Nigeria
Vai alla Scheda Paese »A man of worth never gets up to unsay what he said yesterday.
— Chinua Achebe
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Private investors for Lekki, Ikorodu, Sagamu road, others
PRIVATE investors may soon be invited to join the Federal Government’s battle to revive Nigeria’s decaying infrastructure. A list of 77 projects which could be executed this year through Public Private Partnership (PPP) has been drawn up. The projects include the construction and rehabilitation of some key roads, rail lines ...
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Agribusiness Investment And Opportunities In 2017
2017 is here with full expectations and its own challenges, but in all these there are opportunities. Agribusiness is the only business in this year that one will invest into and have high return on investment especially in Nigeria. This is so because Government policies on Agriculture will come to ...
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NDLEA arrests 269 suspected drug traffickers
No fewer than 269 suspected drugs traffickers were arrested and 53 convicted in Kaduna state in 2016 by National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). The Kaduna State Command of the Agency said on Thursday that the number of those arrested was higher in 2016 compared to the 232 in 2015. ...
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Why I partner Omar Assar in doubles of 2017 ITTF World Tour – Aruna Quadri
To have an African team competing for honour at the end-of-the-year ITTF World Tour grand finals, Africa’s highest ranked player in the world, Aruna Quadri has agreed to join forces with Egypt’s Omar Assar in the doubles event of all ITTF World Tour for this year. Quadri, who started 2017 ...
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Gov Ganduje Signs 2017 Budget Of N217.9bn Into Law
Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State on Thursday assented to the 2017 Budget of N217.9 billion. Speaking after signing the budget, Ganduje said it was increased by the state assembly by N8 billion. He, however, said the assembly had followed due process before taking the action by consulting all the ...
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Lagos forensic lab: What the public needs to know
Tunde Dawodu In a few weeks or months to come, the Lagos State Government-owned forensic science/DNA laboratory will come on stream. It’s touted to be a state-of-the-art scientific facility meant to aid the law in the detection of crimes, apprehension of criminals and the exoneration of the innocent. The world ...
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FG slashes import duties on 115 items
Ifeanyi Onuba, Abuja The Federal Government, in a bid to promote development in critical sectors of the economy, has approved a reduction in the import duties of 115 items in various sectors of the economy. The approval was given by President Muhammadu Buhari as part of the fiscal policy measures ...
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Sahara, Oando, MRS, 36 others win NNPC crude lifting contracts
Okechukwu Nnodim, Abuja Sahara Energy, Oando Plc and 37 other companies are among the successful bidders for the 2017/2018 crude oil term contracts of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, which were announced in Abuja on Thursday. According to the Group General Manager, Crude Oil Marketing Division, NNPC, Mr. Mele Kyari, ...
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Buhari’s silence on killings, reminder of Jonathan’s negligence – Okogie
Leke Baiyewu, Abuja A former President, Christian Association of Nigeria, Anthony Cardinal Okogie, has berated the Federal Government led by President Muhammadu Buhari over the ongoing killings in the southern part of Kaduna State. Okogie likened Buhari’s silence on the killings in Southern Kaduna to how former President Goodluck Jonathan ...
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We’ll Ensure Peaceful Handover In The Gambia – PMB
President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday in Abuja said that Nigeria will do everything possible to help The Gambia have a peaceful resolution to its political crisis. Speaking through the minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyema, he expressed optimism that The Gambian President Yahya Jammeh would listen to the voice of his ...
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Humanitarian partners need $310 million to help crisis-hit communities in Cameroon
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country: Cameroon, Central African Republic, NigeriaIn 2017, almost three million people in Cameroon are expected to need aid. Around 2.6 million will face crisis and emergency levels of food insecurity. (Yaounde, 4 January 2017): The Government of Cameroon with the United Nations and ...
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"Grave, mas não dramático"
José Isaac Peres, presidente da Multiplan, considera que a recessão é muito grave, mas não é "tão dramática como se diz" e prevê o início da recuperação da economia neste ano. A companhia tem 6 mil lojas em shopping centers e investiu R$ 1 bilhão no ano passado
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NDLEA discovers cocaine inside soles of new foot wears
The officers of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja have discovered parcels of whitish substance that tested positive for cocaine inside foot wears. The suspected cocaine, according to a statement released on Monday in Lagos by the agency’s spokesperson, Mr Mitchell ...
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Ex-minister’s kidnap: Police arrest five suspects
The police have arrested five suspects, including a woman, in connection with the kidnap of a former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Bagudu Hirse. Bagudu was abducted by gunmen in Kaduna on November 20, last year at Alhaji Mamman Daura’s home, where he had gone to condole with the family ...
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BoI to boost SMEs with N310b cash
The Acting Managing Director, Bank of Industry (BoI), Waheed Olagunju has said the bank is committed to its five-year plan of growing the small and medium-scale enterprises (SMEs) by pumping N310 billion into the sector. Olagunju who spoke with reporters at the weekend in Offa, Offa Local Government Area of ...
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Assumpta Centre: FG’s Commitment To Science Education
As Nigeria continues to battle recession, the Federal Government has shown commitment in developing various sectors of the economy. The Minister of Science and Technology, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu has at various fora expressed government’s commitment to developing the science and technology sector as the main engine in promoting rapid national ...
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CBN extends stamp duty collection to savings accounts
Everest Amaefule, Abuja Banks are no longer restricting the deduction of stamp duty on deposits made into current accounts, but now apply it to deposits made into savings accounts, investigation has shown. The Central Bank of Nigeria had through a circular issued on January 15, 2016 directed the Deposit Money ...
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Nigeria’s oil output tops foreign investors’ concern
Foreign investors planning to invest in Nigeria and other global markets this year are taking a keen look at the nation’s oil output among other factors. According to a Financial Times’ report, oil supply from the world’s biggest producers will be in focus from the first trading day of January ...
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Experts predict cyber blackout, more investments, MTN listing
MTN Nigeria’s listing on the Nigerian Stock Exchange is expected to expand the coverage of the 4G space this year, among other forecasts, OZIOMA UBABUKOH writes Nigeria’s 65 million Internet users will in 2017 be restricted from accessing the World Wide Web because the Internet Protocol 4 (IPv4) is on ...
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Economía/Finanzas.- Ana Botín define a Sánchez Asiaín como un banquero "ejemplar" y un "gran visionario"
MADRID, 2 (EUROPA PRESS) La presidenta de Banco Santander, Ana Botín, ha definido al expresidente de BBV José Angel Sánchez Asiaín como un banquero "ejemplar" y un "gran visionario" que permitió modernizar el sector financiero en España.
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Uhuru, Raila draw battle lines ahead of August polls
Kenya’s foremost political rivals, President Uhuru Kenyatta and Cord leader Raila Odinga, have used their New Year messages to draw the pre-election battle lines. The two, who faced off for President in 2013, and are expected to do so again on August 8, had not a kind word for the ...