Nigeria
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— Chinua Achebe
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NiDCOM, AfDB Partner On Trust Fund, Investment, Training, Others
The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) and the Africa Development Bank (AfDB) on Thursday agreed to partner on many areas of Diaspora development in Africa. At a parley in Abuja, NIDCOM chairman/CEO Abike Dabiri-Erewa, led a delegation to meet director general, Nigeria country Aoffice, AfDBMr. Lamin Barrow, the in Abuja. ...
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BOI Declares N7.8bn Dividend Payment To Finance Ministry, CBN
The Bank of Industry (BoI) has declared a dividend payment of N7.89 billion to its shareholders, comprising of; the ministry of Finance Incorporated and the Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN) in its 2021 financial year ended December 2021 This, it added, shows its capacity to withstand economic headwinds to boost the ...
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Nigeria: Nidcom Partners AfDB to Boost Diaspora Investment
[Leadership] The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) and the Africa Development Bank (AfDB) have agreed to partner to boost Diaspora development in Africa, including collaboration on the National Diaspora Investment Trust Fund (NDITF).
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Health Insurance Scheme, Best Way To Achieve Universal Health Coverage – SOFPON
Society of Family Physicians of Nigeria, (SOFPON), has said the best way to achieve universal health coverage is through health insurance schemes. The association also lamented that health financing is very inadequate in the Nigerian health system. SOFPON also disclosed that doctors are undergoing training on the use of technology ...
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Federal Govt Approves Tax Relief, Other Incentives For Startups
The Federal Executive Council has approved a plan to incentivise and further harness Nigeria’s digital innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem, during its meeting on 18th May, 2022. This followed the presentation of a memo by the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Professor Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, a statement issued by ...
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2023: Osinbajo Promises Ease Of Doing Business For Private Sector
For the Nigeria’s economic and industrial revolution to take place, government needes to further create an environment to ease investment drive by the private sector. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo made this assertion on Friday in Abuja while responding to questions from delegates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) from Kogi ...
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ROAD SAFETY: Are SUV FWD Safer?
Before my deployment to Lagos State in 2009 as Sector Commander, I was a lover of saloon cars. However, my love fizzled out as soon as I assumed duty in the State. Without being told, I noticed that the love for Sport Utility Vehicles was the vogue. My enquiries revealed ...
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2023: Tinubu Meets Ekiti Monarchs, Says Nigeria Needs Leader
The national leader of All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Thursday met with the members of the Ekiti State council of traditional rulers, saying the country needs a competent leader at the moment who can unite the people, tackle insecurity and turnaround the economy for the betterment ...
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Nigeria, UAE To Further Extend Bilateral Ties
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed his determination to do more to ensure the growth and intensification of the strategic partnership between Nigeria and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). According to a statement by presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, in a short interaction with Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the new ...
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EcoRodovias vence leilão rodoviário Rio – Governador Valadares
A Empresa EcoRodovias venceu hoje (20) o leilão da concessão à iniciativa privada do sistema rodoviário Rio de Janeiro – Governador Valares (MG), formada por trechos da BR 116, BR 465 e BR 493. A empresa, que foi a única a apresentar propostas, ofereceu desconto de 3,11%. O máximo previsto ...
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Alleged Fraud: IGP Orders Probe Into POWA Shop Sales
The inspector-general of police, IGP Usman Baba, has ordered an investigation into the alleged fraud perpetrated in the sale of shops by previous officials of the Police Officers’ Wives Association (POWA). Force PRO, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, who stated this in Abuja on Friday, said discrete investigations have been ordered ...
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Oya Food Nigeria Gets Nod To Acquire Black Purist ECO
Oya Food Nigeria, a growing agro business firm offering great nutritional value in the country, on Friday, announced its decision to take over Black Purist ECO Ltd, in an effort to boost the agricultural sector and food security. In a press statement issued to LEADERSHIP, the Board of Oya Food ...
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Mastercard, OPay Partner To Grow Cashless Ecosystem
Mastercard and OPay have announced an interconnected global payment ecosystem partnership to boost digital commerce to people across Middle East and Africa (MEA). In a statement on Thursday in Lagos, Amnah Ajmal, Executive Vice President, Market Development, Mastercard, MEA, said the aim was to grow a wider financial inclusions. Ajmal ...
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MTN’s Payment Service Bank Begins Operations With 166,000 Agents
Following the final approval for a Payment Service Bank (PSB) licence granted by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), MTN Nigeria’s fintech subsidiary, MoMo Payment Service Bank (MoMo PSB) Limited, formally commenced operations yesterday. With an expansive agent network of over 166,000 active agents and digitized partnership infrastructure, MoMo PSB ...
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Seplat Energy Appoints Omiyi Chairman, As Shareholders Laud Orjiako
Seplat Energy Plc, Nigeria’s leading energy company with dual listing on the Nigerian and the London Stock Exchanges, has announced the appointment of Mr. Basil Omiyi, as the company’s new independent non-executive chairman, following the retirement of co-founder and pioneer chairman, Dr. ABC Orjiako and and his partner Mr Austin ...
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Moustapha Niasse rend hommage à Marie Joséphine Diallo, ''icône'' de l'hémicycle
Dakar, 19 mai (APS) - La Secrétaire générale de l'Assemblée nationale, Marie Joséphine Diallo, rappelée à Dieu, mercredi, à l'âge de 71 ans, était à la fois, l'icône de l'hémicycle et le prototype achevé de la promotion interne, a témoigné le président de cette Institution, Moustapha Niasse. Dakar, 19 ...
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JUST-IN: Again, Another Top Ganduje’s Commissioner Resigns, Joins NNPP
Kano State Commissioner for Finance and Economic Development, Shehu Na’Allah Kura, has resigned his position. Kura has subsequently defected to the the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP). The State’s Commissioner for Information, Malam Muhammad Garba, disclosed this in a statement sent to journalists in Kano on Thursday. Kura’s resignation from ...
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Field Founders Make Lists Of Endeavor’s Global Network
As entrepreneurs make effort to boost job creation, production, and export, co-founders of Field, Michael Moreland, Justin Lorenzon, and Peter Bunor made Endeavor’s Global Network of High Impact Entrepreneurs under the auspices of Endeavor Nigeria, EN. In a statement signed by Senior Associate, Marketing and Communications, Endeavor Nigeria (EN), Joy ...
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Nigeria: TotalEnergies Launches Sale of Stake in Nigerian Joint Venture
[Premium Times] The French oil major will keep OMLs 23 and 28 and its interest in the associated gas pipeline network that feeds Nigeria LNG.
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Nigeria: Sanwo-Olu, Others Call for Increase in Investment to Bridge Nigeria's $11trn Infrastructure Gap
[This Day] For Nigeria to close the infrastructure gap in the critical sectors of the economy, about $11 trillion would be required, the Association for Consulting Engineering in Nigeria (ACEN), has revealed.
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Empresa sancionada por corrupción mira el mercado de marisco
El polémico proyecto del nuevo mercado de mariscos avanza contra resoluciones judiciales y la marea de críticas que se amontonan, en medio del proceso de revocatoria del mandato del alcalde José Luis Fábrega.