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 shop for foreign goalkeeping coach to train Ikeme’s replacement
Nigeria are looking to hire a foreign goalkeeping coach to help train up a suitable stand-in for the ailing Carl Ikeme, as they prepare for crunch World Cup 2018 qualifiers. The Super Eagles are flying high at the top of their qualifying group, with a maximum six points from two ...
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Army promotes 6,199 soldiers
… Troops neutralize eight female suicide bombers The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, on Tuesday approved the special promotion of 6,199 soldiers serving in Operation Lafiya Dole in the North East part of the country. A statement issued by the Nigerian Army Spokesperson, Brig. Gen. Sani Usman, ...
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Extractive Industries: Stakeholders Want FG To Scrap Tax Holiday Incentive
By Ruth Tene Natsa, Abuja Stakeholders have called on the federal government to scrap tax holidays on extractive industries and instead strengthen the framework for ensuring the ease of doing business by investors. This according to them “Is because tax holidays has led to loss of essential revenue” The stakeholders ...
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NHIS crisis: Reps overstepping their bounds
THERE is so much chaos in Nigeria’s public service. This congenital defect has cropped up at the National Health Insurance Scheme, where the pronouncements of the Executive Secretary, Usman Yusuf, against the Minister of Health, Isaac Adewole, have triggered a national uproar. Adewole had suspended the ES from office over ...
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CBN sells $195m ahead of MPC decisions
Oyetunji Abioye Ahead of the decisions of the Monetary Policy Committee on Tuesday, the Central Bank of Nigeria on Monday boosted liquidity in various segments of the inter-bank foreign exchange market with a total of $195m. At Monday’s forex trading, the CBN offered the sum of $100m as wholesale interventions ...
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N1.1bn subsidy fraud: Arisekola’s son opens defence
Oluwatosin Omojuyigbe Abdullahi Alao, son of the late Ibadan business mogul, Arisekola Alao, standing trial in a N1.1bn subsidy fraud case, on Monday opened his defence. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission alleged that Alao and his company, Axe Energy Ltd., the late Opeyemi Ajuyah, Majope Investment and Olanrewaju Olalusi, ...
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Babysitter sells neighbour’s two-year-old child for N200,000
A 41-year-old woman, Lois Atimosho, on Monday at an Ikorodu Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State, confessed to child theft. Lois will know her fate on Thursday as the court has reserved judgment. The accused risks a minimum of 14 years’ imprisonment according to Section 275 of the Criminal Law of ...
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Africa’s food import bill ridiculously high – Obasanjo
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Monday called for a world without hunger in Africa through deliberate investment in infrastructure, research and development. Obasanjo made the call in his keynote address during the 50th anniversary celebration of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture in Ibadan. The ex-president said food import bill ...
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Nigeria: Foreign Reserves Hit U.S.$30.5 Billion On Rising Oil Prices
[Leadership] Lagos -The nation's foreign reserves reached U.S.$30.5 billion last week as a result of increased global oil prices, checks by LEADERSHIP on the Central Bank of Nigeria's website have revealed.
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My hunting background gives me unique insight into the issue – PS Clint Camilleri
You have been appointed as a Parliamentary Secretary after being elected to Parliament at your first attempt. Prime Minister Joseph Muscat has a lot of faith in you: how does that make you feel?To be honest, I really didn’t think I would be named as a Parliamentary Secretary. Not only ...
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Business: Oil steady ahead of producer meeting; Nigeria, Libya output in focus
Oil prices held around a one-week low on Monday ahead of a joint OPEC and non-OPEC meeting later in the day that may address rising output in Nigeria and Libya.
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Law school expels UI graduate after protesting seat reservation
Afeez Hanafi The Nigerian Law School, Bwari, Abuja, has expelled a student, Kayode Bello, after he allegedly had an argument with a fellow student, identified simply as Chidima, over seat reservation in a lecture room. The graduate of University of Ibadan, Oyo State, was reportedly bundled out of the school’s ...
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Cash crunch hits banks as CBN mops up naira
A severe cash crunch has hit the economy with serious effects on households, firms and banks as the Central Bank of Nigeria continues to mop up naira in order to reduce dollar demand, OYETUNJI ABIOYE writes In order to reduce demand for foreign exchange, especially the dollar, the Central Bank ...
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NHIS: Reps demand N351bn audit from HMOs
Niyi Odebode and John Ameh, Abuja The House of Representatives said on Sunday that its probe of the implementation of the National Health Insurance Scheme would continue as it gave Health Maintenance Organisations up to Wednesday to submit audited accounts on how the N351bn spent on the scheme since 2005 ...
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Upping the ante in insurance penetration
Africa’s insurance market is estimated at $64 billion. But Nigeria, despite its potential, is not in the picture because of low insurance penetration. But, the National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) and operators are determined to reverse the trend by driving insurance awareness. Insurance Correspondent OMOBOLA TOLU-KUSIMO reports. The figures are ...
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We’ve Developed Over 250 Technologies To Trigger Industrial Revolution In Nigeria – Elemo
Dr. Goria Elemo is the director general of the Federal Institute of Industrial Research Oshodi (FIIRO). In this interview with CHIKA IZUORA, she outlines how the Institute plans to help government actualize its industrialization plans to grow the economy with the development of over 250 Technologies. You have a set ...
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CBN Will Continue To Review Policies On Economy – Emefiele
BY MARK ITSIBOR, Abuja The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele has said the apex bank will continue to review its polices to ensure that the best is achieved for the country’s economy. Emefiele disclosed this in Nsukka at the weekend in a lecture titled: ...
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Why I voted in Lagos council polls – Visually impaired 79-year-old
Arukaino Umukoro A visually impaired nonagenarian, 79-year-old Alhaji Muyideen Onigbanjo, was among the few voters who defied the rain to perform their civic duty during the council polls in Oshodi area of Lagos State on Saturday. “I came out to vote because some of the candidates for the councillor and ...
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Cannabis, cocaine, cough syrup most abused drugs in Abuja – NDLEA
Tunde Ajaja Apart from cannabis sativa, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has identified benzodiazepines like rhaphynol, crack cocaine, codeine-based syrups, glue, and rubber solution as most abused drugs in Abuja. This was disclosed at the public destruction of 24,304kg of assorted forfeited narcotic drugs seized within the Federal Capital ...
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People often mistake me for a man –Lanre Da Silva
One of Nigeria’s leading fashion designers, Lanre Da Silva, tells Ademola Olonilua about her brand, career and family With multiple degrees in finance and business, what prompted the switch into fashion? Upon completion of my studies in the UK, I moved back to Nigeria shortly afterwards to kick-start my career. ...
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IDPs: Nigeria, UK partner for drug, sexual violence
Kayode Idowu, Maiduguri Nigeria has entered into a partnership with the United Kingdom to tackle issues of drug and sexual violence in camps housing internally displaced persons in the North-Eastern part of the country. The United Kingdom, through it’s Conflict, Stability and Security Fund, trained about 137 police officers in ...