Nigeria
Vai alla Scheda Paese »A man of worth never gets up to unsay what he said yesterday.
— Chinua Achebe
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Sallah: LASG assures traders of safety
Oluwatosin Omojuyigbe The Lagos State Government on Monday assured traders on the Lagos Central Business District of their safety during the sallah period. The Special Adviser to the Governor on CBD, Agboola Dabiri, stated this while monitoring the traffic in the Marina, Broad Street and Apongbon areas of the state. ...
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Nigeria suffering from incompetent leadership – Agbakoba
A former president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Dr. Olisa Agbakoba (SAN), on Monday attributed Nigeria’s under-development to incompetent leadership. He said the country cannot attract Foreign Direct Investment (FID) when it is under a “non-performing government.” Agbakoba spoke at the second plenary session of the ongoing Annual General ...
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How Nigeria can reform its economy – Ex-Georgian PM
A former Prime Minister of Georgia, Nika Gilauri, on Monday urged the Federal Government to step up the Public- Private- Partnership (PPP), Tax to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) income and the anti-graft campaign if Nigeria desires to reform its economy. Gilauri said the country must overshadow its competitors and use ...
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Nigeria: 'How Buhari's Broadcast Will Raise or Crash Economy'
[Guardian] Lagos and Ado-Ekiti -Financial market operators and investors, both local and international, are waiting anxiously to take dramatic investment decisions as President Muhammadu Buhari makes his first official speech on the economy in 105 days.
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UNILAG, OAU, UNN emerge winners of Maritime Blueprint competition
Sodiq Oyeleke University of Lagos, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife and the University of Nigeria, Nsukka have emerged winners of the Maritime Blueprint Competition in which law students from eight universities participated. The second edition of the competition, sponsored by Sifax Group, held in partnership with the Maritime Forum of ...
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EFCC recovers N329b from 10 marketers
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has recovered N329.150billion from 10 marketers from 2016 to date. The marketers defaulted in payment for products supplied to them by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) through its subsidiary, the Petroleum Products and Marketing Company (PPMC). About N20, 604, 109, 123.90 is ...
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BDCs lose ground to banks in forex sales
More than 700 Bureaux De Change (BDC) operators are inactive in the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN’s) Forex Window as forex end users embrace commercial banks, The Nation has learnt. The preference for commercial banks followed the uncompetitive rate regime that shifted the business patronage in favour of the lenders. The practice ...
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Stakeholders differ over N300m rebranding project
THE Insurers Committee has differed on how to carry out its much-publicised N300 million insurance industry rebranding project. The group with umbrella bodies, Nigeria Insurers Association (NIA), Nigeria Council of Registered Insurance Brokers (NCRIB) and Institute of Loss Adjusters of Nigeria (ILAN) as members, disagreed over the sharing formula of ...
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‘Seamless transport system ‘ll boost economy’
As the brain behind the proposed Truck Transit Parks (TTPs), Hassan Bello,the Nigerian Shippers Council Executive, believes that they will aid economic development.The council has appointed a transaction adviser and started talking with investors and financial institutions to facilitate the parks’ coming. In this interview with OLUWAKEMI DAUDA,Bello says the ...
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Bonanza: Dangote Cement Rewarding Retailers
By OLUSHOLA BELLO, Lagos – It’s has been a great time of rewards for the teeming retailers of Dangote Cement as the officials of the company have been moving from locations to locations in a carnival-like procession to deliver the products and containers to each of its winners at their ...
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FG Orders Use Of ID Card For Abuja-Kaduna Train Ticket
BY FIDELIS UGBOMEH, Lagos – The Minister of Transport, Rt. Hon. Rotimi Amaechi has directed that every prospective train passenger must present identity cards before obtaining tickets at ticket sales points. He said that the each passenger on presentation of ID card will be issued a ticket with his or ...
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Graduate defrauds business partners, lavishes proceeds on car, travels
Samson Folarin A graduate, Gladys Assah-Assor, is under investigation by operatives of the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly defrauding her business partners of over N5m. The suspect, who has been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, Yaba, was alleged to have opened a catering shop, bought ...
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Forex: 700 BDCs under threat over low patronage
No fewer than 700 Bureau De Change operators have come under threat as purported uncompetitive exchange rate continues to hit their bottom line. The President, Association of Bureaux De Change Operators of Nigeria, Alhaji Aminu Gwadabe, said the development had rendered the BDCs inactive at the Central Bank of Nigeria ...
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Promoting Peaceful Coexistence Through Songs : Jeremiah Gyang Storm Kaduna In Live Musical Concert
BY ISAIAH BENJAMIN As part of efforts towards the promotion of peaceful coexistence among Nigerians, Jos based Nigerian musical artist is set to storm the city of Kaduna In Kaduna State in a live musical concert tagged the ‘Jeremiah Gyang experience ‘. Gyang who is a singer, song writer, multi ...
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There’s nothing like overnight success – Celestine Ezeokoye
Celestine Ezeokoye, 29, is the chief technology officer at Neuronah Software Nigeria and he is also the founder of WeMove.co, a website that allows people to find and hire vehicles. He speaks about his business What motivated you to specialise in software engineering? I started learning how to write computer ...
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Nigeria’s oil exports to slip in October
Nigeria’s total exports are set to slip in October, possibly to a five-month low, according to loading programmes. Export plans for most grades were showing levels of roughly 1.72 million bpd, compared with 1.88 million bpd in September, according to a Reuters’ report. While some cargoes would likely be added, ...
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60% forex allocation saved manufacturing sector – Report
Anna Okon Although the Central Bank of Nigeria’s preferential allocation of foreign exchange to the manufacturing sector was short-lived and fraught with controversies, a report has emerged showing that the initiative registered a huge impact and lent a boost to the manufacturing sector during the period. The initiative, which commenced ...
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Buhari’s In-Tray: The 10 critical challenges
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday returned home to settle down for business. In this piece, Yusuf Alli, Managing Editor, Northern Operation explores 10 key challenges he must address urgently. Typical of his military background which emphasizes the element of surprise, President Muhammadu Buhari took Nigerians unawares by his “sudden” return to ...
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UN aligns with FIIRO to promote Nigeria’s competitiveness
Having identified the impact of research developed by the Federal Institute of Industrial Research Oshodi (FIIRO) on the economy, the United Nations has pledged an alliance with the agency to realise its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and products competitiveness for Nigeria. The United Nations Resident Coordinator in Nigeria, Mr Edward ...
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Lagos reviews tax policy
The Lagos State Internal Revenue Service has announced a review of its tax policy to identify contentious areas with a view to improving the ease of doing business in the city. The agency said the move, apart from simplifying the complexities and clarifying grey areas, would also bridge the gap ...