Nigeria
Vai alla Scheda Paese »A man of worth never gets up to unsay what he said yesterday.
— Chinua Achebe
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“NERC’s Mini-Grid Regulations Will Boost Renewables Innovation”
By Chinelo Chikelu Stakeholders in the renewable energy sector, Nigeria has applauded the Nigerian Electricity Regulation Commission (NERC’s), new mini-grid regulations, noting the law will boost renewables innovation, and provide electricity to the underserved and unserved Nigerian population. Country Manager, Power For All, Ify Malo, a renewable energy advocacy organization, ...
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Rohr made mistake excluding Championship players from Eagles – Aluko
Fulham forward, Sone Aluko, in this interview with Idris Adesina talks about the recent defeat of the Super Eagles by South Africa and how football can develop in Nigeria. At Fulham, you had a very busy season playing more than 45 games. How do you feel missing out on promotion ...
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Airport Road: Residents, hoteliers panic over possible demolition
••over 100 buildings may be affected Gbenro Adeoye and Jesusegun Alagbe Residents, hoteliers and others living or doing business along International Airport Road in Lagos have expressed panic over the possible demolition of properties by the roadside as the state government is set to reconstruct the busy road. Saturday PUNCH’s ...
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Police arrest 16 suspected kidnappers, robbers in Oyo
The Oyo State Police Command has arrested 16 suspected armed robbers and kidnappers. The state Police Commissioner, Mr. Abiodun Odude, on Friday in Ibadan, said the suspects were responsible for the robberies in Akobo and other parts of the state. He said the suspects’ arrest followed the latest attack on ...
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Civil Society Coalition Calls For Increased Investments In Agriculture
Suzan Nwachukwu, Abuja A coalition of civil society organisations under the auspices of Voices for Food Security (VFS) has commended the present administration on its recent policy thrust in the agricultural sector that has seen it contributing to over 28 per cent of the nation’s Gross Domestic Product. At the ...
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World Bank to assist Nigeria strengthen fiscal sustainability plan
Ifeanyi Onuba, Abuja The World Bank Group is set to assist state governments improve their fiscal sustainability by strengthening and consolidating the Fiscal Sustainability Plan. The development was confirmed by a statement issued on Friday by the Director of Information in the Federal Ministry of Finance, Salisu Dambatta. The FSP ...
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Socialite arraigned for drug trafficking
Afeez Hanafi The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has arraigned a Lagos socialite, Mrs. Fumilola Ogbuaya, a.k.a Arike Fumilola Ogundipe, for allegedly dealing in hard drugs. She was brought before Justice Hadiza Shagari of the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos, on Thursday, in an amended three-count charge with suit no, ...
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Alleged $48m fraud: Jonathan’s finance coordinator declared wanted
Eniola Akinkuotu, Abuja The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has obtained a court order to declare wanted Dr. Ngozi Olojeme, the Deputy Chairman, Finance Committee of the Goodluck Jonathan Presidential Campaign Organisation in 2015. Olojeme, who served as the Chairman of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund from 2009 to ...
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FG hires 7,500 graduates to boost tax revenue
Ifeanyi Onuba, Abuja The Federal Government is targeting an increase in the number of taxpayers in the next two years from the current 14 million to 17 million. The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, disclosed this during a media briefing on Thursday in Abuja on a new initiative to ...
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‘Couples who sleep naked together are happier’
Chances are that you are happy in your relationship if you and your partner love to sleep naked, perhaps even happier than couples you know who sleep wearing pyjamas or some other pieces of clothing. This is because a new study has revealed that couples who sleep naked have a ...
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Police to give Iboko, Agbo posthumous promotion
The Commissioner of Police in Imo, Mr Chris Ezike, said he had recommended posthumous promotion for two police officers who died while repelling robbery attack on a bank. Ezike told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Owerri that another policeman, Mr Otu Attang, who survived the Feb. 22, 2017 ...
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Sokoto releases N422m for payment of tuition
The Sokoto State Government, has released N422 million for the payment of tuition fees of its indigenes, studying at some local and foreign institutions. This information is contained in a statement signed by the Information Officer, Nura Maikwanci, Ministry of Higher Education and issued to the News Agency of Nigeria ...
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Minsk: Wofai Samuel chairs ministerial discussions for Belarus, Africa forum
The two-day Belarus-Africa Forum with the theme: New Frontiers, organized by the Development Bank of Belarus, Arican Export-Import Bank and the Government of Belarus, in collaboration with the Belarus Ministry of Foreign Affairs with the support of the Belarus Ministry of Agriculture, was held in Belarus – Minsk recently The ...
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FG Targets 17m Taxpayers In 2-years
By MARK ITSIBOR, Abuja The federal government has moved to increase the number of taxpayers in the country by 35 per cent or from the present 14 million to about 17 million in the next two years. To achieve that, the minister of finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun said the government ...
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Abuja serial car thief nabbed
Adelani Adepegba, Abuja The police in Abuja apprehended a serial car thief on Wednesday while attempting to remove a Toyota Camry 2000 model car with a master key from where it was parked at NAICO office, Central Business District. The police said the suspect, Emmanuel Lere, 34 years, had just ...
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Don’t take foreign loans
Oboh Ashley, Age:10, Corona School Gbagada, Lagos State, +23470421818: This ‘foreign’ loan has become nothing but an escape route for our penny-pinching government that hastily searches for a way out. Complaints about non-payment of salaries by teachers and civil servants have risen before. The various state governments all have different ...
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Prosecute killer herdsmen, CAN tells FG
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja The Christian Association of Nigeria has called on the Federal Government to be more decisive against killer herdsmen killing and maiming farmers across the country. It regretted that while the victims of the crime were seen everywhere, there was no corresponding seriousness on the part of law ...
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Kidnapping: End of ‘Evans the Terrible’
AFTER a long-drawn-out escapade, the long arm of the law has finally caught up with a kidnap kingpin, Chukwudubem Onwuamadike. A special police Intelligence Response Team working with officers from the Lagos State Command captured “Evans the Terrible” last weekend in his palatial Magodo, Lagos home. The arrest evoked collective ...
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Transactions on FX investor window hit $2.2bn – CBN
Oyetunji Abioye with agency report The Central Bank of Nigeria on Thursday said its new currency window for investors had handled $2.2bn of trade in six weeks. The CBN also said it accounted for almost 30 per cent of the $2.2bn transactions, adding that this was meant to keep the ...
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Banks raise N26bn for agric/SMEs equity fund
Oyetunji Abioye Deposit Money Banks in the country have raised a total of N26bn in line with their commitment to provide equity funding for agro-based Small and Medium-scale Enterprises. The Managing Director, Standard Chartered Bank Nigeria, Mrs. Bola Adesola, made the disclosure at the 333rd Bankers Committee meeting held at ...
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Reps blow hot over Acting President’s comment
Speaker Yakubu Dogara said the powers of the three arms of government were clearly spelt out in the constitution. “From the very pedestrian interpretation of the functions of the three arms of government, one makes laws, the other executes the laws, the other interprets the law. So, a declaration as ...