Nigeria
Vai alla Scheda Paese »A man of worth never gets up to unsay what he said yesterday.
— Chinua Achebe
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Touts Menace: The Declining Glory Of Abuja City
LEADERSHIP The glory of every nation is the beauty of its capital city because it is the first point of contact for foreign investors and tourists alike. It was in pursuance of this objective, that, Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city was conceived. However, the brazen activities of Touts are undermining this objective. ...
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FG Plans to Recapitalise FMBN – Fashola
LEADERSHIP The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has said that the Federal Government has concluded plans to recapitalise the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN) with N500 billion capital base. Fashola made this known on Thursday in Abuja at the Business Day Real Estate Roundtable and Exhibition programme. ...
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Adamu Ciroma: Obaseki Extols Virtues, Commiserates with Yobe Govt, Family
LEADERSHIP The Edo State governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has extolled the virtues of late Adamu Ciroma, whose passing at an Abuja hospital, was announced yesterday. Aged 84, Ciroma was at various times former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), former minister of Finance and managing editor of New Nigerian ...
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Developer To Maintain N2bn Lagos Ile-Epo Market For 27 Years
LEADERSHIP The Developer of the popular Ile-Epo Market in Abule Egba area of Lagos, Total Value Integrated Limited, has been given 27 years period to maintain the market before handing it over to the council. The development of the market, which has begun will gulp N2 billion being invested by the ...
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Associação da Embraer não impedirá acesso a conhecimento tecnológico
O comandante da Aeronáutica, brigadeiro Nivaldo Luiz Rossato, defendeu, hoje (5), a associação da Embraer com a norte-americana Boeing como forma de garantir o acesso da fabricante de aeronaves brasileira a novos mercados e a manutenção de empregos. Para o militar, o importante é que o Brasil mantenha o pleno acesso ...
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Digital Classroom ‘ll Revive Economy – DCI
LEADERSHIP The Founder and President of Digital Club International (DCI), Dr. Nathaniel Atansuyu has stated that developing people in digital technology is the way Nigeria can have a developed digital economy. Atansuyi who delivered a lecture on “Digital Classroom: Language of the Future” at the first annual conference of Information Technology ...
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OCDE e FAO: produção agrícola mundial deve crescer 20% em dez anos
A Organização para Cooperação e Desenvolvimento Econômico (OCDE) e a Organização das Nações Unidas para Agricultura e Alimentação (FAO) estimam que a produção mundial de produtos agrícolas e pesqueiros cresça 20% na próxima década. O aumento será ainda maior nas regiões em desenvolvimento, como a África Subsaariana, Ásia Meridional e Oriental, ...
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Cotas dos EUA ainda não afetam exportações de aço, diz ministro
A imposição de cotas ao aço brasileiro pelos Estados Unidos ainda não afetou as exportações brasileiras, afirmou hoje (3) o ministro da Indústria, Comércio Exterior e Serviços, Marcos Jorge de Lima. Segundo ele, é necessário um acompanhamento de médio e longo prazos para verificar os efeitos das restrições comerciais norte-americanas. ...
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88% Of Nigerian Doctors Seek Work Opportunities Abroad
LEADERSHIP New survey conducted by NOIPolls in partnership with Nigeria Health Watch has revealed that about 8 out of every 10 (88 percent) medical doctors in Nigeria were currently seeking work opportunities abroad. This finding which cut across junior, mid and senior level doctors in both public and private medical institutions ...
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AfCFTA Can Stimulate Nigeria’s Economy By $2.9bn – Osakwe
LEADERSHIP Nigeria’s chief trade negotiator/director-general, Nigeria Office for Trade Negotiations, Ambassador Chiedu Osakwe, has disclosed that the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) has the potential to stimulate the nation’s economy with an increase of $2.9billion in 2018. Speaking with business editors in Abuja, yesterday, Osakwe explained that the outcome of ...
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Customs Confiscates 11 Vehicles Loaded With Smuggled Rice
LEADERSHIP The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Zone ‘B’ said it has confiscated 11 vehicles carrying bags of foreign rice along Kaduna, Zaria and Kano axis. The Assistant Controller and Commander Strike Force of the Command, Ekanem Wills, who spoke to journalist in Kadunaon Monday, said information about the smuggled goods was ...
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Palliatives To Keep Small Telcos In Business Underway
LEADERSHIP The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says plans are underway to roll out palliatives to help small telecom operators stay in business. Executive vice chairman of NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta, made this known during the opening ceremony of the 84th edition of Telecom Consumer Parliament (TCP) held in Abuja. Giving a ...
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2018 Corporate Governance Code Will Attract Foreign Investments – FRC
LEADERSHIP The Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria (FRC) has expressed the hope that the Nigerian Code of Corporate Governance 2018 will promote ease of doing business; attract local and foreign investments into the country. The council said the Code will also enhance the integrity of the Nigerian capital market, by entrenching ...
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Enugu Paid June Salaries Without Allocation –Gov Ugwuanyi
LEADERSHIP Enugu State governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, at the weekend disclosed that his administration has paid the salaries of workers for the month of June without receiving the federal allocation. Governor Ugwuanyi added that despite the fact that he assumed office at the time the nation’s economy was in severe recession, his ...
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Drug Abuse: What Regulators Can Learn From Tobacco Control
LEADERSHIP Nigeria has a population estimated at 198 million, according to the National Population Commission. Out of this number, more than 60 percent are below the age of 30. Business leaders and government functionaries often tout Nigeria’s, huge youth population as a huge resource base for businesses, particularly in the context ...
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Taxify Launches New Vehicle Category For Abuja Riders
LEADERSHIP One of the fastest growing transportation business in Nigeria , Taxify on Tuesday 26th June, introduced varieties of exotic vehicles to ease passengers comfort as they go on their daily dealings. Taxify COMFORT, will enable riders to have an alternative to the existing Taxify category. The new category is positioned ...
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Much Ado Over Report By Brookings Institute
LEADERSHIP In this report CHIBUZO UKAIBE, writes on the tango that ensued between the federal government and the opposition on the Brookings Institute Report which gave a gloomy depiction of the economy in Nigeria. It’s election season and every data, positive or negative, is becoming a political weapon. Such is the ...
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China Pledges Continous Support To Africa’s Digital Economy
LEADERSHIP The Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria, Dr Zhou Pingjian, has said his country would remain committed to cooperate with Africa in ICT and digital economy. Pingjian made this known in his address at the opening of a one-day workshop on ‘‘Africa-China cooperation in Information Technology and Digital Economy: prospects and challenges’’ ...
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Battle Against Hunger: Farmers Return To Class
LEADERSHIP The introduction of Farmer Field Business School by IFAD-CASP to farmers in Nigeria has opened a new vista in the business of farming in the country. JOSEPH CHIBUEZE reports Mallam Sani Danjuma Dambo, a peasant rice farmer from Dambo village in Bakura Local Government Area of Zamfara State is dreaming ...
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Child Spacing: A Stitch In Time Saves Nine
LEADERSHIP In contemporary Nigeria, where the economy is consistently on the downward trend, raising healthy and happy children poses a great challenge. This is not helped by the poor state of the country’s healthcare which has given rise to high child and maternal death rate. The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) ...
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Nigerian Creative Arts Exchange Showcases Best of Nigerian Culture In Paris
LEADERSHIP Le Pavilion Dauphine in Paris was the scene of the Nigerian Creative Arts Exchange (NCAE) a couple of weeks ago and the platform was intended to open Nigeria for business to France and the world with a spectacular cultural exhibition through art, cuisine, fashion, film and food. Guests ranging from ...