Nigeria
Vai alla Scheda Paese »A man of worth never gets up to unsay what he said yesterday.
— Chinua Achebe
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Civil servants appeal to FG to pay outstanding allowances
Public Servants under the aegis of Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN) on Tuesday appealed to the Federal Government to pay workers arrears of promotion and other allowances. Mr. Alade Lawal, Secretary General of the association who made the appeal in a statement in Lagos, said that civil ...
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Ukah Urges Journalists To Continue To Partner State Govt
Delta State Commissioner for Information, Mr. Patrick Ukah, has urged members of the Indigenous Newspapers and Magazines Chapel of the Delta State Council of the Nigeria Union of journalists (NUJ) to continue to partner with the state government in bringing the activities of government to the people. Mr. Ukah, who ...
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Obaseki, Duke, Bemoans Disappearing Rich Forest Reserves in Edo
Godwin Obaseki of Edo state and former governor of Cross River State, Mr Donald Duke, yesterday at a workshop in Benin City, bemoaned what they described as the disappearance of the rich forest reserves in Edo state, saying that the situation did not only affect negatively the economy of the ...
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As Ugwuanyi’s Prudent Fiscal Management Earns Commendation From PMB (2)
BY FRANCIS EDE And the governor has since performed the ground breaking ceremony for the free trade zone in Enugu which is the first of its kind in the whole of South East Zone. And for which the state paid a whopping sum of Six Hundred Thousand Dollars ($ 600,000.00), ...
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Gov’s Are Mismanaging Paris Club Funds – Shehu Sani Cry Out
The Senate Committee Chairman on Local & Foreign Debts, Senator Shehu Sani has said that the Paris club refunds to States has become a bazar to States governors who could not manage loans and debt they have collected. The Senator who represents Kaduna Central said governors are now in control of ...
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Fake tyres: Court admits Chinese, Nigerian, to N10m bail
Justice Mojishola Olatoregun-Ishola of a Federal High Court Lagos on Tuesday granted bail of N10 million each to two Chinese, Tao Shen and Jing Yau, charged with importation of sub-standard tyres. Shen, 36, and Yau, 22, are charged alongside a Nigerian, Chinedu Madubuike and two companies, Sino Nig. Import and ...
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Naira to sell at N415/$ as CBN sustains intervention – ABCON
The naira will trade at N415 to a dollar as the series of intervention by the Central Bank of Nigeria are sustained. The President, Association of Bureau De Change Operators of Nigeria, Alhaji Aminu Gwadabe, on Tuesday in Lagos said that the new Forex policy had eliminated frivolous demand for ...
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We have lost value for human life — Buhari
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday lamented the wanton killings being witnessed in parts of the country lately, saying Nigerians have lost value for human life. He has therefore directed security and law enforcement agencies to rise to the occasion and end what he called “this blight on ...
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UNHCR concerned about return of Nigerian refugees from Cameroon
Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees Country: Cameroon, NigeriaUNHCR is concerned by continuing forced return of hundreds of refugees from Cameroon’s far north region to north-eastern Nigeria despite the tripartite agreement.This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Babar Baloch – to whom quoted text may be attributed ...
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NNPC eyes 4,000Mw of electricity
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) will generate about 4, 000 megawatts (Mw) of electricity over the next 10 years to boost power supply in the country. Its Corporation’s Chief Operating Officer (COO), Gas and Power, Engr. Saidu Mohammed, who spoke at the 2017 retreat of the Autonomous Business Unit ...
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$6.9b refund: Paris Club loans records missing
Fed Govt committed to refund, says Adeosun CONDITIONS FOR MORE refund •Current and projected cash flow •Outcome of monitoring of compliance with terms of previous releases Fed Govt committed to Paris Club refund, says Adeosun The federal government has reaffirmed its commitment to the Paris Club refund for states. Minister ...
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Federal Competition Commission Law Will Pull Nigeria Out Of Recessionm – Dogara
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has said thatn the establishment of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, passed by the House will help pull Nigeria out of recession. According to a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Turaki Hassan, Dogara stated that ...
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Nigeria’s e-Passport Database In Malaysian Firm’s Custody
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) is not in charge of the country’s e-passport central database where all travel documents of its citizens are stored. Investigations by LEADERSHIP has revealed that over ten years after the federal government, through the NIS, entered into a public private partnership with a Malaysian based ...
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World Bank To Invest $57bn In Nigeria, Others
Following a meeting with G20 finance ministers and central bank governors, World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim yesterday announced a record $57 billion in financing for Nigeria and other Sub-Saharan African countries over the next three fiscal years. The bulk of the financing – $45 billion – will come ...
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Paris Club refund: NLC, TUC, Umar disagree on disbursement of fresh N500bn
Fidelis Soriwei, Friday Olokor and Ifeanyi Onuba The two main labour movements in the country, the Trade Union Congress and the Nigeria Labour Congress on Monday, differed on the disbursement of fresh N500bn Paris Club loan refund to state governments. While the NLC said that governors, who were unable to ...
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We’ve started seeing signs of economic recovery – FG
Ifeanyi Onuba, Abuja The Federal Government on Monday said that it had started seeing positive signs that the economy, which slipped into recession in the third quarter of last year, had started recovering. The Minister for Budget and National Planning, Senator Udo Udoma, stated this at a meeting with the ...
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FG has challenged us to deliver S’East –APC
Ihuoma Chiedozie, Enugu The South-East chapter of the All Progressives Congress on Monday said the Federal Government has challenged it to deliver the five states in the zone to the party by 2019. The APC National Vice-Chairman, South-East, Emma Eneukwu, disclosed this during the inauguration of zonal disciplinary and fundraising/finance ...
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FG, states owe foreign creditors $11.41bn
Everest Amaefule, Abuja The Federal Government, the 36 state governments, and the Federal Capital Territory Administration currently owe foreign creditors a total of $11.41bn, the Debt Management Office has said. Statistics obtained from the DMO on Monday showed that while the Federal Government’s foreign debt stood at $7.84bn as of ...
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Paris Club refund: We’re reviewing states’ claims, says Adeosun
Ifeanyi Onuba, Abuja The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, on Monday stated that the Federal Government would within 12 months carry out a detailed review of the claims submitted by the states as over- deduction on the Paris Club debt. She said that while the states had all submitted ...
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Mrs Ambode Lauds YEN On N50m Youth Empowerment
The wife of the Lagos state governor, Mrs Bolanle Ambode has applauded a nongovernmental organisation, Young Entrepreneurs of Nigeria (YEN), on its conscious efforts to help grow and support aspiring young entrepreneurs and women in the Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs) sector in Nigeria. Speaking at the YEN-sponsored youth and women ...
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Un secteur qui peine à sortir la tête de l’eau
Une rencontre a réuni récemment au complexe hôtelier Sabri une vingtaine d’entreprises françaises intervenant dans le domaine maritime et leurs semblables algériennes issues des villes portuaires de l’est du pays. Le contexte : la première édition des Rencontres professionnelles de Annaba (RPA), de deux jours, organisée à l’initiative du consulat général ...