Nigeria
Vai alla Scheda Paese »A man of worth never gets up to unsay what he said yesterday.
— Chinua Achebe
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Chiwetel Ejiofor: Stage King With A Difference
LEADERSHIP Against all odds, Nigerians do well once given the chance, and especially well, when they are on foreign soil where opportunities abound and hard work is rewarded. That is the story of Chiwetel Ejiofor, one of Nigeria’s best, doing marvelously well in Hollywood and his country of birth, England. Since ...
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Empresários aguardam Refis do Supersimples para não fechar portas
Deve ser sancionado até o dia 6 de agosto, pelo presidente da República, Michel Temer, o projeto de lei complementar que vai permitir o retorno ao Simples Nacional dos microempreendedores individuais, microempresas e empresas de pequeno porte que foram excluídos do regime especial em 1º de janeiro por dívidas tributárias. O ...
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Women Of Reproductive Age And Family Planning
LEADERSHIP With Nigeria’s huge population, there is need for all Nigerians to pause and think on how to curb the huge population. As we are all aware, the Nigerian population is 198 million and this figure has an implication on the country in all aspects of the economy. A quarter of ...
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Bribe On The Highway, Kid-traders As Conduit
LEADERSHIP The story of security men on road blocks using children to collect bribes from motorists sounds incredulous but AGBO-PAUL AUGUSTINE and JOY YESUFU (Abuja) report that this is the new tactic adopted by the officers on duty to avoid suspicious eyes His name is Godwin Itodo, he hawks sweets, bitter ...
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FAAC: FG, States, LGs Share N668.89b
LEADERSHIP Federal, States and Local Government Councils have shared N668. 89 billion from the federation account as revenue generated in May. The Director of Information, Federal Ministry of Finance, Mr Hassan Dodo, made this known in a statement on Friday in Abuja. Dodo, however, said that the distribution of the funds ...
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Revitalised Agribusiness, Agro-Industry Key To Diversification – Minister
LEADERSHIP The Minister of State for Industry, Trade and Investment, Hajia Aisha Abubakar, has expressed optimism that the implementation of the Nigeria Agribusiness and Agro-Industry Development Initiative (NAADI) would bring about sustained poverty reduction, human capital development and prosperity to the majority of Nigerians. Speaking at the flag-off and official commissioning ...
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We’ll Ensure Quick Passage Of AMCON Amendment Bill – Reps
LEADERSHIP Barely one week after the Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance and other Financial Institutions, called on President Muhammadu Buhari to issue an Executive Order on seizure of assets of persons who are indebted to the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON), the chairman of House of Representatives Committee on Banking ...
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Group To Train Young Graduates On Digital Marketing
LEADERSHIP Digify Africa PRO Nigeria, a digital training not-for-profit initiative in partnership with Facebook said it will train young graduates waiting for employment on intensive Digital Marketing training programme. The Programme which will equip 20 smart Nigerian graduates between the age of 20 to 30 years old. However, the program is ...
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Tackling Unemployment, Key To Development – Minister
LEADERSHIP The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr. Okechukwu Enelamah has said tackling the problem of unemployment in Nigeria, is the key to development. The minister, who stated this at the Technoserve Youth Entrepreneurship summit in Abuja yesterday, noted that “Industrialisation through the micro, small and medium scale enterprises is ...
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LCCI Opposes Introduction Of New Excise Duties On Consumer Goods
LEADERSHIP The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has advised the federal government not to impose excise duty on basic consumer goods in the country, saying the chamber was worried over the move to extend the new duty regime to several other basic items. Director-general of the LCCI, Mr. Muda ...
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Nigeria:Nigeria Attracts $1.3bn Foreign Direct Investment From U.S. in 2017
[Vanguard] The American Business Council (ABC) has disclosed that Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) of about 1.3 billion dollars flowed into the Nigerian economy from the US in 2017.
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SMEs Owners Protest Against Erratic Power Supply In Lagos
LEADERSHIP Small and Medium Scale Enterprises business owners under the aegis of Association of Shop Owners, Sura Complex on Lagos Island on Wednesday stormed the premises of Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) in Marina to protest against poor and erratic power supply. The obviously frustrated business owners led by their chairman, ...
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FG Relocates Abeokuta Railway Station To Avert Demolition
LEADERSHIP The Abeokuta railway station, proposed for the ongoing construction of Lagos-Ibadan Standard gauge rail project, earlier planned to be located at the Trade Fair complex, Laderin, Abeokuta, has been relocated to Oba New City. The Oba New City is a 6-km distance from the state capital thus avoiding the need ...
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CBN Sustains Forex Intervention, Injects Fresh $210m
LEADERSHIP The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) yesterday, injected the sum of $210 million into the inter-bank foreign exchange (forex) market. The bank offered $100million to authorised dealers in the wholesale segment of the market, while the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) segment got the sum of $55 million, just as ...
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NEXIM Calls For Speedy Passage Of Factoring Bill
LEADERSHIP The Nigerian Export-Import (NEXIM) Bank has called for the speedy passage of the Factoring Bill presently before the national assembly to enable the country tap into €2.6 trillion global factoring market. This was emphasized by the chairman of the board of NEXIM and deputy governor, Economic Policy, Central Bank of ...
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Business Council Lists Gains Of Nigeria-Malaysia Trade Corridor
LEADERSHIP The president of the Nigeria-Malaysia Business Council (NMBC), Dr Michael Aderohunmu, has disclosed that the Council has entered into partnership with the Nigeria Exports Promotion Council (NEPC) and the Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation (MATRADE) to set up a trade corridor. Disclosing this during the establishment of the Nigeria-Malaysia Trade ...
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Nigeria Will Change Intra-African Trade Matrix – Osinbajo
LEADERSHIP Nigeria’s vice president, Professor Yemi Osinbajo yesterday said government was determined to increase the level of the country’s trade in the region. Osinbajo said it was disturbing that while Nigeria’s portion of intra-African trade was just $7.1billion, which is about 5.5 per cent, South Africa’s trade within the continent was ...
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Nigeria:Nigeria Is Safe, Secure for Investment, Buhari Assures 20 CEOs in the Netherlands
[This Day] Abuja -President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday in The Hague, Netherlands, met with over 20 chief executive officers of Dutch companies, assuring them of safe and secure environment in Nigeria for their investments, as well as huge returns.
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Police Arrest Fake Lawyer For Theft, Impersonation
LEADERSHIP The police in Lagos have arrested a 27-year-old man Destiny Otubambo, for allegedly parading himself as a lawyer and buying exotic cars, phones and other valuables with false bank transfers. The commissioner of Police in Lagos, CP Imohimi Edgal confirmed the arrest to newsman on Monday at Ikeja, advising business ...
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Presidente da AEB reclama protagonisno do comércio exterior
"O comércio exterior brasileiro está a reboque de outras políticas; ele não é protagonista. Ao contrário, é um mero coadjuvante”, disse à Agência Brasil o presidente da Associação do Comércio Exterior do Brasil (AEB), José Augusto de Castro. A AEB lançou hoje (16), na Confederação Nacional do Comércio de Bens, ...
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Nigeria:Nigeria, Netherlands' Trade Volume Hits N1.2tn, Says Envoy
[This Day] Nigeria Ambassador to the Netherlands, Oji Ngofa, has expressed satisfaction with the current volume of trade between the two countries, which stood at ?3 billion (N1.2 trillion) in the first quarter of 2018.