Nigeria
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— Chinua Achebe
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Chinese investments in Nigeria hit $13b
The Chinese Deputy Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Lin Jing, yesterday in Abuja, said Chinese investments in country have hit over $13 billion. He said China was also demonstrating its commitment to Nigeria’s friendship and development through the $1.3billion Lagos-Ibadan Railway Project. He added that the $326 million 30 rice mills ...
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Trappco Clinch Kaduna Trade Fair Polo Tourney Trophy
After putting up an impressive run which saw them win all the matches played, Kaduna Trappco emerged winners of the 38th Kaduna International Trade Fair Polo Tournament. The side was crowned after beating Profile Team 3 ½-3 in the last match played on Sunday at the Kaduna Polo Club grounds. ...
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Ethiopian Airlines Airlift Over 960 Passengers In Kaduna Airport
Following the temporal relocation of Abuja airport to Kaduna, one of the foreign airlines, the Ethiopian airlines says it has airlifted over 960 passengers through Kaduna International Airport in the first one week of the exercise. This is even as the federal government said it had conveyed a total of ...
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Court Remands 7 Boko Haram Leaders In Kuje Prison
The Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered that seven suspected Boko Haram leaders, who were allegedly involved in the kidnaping and murdering of 11 foreign nationals between 2011 and 2013 in the North be remanded at Kuje Prison pending their trial in the criminal charges brought against them by ...
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Vehicle Duty Policy: After Initial Refusal, Customs Boss Bows, Meets Saraki
In what seems like last minute attempt to stave off any further face-off with lawmakers in the Red Chamber, the Comptroller-General of Nigeria Customs Service, Col. Hameed Ali (rtd), yesterday paid a surprise visit to Senate President Bukola Saraki in his office at the National Assembly complex. Clad in a ...
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Reps to probe schools collecting fees in foreign currency
The House of Representatives, on Tuesday, resolved to probe foreign schools in Nigeria collecting fees in foreign currency. The lower chamber held that the practice was in disregard to Federal Government policy and exploitation of parents. The position of the lawmakers was sequel to a motion by Rep. Emmanuel Agboola ...
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Nigeria to export processed cashew nuts by 2019 – Ogbeh
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mr Audu Ogbeh, on Tuesday, said that the country would start processing its raw cashew nuts for export by 2019. Ogbeh made this known at the maiden edition of the 2017 First Bank Agric Expo in Lagos. The expo is tagged: Reinventing Agriculture ...
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Audu Maikori arraigned before a Kaduna Court, granted N100, 000 bail
Godwin Isenyo, Kaduna Chocolate City’s Chief Executive Officer, Audu Maikori, was on Monday arraigned before a Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court One, Ibrahim Taiwo Road on two counts of attempt to incite the general public through false information contrary to Section 24 of Cyber Crime Act Law of the Federation of ...
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Ecologist wants law to ban butchers from exposing meat
An ecologist, Mr Abdullahi Aremu, has called for legislation to ban butchers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) from carrying meat with motorcycles or exposing meat in markets. Aremu, the Director-General, Advocacy for Environmental and Sanitation Integrity, an NGO, made the call on Tuesday in an interview with News Agency ...
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Osinbajo To Open Abuja Mining Summit June 13
The Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo will declare open the National Mining Summit billed to take place in Abuja on the 13th, June, 2017. The mining event was put together by Afrocet Montgomery and IMAG in partnership with Deloitte Consulting and under the patronage of the Federal Ministry of Mines ...
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Adeosun Asks CBN To Extend BVN To Microfinance Banks
The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun has urged the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to expedite action in the planned extension of the requirement for Bank Verification Number (BVN) to account holders in Microfinance Banks (MFBs), to help facilitate the detection of bank accounts operated by fraudulent syndicates for ...
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Reps To Probe Schools Collecting Fees In Foreign Currency
The House of Representatives, on Tuesday resolved to probe foreign schools in Nigeria collecting fees in foreign currency. The lower chamber held that the practice was in disregard to Federal Government policy and exploitation of parents. The position of the lawmakers was sequel to a motion by Rep. Emmanuel Agboola ...
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Recession: How ICT can replace oil as economy’s mainstay
As oil revenue steadily drops, ICT experts say technology can become Nigeria’s economic mainstay, writes OZIOMA UBABUKOH Even though the global oil prices are gradually rising again, there are indications that steadiness of the prices at the high end is no longer feasible and its implications for emerging economies relying ...
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BoI to finance MSMEs in Kebbi with N2bn
Ifeanyi Onuba, Abuja The Bank of Industry and Kebbi State Government have agreed to set up a N2bn loan scheme to support entrepreneurship development in the state. The Acting Managing Director, BoI, Mr. Waheed Olagunju, stated this during a meeting with the Governor of Kebbi State, Abubakar Bagudu. He said ...
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Ghost workers: FG wants BVN extended to MFBs
Ifeanyi Onuba, Abuja The Federal Government, in a bid to fish out more ghost workers, has called on the Central Bank of Nigeria to extend the requirement for the Bank Verification Number to account holders in microfinance banks. The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, stated this in a letter ...
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Ogun upgrades MAPOLY to MKO Abiola varsity
The Ogun Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, on Monday, signed the bill to upgrade the state-owned Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta, to the Moshood Abiola University of Science and Technology, Abeokuta. Also signed into law is the bill to establish the Ogun State Polytechnic, Ipokia, in the Yewa area of the state. ...
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Stop senseless killings, Anglican Church tells Buhari
Tony Okafor, Awka The Primate of Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, Archbishop Nicholas Okoh, has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to find ways to stop the killing of Nigerians across the country. Okoh said it was the duty of the Federal Government to protect the lives and property of Nigerians in ...
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CBN moves to check forex abuse in banks
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has deployed mystery shoppers to commercial banks to guard against foreign exchange abuse by the lenders. The CBN, Fidelity Bank Plc Managing Director Nnamdi Okonkwo said yesterday, is particular about ensuring that banks disburse funds meant for Business Travel Allowances (BTAs) and Personal Travel ...
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Bonny NLNG’s gross revenue hits $90b
• NNPC seeks passage of PIB Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Group Managing Director (GMD) Dr. Maikanti Baru yesterday said the Bonny NLNG is one of the biggest success stories of the oil and gas industry since it came on stream in 1995. He said the project has generated $90 ...
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Fed Govt to save $200m from fertiliser initiatives
The President of Fertiliser Producers and Suppliers Association of Nigeria (FEPSAN), Mr. Thomas Etuh, has said the Presidential Fertiliser Initiative will save the Federal Government about $200 million in foreign exchange (forex). He spoke yesterday while monitoring the fertiliser project in Kaduna State. He said it was a Public Private ...
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Total Nigeria’s “Triple-A Challenge” rewards sales excellence
Total Nigeria Plc recently held a series of events tagged “Triple-A Challenge” as part of effortsto motivate staff, reward its dealers and increase sales of its products. The Triple-A Challenge events were held in 3 cities covering all its sales territories; Lagos for the Western sales territory, Port Harcourt for ...