Nigeria
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— Chinua Achebe
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Foreign Loans: Ex-CBN Director Advises FG To Prioritise Capital Projects
LEADERSHIP Dr Titus Okunronmu, a former Director, Budgetary Department, Central Bank of Nigeria, has advised the Federal Government to use borrowed funds strictly for building capital projects. According to him, financing the nation’s budget through deficit is not a bad idea provided that the borrowed funds are not used for recurrent ...
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Osun Poll: Observer Group Gives INEC Pass Mark
LEADERSHIP The Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) in partnership with Premium Times Centre for Investigative Journalism (PTCIJ), has commended the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over the conduct of the Osun governorship election. According to the Preliminary Report made available on Saturday by the CDD Director, Idayat Hassan, to the ...
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Lagos Seeks Stakeholders Understanding Over Hijab Saga
LEADERSHIP Lagos State Government on Saturday appealed to all Stakeholders in the contentious issue of wearing Hijab in public Schools urging them to maintain peace, law and order while awaiting Supreme Court ruling on the matter. Speaking with journalists on the refusal of entry for five students of Isolo Senior Secondary ...
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NDIC To Host IADI Meeting Next Week
LEADERSHIP The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) would next week host the International Association of Deposit Insurers (IADI) Africa Regional Committee (ARC) Annual General Meeting and Technical Assistance Workshop. Centered around Financial Stability and System-Wide Crisis Preparedness, the NDIC in a statement said it expects the event to provide a forum ...
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Nigeria:Rivers Overtakes Lagos as Top Investment Destination
[Vanguard] The investment profile report by the Nigeria Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC) shows that Rivers state received the largest investment in the first half of 2018.
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Customs Intercepts 11 Trucks Load Of Smuggled Rice
LEADERSHIP The strike force Unit of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) yesterday seized 11 trucks load of smuggled foreign parboiled rice in the South West. Recall that the strike force is an ad-hoc unit set-up by the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service to complement the activities of the border commands ...
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JUST IN: CBN, NDIC Revokes Skye Bank’s Licence, Changes Name To Polaris Bank
LEADERSHIP The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has revoked the licence of Skye Bank transferring the liabilities, assets and management of the distressed bank to a newly licenced entity, Polaris Bank. With the takeover of the bank by the CBN and the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) the bridge bank, Polaris ...
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The Lamentable Tale Of Aunty Kemi…
LEADERSHIP With a forged NYSC certificate she played a role in steering our economy at a very challenging time. She helped to bring financial discipline, identified and pursued a path to a long-term sustainable growth that has unlocked the potential in our economy. Under her leadership, Nigeria was able to exit ...
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Indústria da construção pede prorrogação de tributação especial
O presidente da Câmara Brasileira da Indústria da Construção (CBIC), José Carlos Martins, alertou hoje (20) que, caso o prazo da tributação especial para obras do Minha Casa, Minha Vida (MCMV) não seja prorrogado, o setor terá um prejuízo de 5% nos contratos do programa. Segundo ele, o assunto foi ...
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Preço em alta da gasolina leva o consumidor a migrar para o álcool
O consumo de etanol nas bombas dos postos de combustíveis do Estado de São Paulo alcançou, pela primeira vez, neste mês de setembro a mesma proporção da gasolina. Segundo o presidente do Sindicato do Comércio Varejista de Derivados de Petróleo do Estado de São Paulo (Sincopetro), José Alberto Paiva Gouveia, 50% das ...
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Court Jails Businessman 140 Years For Forging Foreign Cheques
LEADERSHIP A Federal High Court in Lagos on Thursday convicted and sentenced a businessman, Jones Patrick Biyere to 140 years imprisonment for forging foreign cheques. The trial judge, Justice Mohammed Idris handed down the verdict after he found the convict guilty of a 13 counts charge, preferred against him by the ...
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NPA, China Port Sign MoU On Port Devt For 2 Years
LEADERSHIP The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) and Guangzhou Port Authority, China, on Tuesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on port development aimed at sharing best practices, expertise in port operations, management strength, communication, cooperation on investment and promotion. The MoU was signed in Abuja by the managing director of NPA, ...
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Turning Nigeria Into Mining Hub Again
LEADERSHIP The Minster of State for Mines and Steel Development, Abubakar Bawa Bwari, recently met with investors in Australia and hopes that Nigeria may be on the path to becoming a global force in mining. ABAH ADAH writes. One major pillars of the Nigerian economy alongside agriculture through the 1950s and ...
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Activists Ask Court To Halt Demotion Of Police Officers
LEADERSHIP A group of human rights activists have asked the Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting in Abuja to halt an exercise by the Police Service Commission to demote some police officers who enjoyed special promotion recently for gallantry and superlative performance. The activists said the nation’s extant laws prohibit punishment ...
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Ábalos defiende que las autonomías eliminen VTC sin indemnizaciones
El ministro de Fomento, José Luis Ábalos, tiene claro que el futuro de las VTC pasa por las manos de las Comunidades Autónomas (CCAA), tanto su futura regulación como el reto de devolver el ratio 1/30 a las ciudades o, como poco, tender a él. Por ello deja en manos ...
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FCTA, OBG Ink Deal On Abuja Investment Opportunities
LEADERSHIP The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has designated Oxford Business Group (OBG) as the intelligence firm to produce detailed analysis that will explore the economic expansion under way in Nigeria’s capital city and the opportunities available there for investors. The first-time publication will provide details of the role that the ...
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States Raise Output In Rice Production As Nigeria Heads To Exit Import In 2020
LEADERSHIP Chief Audu Ogbeh, minister of agriculture and rural development recently in Lagos made a solemn claim but with firm assurance that by 2020 Nigeria will not only stop rice importation but will assume a status of net exporter. CHIKA IZUORA, looks at indices that give impetus to this stance. I ...
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"Burger King en España tiene mucho recorrido para crecer abriendo en pueblos más pequeños"
Burger King ha abierto en Rubí (Barcelona) el restaurante número 5.000 de Europa, y de miércoles a viernes, la capital catalana acogió una convención internacional de franquiciados. Ello ha traído a España al presidente mundial de la cadena estadounidense de hamburgueserías, José Cil, que destaca nuestro país como mercado estratégico. ...
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Indústria paulista fecha 2,5 mil postos de trabalho em agosto
A indústria paulista fechou 2,5 mil postos de trabalho em agosto, uma queda de 0,11% na comparação com o mês anterior, sem ajuste sazonal, aponta a pesquisa de Nível de Emprego da Federação e Centro das Indústrias do Estado de São Paulo, divulgada hoje (18). Nos últimos 12 meses, o setor acumula 1,28% ...
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Guardia defende liberdade de preços para área de refino de combustível
O ministro da Fazenda, Eduardo Guardia, disse hoje (18) que é preciso uma saída para o atual sistema de subsídios ao diesel, criado após a crise gerada com a paralisação dos caminhoneiros, em maio último. “Precisamos de soluções mais estruturais para esse problema”, defendeu ao comentar os preços elevados dos ...
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BNDES: empréstimos para Cuba e Venezuela não deveriam ter sido feitos
O presidente do Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social (BNDES), Dyogo Oliveira, disse hoje (18) que os empréstimos feitos para Cuba e Venezuela não deveriam ter ocorrido. A dívida dos dois países com o BNDES é de aproximadamente US$ 1 bilhão. "Olhando hoje, fica claro que eles [Cuba e Venezuela] não tinham condições de pagar. Provavelmente ...