Nigeria
Vai alla Scheda Paese »A man of worth never gets up to unsay what he said yesterday.
— Chinua Achebe
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NSE pricing methodology has provided liquidity for inactive stocks–Experts
Some financial experts on Monday said that the Nigerian Stock Exchange ( NSE ) amended par-value and pricing methodology has provided liquidity for inactive stocks in the market. Dr Uche Uwaleke, Head of the Banking and Finance Department at the Nasarawa State University in Keffi, said that the amended par-value ...
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First Bank ATMs dispense N2.8 trillion
First Bank of Nig. Ltd. says its Automated Teller Machines ( ATMs ) dispensed over N2.8 trillion from January 2017 to December 2017. The bank’s Group Head of E-Business, Mr Chuma Ezirim, said in a statement in Lagos on Monday that the bank also accounted for 37 per cent bill payment ...
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NIA: Between Competence And Politics
The National Intelligence Agency (NIA) has responsibility for Nigeria’s foreign intelligence and counterintelligence activities. That puts it on the same footing as the United States of America’s Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), United Kingdom’s Secret Intelligence Service (MI6), Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation (SVR RF) or Israel’s Mossad. ...
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Resgatado a sul de Lagos navegador solitário inglês em barco a remos
A Autoridade Marítima resgatou na sexta-feira um navegador solitário inglês que se encontrava em dificuldades no mar, numa embarcação a remos, a sul de Lagos, foi hoje divulgado.
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Still on Obasanjo’s letter to Buhari
SIR: Nigerians have continued to comment on the contents of the letter written by the former President Obasanjo to President Buhari assessing the performance of the present administration among others in the areas of the economy, security, corruption, national unity, politics, good governance and development. The truth of the matter ...
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IICC urges public education
The Insurance Industry Consultative Council (IICC), an umbrella body of the various arms of the insurance industry, has called on the media to help create public education on insurance and financial issues. Its Chairman, Mrs. Funmi Babington-Ashaye, who spoke during the 2018 IICC Media Retreat for Insurance Correspondents at Grand ...
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Bad law
•This is what the gas flare penalty is and should be amended immediately THE Federal Government may have finally found the answer to the riddle behind the flaring of associated gas despite the so-called penalty imposed on international oil companies. In an interview published by Bloomberg, Minister of Finance Kemi ...
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‘Mortgage market records 82 per cent growth’
The mortgage finance market recorded 82 per cent growth between 2010 and 2016, the Mortgage Banking Association of Nigeria (MBAN) President, Mr. Akinniyi Akinlusi, has said. He made this known during a chat with The Nation. Akinlusi said while the size of the mortgage market in 2010 was N284.1billion, it ...
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Nigeria ranks lowest in industrial GDP, says AfDB
Nigeria may have lost her position as the biggest economy on the continent, according to a report by the African Development Bank (AFDB). The report, made available to The Nation, showed that South Africa is the highest in Industrial Gross Domestic Product (GDP) with 44.8 percent. It is followed by ...
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UN, FG Partner To Curb Drug Abuse Menace
As part of efforts to tackle the problem of drug dependence among millions of Nigerian youths, the United Nation Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) is set to launch four different publications on important policies and guidelines for controlled medicines and drug dependence treatment. The publications, which were jointly developed ...
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Optimism Marks Nigeria’s Economic Outlook In 2018
Stakeholders and economic analysts have expressed optimism on the direction of the Nigerian economy which recently recovered from a recession. BUKOLA IDOWU examines the basis for the optimism. Although 2018 started out on an apprehensive note, as the economy swarm in the unstable waters of fuel scarcity, rising violence and ...
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FG to engage Saudi Arabian authorities over Nigerians on death row
Federal Government said it would continue to engage Saudi Arabian authorities in negotiations over the fate of Nigerians on death row for alleged drug trafficking in that country. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Geoffrey Onyeama, made this known while fielding questions from newsmen in Abuja on Friday. The minister’s ...
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FG, Foreign Countries Share Account Information, Property Of Nigerians Overseas
The Nigerian government and some foreign countries, including the United Kingdom have commenced exchange of information on assets and bank accounts held by Nigerians in overseas under the Automatic Exchange of Tax Information (AETI) that was signed in January, 2018. The minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun disclosed this on ...
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Abuja: Perfect Destination For Movie, Music Video Shoot
Gone are the days when musicians and movie practitioners run abroad to shoot their music and movie videos even if the theme didn’t talk more about foreign land. Today, there is love in the land and ANTHONY ADA ABRAHAM writes on the new love for Abuja as a destination for ...
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Mind your business on the pitch Kaoje tells Eagles
Eagles must mind their business on the pitch, remain disciplined and ignore possible act of antagonism if they are to emerge victorious Sunday in Morocco. Former Minister of Sports and Chairman National Sports Commission (NSC) Hon. Bala Kaoje who gave the charge hailed the CHAN Eagles for making it ...
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We are determined to build robust tax system – Adeosun
Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, said Federal Government was committed to implementing any policy that would boost the country’s tax system and ensure ease of doing business. Adeosun said this on Friday in Abuja while receiving a Progress Report by the National Tax Policy Implementation Committee on tax law ...
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Low Productivity, Still A Challenge In Civil Service – Aregbesola
Gov. Rauf Aregbesola of Osun says low productivity still remains one of the challenges facing the civil service in the country. Aregbesola said this at the award presentation to outstanding civil servants in the state on Friday in Osogbo. The governor said that the ability of any country to develop ...
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FG’s Guide To Doing Business Nigeria Debuts
The Federal government drive to improve the ease for doing business has received a boost as investors and would-be-business owners now have a handbook on how to obtain licenses and permits when doing business in selected sectors in the country. Publishers of the handbook, A&E Law Partnership in a statement ...
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Nigeria:Nigeria Has Become Investors' Destination - Lai Mohammed
[Premium Times] The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, says with the right policies of government and favourable economy indices, Nigeria has become an investors' destination.
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Oyo CJ to reassign Olubadan’s case against Ajimobi
The Chief Judge (CJ) of Oyo State will reassign the case filed by the Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Saliu Adetunji, against Governor Abiola Ajimobi on the review of the Olubadan Chieftaincy Declaration Law. Justice Olajumoke Aiki of an Oyo State High Court, sitting in Ibadan, the state capital, yesterday returned ...
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el-Rufai’s Wife Presents Her Book, ‘An Abundance Of Scorpion’
Wife of Kaduna State governor, Hadiza Isma el-Rufai is presenting her new novel, ‘An Abun- dance of Scorpion,’ today. The book, (which is not her rst publication) tells the travails of a northern woman, Tambaya whose hopes for a new beginning is dashed by the maltreatment she su ers at ...