Nigeria
Vai alla Scheda Paese »A man of worth never gets up to unsay what he said yesterday.
— Chinua Achebe
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Is FG doing enough to promote ease of doing business?
Mr. Dauda Akande (Spokesperson, Kwara State Coalition of Business and Professional Associations) Government has been saying it has been doing a lot to promote the ease of doing business in Nigeria. In theory, you will see statisticians coming with figures indicating that index of ease of doing business in the ...
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LCCI, security agencies discuss safer business environment
Anna Okon The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and security agencies such as the Nigerian Army, the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, the Nigeria Immigration Service, the Nigeria Customs Service, the Nigerian Navy, members of the diplomatic corps and financial institutions are collaborating on the security of the Nigerian business ...
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ABU VC Lauds Chinese Govt’s Partnership
The Vice Chancellor (VC) of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Prof. Ibrahim Garba, has commended the Chinese government for partnering the university on capacity building, particularly staff and students exchange programmes. Speaking during a courtesy visit to the Chinese Ambassador in Abuja, the Vice Chancellor, who was represented by the Director ...
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Bankers Set Aside N25bn Equity Fund For SMEs, Others
Nigeria’s Bankers’ committee has announced its decision to set up a special equity funds scheme to support the effort of the federal government in diversifying the economy through export drive and import substitution. To achieve this, the committee has decided that each bank will be contributing five percent of each ...
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Nigeria Woos Foreign Investors On National Shipping Carrier
The federal government is currently making efforts to attract foreign investors for the establishment of businesses that would aid the sustainability of the proposed refloating of a national shipping carrier. Disclosing this in an interview with LEADERSHIP recently, the executive secretary/CEO of the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC), Mr Hassan Bello ...
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Peugeot okays Kenya’s assembly plant, honours Nigerian dealers
Rasheed Bisiriyu and Maureen Ihua-Maduenyi Kenya is set to join Nigeria as an assembler of Peugeot brand of vehicles with the announcement by the PSA Group to start assembling two Peugeot models in June this year. This is coming as PAN Nigeria Limited has restated its commitment to build new ...
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Protest: Labour leaders storm Villa, want looters’ arms amputated
Fidelis Soriwei, Olalekan Adetayo and Leke Baiyewu The Nigeria Labour Congress, the Trade Union Congress and civil society organisations on Thursday organised a mass rally to protest what they called lack of good governance and scourge of corruption in the country. The protesters, under the auspices of the IStandWithNigeria group, ...
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Assembly meets stakeholders, debates new environment law
Sesan Olufowobi The Lagos State House of Assembly on Thursday held a Public Hearing on, ‘A Bill for a Law to provide for the Management, Protection and Sustainable Development of the Environment in Lagos State,’ saying the outcome of the bill was for Lagosians to live well and safely. The ...
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Dons seek world-class health care service
Afeez Hanafi The Vice-Chancellor University of Lagos, Prof. Rahmon Bello, and the Chief Medical Director, University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, Oyo State, Prof. Temitope Alonge, have called for healthy partnership between universities and their colleges of medicine. They stated that such cooperation would bring about effective health care service delivery ...
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Towards cultivation of export quality cocoa
Farmers and exporters are learning to cultivate safe and high-quality cocoa that meets international standards through a project coordinated by Farmers Development Union (FADU) and some partners, DANIEL ESSIET reports. Evangelist Samson Makinde is a cocoa farmer in Osun State. He owns a farm within the Ojere farm settlement. Over ...
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Mercy Corps ENGINE program has given us hope’
SEKINAH LAWAL The Mercy Corps’ Educating Nigerian Girls in New Enterprises, ENGINE, program has really impacted positively in my life and many other girls. This was the summation of Elizabeth Adeniyi, one of the beneficiaries of the ENGINE program in Lagos, Nigeria who has been able to grow her small ...
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Ambode Woos Investors To Lagos In German-African Business Summit
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Thursday beckoned on investors to invest massively in the state, saying it is willing, able and ready to partner with investors within and outside Africa. Ambode, who spoke at the second edition of German-African Business Summit held in Nairobi, Kenya, said as Africa’s ...
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NLC, TUC Leaders Meet Osinbajo At Aso Villa
…Looters Delaying Corruption Trials- Osinbajo Leaders of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Trade Union Congress (TUC) and civil society organisations, on Thursday, took their protests to the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja, as the top leadership of the associations met Acting President Yemi Osinbajo in a closed-door meeting. The groups, which ...
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Waste Managers Protest In Lagos, Allege Bias
Members of the Association of Waste Managers of Nigeria (AWAN) have begged the Lagos State House of Assembly to protect their investments in state’s Cleaner Lagos Initiative. The executive bill is entitled: “Bill for Law to Provide for the Management, Protection and Sustainable Development of the Environment in Lagos State ...
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ABU VC Commends Chinese Government’s Partnership
The Vice Chancellor (VC) of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Prof. Ibrahim Garba, has commended the Chinese government for partnering the university on capacity building, particularly staff and students exchange programmes. Speaking during a courtesy visit to the Chinese Ambassador in Abuja, the Vice Chancellor, who was represented by the Director ...
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FG Identifies N52bn Climate Friendly Projects
In its determined efforts to green the economy, the federal government has identified climate friendly projects worth N52 billion that would be financed through the Green bonds. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Dr Bukar Hassan stated this in Abuja yesterday at the meeting of Permanent Secretaries on Green Bonds, ...
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FG May Reverse Forex Restriction Of 41 Items, Says Customs
The Zonal Coordinator, Zone `A’ of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Assistant Comptroller-General Monday Abueh, has said that the Federal Government may reverse the foreign exchange restriction placed on 41 items imported into the country. Abueh disclosed this in Ibadan during his familiarisation tour of Oyo/Osun Commands as part of his visits ...
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Why Nigeria Is Turkey’s Strategic Partner In Sub-Saharan Africa – Cakil
Ambassador of Turkey to Nigeria, Mr. Hakan Çakıl believes strongly that the ties between his country and Nigeria is heavily pregnant with prospects that would change the economic fortunes of the two countries. In this interview with Pembi David-Stephen, he speaks on some of the bilateral agreements that sustain the ...
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Ex-minister to court: I need cancer treatment abroad
A former Minister of State for Finance, Senator Nenadi Usman, has asked Justice Muslim Hassan of the Federal High Court in Lagos to permit her to travel abroad to receive treatment for breast cancer. She said doctors at the National Hospital recommended that she receives further treatment abroad after suffering ...
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No plans to leave PDP, say lawmakers
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lawmakers in the Lagos State House of Assembly have denied rumours that some of them have defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Chairman, Committee on Central Business District (CBD), Victor Akande, said he was not aware of any detection plan. Akande, representing Ojo 1, said: ...
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Unending Internal Crisis, Bane Of Nigeria’s Power Sector
There is no gainsaying that every developed economy thrives on availability of electricity. Thus rationale thinking would suggest that to exit the current economic recession, fixing the power sector becomes a priority. But recent developments in the sector indicate that the sector is crisis-ridden. FESTUS OKOROMADU, takes a look at ...