Nigeria
Vai alla Scheda Paese »A man of worth never gets up to unsay what he said yesterday.
— Chinua Achebe
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Pantami Excited As ICT Contribution To GDP Hits 18.44%
The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Professor Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, has been excited to hear that the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector has contributed 18.44% to Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the second quarter of 2022. Dr Femi Adeluyi, Technical Assistant (Research and Development) to ...
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Customs Hands Over Indian Hemp, Expired Milk, Others To NDLEA, NAFDAC
The Federal Operation Units (FOU) Zone ‘B’ Kaduna has handed over 90 parcels of seized Indian Hemp and 135 sacks of expired milk powder and 31 cartons of unregistered pharmaceutical products to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and the National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) ...
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Bolu Essien’s Becoming Abi Loosely Based On Personal Experience
Bolu Essien’s Becoming Abi is loosely based on her personal experience working in one of Nigeria’s most prestigious digital advertising agencies. The six-part dramedy tells the story of Abi played By Essien, as she goes through the fires of building a business and scaling up a harsh and demanding industry. ...
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Nigerian Economy Beats Estimates, Grows By 3.5% In Q2
Economic growth in Nigeria, accelerated faster than expected in the second quarter, driven by growth in the non-oil sector. Latest report from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), showed that Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by 3.54 per cent in the second quarter of 2022, compared to 3.1 per ...
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Aviation Sector Crisis: Reprieve As CBN Releases $265m To Airlines
Respite finally came the way of foreign airlines operating in Nigeria, as the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) yesterday announced the release of $265 million out of the $464million revenue earnings trapped in the country. The move is to check the brewing crisis in the country’s aviation sector by settling ...
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Colombian government defines economic policy, reveals strong Spanish investment
The Colombian Finance Minister, José Antonio Ocampo, showed a favorable and recovered economy in a seminar organized by the National Association of Financial Institutions (ANIF) of his country, even though he warned of certain risks due to inflation and the hardening of external financial . . . To read the ...
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No Airline Sells Ticket In Foreign Currency – NCAA
The Federal Government has described as untrue, claims that foreign airlines are selling their tickets in foreign currency in Nigeria due to their earnings that are trapped with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). LEADERSHIP recalls that there have been reports in some segment of the media that some foreign ...
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Stakeholders Seek Behavioural Change To Avert Road Accidents
Stakeholders at the Accountability Lab Nigeria Roundtable on road ethics reforms, have stressed the need for behavioural change among Nigerians to avert road accidents. LEADERSHIP reports that about 1,700 lives were lost, and 10,200 were injured by road accidents from 2020-2021. Yet despite numerous offences by Nigerian road users, many ...
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Nigeria Info, Others Secure Broadcast Rights To Air EPL Games
Nigeria’s leading talk and grassroots entertainment radio brands, Nigeria Info, Cool FM, and Wazobia FM, have announced that they have secured the exclusive rights to broadcast the English Premier League (EPL) games through its partnership with Talksport, the global audio partner of the EPL. The broadcast partnership, which strives ...
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MANÁ. Armando Fuentes, actual administrador de la Asep, ha negado ser el ungido del Ejecutivo para reemplazar a José Ayú Prado en la Sala Penal. Seguramente la fiscal Waleska Hormechea diría lo mismo, si alguien le pregunta. Cuando se le consultó a Fuentes si el cargo actual que ocupa (con ...
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Regulator Bans Foreign Models, Voice-over Artists In Nigerian Adverts
The Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria (ARCON) has banned the use of foreign models and voice-over artists in media advertisements in the country. The director-general of ARCON, Olalekan Fadolapo, in a statement said all advertising, advertisements and marketing communications materials are to make use of only Nigerian models and ...
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En un encendido discurso contra la Justicia, Cristina Kirchner acusó: “Esto es un juicio al peronismo”
La vicepresidenta se defendió durante una hora y media tras haber sido acusada de ser jefa de una asociación ilícita; se refirió al intercambio de los chats de José López con otros empresarios y cuestionó a los fiscales Luciani y Mola
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Humanitarian Underscores Role Of Education, Meditation In Peace-building
Amidst a rousing welcome from prominent business leaders and dignitaries across Nigeria, world-renowned humanitarian and founder of the Art of Living Foundation, Gurudev Sri Shankar has recommended meditation in businesses, families and across communities as a necessity in creating lasting peace. This was during the Business leaders roundtable themed ‘Building ...
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ICPC, PoS Operators To Collaborate Against Corruption
Independent Corrupt Practices and other related Offences Commission (ICPC) has promised to collaborate with the operators of Point of Sales (PoS) under the umbrella of Financial Services Association (APOSUN) to check corruption and fraud through PoS devices across Nigeria. ICPC director of the department of education and monitoring, Mr ...
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El Gobierno asegura que no quitará los subsidios a tarifas que pagan comedores y clubes de barrio
La medida, que definió la secretaria de Energía, Flavia Royón, busca diferenciar la actual política de la aplicada por Juan José Aranguren; Sergio Massa adelantó que promulgará la extensión por un año del blanqueo de la construcción
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Argentina highlights industrial activity growth despite “financial turbulence”
Argentina's Secretary (Deputy Minister) of Industry and Productive Development, José Ignacio de Mendiguren, today, Friday, highlighted the growth of industrial activity recorded last July, which was 3.5% year-on-year, despite the situation of financial instability. "July was a month of financial and exchange turbulence. Even so, the industry grew 3.5% in ...
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Acionistas da Petrobras elegem novos conselheiros de Administração
Assembleia Geral de Acionistas da Petrobras, realizada nesta sexta-feira (19) no formato digital, elegeu, por maioria, oito novos nomes para compor o Conselho de Administração da empresa. Do total de membros aprovados, Caio Mario Paes de Andrade é o atual presidente da companhia desde junho passado. Foram aprovados também os nomes ...
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Assembleia da Petrobras avalia nomes para Conselho de Administração
A Petrobras realiza agora à tarde Assembleia Geral Extraordinária (AGE) de acionistas para eleger oito membros do Conselho de Administração. Além do atual presidente da estatal, Caio Paes de Andrade, estão confirmados na lista o secretário executivo da Casa Civil da Presidência da República, Jônathas Assunção Salvador Nery de Castro, e ...
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More Airlines To Boycott Nigeria Over Trapped $464m, IATA Warns
The International Air Transport Association (IATA), has said that unless Nigeria release $464million revenue due to foreign airlines and trapped in the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), more airlines may suspend operations into Nigeria. In a statement issued on Friday, the regional vice president, Africa and Middle East, Kamil Alawadhi, ...
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Ecuador expects free trade agreement with China this year
The Minister of Production, Foreign Trade, and Investment, Julio José Prado, affirmed on Wednesday, August 17, at the presentation conference of the XV China-Latin America and the Caribbean (China-LAC) Business Summit that they are confident of closing a free trade agreement (FTA) with China this year. In . . . ...
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Abuja Investments Coy Denies Allegation Of Land Grabbing
The Abuja Investments Company Limited (AICL), has denied reports accusing the company of forcefully taking over a plot of land purportedly belonging to traders at the Kugbo International Market in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja. The traders under the auspices of the Kubgo International Market Traders Association (KIMTA) had ...