Nigeria
Vai alla Scheda Paese »A man of worth never gets up to unsay what he said yesterday.
— Chinua Achebe
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Kenya:Brexit, Trade, Security Are All On the Agenda During May's Visit
[The Conversation Africa] British Prime Minister Theresa May is visiting Kenya as part of a trip to Africa that also included stops in two of the continent's largest economies - South Africa and Nigeria. The Conversation Africa asked Kenyatta University's Leah Barasa to unpack the key issues that will shape ...
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Nigeria, UK Sign Agreements On Security, Economy
LEADERSHIP Nigeria and Britain on Wednesday in Abuja signed two agreements on Defence and Security partnership as well as Economic Development Forum. Speaking briefly before signing the agreements, President Muhammadu Buhari stated that Nigeria and the United Kingdom would continue to enhance their cooperation in tackling corruption and reducing poverty. The ...
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Lagos Retains Highest Foreign Debt Portfolio – DMO
LEADERSHIP Lagos State, the commercial nerve-center of Nigeria, has retained its position as the state with the highest foreign debt in the country, with a foreign debt put at 1.45 billion dollars as at June 30. A document obtained from the Debt Management Office (DMO), on Wednesday in Abuja, titled: ‘States, ...
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Nigeria:$3.3bn Egina FPSO Has Opened Nigeria for More Investments, Say Stakeholders
[Guardian] The $3.3 billion Floating Production Storage Offloading (FPSO) unit that sailed away in the early hours of Sunday from Lagos to the 200,000 barrels per day Egina oilfield has opened new vistas for investments into Nigeria from all over the world, according to stakeholders.
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Insurance Industry Loses N74bn To 14m Uninsured Automobiles
LEADERSHIP The number of uninsured automobiles on Nigerian roads have increased to about 14.7 million, making the insurance industry to lose about N73.5 billion annually, LEADERSHIP can exclusively reveal. According to the Nigerian Bureau of Statistics(NBS) report released yesterday, estimated vehicle population in Nigeria as at the end of second quarter ...
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Soyinka Tasks FG On Funding HIV/AIDS Response
LEADERSHIP Prof. Wole Soyinka has charged the federal government to take seriously its obligation to eliminate HIV and AIDs in Nigeria by taking full ownership of funding and treatment rather than relying on foreign donor support. Soyinka gave the charge in a “Keep the Promise to AIDS” Video Campaign unveiled by ...
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PMB: Maritime Sector To Serve As Main Economic Driver
LEADERSHIP President Muhammadu Buhari has revealed that his administration is repositioning the maritime sector as the country’s main economic driver and agent of diversification. The president made the declaration in Abuja at the launch of a book “Harnessing Nigeria’s Maritime Assets – Past, Present and Future”, authored by the executive director, ...
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Police Community Bank Was Registered With Personal Savings- rtd IG
LEADERSHIP Retired Inspector General, Nigeria Police Force, Alhaji Ibrahim Atta has said birth of the NPF, Micro finance Bank started 25 years ago was registered with personal savings. The Inspector general (rtd) stated this in his remarks titled at the 25th Anniversary ‘Gala Night’ of the Bank which held in Lagos, ...
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2019 Elections: NDLEA Urges Leaders To Preach Against Drug Abuse
LEADERSHIP The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Gombe State Command, has appealed to the traditional and religious leaders to preach against substance abuse as the 2019 elections draw near. Mr Aliyu Adole, the state NDLEA Commander, made the appeal in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in ...
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NGO, Unwomen, Train Journalists In Northern Nigeria On Promotion Of Gender, Peace, Security
LEADERSHIP Search for Common Ground, an NGO, and UNwomen on Tuesday commenced the training of 35 broadcast journalists in Northern Nigeria, for the successful implementation of National Action Plan (NAP) on UNSCR 1325. Mrs Tamwakat Golit, Project Manager, Women Peace and Security, stated this in an interview with the News Agency ...
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Presidente de Angola exonera dois secretários de Estado
João Lourenço exonerou os secretários de Estado para a Aviação Civil, Mário Miguel Domingues, e para o Transporte Ferroviário, José Manuel Cerqueira, sem adiantar qualquer motivo.
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Climate Change Affecting Food Processing, Hunting In Nigeria -Experts
LEADERSHIP Researchers at the University of Ibadan have warned that climate change is affecting food processing and hunting in the country. They called on both state and federal governments to come up with affordable insurance policy and favourable forest regulatory frameworks to help Nigeria farming communities cope with the challenges of ...
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Cricket: Nigeria, Sierra Leone Book U-19 World Cup Tickets
LEADERSHIP Nigeria and Sierra Leone have qualified for the final of the ICC U-19 World Cup. Nigeria beat Tanzania by 35 runs, but needed final wicket partnership to scale through from a massive hole. Yunusu Issa and Salimini Saidi took three wickets apiece, to reduce the Super Eagles to 89 for ...
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Nigeria:Dunlop Explains Investment in Nigeria, Launches FM 800
[Vanguard] SUMITOMO Rubber South Africa, PTY, LTD SRSA, manufacturer of the popular Dunlop tyre brand, launched the Dunlop High Performance Sport SP FM800 tyre at its dealer meeting in Lagos, in partnership with Tyre Express Nigeria Limited.
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Governo estuda compras conjuntas entre União e bancos públicos
O ministro do Planejamento, Desenvolvimento e Gestão, Esteves Colnago, informou hoje (27) que o governo estuda medidas para aumentar a segurança das operações e reduzir a burocracia nos bancos públicos. Colnago deu a declaração após reunião, em Brasília, com os presidentes do Banco do Brasil, Paulo Caffarelli, da Caixa Econômica Federal, Nelson ...
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Mining Firms Collaborate To Sponsor Summit
LEADERSHIP Ijelu Mining and Construction Nigeria Limited and Makerere Capital Partners Canada Limited (MCPCL) of Toronto have entered into a partnership to co-sponsor a Strategic Alliance Summit (SAS). The summit which is to be unveiled during the Africa Accelerating event from the 22nd to 26th October, 2018 in Canada; is geared ...
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Fed up with dirty fuel, Nigerians switch to cleaner alternatives
A more efficient stove means fewer trees are felled for firewood, said Hanatu Onogu, Solar Sister's business development manager in northern Nigeria.
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Produtores conhecem novas tecnologias para o agronegócio
Entre mais de 400 pessoas que acompanharam ao longo de um dia e meio os debates sobre o uso de tecnologias no agronegócio, durante o Fórum de Agricultura da América do Sul, que ocorreu em Curitiba, era comum ouvir conversas de gente que estava abrindo mão de profissões consolidadas para ...
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CBN: Revving Up Liquidity And Capital Inflows
LEADERSHIP The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has systematically evolved innovative policies aimed at revving up liquidity and energetic capital inflows to impact economic activities towards building a healthy and balanced economy. Liquidity is crucial in business and economy, and is defined as ‘‘a measure of the extent to which a ...
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NIRSAL Develops New Insurance Product For Farmers
LEADERSHIP The Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL) says it has created a new insurance product aimed at safeguarding farmers against risks along the agricultural value chain. A statement issued by the Head of Corporate Communications at NIRSAL, Anne Ihugba, disclosed that the new product, NIRSAL Comprehensive Index ...
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“Uma economia não se faz sem camiões”
O Presidente da Associação Industrial de Angola (AIA), José Severino, é uma voz autorizada para abordar quaisquer questões relacionadas ao incentivo à produção nacional.