Nigeria
Vai alla Scheda Paese »A man of worth never gets up to unsay what he said yesterday.
— Chinua Achebe
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Fuel Scarcity Looms In South West, As Marketers Threaten To Close Shop
The chairman of Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, (IPMAN) Ibadan Depot, Alhaji Raheem Rasaq Tayo has threatened that his members would close shop if necessary actions are not taken to facilitate what he call the despicable state of the Pipelines Products Marketing Company (PPMC), depots in the south-west zone. ...
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OCHA highlights 12 forgotten crises in urgent need of support
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country: Afghanistan, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Libya, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Somalia, South Sudan, Uganda, World, YemenEach received less than 40 per cent of the funding ...
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Business: Ethiopian Airlines cannot get cash out from some African states
State-owned Ethiopian Airlines is unable to repatriate about $220 million held in local currency in Nigeria, Egypt and some other African states because of foreign exchange shortages in those nations, the company's chief executive said on Tuesday.
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Business News: Ethiopian Airlines cannot get cash out from some African states
State-owned Ethiopian Airlines is unable to repatriate about $220 million held in local currency in Nigeria, Egypt and some other African states because of foreign exchange shortages in those nations, the company's chief executive said on Tuesday.
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Three arrested with 559 kilogrammes of cannabis
The Nigerian Navy on Tuesday handed over three suspects arrested with a boat conveying 559 kilogrammes of cannabis to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency. Commodore Maurice Eno, Commander, Nigerian Navy Ship Beecroft, handed over the suspects and exhibits in Lagos. Eno said that the three suspects were apprehended with ...
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Senate committee screens ambassadorial nominees using lamp
Leke Baiyewu, Abuja The Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs on Tuesday resorted to the use of a lamp on Tuesday following a power outage during the screening of the 46 non-career ambassadorial nominees sent to it by President Muhammadu Buhari for legislative approval. This drama played out at the venue ...
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ACCA Nigeria names first platinum learning provider
Ife Ogunfuwa The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants of Nigeria has conferred the Platinum Approved Learning Partner status on Synergy Professionals, an indigenous professional accounting tuition provider. A statement on Tuesday stated that the official presentation was made during the ALP’s open day with new and existing ACCA students in ...
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Ethiopian Airlines’ $220m trapped in Nigeria, others
Maureen Ihua-Maduenyi Ethiopian Airlines says it is unable to repatriate about $220m held in local currency in Nigeria, Egypt and some other African states because of foreign exchange scarcity in these countries. The company’s Chief Executive Officer, Tewolde Gebremariam, told Reuters on Tuesday that this was partly because countries such ...
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FG demands justice for Nigerians killed in South Africa
Adelani Adepegba, Abuja The Federal Government has asked the South African government to investigate and punish those involved in the killing of a Nigerian in Johannesburg in December last year. It also called on Pretoria to end extra-judicial killings, criminalising immigrants and xenophobic attacks in South Africa. The Special Assistant ...
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Senate screens 23 ambassadorial nominees
The Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs on Tuesday completed screening of 23 non-career ambassadorial nominees out of 46. Those screened were Goni Modu Zanna Bura (Yobe), Yusuf Maitama Tuggar (Bauchi), Ahmed Ibeto (Niger), Kabiru Umar (Sokoto) and Baba Madugu (Bauchi). Others were Baba Ahmad Jidda (Borno), Justice George Adesola Oguntade ...
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Nigeria Protests Extra-judicial Killings Of Its Citizens In S’Africa
…Demands speedy justice… Nigeria has frowned at the extra-judicial killing of its citizens in South Africa, even as it demands expeditious justice in the December 29th, 2016 killing of another Nigeria, Tochukwu Nnadi. The Senior Special Assistance to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora Matters, Hon Abike Dabiri Erewa ...
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NEMA Partners With Family Physicians To Tackle Disasters
The National Emergency Management Agency is to partner with the Society for Family Physicians of Nigeria in providing health services to victims of disasters and emergencies in the country. The Director General, Muhammad Sani Sidi disclosed this when the President of the society led a delegation to the agency yesterday. ...
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‘Boss In Heels’ Initiative Begins In Abuja
Boss In Heels Initiative, an initiative of the Ambassadors For Enterprise, has commenced a programme which is a community of career and entrepreneurial women who support each other through conversation, online and event-based networking. As part of efforts to contribute to the development of the economy, co-founder of Ambassadors For ...
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FG Gives NAFDAC 2 Weeks Ultimatum To Register SMEs
The Federal Government on Tuesday directed NAFDAC to register all Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) exhibitors at the ongoing 1st Nigeria Food Safety and Investment Forum within two weeks. The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, gave the order at the forum organised by the UN Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) ...
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NLC, TUC, Threatens Strike Against Obaseki Over N11.3bn Parish Club Refund
Organized Labour in Edo State has threatened to embark on a mass protest and began an indefinite strike action following Governor’s Godwin Obaseki’s failure to use the N11.3 billion Paris Club Grant to upset unpaid local government workers salaries and other emoluments. The Labour movement made up of Nigeria Labour ...
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EttekambaDesigns: Taking Nigerian-made Clothing To The Next Level
Top Nigerian fashion Icon, Uche Nnaji, fondly called “Ouch”, recently visited Abuja-based Fashion entrepreneur /Creative Director, Victor Felix of the brand “EttekambaDesigns.” This auspicious stop-by at EttekambaDesigns’ Kwame Nkrumah street office in Asokoro District triggered a rubbing of fashion and business minds of some sorts to discuss the way forward in ...
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FG Withdraws Corruption Charges Against Supreme Court Chief Registrar, 2 Others
The Federal Government on Tuesday withdrew the corruption charges brought against the Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court, Ahmed Saleh, and two others. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Saleh was charged alongside Muhammed Sheriff, the Director of Finance and Rilwanu Lawal, the Chief Accountant of the apex ...
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Reps summon Emefiele over $1bn forex sales by IOCs
John Ameh, Abuja An ad hoc committee of the House of Representatives on Monday summoned the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, to explain how International Oil Companies got involved in the sale of foreign exchange to importers and marketers of petroleum products in 2016. The ...
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Senate to screen ambassadorial nominees today
Leke Baiyewu, Abuja The Senate will on Tuesday (today) begin the screening of 46 non-career ambassadorial nominees for whom President Muhammadu Buhari is seeking legislative approval. A notice by the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, which would conduct the screening exercise, was sighted by our correspondent on Monday. The exercise ...
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Nigeria begins trade negotiations with African countries
Ifeanyi Onuba, Abuja The Federal Government will this week begin another round of negotiations with all the countries in the African region under the Continental Free Trade Agreement. The Strategic Communications Adviser to the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Constance Ikokwu, who confirmed the development, said the Nigerian negotiation ...
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Why Nigerian certificates lose value — UK school
Friday Olokor, Abuja Certificates obtained outside Nigeria will continue to be more valued and considered over those obtained in the country due to some factors, the United Kingdom-based Metropolitan School of Business and Management, has said. Among the reasons adduced for the value placed on foreign certificates by the institution ...