Nigeria
Vai alla Scheda Paese »A man of worth never gets up to unsay what he said yesterday.
— Chinua Achebe
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Nigeria ranks fifth in number of foreign students in Indian universities
There are 1202 Nigerians studying various academic programmes in Indian universities, a report said on Saturday. According to the report by Association of Indian Universities, Nigeria ranks fifth in the biggest sources of international students in the country’s academic institutions behind Nepal (5,480 students), people of Indian birth who live outside ...
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Watch: 'All this fuss for nothing' - Herrera sees no nepotism in daughter's law appointment
Environment Minister Josè Herrera has denied that appointing his daughter as commissioner for justice while he forms part of the Cabinet is a case of nepotism, insisting that the move was not unethical. Times of Malta reported earlier this week that Martina Herrera, the minister’s youngest daughter, was given the judicial ...
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Workers oppose FG’s N39bn loan to Discos
Okechukwu Nnodim and Ife Ogunfuwa The two major electricity unions in Nigeria’s power sector on Friday opposed the Federal Government’s decision to provide N39bn loan to power distribution companies for the provision of meters to customers across the country. The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria has also opposed the proposed ...
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ICAN urges govt to reduce domestic debt
Peter Dada, Akure The Chairman of the Ondo State chapter of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria, Mr Peter Akingbade has called on the Federal Government to seek ways of reducing its domestic debt for the betterment and improvement of the country’s economy. He said there was the need ...
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Least liveable ranking hard to believe –Foreign residents in Nigeria
Kunle Falayi A report ranking Lagos second on the world’s least liveable cities might have surprised many Nigerians, but some foreigners resident in the country say their experiences living in Nigeria have made the Economist Intelligence Unit assessment a bitter pill to swallow. The report ranks Nigeria behind Damascus at ...
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Hate speech: Police set to descend on offenders
Purveyors of hate speeches may soon be in for a hard time. The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris, has set in motion necessary arrangements for prosecution of offenders under the Terrorism Prevention Act. Under Nigeria’s Terrorism Prevention Act, which became law in 2011 and got amended for greater effectiveness ...
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CREATIVITY, ART, ENTERTAINMENT IN AMBODE’S DNA, SAYS COMMISSIONER
In just two years of assuming office, there is hardly any part of the creative sector that Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State has not impacted. From the glamour of showbiz to a business environment set for Return on Investment, Lagos, under Ambode has continued to push the envelope. The ...
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Agriculture successful because Nigerians can’t afford foreign foods, Buhari tells governors
Olalekan Adetayo President Muhammadu Buhari has said the success recorded in agriculture across the states is due to the fact that Nigerians cannot afford to buy foreign foods. The President made the observation while he was addressing state governors at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Friday. He had attended a ...
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Five Ways to publicize your business for free
At the early stages of business development, free publicity can be a such a saving grace for start-ups, helping them save cost and drive sustainability, while giving the business much needed public exposure at the same time. Jumia Travel, the leading online travel agency, shares 5 ways to publicize ...
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Afreximbank, finance professionals to meet on structured trade finance
The African Export-Import Bank’s (Afreximbank) says it is committed to boosting African trade by enhancing the capacity of African professionals on international trade and trade-related project financing issues. The bank said that as part of its efforts in this regard, it is organising a workshop for stakeholders on Structured Trade ...
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FG makes N13bn from stamp duty
•NIPOST, CBN seal monitoring pact Everest Amaefule, Abuja The total amount of stamp duty collected on deposits in bank accounts across the Deposit Money Banks has yielded N13bn to the Federal Government, investigation has shown. Sources close to the Central Bank of Nigeria where the fund is warehoused confirmed to ...
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Fraud allegation: Police knock Senate ethics committee chair
Adelani Adepegba, Abuja The Nigeria Police Force said it would report Senator Isah Misau to the Senate Ethics and Privileges Committee for making false and unsubstantiated allegations against the force. The police stated that Misau, Senate Committee Chairman on Navy, did not honour their summons to substantiate his allegations that ...
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Telecommunications sector contributes N1.6tn to GDP
Everest Amaefule, Abuja telecommunications contributed N1.6tn to Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product in the second quarter of the year, the Nigerian Communications Commission said on Thursday. The Executive Vice Chairman of the NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta, said this when he visited the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory Administration, Mr. Mohammed ...
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Residents laud Ambode as Lake Rice sales begin
Lagos residents yesterday hailed the government following the commencement of the sale of Lake Rice in designated centres across the state At the Agricultural Development Authority (ADA) in Agege, one of the designated sale centres, people were seen buying the item at 50kg for N12,000, 25kg for N6,000 and 10kg ...
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Juan José Aranguren ratificó que habrá revisión de tarifas este año, pero que golpeará menos en los bolsillos
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Police promote 1,731 teachers
The Nigeria Police Force on Thursday said it had promoted 1,731 teachers out of the 2,200 that wrote the 2016/2017 promotional examination across the federation. The Deputy Director, Human Resources, Force Education Headquarters, Abuja, Mr Ajao Emmanuel, disclosed this during the presentation of letters of promotion to beneficiaries in the ...
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NDE to empower 1,800 youths on active small scale entrepreneurships
The National Directorate of Employment says it will empower 1,800 youths nationwide to engage in active business entrepreneurship. The Director General of NDE, Dr Nasiru Argungu, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Sokoto, that the scheme tagged “50 under 30s’’, would stimulate businesses ...
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[Updated] Buhari signs extradition treaty, others to reinvigorate anti-graft war
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday signed some international agreements that will reinvigorate his administration’s anti-corruption war, improve national security and boost the nation’s economy among others. The agreements ratified included Agreement on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters; Agreement on Mutual Legal Assistance in Civil and Commercial ...
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Afreximbank touts depository receipts to Nigerian investors in $300m equity offering
The African Export-Import Bank on Thursday in Lagos met with leading Nigerian investors to push for strong participation in the bank’s $300m equity offering. The President of Afreximbank, Dr Benedict Oramah, told the investors that the equity offering would be issued through depository receipts backed by its Class “D” shares ...
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Recession self-inflicted, Utomi, Soludo insist
Oyetunji Abioye A notable political economist, Prof. Pat Utomi, on Wednesday maintained that the gruelling economic recession in the country was self-inflicted, noting that wrong policy choices led to the hardships facing Nigerians. A former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Prof. Charles Soludo, also said although the economy ...
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Sales girl docked over N285,000 fraud
A 21-year-old sales girl, Oluwatobi Blessing, was on Thursday arraigned in an Osogbo Chief Magistrates’ Court over alleged N285,000 fraud. Blessing is facing a two-count charge of conspiracy and theft. The prosecutor, Sgt. Sunday Ajayi, told the court that the defendant committed the offences on Aug. 7, at Akindeko area ...