Nigeria
Vai alla Scheda Paese »A man of worth never gets up to unsay what he said yesterday.
— Chinua Achebe
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PSN, PACFAH Partner To Avert Under-5 Mortality
LEADERSHIP With about 196,420 under five deaths in Nigeria caused by Pneumonia and Diarrhea, the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) and the Partnership for Advocacy In Child and Family Health at Scale (PSN-PACFAH@Scale) is advocating the use of Amoxicillin Dispersible Tablet and Co-Pack Zinc/Low Osmolarity Oral Rehydration Salt for the treatment ...
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Notore Oil dreams big over Free Zone developer status
The Free Zone developer’s status granted to Notore Chemical Industries Plc will enable the oil and gas petrochemical industry to create 15,000 jobs and attract $5 billion in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), it was learnt yesterday. The company has a direct port access and a dedicated jetty at Onne Complex, ...
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$210m forex injection lifts naira
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) yesterday injected $210 million, to meet customers’ requests in various segments of the foreign exchange market. The CBN, in its quest to meet customers’ needs in the various segments of the market offered $100million to authorised dealers in the wholesale segment of the market, ...
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Institutions Partner To Drive Turkey’s 90% Scholarship Offer To Nigeria Students
LEADERSHIP Wisdom House College in partnership agreement with Goodmus Learning Centre has offered 90 per cent scholarship to Nigerian students who wish to study in Turkey. It was gathered that the scholarship is coming after the Nigeria government went into a bilateral agreement on international education to offer 90 percent scholarship ...
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Nigeria Recorded N5.1bn Trade Deficit In 2017
LEADERSHIP Exports of goods and services in real terms grew strongly in the second and third quarters of 2017, following the first quarter’s 17.24 per cent year-on-year decrease while the annual growth rate of real exports was recorded 8.74 per cent, slightly less than 11.53 per cent recorded last year. This ...
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Experts Blame Poor Agro Exports On Bad Govt Policies
LEADERSHIP Major players in the cargo and aviation sectors have criticised the government’s bad policies as reasons for the lack of growth of exportation of agro produce from the country. Speaking at the agro export air logistics seminar of the Airport Business Summit and Expo in Abuja, speakers were of the ...
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Pagamento da dívida só perde para Previdência em volume de gastos
A dívida pública federal, alimentada pelo desequilíbrio entre receitas e despesas do governo, pode ter efeito perverso sobre a população mais pobre e dependente das políticas públicas como saúde, educação e assistência social. O refinanciamento e a amortização da dívida repercutem de forma expressiva no orçamento público. O relatório resumido da Execução Orçamentária ...
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Aumento da dívida pública desafia próximo presidente
Seja quem for o próximo presidente do Brasil, uma coisa parece certa a esta altura: irá conviver com um aumento constante da dívida pública. Conforme projeção do Tesouro Nacional para investidores, a proporção do endividamento passará dos atuais 75,7% do Produto Interno Bruto (PIB) para 82% em 2022, último ano ...
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‘Killing Of Nigerians By Fellow Nigerians In S’Africa Dangerous’
LEADERSHIP Special assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has described the latest wave of killings of Nigerians by fellow Nigerians in South Africa as worrisome and a “dangerous trend”. In a statement yesterday, in Abuja, Dabiri-Erewa said the latest killing of a Nigerian by a ...
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CBN, Inlaks, Identify Bests Practices To Enhance Digital Banking
LEADERSHIP The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the industry stakeholders have highlighted how digital technology is reshaping the banking industry and provided in-depth insights about various market trends and advances both locally and globally. The apex bank was speaking at a forum organised by Inlaks, a leading system integrator in ...
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El Gobierno negocia cambiar la ley por vía urgente para que las CCAA limiten Cabify
El sector del taxi se ha levantado en pie de guerra contra el Ministerio de Fomento para forzarle a limitar la circulación de Uber y Cabify en las ciudades, tal y como intentó hacer el Ayuntamiento de Barcelona, cuyo reglamento ha sido recurrido por la CNMC, Unauto, y el Ministerio ...
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Farmers To Get 9m Yam Seedlings In 2019
LEADERSHIP No fewer than nine million yam seedlings are to be distributed to yam farmers across the country under the CBN’s Anchor Borrowers Programme, (ABP) the Technical Committee on Nigeria Yam Export has said. Prof Simon Irtwange, the chairman of the committee, stated this in Abuja, yesterday, that the distribution would ...
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China está disposta a negociar sobretaxas a produtos do Brasil
As autoridades chinesas “têm toda a vontade” de buscar com as autoridades brasileiras uma solução para diminuir ou eliminar as sobretaxas a produtos brasileiros, como a carne de frango e o açúcar, informou o embaixador da China no Brasil, Li Jinzhang, em entrevista à Agência Brasil. "Essa é uma questão técnica. Precisa de negociação ...
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Açúcar e carne de frango são os mais impactados por sobretaxa da China
Dados do Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento (Mapa) mostram que a China representou cerca de 10% das exportações de açúcar entre 2011 e 2016, mas uma sobretaxa colocada em cima do produto, como medida de salvaguarda pelos chineses, fez com que o valor das exportações do produto caíssem 86% entre 2016 e ...
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Airtel empowers widow
Telecommunications services provider, Airtel Nigeria, has fulfilled its pledge to a widow who lost her husband in a fatal accident while on duty as a police officer. Through its on-going Touching Lives platform, Airtel has provided the widow, Mrs. Omowunmi Sasere, and her six children, with accommodation, a furnished two-bedroom apartment ...
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“33” features Kiss Daniel, Phyno, Simi at World party
The trio of pop star Kiss Daniel, rapper Phyno and singer/songwriter Simi will be performing at the City of Friends event to mark this year’s World Friendship Day in Calabar and Lagos. The announcement was made during the press conference organised by “33” Export Lager beer to unveil their World ...
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Laboratory Scientists kick Against Amendment Of MLSCN Act.
LEADERSHIP Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists of Nigeria (MLSCN) are kicking against the attempt by the federal ministry of health to sponsor a bill to the national Assembly to amend the MLSCN Act Cap M25, LFN 2004, saying it is not only inimical to their professional interest but also against public ...
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Saraki Declares Sen Bukar’s Poorlitics As Timely
LEADERSHIP Nigeria’s Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has declared that ex-governor and senator, Bukar Abba Ibrahim’s book, Poorlitics “came at the right time.” Saraki, who spoke at the book’s launch on Monday, said the book’s publication, not only coincides with the imminent 2019 elections, but arrives after the government’s recent signing into ...
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Temer diz que Embraer abrirá centro de treinamento na África do Sul
O presidente Michel Temer afirmou hoje (27) que será inaugurado “em breve” um centro de treinamento da fabricante brasileira de aviões Embraer, em Joanesburgo, na África do Sul. Ele declarou que o novo centro contará com equipamentos modernos e formará milhares de profissionais por ano na África. ...
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Wolves and Nigeria 'keeper Ikeme retires after leukaemia battle
Ikeme was part of two promotion campaigns.
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José Severino diz que a acção é recorrente e um vício Há muito sabido
O Presidente da Associação Industrial de Angola (AIA), José Severino, é das vozes críticas ao processo de acesso às cambiais.Num recente programa de televisão, José Severino criticou o que ele mesmo chama de “elites”, sendo que um grupo beneficia consecutivamente de somas de divisas para concretizar os seus intentos.