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Vai alla Scheda Paese »A man of worth never gets up to unsay what he said yesterday.
— Chinua Achebe
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Common tariff to benefit West African economy- Official
The Director-General, Budget Office, Mr. Ben Akabueze, said on Wednesday that the implementation of the Common External Tariff (CET) would benefit the West African economy and improve welfare of its citizens. He made the remarks at the Validation Meeting on the Draft Report on the Situation and Gap Analysis of ...
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Don urges FG to revisit power sector privatisation
Prof. Park Idisi, a lecturer, Department of Agriculture, University of Abuja, has urged the Federal Government to revisit all sectors privatised to local and foreign companies. Idisi told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Abuja that this should be done to ensure that companies that bought the sectors ...
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Malta's EU presidency can help investors 'rediscover' the Mediterranean - Mogherini
Malta's EU Council presidency will be an opportunity to attract investment and position the Mediterranean as a “sea of opportunity” amidst fears over security and migration, according to the EU foreign affairs chief.High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini is currently on a brief official visit to ...
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Nigeria: Investment Can't Thrive in Atmosphere of Instability - Buhari
[Leadership] Political and social stability are key factors that attract and cause investments to thrive anywhere in the world, President Muhammadu Buhari has said.
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Command arrests 30 pupils for razing classrooms
Olufemi Atoyebi, Ibadan The Oyo State Police Command on Tuesday said it has arrested 30 pupils for their alleged involvement in the destruction of classrooms of public schools during a protest against the state government’s decision to stop automatic promotion in secondary schools. Some pupils in five public secondary schools ...
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Power ministry gets N209bn as capital release details emerge
Ifeanyi Onuba, Abuja The Ministry of Power got the highest amount of N209.24bn out of the total N753.6bn capital votes so far released by the Ministry of Finance to Federal Government’s Ministries, Departments and Agencies for the implementation of the 2016 budget. The details were made available in a statement ...
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Lagos rewards 18 public servants
Sesan Olufowobi The Lagos State Government on Tuesday rewarded 18 outstanding public servants, with Governor Akinwunmi Ambode urging the state workers to raise the bar of performance and be role models for other public servants in the country. The governor also pledged the continuation of the cooperation between the state ...
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Fayose, herdsmen meet
Kamarudeen Ogundele, Ado Ekiti The Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, and leaders of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria have met in Ado Ekiti to sort out their differences over the new law restricting cattle grazing in the state. The governor granted the request of the MACBAN leaders ...
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Oyo lays foundation for $2bn free trade zone
Olufemi Atoyebi, Ibadan The Oyo State Government on Tuesday laid the foundation for the establishment of a free trade zone at the Ibadan end of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The state is partnering the China Polaris Technologies Group and the Chinese government for the project, which is expected to gulp $2bn. ...
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Sting in the name of the law
Lekan Sote The “actusreus,” or alleged deeds of crime of some judges that were recently arrested by operatives of the Department of State Services included: Wiring of $900,000 abroad in just two years; buying properties abroad, and at choice Nigerian estates like Ikoyi’s Park View, the Lagos equivalent of New ...
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IGP Decorates New AIGs, Insists Promotion’ll Be Based On Seniority
The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris, yesterday, decorated the newly promoted Assistant Inspector Generals of Police, and said promotion in the Nigeria Police Force is based on seniority henceforth. IGP Ibrahim Idris explained that the Force management decided to adopt seniority as criteria for promotion adding that it ...
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Niger Delta leaders to Buhari: remove troops from creeks
Niger Delta leaders have requested the Federal Government to withdraw troops from the creeks as part of a 16-point demand. They told President Muhammadu Buhari their position at an exploratory meeting of political, business and traditional rulers of the restive region with the Federal Government at the Aso Villa in Abuja. ...
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Nigeria: NNPC Seeks U.S.$51 Billion New Investments in Gas Sector
[Leadership] The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) yesterday said that the country currently possesses the capacity to create about $51 billion investment opportunities in the midstream and downstream gas sector.
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Grazing law: Fayose, Miyetti Allah meet to raise joint patrol
Kamarudeen Ogundele, Ado Ekiti Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, and leaders of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria have met in Ado Ekiti to sort out differences over the new law restricting cattle grazing in the state. On the demand by the MACBAN leaders that they be part ...
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Stop lobbying for promotion, IG warns policemen
Adelani Adepegba, Everest Amaefule, Abuja The Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has frowned on lobbying for promotion by policemen, stating that promotion in the Nigeria Police Force was based strictly on merit and seniority. The IG, who warned the rank and file against against all forms of indiscipline, insisted that ...
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Erisco Foods to relocate tomato paste plant to China
The Chief Executive Officer, Erisco Foods, Chief Eric Umeofia, has decried the Central Bank of Nigeria’s foreign exchange policies, saying they were stifling local manufacturers’ operations and growth. Umeofia said this on Tuesday in Lagos at a news conference. Erisco Foods is an indigenous tomato paste manufacturing company that employs ...
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Grazing law: Fayose, Miyetti Allah to raise joint patrol
Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, and leaders of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria have met in Ado Ekiti to sort out differences over the new law restricting cattle grazing in the state. On the demand by the MACBAN leaders that they be part of the patrol teams ...
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Photos Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Zambia visit President
ZAMBIA 1: President Muhammadu Buhari (right), welcoming the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Zambia Hon. Harry Kalaba, during his Visit to the President, at the Presidential Villa Abuja yesterday PHOTO BY REMI AKUNLEYAN
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PMB Re-appoints Umaru Ibrahim As NDIC Boss
President Muhammadu Buhari has requested the Senate to confirm the re-appointment of Umaru Ibrahim as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC). Buhari made request in a letter read by the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, at plenary on Tuesday. According to the communication, the ...
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Investment Can’t Thrive In Atmosphere Of Instability – PMB
Political and social stability are key factors that attract and cause investments to thrive anywhere in the world, President Muhammadu Buhari has said. Receiving Hon. Harry Kalaba, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Special Envoy of the President of Zambia, Mr Edgar Chagwa Lungu, at State House, Abuja, on Tuesday, President ...
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NDLEA arrests man for alleged drug trafficking
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Anambra on Tuesday said it arrested a 56-year-old man for allegedly been in possession of 239.8gm of cocaine and 119.2gm of heroin. Mr Inalegwu Ameh, Assistant Commander Operations and Intelligence of the agency, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency ...