Nigeria
Vai alla Scheda Paese »A man of worth never gets up to unsay what he said yesterday.
— Chinua Achebe
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Buhari, Gowon were my regular customers when I started –Ochefu, Mammy market founder
Mrs. Mammy Maria Ochefu started Mammy market business which later spread to all military barracks in Nigeria. She was married to a former governor of old Enugu State, late Colonel Anthony Ochefu. In this interview with JOHN CHARLES in Otukpo, Benue State, she spoke on what prompted her into starting ...
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Court decides Evans’ applications to quash murder charges Nov. 10
Oladimeji Ramon The Lagos State High Court in Igbosere has fixed November 10, 2017, to rule on whether or not to quash the murder and illegal sales of firearms charges filed by the Lagos State Directorate of Public Prosecutions against alleged kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, alias Evans. Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo ...
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Glo pledges support for SMEs at Jos Trade Fair
Tunde Ajaja Globacom says it has pledged support for Small and Medium Enterprises at the ongoing Jos Trade Fair in its bid to encourage the economic advancement of Nigeria. In a statement on Friday, the trade fair with the theme, ‘Sustaining the Promotion of Entrepreneurship through MSMEs for Economic Development,’ ...
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Court decides Evans’ applications to quash murder charges Nov. 10
Oladimeji Ramon The Lagos State High Court in Igbosere has fixed November 10 to rule on whether or not to quash the murder and illegal sales of firearms charges filed by the Lagos State Directorate of Public Prosecutions against alleged kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, alias Evans. Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo fixed ...
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Nigerians score Buhari low on anti-corruption fight, economy
Adelani Adepegba, Abuja Nigerians have scored the Federal Government low on its anti-corruption fight and the economy, noting that it had failed to meet the expectations of the people. Speaking at the Buharimeter Citizens’ town hall meeting organized by the Centre for Development and Democracy on Friday in Abuja, various ...
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Marriage: Association advocates HIV/AIDS screening
Alhaji Abdullahi Muhammad, the Chairman, People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) in Jigawa, has advised intending couples to go for HIV/AIDS screening before marriage. Muhammad gave the advice while speaking with newsmen in Dutse on Friday. He commended the Jigawa House of Assembly for passing a law making it compulsory for ...
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FIFA Appoints LMC Chairman, Dikko
President of Nigeria Football Federation, Mr. Amaju Melvin Pinnick on Friday congratulated NFF 2nd Vice President/LMC Chairman Shehu Dikko, after the soft –spoken administrator and marketing and strategic development expert was appointed a Member of the FIFA Football Stakeholders Committee. FIFA ratified the appointment of Dikko at its Council ...
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Canadá y Costa Rica celebran simposio sobre el proceso de determinación de la condición de persona refugiada
Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees Country: Canada, Costa Rica, WorldEsta actividad se desarrolló con el objetivo de contribuir al fortalecimiento de las capacidades de apelación con apego a los estándares internacionales del derecho internacional de los refugiados.El “Simposio sobre apelación en el procedimiento de determinación de la condición de persona ...
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Don’t expect commodity shake-up next year, W’Bank tells Nigeria
• Bank rules out major oil price increase in 2018 Oyetunji Abioye with agency report The World Bank says the big drop in export commodity prices that led to significant economic shocks last year in commodity exporting countries including Nigeria may not occur in 2018. According to the World Bank, ...
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Meadow Hall partners Lagos govt on youth empowerment
The Meadow Hall Group has indicated that it will partner the Lagos State Government to train 200 final year students of tertiary institutions on employability skills during the second edition of its entrepreneurship programme tagged ReadySetWork. The group, in a statement, said it would do this through its subsidiary, the ...
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Saraki, US ambassador, others meet on Nigeria’s economy
Leke Baiyewu, Abuja The President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, on Thursday stated that one of the primary objectives of the 8th National Assembly was to increase private sector participation in all spheres of the economy in order to make the country viable. Saraki, according to a statement by his ...
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INTERPOL, court issue fresh warrants for Maina’s arrest
• We have extended probe to foreign countries –Presidency • AGF, security agencies make presentations to Buhari Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja The Presidency on Thursday said an Abuja Magistrate’s Court as well as the international police popularly called the INTERPOL had issued fresh warrants for the arrest of the embattled former ...
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Nigeria saves N216bn from rice importation – BOA
Nigeria has saved over N216 billion from the importation of rice alone from Thailand and other countries since the nation’s domestic mass production flooded the markets under the Anchor Borrowers’ Programme (ABP). Prince Niyi Akenzua, the Executive Director, Risk Management and Finance, Bank of Agriculture (BOA) disclosed on Thursday in ...
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La ONU lanza plan para proteger a las personas defensoras de derechos humanos en América Latina
Source: Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, Government of Uruguay, UN Human Rights Council Country: Brazil, Honduras, WorldDos tercios de los homicidios contra defensores de los derechos humanos se efectúan en América Latina. Frente a esta realidad, se presentó el plan de acciones conjuntas para la protección de las personas defensoras de ...
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Measles continues to kill 90,000 people annually despite global decline
Source: World Health Organization, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, UN Children's Fund, GAVI Alliance Country: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, World20.8 million children are still missing their first measles vaccine dose. More than half of them live in Nigeria, India, Pakistan, Indonesia, Ethiopia, and DR ...
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Mobil takes over Qua Iboe power plant
Mobil Producing Nigeria, operator of NNPC, MPN Joint Venture, on Thursday said it had reached commercial terms with Qua Iboe Power Plant Limited for the transfer of ownership of the Qua Iboe power project. The General Manager, Public and Government Affairs, Mr Paul Arinze, in a statement said the agreement included ...
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Nigeria, Pakistan trade volume less than $1bn – envoy
Pakistan’s current volume of trade with Nigeria is below $1bn, representing about 46 percent decrease from 2016. The Head of Chancery in the Pakistan High Commission, Mr Asim Khan, on Thursday in Abuja said that Pakistan offered scholarships to about 100 Nigerians to study in that country from January, especially ...
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Legacy debts account for $3bn of $5.5bn foreign loans –Adeosun
Everest Amaefule, Abuja The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, on Wednesday, stated that the Federal Government would apply the sum of $3bn in refinancing the legacy debts of the immediate past administration. The outlay is part of the $5.5bn foreign loan being sourced from the international financial markets, according ...
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Titi Atiku kept me in EFCC custody – Ex-business partner
Oluwatosin Omojuyigbe An ex-governorship aspirant in Akwa Ibom State, Nsikakabasi Akpan-Jacobs, on Wednesday claimed before a Lagos State High Court in Ikeja that he was detained for three weeks in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abuja at the instance of the wife of former Vice-President, Atiku ...
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High customs duty frustrates local shipping industry –Peterside
Anna Okon The Director General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency Dr. Dakuku Peterside, said that due to prohibitive Customs duties in Nigeria was one of the factors that led to the collapse of the local shipping industry. Peterside who was represented by the Executive Director, Operations, NIMASA, Rotimi Fashaki, ...
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Unremitted IGR: Senate wants some MDAs scrapped
Leke Baiyewu, Abuja Members of the Senate on Wednesday took turns to condemn the size of the Federal Government’s bureaucracy, saying the Ministries, Departments and Agencies were overstaffed. Some of them specifically called for the scrapping of some of the MDAs, which they described as drainpipe on Nigeria’s economy. The ...