Nigeria
Vai alla Scheda Paese »A man of worth never gets up to unsay what he said yesterday.
— Chinua Achebe
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Expert seeks legal framework for Executive Orders
Mazi Okechukwu Unegbu, lawyer, arbitrator and stockbroker has impressed on the federal government the need to put proper legal framework in place to make the Executive Orders more effective. Unegbu said this appeal becomes necessary in view of the federal government avowed commitment towards driving the economy. Acting President, Mr. ...
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Nigeria Not A Mistake – Jev
BY RUTH CHOJI …..Hon Okev Jev represents Buruku federal constituency of Benue State. In this interview with I, the chairman, house committee on rules and business, speaks on trending national issues Some Northern youths have given the Igbos based in the north three months to vacate the zone. What is ...
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28% fail Law School resit exams
Ade Adesomoju, Abuja The Council of Legal Education has released the result of the Bar Final Resit Examinations conducted in April 2017. A summary of the results signed by the Director-General of the Nigerian Law School, Mr. Olanrewaju Onadeko (SAN), indicated that 28 per cent of the students failed the ...
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Nigerian Law School releases Bar exam results as 28% fails
The Nigerian Law School has released the summary of the final examination results conducted from April 22 to 28. The Director-General, Nigerian Law School, Mr Olarewaju Onadeko, (SAN), made this known in a statement on Saturday in Bwari, FCT. He said that 2, 125 students participated at the examinations while 1,393 ...
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Dickson to Shell: Relocate your headquarters to Niger Delta
Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State has called on the Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) to become a pacesetter by first relocating its headquarters to the Niger Delta region. Dickson also appealed to SPDC to partner with his administration in delivering critical projects, such as the industrial park, power projects ...
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Kaffy, Tariah Jnr., Task Dancers To Project Dance As Serious Business
At the Dance Workshop 2017 organized by Nigeria’s pioneer female hip-hop dancer […] The post Kaffy, Tariah Jnr., Task Dancers To Project Dance As Serious Business appeared first on leadership.ng.
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Selon un rapport de la CNUCED : 1,5 milliard de dollars d’IDE en 2016
Le flux des Investissements directs étrangers (IDE) en Algérie a connu une amélioration en 2016 en atteignant la valeur de 1,5 milliard de dollars. C’est ce que révèle le dernier rapport de la Conférence des Nations unies sur le commerce et le développement (Cnuced) rendu public jeudi. Le document onusien ...
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Osinbajo to sign 2017 budget next week, says Dogara
John Ameh, Abuja The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Yakubu Dogara, on Friday said that Acting President Yemi Osinbajo would sign the 2017 budget into law “early next week.” Dogara made this known during the second anniversary session of the 8th House of Representatives in Abuja. Although the ...
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Anti-Igbo threat: Police must arrest Arewa youth leaders, IPCR insists
Adelani Adepegba, Abuja The Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution, a parastatal of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has called on the police to ensure the arrest of northern youth leaders for their threat against the Igbo. The agency insisted that the police must be proactive in tracking down and ...
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Ultimatum, ploy to loot Igbo investments in northern Nigeria – IYC
Friday Amobi, Port Harcourt The Ijaw Youth Congress has described the insistence on a quit notice to Igbo people in the North by northern youths as a ploy by such youths to loot the massive investments of Ndigbo in the area. IYC President, Mr. Eric Omare, told our correspondent in ...
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Nigeria has suffered long to break up now, says US don
Jesusegun Alagbe A Professor of Political Science at Northwestern University, Illinois, United States of America, Richard Joseph, on Friday said despite the myriad of problems facing Nigeria, it should not contemplate breaking up. Joseph — whose research works focus on African politics, democratisation, political economy, and international security — said ...
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FG releases Paris Club refund details to states
Ifeanyi Onuba, Abuja Facts have emerged as to how the Federal Government allocated the first tranche of N516.38bn reimbursement made to the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory from the Paris Club debt refund. Based on the schedule of reimbursement, which was released by the Ministry ...
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Osinbajo: At the Villa without Buhari
Fola Ojo These are bemusing times in Nigeria. With low oil prices, plummeting naira, and rising inflation; the economy remains straddled between hope and despair. The 2017 budget scheduled to jumpstart growth through capital spending on rails, roads, and power is not yet law. Fiscal shortfall from downward prices of ...
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NOUN Law graduates: Federal High Court assigns case to another judge
The Federal High Court in Port Harcourt has assigned a new judge to hear the case between the Law graduates of the National Open University of Nigeria and the Council of Legal Education. Chairman of the Law Graduates Forum, Mr. Carl Umegboro, made this known in a statement made ...
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FG releases details of N516bn Paris club refund to states
Ifeanyi Onuba, Abuja Facts have emerged as to how the Federal Government allocated the first tranche of N516.38bn reimbursement made to the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory from the Paris Club debt refund. Based on the schedule of reimbursement which was released by the Federal ...
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Capital funding: Forte Oil to raise N20bn for diversification drive
The management of Forte Oil Plc on Friday said it was perfecting arrangements to raise the sum of N20 billion from the equity market to support operation and drive diversification strategy. Mr. Julius Omodayo-Owotuga, Forte Oil Group Executive Director, Finance and Risk Management, said this at a news conference in ...
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Lagos designer arraigned for allegedly slapping policewoman
A fashion designer, 39-year-old Bale Kareem, who allegedly assaulted a policewoman while performing her lawful duty, was on Friday released on bail in the sum of N10, 000 on the orders of an Ogudu Magistrates’ Court in Lagos. The Magistrate, Mrs. O. Sule-Amzat, who gave the ruling, also granted the ...
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Nigeria: FG Woos Foreign Investors to Maritime Sector
[This Day] The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has stated that the Nigerian maritime sector is a haven of opportunities for the world maritime industry to tap into.
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Nigeria should leave ECOWAS if Morocco joins –Akinyemi
Bayo Akinloye A former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Prof. Bolaji Akinyemi, has called on Nigeria to leave the Economic Community of West African States if the organisation fails to drop a plan to accept Morocco as its member. Last February, the Arab country made an official request to join ECOWAS ...
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Thousands displaced in Colombia's Chocó Province as armed groups dispute control of San Juan River
Source: Human Rights Watch Country: ColombiaIn January and February, over 1,300 people were forced to leave their homes in Litoral de San Juan. HRW reports killings and other physical violence against Afro-Colombian and indigenous riverside communities.See full article with charts and references Families Displaced as Groups Dispute Control of River (Washington, DC) – ...
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ICYMI : Senate confirms 82-year-old, two others as ambassadors
Leke Baiyewu, Abuja The Senate has confirmed the nomination of 82-year-old retired Justice Sylvanus Nsofor (Imo), whose appointment was rejected by the lawmakers and renominated by President Muhammadu Buhari, as ambassador of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Also confirmed at the plenary on Wednesday, based on the recommendation of the ...