Nigeria
Vai alla Scheda Paese »A man of worth never gets up to unsay what he said yesterday.
— Chinua Achebe
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Justiça condena ex-dirigentes da Petrobras por fraudes em contratos
A 3ª Vara Federal Criminal do Rio de Janeiro condenou o ex-diretor da Petrobras Jorge Luiz Zelada e o ex-gerente da estatal Pedro José Barusco Filho por envolvimento em um esquema de fraudes em contratos da petrolífera. Além deles, também foi condenado o membro da comissão de licitação de plataformas ...
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CBN injects $210m into currency market
The Central Bank of Nigeria said on Tuesday it had injected 210 million dollars into the interbank foreign exchange market, extending efforts to boost liquidity and alleviate dollar shortages. The bank said, in a statement, it had released 100 million dollars earmarked for the wholesale market, 55 million dollars for ...
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HoS Holds Workshop For Departmental Training Officers
By Bidon Mibzar, Abuja In order to develop a robust human resource capacity in the federal civil service, the Office of the head of the Civil Service of the Federation in collaboration with Partnership to Engage, Learn and Reform under the Department for International Development (PERL-DFID) has organised a one day training program ...
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El-Rufai Signs N216.55bn 2018 Budget Into Law
By MSUE AZA, Kaduna Kaduna State governor, Malam Nasir el-Rufai, yesterday, signed into law the N216.55 billion for the 2018 budget, saying the full implementation will commence 1st January next year. Signing the budget recently passed by the Kaduna State House of Assembly into law at Government House, Kaduna, el-Rufai, ...
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African Trade Unions Seek Ways To Improve African Migration Crisis
By Michael Oche, Abuja African trade union organisations from 25 countries across the continent, as well as their civil society organisations counterparts have met in Abuja, Nigeria Federal Capital Territory, in an attempt to improve and accelerate the implementation of the ECOWAS Free Movement and Migration (FMM) programme. Addressing journalists ...
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Temer pede ajuda de empresários para angariar votos a favor da reforma
O presidente Michel Temer discursa durante reunião com líderes empresariais sobre a reforma da Previdência, no Palácio do Planalto Valter Campanato/Agência Brasil O presidente Michel Temer continua trabalhando pela aprovação da reforma da Previdência na Câmara dos Deputados, prevista para ir a votação na semana que vem. Ele reuniu dezenas ...
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Impacto da inflação em novembro foi menos para famílias de baixa renda
O impacto da inflação dos aumentos de preços na economia no mês de novembro foi menor para famílias de renda baixa, segundo o Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada (Ipea). O indicador Ipea de Inflação por Faixa de renda registrou, para a classe de renda mais baixa o indicador registrou uma ...
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ICPC closes 63 illegal institutions, fake NYSC camp
The Acting Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Mr. Abdullahi Bako, said on Tuesday the agency has closed down 63 illegal degree-awarding institutions. He also said a fake camp for the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme was closed down. He said business management ...
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el-Rufai Signs N216.55bn Budget Into Law For 2018
Kaduna State Governor,Malam Nasir El-Rufai, on Tuesday, signed into law the N216.55bn for the 2018 budget,saying the full implementation will commence 1st January next year. Signing the budget recently passed by the Kaduna State House of Assembly into law at Government House,Kaduna, El-Rufai, said N131.1bn is for capital expenditure,while recurrent ...
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MARATHON: Why elite runners are always in front cells-Alli
The General Manager of the Access Bank Lagos City Marathon Yussuf Alli has clarified why some runners are placed in the front cell in marathons and road races. Alli said athletes’ pedigree and time in previous races determine where they are placed. “Insinuation that Kenyans, Ethiopians and other foreign nationals ...
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Nigeria urges peaceful resolution of Israel-Palestinian conflict
Nigeria has called for the peaceful resolution of the protracted conflicts between Israel and Palestinian, saying it is greatly concerned about the situation in many parts of the Middle East. Amb. Olukunle Bamgbose, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, delivered Nigeria’s statement at the UN General Assembly ‘Debate on Question ...
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Man sells daughter to ‘bury’ mother-in-law
A 37-year-old man, Kingsley Oriaku, has been arrested by the police for selling his one-year-old daughter, Nkechi, for N190, 000 to bury his mother-in-law. It was gathered that the suspect also abducted and sold his neighbour’s seven-year-old kid for N120,000. Oriaku reportedly sold both kids at a fake Orphanage Home ...
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Customs seizes 300 bags of foreign rice in Sokoto
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Sokoto state Command, says it has seized a truck containing 300 bags of foreign rice concealed within 350 bags of made in Nigeria ones. The state Comptroller, Alhaji Nasir Ahmed, disclosed this on Monday at the command’s headquarters while displaying the seized items. Ahmed said ...
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Parents Seeks Re-Exam For Foreign Trained Doctors
BY Henry Tyohemba and Blessing Bature, Abuja – Forum of Parents of the foreign trained Doctors in Nigeria has call on the government to re-conduct the assessment examination test for the foreign trained doctors recently held at the University of Ilorin, in which majority failed. The parents similarly petitioned the ...
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Nigeria:Infrastructure Hindering Foreign Investment, Says Nepza
[This Day] Abuja -The Managing Director of Nigeria Export Processing Zone Authority (NEPZA), Hon. Emmanuel Lyambee Jime, has said lack of infrastructure is a huge obstacle against foreign investment in Nigeria.
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Economía/Finanzas.- Juan José Montes, nuevo director general en España de la aseguradora Cigna
MADRID, 11 (EUROPA PRESS) La aseguradora Cigna ha nombrado nuevo director general en España a Juan José Montes, que hasta ahora ocupaba el cargo de director financiero de la compañía de seguros de salud.
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Juan José Montes, nuevo director general en España de la aseguradora Cigna
La aseguradora Cigna ha nombrado nuevo director general en España a Juan José Montes, que hasta ahora ocupaba el cargo de director financiero de la compañía de seguros de salud.
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Re-Assessing Nigeria, WTO On The Benefits Scale
Adetokunbo Kayode – When WTO officially commenced activities on 1 January 1995 under the Marrakesh Agreement, signed by 123 nations on 15 April 1994, that singular act replaced the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), which commenced in 1948. As the largest international economic organization in the world, the ...
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SEC, DMO, Others Move To Deepen Capital Market
By Kayode Tokede, Olushola Bello And Bukola Idowu, Lagos – Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Debt Management Office (DMO) and other stakeholders have said that for the nation’s capital market to grow, there must be mechanism for efficiency, accountability and transparency across major economy players including the Central Bank of ...
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CBN Reviews Stringent Criteria For Accessing MSMEs Funds, Cuts Rate To 5%
By Bukola Idowu, Lagos – The Central Bank of Nigeria has expressed concern that “not a penny” of the N26 billion Agri-Business, Small and Medium Enterprises Investment Scheme (AGSMEIS) has been disbursed nearly one year after its establishment, even as it expects the fund to hit N60 billion by the ...
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Quase dois terços dos funcionários públicos sem progredir em janeiro - FESAP
Quase dois terços dos funcionários públicos não vão ter qualquer acréscimo salarial no próximo ano, apesar do descongelamento das progressões na carreira em janeiro, disse o dirigente da FESAP, José Abraão, em entrevista à agência Lusa.