Nigeria
Vai alla Scheda Paese »A man of worth never gets up to unsay what he said yesterday.
— Chinua Achebe
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900 Participants Benefit From Click-On Kaduna E-lance Workshop
LEADERSHIP Not less than 900 participants benefited from the Click-On Kaduna workshop organised by the Kaduna State government in partnership with Digital Naija .The three-day E-lance workshop, tagged Click-On Kaduna, was organised by the state government with the support of the World Bank and Rockefeller Foundation.“ In a statement by Digital ...
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Dangote Donates N300m Business School To Ibadan Varsity
LEADERSHIP Leading businessman and chairman of Aliko Dangote Foundation, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, urged the government to provide critical infrastructure that would make the nation’s environment conducive to commerce and industry. Dangote made this appeal while delivering the third Eminent Persons Business lecture and inauguration of the Aliko Dangote Complex, a N300 ...
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DMO Raises N66.9bn In July 2018 FGN Bond Auction
LEADERSHIP Nigeria’s Debt Management Office (DMO) announced that it raised N66.9 billion at the FGN Bond Auction that offered on July 25, 2018. It made the announcement in a released statement yesterday. The federal government is seeking to raise capital to finance deficit in her 2018 budget. At the latest Auction, ...
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Justiça rejeita atrelar acordo Embraer-Boeing a manutenção de empregos
A Justiça do Trabalho em São José dos Campos negou, em caráter liminar, o pedido do Ministério Público do Trabalho (MPT) para que a União condicione a autorização do acordo entre as companhias Embraer e Boeing à garantia da manutenção de empregos no país. A ação civil pública agora segue ...
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Saipem, nuovi contratti nell'E&C Onshore per 800 milioni di dollari
(Teleborsa) - Saipem si è aggiudicata contratti E&C Onshore in Arabia Saudita, Serbia, Messico, Iraq e Nigeria, per un valore complessivo di circa 800 milioni USD.In particolare, un contratto in...
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ALGON Chairman Urges Youth To Embrace Sports
LEADERSHIP The Kaduna State ALGON chairman, Honourable Mahmud Aliyu has urged youths to key into different sports activities in order to reduce unemployment rate. Aliyu made the call in Abuja, yesterday during a three-day national youth sports business entrepreneur empowerment workshop tagged: “Sport Investment: The Gold Mine & Place Where Real ...
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FG Committed To Digital Economy – Shittu
LEADERSHIP The Minister of Communication, Dr Adebayo Shittu, says the Federal Government is committed to the digital economy to bridge the gap between Nigeria and the rest of the world in Information and Communication Technology (ICT). Shittu said this on Wednesday in Lagos during the 2018 Information Communication Technology and Telecommunication ...
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FG Urged To Sign Disability Bill Into Law
LEADERSHIP A non-governmental organisation, Juremi Foundation has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to sign the Disability Bill into law in view of its importance to people with disabilities. The head, Public Relations of the Foundation, Aisha Abubakar made the plea in Abuja during a peaceful rally, organised to create awareness and empower ...
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ITF Trains NAF Personnel In Vocational Skills
LEADERSHIP The Industrial Training Fund (ITF) has trained no fewer than 92 personnel of the Nigeria Airforce (NAF) on six basic skills that will further enhance their performance. The trade areas include; plumbing and pipefittings; welding and fabrication; electrical installation; masonry; air condition and refrigeration; as well as computer aided design. ...
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Nigeria Will Be Doomed Without Rule Of Law – CJN
LEADERSHIP The Chief Justice of the Federation, Justice Walter Samuel Nkanu Onnoghen, yesterday in Calabar charged judicial officers in the country to remain steadfast in the strengthening of the rule of law even as he warned that the nation would be doomed if the rule of law collapses in the build-up ...
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Construtoras acreditam em multa maior por distrato; Procons condenam
A discussão do Projeto de Lei 68/2018, que regulamenta os distratos (desistência da compra de imóveis na planta), atualmente no Senado, virou um importante termômetro do setor imobiliário em São Paulo para as projeções de crescimento no segundo semestre. As principais entidades do setor, como o Sindicato da Habitação de São ...
