Nigeria
Vai alla Scheda Paese »A man of worth never gets up to unsay what he said yesterday.
— Chinua Achebe
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PIGB will curb corruption, says IPMAN, NEITI
Major stakeholders like the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) and the Nigerian Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) are of the view that the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill (PIGB) will curb corruption in the distribution of petroleum products. However, the Oil and Solid Mineral Producing Area Landlords’ Association of ...
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Olubadan succession: Ladoja, Balogun sue Ajimobi
OLUFEMI ATOYEBI two members of the Olubadan-in-Council have dragged Governor Abiola Ajimobi to a High Court sitting in Ibadan over his plan to review the process of ascending to the Olubadan throne, thereby tinkering with the 1957 Chieftaincy Law which stipulates succession order to the throne. The governor recently inaugurated ...
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Nigeria to raise $3.5bn in foreign loans to fund budget
•What shaped the past week? Global Markets: Global markets traded mixed this past week amidst a number of factors. The markets got off to a positive start to the week on continued recovery in oil prices from recent slide, driven by announcement that Saudi and Russia are open to extending ...
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Enugu baby factory mothers: A trafficking ring of government officials, policemen, rogue doctors stole our babies, jailed us
•Government: We don’t steal babies, we are ready to return their babies •Kingpin: I used to work with government but they betrayed me In the last few years in Enugu State, baby factories have been busted by law enforcement agencies, but SUNDAY PUNCH investigation reveals that government officials in Enugu ...
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A brief case for Nigerian unity
IN the letter and spirit of the law as well as intellectual freedom and discourse, I hereby make a brief case for Nigerian Unity rather than for the fragmentation of a Hausa-Fulani Muslim Caliphate, a Yoruba Christian-Muslim-Oduduwa State or an Igbo Christian Biafra; not to speak of a thousand other ...
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NLNG Says Act Amendment Illegal Without Shareholders’ Consent
By CHIKA IZUORA, Lagos The Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) Limited’s Fiscal Incentives, Guarantees and Assurances Act has been said to have been amended without following the laid down process stipulated in the Act. Any amendment to the Act would be contrary to the Rule of Law. General manager, External ...
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Dano, NSN partner to fight malnutrition in Nigeria
TG Arla, makers of Dano, nutritional milk for children and adults has initiated a strategic partnership with Nutrition Society of Nigeria to fight malnutrition in the country. The strategic partnership was inaugurated at a press briefing to announce the theme of the World Milk Day 2017,’Raise a Glass’’ in Lagos ...
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NDE partners firm to setup tricycle assemblage plant
The Abuja Branch Manager, Simba Group, Ravil Bajaj has said the firm will establish tricycle assemblage plant in the country next year. Bajaj said this yesterday at the launch of TVS Deluxe in Abuja, adding that the Group was already in partnership with the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) to empower ...
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Oyeyemi apprehends driver, impounds vehicle for speeding
The Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Dr. Boboye Oyeyemi, has personally apprehended a bus driver and impounded the vehicle with registration number UWN 402 ZT for flagrant violation of the law of speed limits. The incident occurred along Okigwe -Enugu highway when the driver attempted to overtake ...
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NDLEA catches cross-border traffickers with N60m cannabis
Anti-narcotic officials with Seme Border Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency on Friday intercepted 5,863kg of compressed dried weeds that tested positive for cannabis, with street value of N60m. The Agency’s spokesperson, Mr. Mitchell Ofoyeju, said the illicit drugs were seized in two separate operations in Badagry, Lagos ...
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Osinbajo hosts kids in presidential villa to mark Children’s Day
Osinbajo on Friday in his office met with children drawn from 23 schools in Abuja ahead of the Children’s Day celebration. He conducted them round his office and answered their questions which ranged from the power supply to the economy. The Acting President later announced his experience with the children ...
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Ngwuta: Court orders recovered money deposited in CBN
Ade Adesomoju, Abuja The Federal Government on Thursday tendered before a Federal High Court in Abuja nine bags and boxes filled with local and foreign currencies, which were allegedly recovered from a Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Sylvester Ngwuta, in October 2016. The items were said to have been ...
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Bill on ease of doing business ready – Osinbajo
Anna Okon The Presidency has developed an omnibus bill on the ease of doing business and is set to present it to the National Assembly. The Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, said this in Lagos on Thursday during the 2017 Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry Presidential Policy Dialogue Session. ...
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Ajimobi, Ibadan chieftaincy law and the imperatives of change
Change, as the only constant in life, has become a universal aphorism. Nonetheless, humans are evolutionarily predisposed to resist change because of the inherent uncertainties. Organisations and people that don’t embrace change are bound to lose ground and stagnate. In the words of a late British Prime Minister, Harold Wilson, ...
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FG to shut down five foreign missions
Adelani Adepegba, Abuja The Federal Government said it had identified five foreign missions it would shut down as part of measures to cut the cost of maintaining its 119 missions worldwide. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Geoffrey Onyeama, said this in Abuja on Thursday while briefing newsmen on the ...
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Ambode laments Lekki clash, warns communities
Sesan Olufowobi The Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, has said the breakdown of law and order in two communities in the Lekki area of the state is unfortunate. He urged the warring parties to sheathe their swords. Speaking at Oniyanrin, one of the affected communities, Ambode stated that he did ...
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PIB: Senate scraps NNPC
The Senate yesterday passed a part of the controversial Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB). The Petroleum Industry Governance Bill (PIGB) 2017 is expected to take care of the governance aspect of the industry. It scaled the third reading following the presentation of a report of the Joint Committee on Petroleum Resources ...
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INEC accuses Gov Bello of double registration
The Independent National Electoral Commission (NAN) has accused Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello of double registration for Permanent Voter Card, as against the electoral law. A statement by INEC’s National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee (IVEC), Prince Solomon Soyebi, said Bello’s second registration was done on Tuesday ...
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Court adjourns Ladoja’s trial
The Federal High Court in Lagos has adjourned the trial of former Oyo State Governor Rashidi Ladoja till July 4. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) re-arraigned him and former Finance Commissioner Waheed Akanbi for allegedly converting N4.7billion from the state treasury. Akanbi’s lawyer, Adeyinka Olumide-Fusika, during cross-examination of ...
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FG approves closure of five foreign missions
The Federal Government has approved the closure of five foreign missions and embassies, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Geoffrey Onyeama said. Onyeama told newsmen in Abuja on Thursday. The minister, who did not mention the embassies or missions, said the process for closure was underway and was also subject to ...
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VIDEO: Lagos lesbian proposes to Enugu partner
A video of clip of a lesbian lady proposing to her partner has surfaced online. The video posted on instablog9ja shows the ladies initially singing a birthday song. The clip later shows one of the girls kneeling down and offering her wife-to-be an engagement ring. She then kisses her partner, who ...