Nigeria
Vai alla Scheda Paese »A man of worth never gets up to unsay what he said yesterday.
— Chinua Achebe
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Charter of Demand to the Chairman, Inter – Party Advisory Council (IPAC)
Women across several political parties and other stakeholders convened in Abuja to mark the 2017 International Women’s Day. As part of the activities lined up to commemorate this day, Nigerian Women’s Trust Fund in partnership with Women in Politics Forum (supported by DFID’s Voices for Change Project and the International ...
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Police Promote CP Lakanu To AIG, 24 Others To Various Ranks
The Police Service Commission has approved the promotion of the former Commissioner of Police, Imo State Command, CP. Taiwo Fredrick Lakanu to the next rank of Assistant Inspector General of Police. The Commission also approved the promotion of 24 other senior officers to their next ranks. AIG Lakanu, who was ...
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NDLEA declares Lagos socialite wanted over drug trafficking
Afeez Hanafi The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has declared a Lagos socialite, Mrs. Fumilola Ogbuaya, aka Arike Fumilola Ogundipe, wanted in connection with drug trafficking. The woman was also accused of allegedly using proceeds of drugs to acquire property. PUNCH Metro learnt that the socialite was implicated in a ...
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Islamic finance and the prosaic ethics of capital
Tayo Oke In the last couple of weeks, former governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Muhammadu Sanusi II, has been decrying how the northern part of Nigeria appears to be enmeshed in a cultural milieu more ideally suited to the “13th century view of the Islamic world”. He was venting ...
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Court dismisses Obanikoro’s N100m suit against EFCC
Ramon Oladimeji The Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday struck out the N100m fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by a former Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro, against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Obanikoro; his wife, Moroophat; his sons, Gbolahon and Babajide; and a daughter-in-law, Fati, had ...
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FG reduces number of days for businesses registration
…Also company registration to be done within 24 hours Towards ease of doing business in Nigeria, the government has reduced the number of days required for registration of new businesses in Nigeria from 10 to 2. It also okayed a 24-hour timeline for company registration from when application form is ...
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Senate To Pass Petroleum Industry Bill Soon — Edo Lawmaker
Sen. Clifford Odia (PDP-Edo Central) on Monday said that the Senate would soon pass the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB). Odia gave the assurance in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) at Auchi, headquarters of the Etsako-West Local Government Area of Edo. The lawmaker assured the people of ...
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Aumentar el impuesto de inmueble y obtener más ingresos es la meta
En países como Colombia se actualiza el impuesto de inmueble (revalúos), ya que el Estado invierte en acera, soterramiento de cables, arreglo de calles y el ciudadano le revierte esta inversión con sus impuestos. Hacia allá vamos, estamos en un proceso de transición, que tiene sus dolores ...
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CBN targets exchange rate stability, naira now 380/dollar
Oyetunji Abioye The Central Bank of Nigeria on Sunday said it would continue to introduce measures to stabilise the foreign exchange market. It also said that various forex initiatives it had introduced in recent weeks were beginning to yield results with stability recorded in the naira exchange rate. The central ...
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CBN targets top bankers in forex manipulation investigation
Oyetunji Abioye The Central Bank of Nigeria is watching closely the activities of top officials of commercial banks allegedly involved in illegal foreign exchange transactions. It was learnt that the illegal forex activities of some top bank officials were frustrating the CBN’s efforts aimed at converging the official and parallel ...
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Father, children, sisters-in- law die in Anambra accident
Samuel Awoyinfa and Afeez Hanafi No fewer than eight persons were reportedly killed in auto crashes in Anambra, Lagos and Ogun states, while about 12 persons sustained varying degrees of injury. In the Anambra incident, which occurred on Awor Road, Oraifite village, in the Ekwusigo Local Government Area of the ...
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Kaduna: CADP distributes input worth N811m to farmers
The Kaduna State Commercial Agricultural Development Projects (CADP) has disbursed N811.6 million to 3,401 farmers’ groups to finance their agribusinesses. Aliyu Saidu, Communication Officer of the CADP disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Kaduna. Saidu explained that 2,960 male and 441 female farmers received ...
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Re: Politicisation And Destruction Of The Nigerian Foreign Service
The Association of Retired Career Ambassadors of Nigeria (ARCAN) wishes to refer to the article written by Abba Mahmood which appeared at the back page of the LEADERSHIP Newspapers on 6 April, 2017, in which he decried the increasing ‘Politicisation and Destruction of the Nigerian Foreign Service’. Mahmood expressed dismay ...
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‘CBN’s Sectoral Forex Strategy Stabilises Naira’
Steps taken by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to commence sectoral foreign exchange interventions may have started yielding positive results by way of stabilising the exchange of the Naira against major currencies and greenback in particular. The effect of this initiative was easily noticed over the weekend as those ...
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Security Features Of Nigerian e-Passport World-class – IRIS
Managing Director of IRIS Smart Technologies Limited (ISTL), Olayinka Fisher, has said the Nigerian e-Passport is world-class insisting that 95 per cent of components that constitute its security features is not made in the country. He, however, pointed out that Nigeria was not the only country depending on foreign components ...
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Nigeria possibly out of recession – Adesanya
The Managing Director, Degeconek Nig. Ltd., Mr Abiodun Adesanya, has said that it is possible for Nigeria to be out of recession, as the country’s economy is heading in the right direction. Adesanya made the assertion on Sunday in Lagos following claims by global economists that Nigeria is out of ...
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NDLEA arrests 51 suspects, seizes 1933.28kg drugs in Oyo
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Oyo state command, said it arrested 51 suspected drug traffickers and addicts from January to date. A statement by the state command’s Public Relations Officer, Mrs Mutiat Okuwobi, on Sunday in Ibadan, disclosed that 1,933.28 kg of drugs were also seized during the period. ...
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Juan José Aranguren: "Cuando alguien dice que no están llegando las inversiones a la Argentina es falso"
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FG will provide affordable houses for Nigerians — Adeosun
Ifeanyi Onuba The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, has said the Federal Government is committed to providing affordable houses for Nigerians. She stated this when she met with representatives from international finance institutions at the World Bank Spring meetings holding in the United States to take forward discussions on ...
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Leasing Firms Plead For Long Term Funding For Efficiency
Leasing firms across the country are pleading for cheap long term funding to enhance the capacity of lessors to deepen leasing penetration in the country. Speaking on behalf of the leasing operators at the Quarterly Business Forum of the Equipment Leasing Association of Nigeria (ELAN) in Lagos, the chairman, ELAN, ...
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Security Agencies Must Track Owners Of Abandoned Money – Hon Tajudeen
Hon Abbass Tajudeen is representing Zaria federal constituency of Kaduna State. In this interview with RUTH CHOJI, the lawmaker spoke on some national issues including the anti-corruption fight and the economy Nigerians received the economic recovery plan presented by Mr. President with mix feelings. What is your take on ...