Nigeria
Vai alla Scheda Paese »A man of worth never gets up to unsay what he said yesterday.
— Chinua Achebe
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PDP back to regain power – Delta gov
Delta Governor, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, said the Peoples Democratic Party had recovered and returned to restore vibrancy and integrity to Nigeria’s democracy, and urged Nigerians to partner the party. He stated this at the opening of the party’s National Non-Elective Convention in Abuja on Saturday, and said that the party ...
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Investigating donors’ income sources not church’s business –Okeke, Catholic Bishop of Nnewi Diocese
His Lordship, Most Rev. Hilary Okeke, Catholic Bishop of Nnewi Diocese, speaks to Gregory Fadele on the recent killing at St. Philip’s Catholic Church, Ozubulu We deeply condole with the church over this recent killing that happened in Ozubulu… I’m really touched by the solidarity being expressed in almost every ...
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PDP back to regain power – Okowa
Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, said on Saturday the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has recovered and returned to restore vibrancy and integrity to Nigeria’s democracy. He urged Nigerians to partner the party in the efforts to achieve the objective. The governor stated this during the PDP Non-Elective National Convention in ...
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Campaigners Warn Over Youths, Underage Targeted Tobacco Adverts
BY ONYEDIKACHI ONYEANUNA, Abuja The Nigeria Tobacco Control Alliance (NTCA) has raised the alarm against tobacco companies in Nigeria over their aggressive marketing campaigns targeted at vulnerable kids and youth in schools across the country. A recently-released five-country report on tobacco industry marketing of tobacco products near schools across Africa ...
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We have information on Ozubulu killers, says Obiano
Olusola Fabiyi, Abuja Governor of Anambra State, Chief Willie Obiano, said that security agencies had a lead that could make possible the arrest of the gunmen that killed 13 people at St. Philip’s Catholic Church in Amankwa, Ozubulu in the state. The governor insisted that the target of the shooting ...
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North-East loses $9bn to B’Haram activities, says Buratai
Olusola Fabiyi, Abuja The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, has said that the activities of Boko Haram terrorists have so far affected the economy of the North-East to the tune of about $9bn. The army chief said this in Lagos while delivering a paper at the inaugural ...
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Chinese banks to finance oil projects in Nigeria–NNPC
Okechukwu Nnodim, Abuja The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation on Friday announced that Chinese banks had made commitment to finance oil and gas projects in Nigeria. The NNPC Group Managing Director, Maikanti Baru, who disclosed this when a delegation of the Nigerian Gas Association paid him a courtesy visit in Abuja, ...
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Why we are refinancing local debts with $3bn – DMO
Everest Amaefule, Abuja Refinancing Federal Government’s maturing local debts with $3bn external borrowing will not only crash the rate of domestic borrowing but also allow some borrowing space to the private sector, the Debt Management Office has said. In a statement issued in Abuja on Friday, the DMO said borrowing ...
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IG sets up panel to probe police promotion scandal
Adelani Adepegba, Abuja The Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has set up a Special Investigation Panel to investigate alleged corruption in the ongoing police promotion exercise. The panel was a sequel to complaints and allegations credited to the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Navy, Senator Isah Misau, who ...
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Nigerians dying of hepatitis E due to lack of soap and clean water
Source: Médecins Sans Frontières Country: Niger, NigeriaThe highly contagious disease has spread quickly through Ngala camp in northeastern Nigeria due to a combination of poor living conditions and flooding.Hundreds of people in a camp in northeastern Nigeria have been infected with hepatitis E after the disease spread from neighbouring Niger. The highly contagious ...
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Nigeria: CBN I&E Forex Window Attracts U.S.$4 Billion in Three Months
[This Day] Abuja -The importers' and exporters' (I&E) foreign exchange (FX) window introduced by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) about four months ago has attracted $4 billion from foreign investors between April and now, the Bankers' Committee disclosed Thursday.
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Man converts friends’ N100m recharge card money to personal use
A 30-year-old man, Adamu Yusuf, has been accused of converting to personal use the N100m he was given by his three business partners to buy GSM recharge cards for sale. He was, on Friday in Kano, remanded in prison over the alleged N100m fraud on the orders of a Kano ...
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IG inaugurates panel to probe police promotion scandal
Adelani Adepegba, Abuja The Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has set up a Special Investigation Panel to investigate alleged corruption in the ongoing police promotion exercise. The panel was set up, sequel to complaints and allegations credited to the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Navy, Senator Isah Misau, who ...
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Gunmen kill one, abduct filling station owner in Nasarawa
The Nasarawa State Police Command said on Friday gunmen had killed one person and abducted a businessman in Keffi. The command’s Spokesman, DSP Kennedy Idirisu, told journalists on Friday in Lafia that the gunmen stormed a Mobil filling station in Keffi on Wednesday night and shot sporadically before whisking away ...
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NCC withdraws approval for Glo overload promotions
The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has ordered the management of Globacom Ltd to immediately suspend the implementation of the Glo Overload Promotion from its network. The regulatory body said the suspension became necessary given the fact that Globacom Nigeria Limited has been implementing the regulatory approval in breach. The Commission ...
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Russia hopes U.S will not meddle in 2018 Elections – Lavrov
Russia hopes that the United States will not meddle in its elections in 2018, after groundless accusations that Moscow interfered in the U.S vote, Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, said Friday. “I hope that after all groundless accusations against us that the acuteness of this issue for the U.S establishment ...
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Government uncovers business loan scam
Ifeanyi Onuba, Abuja A faceless group that goes about defrauding entrepreneurs under the guise of assisting them with loans has been exposed. The Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, which alerted business owners to the scam on Thursday, said the fraudsters were using the name and email claimed to ...
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Police, firms build 40,000 houses for officers, others
Okechukwu Nnodim, Abuja The Nigeria Police Force, in partnership with two indigenous property development companies, has commenced the construction of 40,000 housing units for officers and other interested persons across the country. Parties involved in the project stated that the first phase of the mass housing scheme, consisting of 200 ...
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Nigeria must address infrastructure deficit to attract investment —Experts
Anna Okon Marketing Communications experts have maintained that in order to attract foreign direct investment, Nigeria needs to address the huge infrastructure deficit in the country. They stated this in their various presentations during the second edition of BRANDish Meeting of Minds in Lagos. They argued that the country was ...
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Holistic education’ll curb corruption –Don
Samuel Awoyinfa, Abeokuta The Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Administration, Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo, Ogun State, Prof. Sunday Owolabi, has identified integrity, honesty, citizenship, transparency, moral uprightness, business ethics and respect for rule of law as some of the ingredients needed to curb corruption among Nigerians. The don noted this as a guest speaker ...
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No more room for excuses, Osinbajo tells ministers
Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has said the Muhammadu Buhari administration will no longer accept excuses that suggest that delivering sustainable socio-economic development to Nigerians is not attainable. He spoke yesterday at the Cabinet Retreat on the Economic Recovery Growth Plan (ERGP) and the 2018 Budget preparation at the State House, Abuja. ...