Nigeria
Vai alla Scheda Paese »A man of worth never gets up to unsay what he said yesterday.
— Chinua Achebe
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Patrons, operators count gains as body modification becomes big business
Eric Dumo Since bursting into limelight more than two-and-a-half decades ago, Charles Oputa, popularly known as Charly Boy, has mesmerised Nigerians and in fact the rest of the world with his musical talent and eye-catching mode of dressing. Son of one of Nigeria’s most respected legal luminaries, late Justice Chukwudifu ...
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Agent Banking: Paypoint Grows1000 New Agents Monthly
The launched in 2016, quick teller Paypoint was designed to take financial services to the nooks and crannies of Nigerian communities, providing access to under-served markets. Revealed at the maiden Quick teller Pay point agents forum which held in Lagos recently; about 40 agents were on boarded during the first ...
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NLNG Seeks Concerted Efforts At Dealing With Malaria Scourge
Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) has called for increased efforts by scientists to fight Malaria and permanently rid the country of the disease before the World Health Assembly’s target date of 2030. Speaking while commemorating World Malaria Day with the theme, ‘End Malaria For Good’ the company’s General Manager External Relations, ...
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‘In IT Networking, There Is No One Size Fits All Approach’
Linda Azah, an alumni of the Cisco Networking Academy programme, currently a CCIE engineer working at a leading service provider in this interview with CHIMA AKWAJA shares her experience on Cisco Nigeria’s CSR project partnership with government, schools, NGOs, colleges and universities to afford Nigerian youth and entrepreneurs the opportunity ...
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Kano Is Suffering From Shortage Of Pro Bono Lawyers – Group
Human Rights group have raised alarm, stating that Kano is suffering from shortage of Pro bono lawyers, revealing that only four lawyers are attached to the Legal Aid Council, office in Kano posit to cater for 15 million people in the state. The Programme Manager of Rule of Law and ...
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Nigeria: Govt Urged to Increase Investment in Renewable Energy
[This Day] As part of efforts to address Nigeria's long running electricity problem, experts have called for increased investment in renewable energy sub sector, pointing out that there are a lot of potential in the sector, which the government can tap into with a view to boosting the economy.
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Minimum wage: Workers can’t wait on FG indefinitely, says TUC
The Trade Union Congress has warned that workers were running out of patience with the Federal Government over the delay in the negotiation of a new minimum wage. The Nigeria’s current minimum wage is N18,000 with organised labour asking it be increased to at least N50,000 The Chairman, TUC, Federal ...
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DSS arrest kidnappers, vandals in Sokoto
The Department for State Service (DSS) in Sokoto has arrested seven suspected kidnappers terrorising residents of Goronyo- Isah in Sabon Birni local government area of the state. The DSS also appealed to criminals to key into the state government’s amnesty programme by surrendering their arms to the authorities. “There are ...
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Workers running out of patience with FG over new minimum wage – TUC
The Trade Union Congress (TUC) has warned that workers were running out of patience with the Federal Government over delay in negotiation of a new minimum wage. NAN reports that the Nigeria’s current minimum wage is N18,000 with organised labour asking it be increased to at least N50,000 Mr Ahmed ...
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CBN Offers $100m To Forex Dealers In Wholesale Forwards
Buoyed by the impact of its interventions and stability in the foreign exchange market, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) yesterday, offered the sum of $100 million to authorised currency dealers to meet the requests of wholesale customers at the forex auction in the interbank wholesale window. The Acting Director, ...
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Business proposals’ll be processed in four weeks –LASG
Sesan Olufowobi The Lagos State Government on Thursday said investors seeking to do business in the state could now use about four weeks to study, process and get approvals for genuine business proposals. The Special Adviser to the Governor on Overseas Affairs and Investment, Ademola Abass, said the development had ...
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FG set to establish satellite industrial centres
Anna Okon The Federal Government is set to establish satellite industrial centres across the six geo-political zones of the country to fast-track its plan on the diversification of the nation’s economy. The establishment of the industrial centres, which will be anchored by the Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority, is expected ...
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‘Nigeria’ll become poorer with 2% economic growth’
Ife Ogunfuwa Nigeria needs to grow its economy by 46 per cent over the next 34 years in order to avert social crisis, the Financial Services Advisory Leader and Chief Economist, PricewaterhouseCoopers Nigeria, Andrew Nevin, has warned. He cautioned that the country would continue to be poor if the economy ...
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MAN okays govt’s economic recovery plan
Anna Okon The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria has commended the Federal Government for its efforts at improving the current economic situation and endorses steps being taken to pull the economy out of recession. The association specifically lauded the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan of the government aimed at deepening the ...
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Euro Global Foods achieves 85% local content
Anna Okon In a bid to support the Federal Government’s import substitution and backward integration policy, Euro Global Foods and Distilleries, a member of Sona Group of Companies, has disclosed that it is already using 85 per cent local raw materials in its productive value chain to boost made-in-Nigeria products. ...
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Nigeria, China to raise bilateral trade
Anna Okon Nigeria and China are hoping to increase volume of bilateral trade as they intensify areas of cooperation between the two nations. This was the highpoint of the first edition of the Nigeria Governors’ Investment Forum held some days ago in Guangzhou, China, which they said was meant to ...
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Naira closes at 390/dollar as CBN sells $100m
Oyetunji Abioye The naira depreciated from 388 per United States dollar on Wednesday to 390/dollar on Thursday as the Central Bank of Nigeria continued to intervene in the foreign exchange market to boost the local currency. The local unit has been hovering between 385/dollar and 390/dollar in the last one ...
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NCS Destroy Imported Poultry Products Worth N1.27bn
The Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone “C” of Nigeria Customs Service in Owerri said it had seized 102, 099 cartons of illegally imported frozen poultry products with duty paid value of N1.27 billion. Comptroller Mohammed Garba, the Area Controller of the zone, disclosed this while briefing newsmen in Owerri on Thursday. ...
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Truck Crushes Motorcyclist To Death In Lagos
A commercial motorcyclist was crushed to death by a heavy duty truck at Daleko area of Lagos on Thursday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the passenger on the motorcycle, who survived the accident, was dragged from the wheels of the truck with a broken leg. NAN reports ...
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'Ethiopian Airlines Flew 11,000 Passengers in and Out of Kaduna'
[Daily Trust] Ethiopian Airlines was the only foreign airline that operated the Kaduna route when traffic was diverted to allow for repair work on the Abuja airport runway. In this exclusive interview, Mrs Firiehiwot Mekonnen, Traffic and Sales Manager of the airlines, speaks on the impact of the decision on ...
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PIB: Nigeria loses $235bn investments amid $9bn debt
’Femi Asu Nigeria has lost about $235bn worth of investments on the back of the failure to reform the oil and gas industry, even as the Federal Government struggles to pay up over $9bn cash call arrears to oil firms. Oil workers under the aegis of the Petroleum and Natural ...