Nigeria
Vai alla Scheda Paese »A man of worth never gets up to unsay what he said yesterday.
— Chinua Achebe
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Soja contribui pouco para desmatamento na Amazônia, conclui relatório
Números da soja na Amazônia mostram equilíbrio entre produção e conservação ambiental, diz o ministro do Meio Ambiente, Sarney Filho, ao divulgar relatório sobre o plantio da oleaginosa neste bioma José Cruz/Agência Brasil Fruto de um esforço intersetorial, um relatório, encomendado anualmente pelo Grupo de Trabalho da ...
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BDCs lobby CBN to slash forex buying rate to N350/$
Bureau De Change (BDC) operators are urging the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to reduce foreign exchange (forex) buying rate from N360 to N350 to the dollar— in the interest of the economy and operators. Association of Bureaux De Change Operators of Nigeria (ABCON) President Aminu Gwadabe, who spoke yesterday ...
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How Blue Economy Can Help Nigeria Diversify
The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) shocked not a few last year when it disclosed that within one year, it contributed N9.975 billion to the Consolidated Revenue Fund (CRF). Within this period, the agency has also paid $38,272,12.12 million to the CRF. This comes to N21.805 billion. The ...
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PR angolano nomeia dois antigos primeiros-ministros para a Sonangol
O Presidente angolano, João Lourenço, nomeou hoje como administradores não executivos da petrolífera Sonangol dois antigos primeiros-ministros, Lopo do Nascimento e Marcolino Moco, este último forte contestatário do chefe de Estado anterior, José Eduardo do Santos.
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PR angolano nomeia dois antigos primeiros-ministros para a Sonangol
O Presidente angolano, João Lourenço, nomeou hoje como administradores não executivos da petrolífera Sonangol dois antigos primeiros-ministros, Lopo do Nascimento e Marcolino Moco, este último forte contestatário do chefe de Estado anterior, José Eduardo do Santos.
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PR angolano exonera administração do Fundo Soberano do país
O Presidente angolano, João Lourenço, exonerou hoje a administração do Fundo Soberano de Angola (FSDEA), presidida por José Filomeno dos Santos, tendo nomeado Carlos Alberto Lopes para liderar a instituição.
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PR angolano exonera administração do Fundo Soberano do país
O Presidente angolano, João Lourenço, exonerou hoje a administração do Fundo Soberano de Angola (FSDEA), presidida por José Filomeno dos Santos, tendo nomeado Carlos Alberto Lopes para liderar a instituição.
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ASURI To Commence Strike, Picketing Of Science Ministry Over Unfair Labour Practice
*wants Perm Sec Redeployed Workers in the research institutes under the aegis of Academic Staff of Research Institute (ASURI), are gearing up to down tools even as they have declared a trade dispute with the ministry of Science and Technology. The workers in a letter declaring their intents and addressed ...
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PMB Appoints Ahmed Abubakar DG NIA
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of a substantive Director General for the National Intelligence Agency (NIA). In a statement by the special adviser media to the President, Femi Adesina, the new Director General is Ahmed Rufai Abubakar, a retired career Foreign Service officer, who till his appointment served ...
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World Bank predicts 2.5% growth for Nigeria in 2018
The World Bank forecasts that Nigeria’s economic growth will edge up to at least 2.5 per cent this year, as the country benefits from improved commodity prices, investments and trade. According to the World Bank’s January 2018 Global Economic Prospect report launched yesterday in Washington DC, Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) ...
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2018 Outlook For Nigeria’s Agricultural Sector
As part of its commitment to diversify the Nigerian economy, President Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government has singled out agriculture as a viable alternative for oil, which is why President Buhari proposed N118.98 billion as budgetary allocation to the Agricultural sector for the year 2018. This amount allocated to the sector ...
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New Import Policy Raises Fear For Cargo Diversion
There are strong indications that cargoes and imports meant for Nigerian seaports may be diverted to neighbouring Benin Republic, Ghana and Togo if the federal government go on to implement its new import guidelines, LEADERSHIP has learnt. Recall that it has been reported that Nigeria was losing 60 per cent ...
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Edo to prosecute parents for denying children access to education
The Edo State Government has said it will arrest and prosecute parents and guardians, who violate the Child Rights Law, especially those who deny their children and wards access to education. Acting Chairman of the Edo State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) and Special Adviser to the Governor on Basic ...
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2018: Year Of Fierce Telecom Battles
By CHIMA AKWAJA, Lagos As the year 2018 begins, the information and communications technology (ICT) industry is expected to continue to drive innovations across all sectors of the economy in Nigeria and generally the world at large. From a regulatory point, actionable policies are expected from the Nigerian Communications Commission ...
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70-year-old Kwara school for upgrade
The Kwara State Universal Basic Education Board (KWSUBEB) has said it will upgrade the 70-year-old Alore Primary School in Ilorin West Local Government Area to a Junior Secondary School. A former Acting Director, Finance and Supply, Dr Ahmed Sebutu, sapoke during the school’s 70th anniversary. The lawmaker representing Ilorin North ...
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Migrants: Committee evacuates 545 Nigerians from Libya
…says over 16,000 were evacuated in 2017 from different countries Additional 545 Nigerian migrants were expected back home on Monday from Libya, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Geoffrey Onyeama led committee on Libya migration crisis has said. This is apart from the 485 that were repatriated at the weekend ...
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NBS To Release 179 Reports On Economy
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) is to release no fewer than 179 reports on different sectors of the economy this year. According to the 2018 tentative data release calendar posted on the bureau’s Website, the NBS is expected to release 40 data in the first quarter. According to the ...
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Nigeria:Foreign Investors Push Nigeria's Reinsurance Market With 65 Percent Share
[Guardian] The low capacity and shareholders' funds of local reinsurers, which make them insufficient to carter for the size of risks exposures in the country, has offered foreign investors opportunities of about 65 per cent share of the Nigerian reinsurance market
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Time to fish out other killers
The law of retribution caught up with the notorious militant, ‘General’ Don Waney’ Igwedibia Johnson yesterday. The curtain was drawn on his life of militancy, crime, kidnapping and illegal bunkering by patriotic security agents. His co-labourers in the vineyard of terror-Ikechukwu Adiele and Lucky Ode-also met their waterloo. Three AK-47 ...
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Govt protests harassment of Nigerians in Libya
Nigeria at the weekend protested the harassment of her citizens by Libyans in illegal migrants’ camps. Minister of Foreign Affairs Geofrey Onyeama expressed the Federal Government’s displeasure when he met with his Libyan counterpart in Tripoli at the weekend. The minister led a government delegation to the country to facilitate ...
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Military deserves our prayers, support, says Dickson
Bayelsa State Governor Seriake Dickson yesterday called on Nigerians to pray for the military and the security forces to enforce the law dispassionately. Dickson said that security forces did not have to be politically correct to carry out their sensitive responsibility of law enforcement in the society. A statement by ...