Nigeria
Vai alla Scheda Paese »A man of worth never gets up to unsay what he said yesterday.
— Chinua Achebe
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Jeux et enjeux autour d’un projet qui n’en finit pas de finir
«Nous importons pour 600 millions de dollars de dérivés de phosphate. C’est un minerai que nous exportons à 80 dollars/ la tonne et importons ses dérivés pour 800 dollars/tonne. Il existe un projet pour développer cette filière mais il tarde à voir le jour.» Décryptée, cette déclaration d’il y a ...
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World needs to pre-empt devastating drought impacts through better preparedness
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Country: Namibia, Somalia, WorldSeminar at FAO aims to catalyse renewed international push to tackle impacts of drought, which drive not only hunger, but also cause economic losses up to $8 billion annually.Seminar at FAO seeks to rekindle international cooperation, wider use of ...
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How European migration policies are keeping families apart - OXFAM
Source: Oxfam Country: Afghanistan, Greece, Nigeria, Syrian Arab Republic, Turkey, WorldThis report identifies the impact of European migration policies on family unity and calls on the governments of EU member states to protect the right to family life of refugees. SUMMARY In 2015, nearly a million people crossed the Aegean fleeing persecution or ...
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Miss Nigeria seeks life imprisonment for rapists
Worried by the incessant cases of rape, the 22-year-old current Miss Nigeria, Chioma Obiadi, has advised the Federal Government to enact a law that will sentence anybody found to have committed rape life imprisonment to reduce the menace. Obiadi, the 40th Nigerian beauty queen, said in Lagos during a visit ...
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Cross River to export cassava leaves
Cross River State Coordinator of Fadama III project, Mr Bassey Elemi, says the state is working toward exporting cassava leaves to other countries. Elemi said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Calabar on Sunday. He described cassava leaves as highly nutritious vegetable with enough protein ...
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ALGON appeals judgment on marriage registry
Ramon Oladimeji The Association of Local Government in Nigeria has appealed the judgment of the Lagos State High Court which held that the Local Government Unified Marriage Certificate is unknown to law and is, thus, null and void. The judgment was given on May 15, 2017 by Justice I.O. Harrison ...
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Sallah: LASG resumes sales of LAKE Rice
The Lagos State Government said it would resume the sales of LAKE Rice at approved retail outlets across the state from Monday, June 19, ahead of the Eid-el-fitr. The state’s Commissioner for Agriculture, Mr Oluwatoyin Suarau, said this on Sunday while reviewing the modalities for the distribution of the rice ...
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NDLEA hands over 5,580kg expired drugs to NAFDAC
The Plateau State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, on Saturday, handed over 5,580 kg of expired drugs to the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control. The drugs, including medical devices and 2,652 kg of psychotropic substances, were seized from a warehouse belonging to one ...
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Miss Nigeria canvasses life imprisonment for rapists
Worried by the incessant cases of rape, the 22-year-old current Miss Nigeria, Chioma Obiadi, has advised the Federal Government to enact a law that will sentence anybody found to have committed rape life imprisonment to reduce the menace. Obiadi, the 40th Nigerian beauty queen, told the News Agency of Nigeria ...
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Cross River to export cassava leaves – FADAMA
Mr Bassey Elemi, Cross River State Coordinator of Fadama III project says the state is working toward exporting cassava leaves to other countries. Elemi said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Calabar on Sunday. He described cassava leaves as highly nutritious vegetable with enough ...
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Reps Propose 3 years Conditional Amnesty for Treasury Looters
By ADEBIYI ADEDAPO, Abuja The House of Representatives has initiated a Bill for an Act seeking to grant amnesty to former public officers who have looted Nigeria’s treasury but willing to invest their loots in the country’s economy. The Bill seeks to provide a legal framework for amnesty to persons with illegally ...
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Buhari’s anti-corruption panel lambasts Presidency, judiciary
..says AGF, others not serious about graft war •Lawyers sponsor judges’ children’s weddings –Sagay ENIOLA AKINKUOTU Two prominent members of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption in Abuja on Saturday picked holes in government’s handling of the anti-corruption war. Speaking in Abuja at a programme organised by the National Association ...
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Ajimobi has no right to review Ibadan chieftaincy law — Ladoja
A former Governor of Oyo State and the Osi Olubadan of Ibadan, Rashidi Ladoja, in this interview shares his views on the proposed review of the Olubadan chieftaincy declaration proposed by Governor Abiola Ajimobi with OLUFEMI ATOYEBI What do you think about the proposed review of the Olubadan chieftaincy declaration? ...
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FG moves to improve investment climate
Ozioma Ubabukoh The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Okechukwu Enelamah, has announced that the Federal Government is collaborating with Microsoft to digitally transform the delivery of services to the investor community in Nigeria and evolve the regulatory and procedural environment governing business incorporation. He stated in a document obtained ...
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Nigeria’s N19tn debt portends danger for economy – Experts
Ifeanyi Onuba Economic experts have cautioned the Federal Government against further borrowing, saying the country’s debt profile of N19tn portends danger for the economy. They said the country’s debt, which has been increasing in the last few years, was becoming unsustainable as it might be difficult to service it due ...
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CBN: $2.2b foreign capital inflow boosts equities
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has linked the current upbeat performance in the Nigerian Equities market to the inflow of $2.2 billion foreign capital from portfolio investors. The cash came in through the special Investors/ Exporters (I&E) Forex Window launched last April, according CBN Director, Banking Supervision, Abdullahi Ahmad. ...
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Between June 12 And National Political Debacles
It has become an annual ritual for compatriots to gather around Nigeria to commemorate the anniversary of the June 12 ,1993 Presidential election, widely acclaimed, most peaceful, freest and fairest election in its political history won by the late business mogul, philanthropist and pan-Africanist, Bashorun Moshood Kashimawo Olawale (MKO) Abiola. ...
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Dressing well is a form of good manners for me – Dooshima Dennis, firefighter
Dooshima Dennis is the beautiful female firefighter whose picture went viral recently in Nigeria’s digital space. In this interview with Ademola Olonilua, she talks about working in a male dominated industry as well as life off duty What was your ambition while growing up as a child? While growing up, ...
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FG engages foreign investigators to trace illicit funds
The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, on Friday, said the Federal Government had engaged a global investigation agency in a bid to trace illicit funds originating from Nigeria to different parts of the world. Adeosun stated this while in a keynote address at the Nigerian Stock Exchange-Bloomberg CEO roundtable ...
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Police announce reward for officers
Two policemen who were killed by robbers during an attack on a branch of Zenith Bank in Imo State have been recommended for posthumous promotion, according to Police Commissioner Chris Ezike. Ezike told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Owerri that another policeman, Otu Attang, who survived the February ...
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Nigeria Solid Mineral Management Regime Insufficient-Report.
By Ruth Tene Natsa, Abuja. As Nigeria seeks to develop its solid minerals sector as a means to diversifying it’s economy, a Gap Analysis Report has described the Nigeria mineral management regime as sound but insufficient. This was the outcome of the draft Report,presented at a one day validation workshop ...