Nigeria
Vai alla Scheda Paese »A man of worth never gets up to unsay what he said yesterday.
— Chinua Achebe
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Panic as fire guts Kuje Prison clinic
A clinic located inside the Kuje Prison yesterday evening was gutted by fire. The incident, according to an eyewitness, threw everyone, including the prisoners, into confusion. Investigations revealed that officers of the Nigeria Prisons Service (NPS) on duty struggled with several fire extinguishers to put off the fire which lasted for ...
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UBA: we’ve fully remitted NNPC cash into TSA
United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc yesterday faulted its inclusion by the Federal High Court in Lagos, in the list of seven banks keeping a total of $793,200,000 in contravention of the Federal Government’s Treasury Single Account (TAS) policy. The bank in a statement signed by its Group Head, Marketing ...
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Omoyele, Okusaga To Lead Discourse At BRANDish Meeting
By GODDIE OFOSE, Lagos Leading marketing and public relations practitioners, Lampe Omoyele and BolajiOkusaga are expected to lead discussions on the most profitable nation purpose strategies at the second edition of BRANDish Meeting of Minds, scheduled for August 4, 2017 at the Ibis Hotel, Toyin Street Ikeja Lagos. With the ...
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Cashew Farmers Laud FG’s Export Revenue Generation Drive
By OLAJIDE FABAMISE, Lagos The National Cashew Association of Nigeria (NCAN) has commended the federal government over its various ways of boosting revenue generation in the country through cashew export. President of the association, Mr .Tola Faseru, who disclosed this in a chat with our correspondent, recently, said with the ...
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SAN: Bridge Only Few Female Lawyers Cross
KUNLE Olasanmi unravels why male lawyers dominate the cadre of Senior Advocates of Nigeria, SAN, while their female counterparts continue hold the shorter end of the stick. For every lawyer called to the Nigerian Bar upon his/her graduation from the Nigerian Law School, the dream is to get to the ...
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ICYMI: EFCC seals ex-NDDC director’s mansion over N3bn alleged scam
Eniola Akinkuotu, Abuja The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has sealed a mansion allegedly belonging to a former Executive Director, Finance and Administration, Niger Delta Development Commission, Henry Ogiri. The EFCC said in a Facebook post that the house, which is located at 28, New Heaven Estate, New GRA, Port ...
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Nigeria to export 400 locally made vehicles to Mali
The Charge‘d Affair of Nigera in Mali, Yara Abdulsalam, says an indigenous motor manufacturing company, Innoson Motors, has signed MoU with a Malian firm to export 400 locally made vehicles to Mali. Abdulsalam made the announcement on Friday in Abuja when he led a delegation of businessmen from Mali to ...
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Nigeria missing among countries where women are most sexually satisfied
Women experience a big difference in sexual satisfaction, depending on where they live in the world. Extramarital dating site Victoria Milan surveyed women from 20 countries to try and discover an average amount of time their partner’s spend focused on their pleasure. The survey involved 6,117 women and found that ...
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Bank manager docked over $110,000 theft
A bank manager, Elliot Abiodun, who allegedly stole $110,000 (N40 million) from Sterling Bank, was on Friday arraigned before an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court in Lagos. Abiodun, whose residential address was not given, is standing trial on a two-count charge of conspiracy and stealing. The prosecutor, Sgt. Friday Mameh, told the ...
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Student docked for phone theft
A 27-year-old student, Sophia Suleiman, was on Friday arraigned before a Gudu Upper Area Court, Abuja, for allegedly stealing $300 and a cell phone. The defendant was arraigned on a one count charge of theft. The prosecutor, Fidelix Ogbobe, told the court that one Yahaya Mohammed of Maitama, reported the ...
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Iwobi, Lacazette dream victory against Chelsea
Super Eagles forward Alex Iwobi and his Arsenal teammate and latest Emirates Stadium import Alexandre Lacazette will be hoping to hit target when they face Chelsea on Saturday in Beijing, China. The duo have been in super form scoring goals and posting impressive assist when not in a better position ...
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Calamidad pública declarada por las intensas lluvias en 15 municipios de Córdoba, Colombia
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country: ColombiaEn los últimos días, el desborde de los ríos Sinú y San Jorge ha perjudicado a 15 mil personas, aumentando a 43 mil el número total de afectados desde finales de junio. Durante los últimos días las continuas lluvias han incrementado los ...
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Senate passes bill pulling NFIU out of EFCC in 24 hours
Leke Baiyewu, Abuja Twenty-four hours after the Senate mandated its Committee on Financial Crimes and Anti-Corruption to sponsor a bill seeking autonomy for the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit, the bill has emerged. The committee was given four weeks to do its job. Chairman of the panel, Senator Chukwuka Utazi, at the plenary ...
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Adamawa gov blames poor reading habit on technological advancement
Governor Mohammed Bindow of Adamawa on Thursday attributed the poor reading habit in Nigeria to technological advancement. Bindow made the observation at a `Readership Promotion Campaign’ organised by the National Library of Nigeria in Yola. The governor, who was represented by the Speaker, Adamawa House of Assembly, Kabiru Mijinyawa, said ...
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Nigeria: UN Charges Nigeria to Increase Investment in Women, Peace
[Premium Times] The United Nations, UN, has called on the Nigerian Government to increase its investment in the development of women and the promotion of peace in the country.
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Nigeria: UN Tasks Nigeria On Investment in Women, Peace
[Leadership] Abuja -The United Nations (UN) has called on the federal government to double it's investment on the development of women on promotion of peace in the country.
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Minister Herrera and Chilean Minister for the Environment discuss ‘Our Ocean’ Conference
Minister for the Environment, Sustainable Development, and Climate Change José Herrera held a bilateral meeting in Chile, with Chilean Minister for the Environment Marcelo-Mena Carrasco.The Ministers discussed important environmental issues of mutual interest, including the collaboration between the two countries in the management of Marine Protected areas, whereby Minister Carrasco explained ...
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President visits the Start-Up Chile Programme in Santiago
As part of the historic state visit to the Republic of Chile, President Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca together with Minister for the Environment, Sustainable Development and Climate Change José Herrera visited the offices of Start-Up Chile in Santiago.Start-Up Chile is the most innovative organisation in Latin America as well as one ...
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Why Lagos must listen to Adamu
Today (July 20), in Lagos, the Minister of Water Resources, Suleiman Adamu, shall be engaging Chief Executive Officers of the organised private sector in a one-day interactive meeting where the Federal Government’s programme, Partnership for Expanded Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene, shall be unveiled to the private sector. I believe ...
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Lagos oilfield dispute worsens, another investor heads for court
’Femi Asu The dispute among joint venture partners in Aje oil field, offshore Lagos, appears to have escalated as another partner, EER (Colobus) Nigeria Limited, has gone to court. One of the partners, Panoro Energy, announced in December that it was in disagreement with its JV partners over cash call ...
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Sagay slams Reps for asking minister to reinstate NHIS boss
Eniola Akinkuotu, Abuja The Chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN), has lambasted the House of Representatives for asking the Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, to reinstate the suspended Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme, Prof. Usman Yusuf. Sagay expressed his view during a ...