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Aneel aprova reajuste para sete cooperativas de energia gaúchas
A Agência Nacional de Energia Elétrica (Aneel) aprovou hoje (24) reajuste nas tarifas de energia elétrica de sete cooperativas do Rio Grande do Sul, enquadradas como permissionárias de distribuição. Os novos valores serão aplicados a partir do dia 30 deste mês e atingirão consumidores de 258 municípios gaúchos. Também foi aprovado ...
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AEB projeta crescimento de 3,1% nas exportações brasileiras este ano
A revisão da balança comercial para 2018, divulgada hoje (24) pela Associação de Comércio Exterior do Brasil (AEB), projeta exportações de US$ 224,445 bilhões, aumento de 3,1% em relação aos US$ 217,750 bilhões efetivados no ano passado. As importações deverão atingir US$ 168,130 bilhões, mostrando expansão de 11,5% em comparação ...
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FMDQ Admits Pioneer FGN Green Bond To Its Platform
LEADERSHIP Globally, countries are resorting to mobilising funds from the debt capital markets (DCM) to finance environmentally friendly projects to support development for the good of their citizenry. The federal government of Nigeria (FGN), through the Ministry of Finance (MoF), Ministry of Environment (MoE) and the Debt Management Office (DMO), has ...
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Dangote Cement Waxing Stronger In Production Capacity
LEADERSHIP Being in the fore front of cement production in Nigeria and the whole of Africa, Dangote cement remains the largest cement producer in Africa and continues to increase production capacity. As at the end of 2017, the company operated an output of 46Mta of production and import capacity in a ...
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CIIN To Appoint Efekoha As New President
LEADERSHIP The Chartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria (CIIN) is set to appoint Mr. Eddie Efekoha as its new president in Lagos. Chairman, Investiture Planning Committee, CIIN, Mr. Sunny Adeda, who stated this at the institute’s secretariat in Ebute-Metta, Lagos, at the weekend, noted that activities are in top gear for the ...
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BoI, Nigeria’s Game Changer In Boosting Small Business
LEADERSHIP Nigeria’s leading development finance institution, the Bank of Industry, is on the threshold of becoming a veritable game changer for micro, small and medium enterprises, MSME, across the country. The bank, owing to an impressive track record, has secured a $750m (N250bn) facility from 16 financial institutions to fund ...
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Setor de eletroeletrônicos cresce 14,6% no primeiro semestre do ano
O volume de vendas do setor de eletroeletrônicos, que representa cerca de 3,34% do Produto Interno Bruto (PIB) do país, cresceu 14,6% no primeiro semestre deste ano, em comparação ao mesmo período do ano passado, passando de 45,5 milhões de unidades vendidas da indústria para o varejo para 52,1 milhões. ...
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Otedola Bridge Explosion: Tanker Has No Insurance Coverage
LEADERSHIP The ill-fated fuel tanker, which led to Otedola Bridge tanker explosion, has no valid insurance paper, LEADERSHIP can exclusively reveal. An investigation carried out by LEADERSHIP shows that the tanker has no either third party or comprehensive motor insurance certificate, as it was never registered on the Nigeria Insurance Industry ...
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FG Set To Upgrade Federal Secretariat Complex
LEADERSHIP The Federal Government is set to remodel as well as upgrade the Federal Secretariat Complex in Abuja, through Public Private Partnership (PPP) to ensure safety of staff and boost productivity. The Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Mrs Winifred Oyo-Ita made this known while signing a Memorandum of Understanding ...
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Rise In Crude Oil Prices To Raise Nigeria’s Economy By 2.3% In 2019
LEADERSHIP The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has upgraded the growth rate forecast for Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2019 to 2.3 per cent while retaining 2.1 per cent for 2018. The IMF said the upgraded forecast reflects improved prospects for Nigeria’s growth on the back of an improved outlook for ...