on Tuesday in an address he delivered to the state’s foremost social clubs – the Yoruba Tennis Club and Island Club, said “Lagos on a stand-alone basis in ...
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Between Rule Of Law And Travel Ban
Okoi Obono-Obla, chairman of the Special Presidential Investigation Panel for the Recovery of Public Property on Monday December 17, 2018 announced that he has submitted 29 names of persons to the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) because they are banned from traveling abroad over pending corruption cases. Obono-Obla who disclosed this ...
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Investments In Arts Aimed At Growing Lagos GDP –Ambode
Lagos State governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode has said that the state government’s huge investments in arts and entertainment industry are aimed at growing the economy and positively engaging the youths. Ambode who disclosed this while speaking at a public forum in Lagos said the sector remains a veritable platform to ...
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Investments In Arts Sector To Grow Lagos GDP – Ambode
Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode has said the state government’s huge investments arts and entertainment industry is aimed at growing the economy and positively engaging the youths. Ambode who disclosed this while speaking at a public forum in Lagos said the sector remains a veritable platform to improve the ...
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Drug abuse: Youths using embalming oil, paint, petrol – NDLEA
The rate of drug abuse in Adamawa and other states around the country is on the increase as addicts increasing resort to use of embalming oil, paint, petrol, and such readily available substances. The Head of Drug Reduction Unit of the Adamawa State Command of the Nigeria Drug Law ...
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Drug abuse : Youths using embalming oil, paint, petrol -NDLEA
The rate of drug abuse in Adamawa and other states around the country is on the increase as addicts increasing resort to use of embalming oil, paint, petrol, and such readily available substances. The Head of Drug Reduction Unit of the Adamawa State Command of the Nigeria Drug Law ...
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Alleged $48.4m fraud: Court seizes 38 houses from ex-NSITF boss
A Federal High Court has ordered the interim forfeiture of more than 38 assets and properties traced to a former Chairman of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), Dr. Ngozi Olojeme. Olojeme is said to have travelled oversees to avoid prosecution by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The ...
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New thinking
•It’s most salutary that Lagos Chief Judge seeks to decongest prisons The effort by the Chief Judge of Lagos state, Justice Opeyemi Oke (CJ) to decongest prisons in Lagos is commendable. Particularly interesting is the promotion of non-custodial sentencing by the CJ. While visiting prisons in Lagos state to release ...
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Heritage Bank tackles medical tourism
Heritage Bank Plc, has announced a partnership with Africanmed and the Chinese community in Nigeria aimed at developing the country’s health sector and bringing down the rate of medical tourism by Nigerians. Managing Director/CEO, Heritage Bank, Ifie Sekibo who disclosed this at the maiden edition Africanmed exhibition of top brands ...
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Paris Club Disbursements To States Stand At $5.4bn
A total of 5.4 billion dollars has so far been paid to states by the federal government for settlement of the Paris Club Refund. Minister of Finance, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, confirmed the release at a news conference on the state of the economy in Abuja, yesterday. She said that the ...
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Ibadan Mogajis to gov candidates: stop inducing us
Family heads in Ibadan also known as Mogajis have warned the five leading governorship candidates in Oyo state to desist from inducing its members with money or any other incentives. The group also dissociated itself from some acclaimed members going around extorting money from candidates in the name of Ibadan ...
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SEC: We Won’t Prosecute Multiple Accounts Holders
Nigerians have once again been enjoined not to entertain any fears of prosecution but take steps to regularise their multiple subscription accounts in order to obtain the benefits of their investments in the capital market. Acting director-general of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Mary Uduk stated this during an ...
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Group Hails CBN Governor Over Economic Stability
Coalition of Civil Society Group (COCSG), has commended the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele, for policies that have helped stabilised the economy. The Group singled out the apex bank’s Anchor Borrowers’ Programme (ABP) which it noted, has scaled down the huge foreign exchange spent by Nigeria on ...
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Equipe econômica de Guedes terá nove nomes do governo Temer
O superministério que cuidará da política econômica nascerá com diversos nomes do governo atual. Secretários, assessores e até ministros da gestão Michel Temer serão aproveitados na equipe do futuro ministro Paulo Guedes. A maioria em cargos adjuntos, os quadros atuais serão mantidos no futuro governo por causa do conhecimento da ...
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2018: Civil Society Group Hail CBN Governor For Stability In Economy
As 2018 comes to an end, the Coalition of Civil Society Group, (COCSG), have commended the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor, Godwin Emefiele for his policies at the bank, saying the bailouts for states through the CBN has helped them to massively stabilise the economy. Saying the apex bank ...
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Firm Donates Police Post To Kwara Community
A Kwara-based firm, KAM industries Nigeria Limited, has donated a Police Post to Ifelodun local government area of Kwara State. The Kwara State Commissioner of Police, Fafowora Bolaji, during the commissioning of the post at Jimba-Oja area of the local government, called on well-to-do individuals in the society to partner ...