Nigeria
Vai alla Scheda Paese »A man of worth never gets up to unsay what he said yesterday.
— Chinua Achebe
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‘Why we banned Shiites in Plateau’
Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State has explained that security considerations were “purely responsible for the ban on the activities of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria in the state.’’ “Plateau State has laws regulating the practice of religions; we have a duty to ensure that the practice of religion does ...
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Experts welcome Management FasTrack to shelf
A management and development expert, Oladapo Akinloye, attracted many people to Laterna Ventures, Victoria Island, Lagos recently, when he unveiled his book titled Management FasTrack. Some of the guests were the Managing Director, Geocycle Projects, Lafarge Plc, Mrs. Adepeju Adebajo; Human Resources Partner, Mrs. Mosun Enilolobo; Mrs. Ngozi Adebiyi and ...
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How Nigeria can get out of recession – Obasanjo
Akinpelu Dada For the country to get out of recession, former President Olusegun Obasanjo has called for an increase in the volume of trade internally and externally and the establishment of a commodity exchange to ensure stability in the prices of agricultural produce. Obasanjo made the suggestion in Abeokuta, Ogun ...
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Fuel imports’ll reduce by 60% in 2018 – Kachikwu
’Femi Asu The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, has said that the reforms embarked upon by the government are targeted at cutting petroleum products’ importation by at least 60 per cent by 2018 and thereafter position the country for net export by 2019. The minister, who ...
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Major campaign to immunize 5.8 million Iraqi children against polio
Source: World Health Organization, UN Children's Fund Country: IraqToday, on World Polio Day, the Ministry of Health, with support from UNICEF and WHO, launched a week-long nationwide campaign to immunize Iraq’s children against polio. Bagdhad, Iraq – Today, on World Polio Day the Ministry of Health with support from UNICEF and the ...
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Nigeria: Innoson Group Partners Chinese Consortium to Invest $1bn in Nigerian It Sector
[This Day] The federal government's initiative to attract foreign investments into the country is beginning to yield results, just as Innoson Group is partnering a consortium of Chinese investors to invest a whopping $1 billion into Nigeria's information technology (IT) sector.
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Financial setbacks force MTN to suspend Nigeria dividend payout
MTN has suspended dividends payouts from Nigeria, where it runs the biggest wireless phone network and which generates a third of its annual sales. The telecom company’s shares have also fallen by more than 14% to their lowest figures in more than six years since financial setbacks in its operations ...
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Corruption responsible for Nigeria’s economic problems – AGJ
The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has attributed current political, social and economic problems in Nigeria to corruption. Malami, who delivered the key note address at the National Open Government Partnership retreat on Monday in Kaduna, said corruption remained Nigeria’s biggest impediment to attaining ...
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Major campaign to immunize 5.8 million Iraqi children against polio
Source: World Health Organization, UN Children's Fund Country: IraqToday, on World Polio Day, the Ministry of Health, with support from UNICEF and WHO, launched a week-long nationwide campaign to immunize Iraq’s children against polio.Bagdhad, Iraq – Today, on World Polio Day the Ministry of Health with support from UNICEF and the ...
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Nigeria: Why China Remains Nigeria's Friend
[Vanguard] "Investors from all over the world are falling over themselves to come and do business in Nigeria", said President Muhammadu Buhari in his recent National Day address to Nigerians. I know this to be true.
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Letters Of Supreme Court Justices Confirms PMB Is Against Judiciary, Rule Of Law – PDP
The opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said the second letter of Justice Nwali Sylvester Ngwuta of the Supreme Court Justice, has confirmed President Muhammadu Buhari’s unconstitutional attack against the judiciary and the rule of law. The PDP in a statement on Sunday signed by its national publicity secretary, Prince ...
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Sanusi, Saraki, Aregbesola proffer solutions to recession
’Femi Asu As the nation continues to wallow in recession, stakeholders, including the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, have highlighted the need to focus on addressing the issues that pushed the economy into the crisis. Sanusi, alongside the Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola; and the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, ...
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Aromolaran advises subjects on development
Femi Makinde, Osogbo The Owa Obokun of Ijesaland, Oba Adekunle Aromolaran, has called on Ijesha indigenes to come home and develop the town. Aromolaran said this in Ilesa on Saturday during the conferment of the traditional title of Asiwaju of Ilesa on Yinka Fasuyi, who is the President of Ibadan ...
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Beggars invade ATM cash points in Ibadan
Olufemi Atoyebi, Ibadan Customers in some banks in Ibadan, Oyo State, have expressed fear over the invasion of the Automated Teller Machines in the areas by beggars. Our correspondent learnt that in Dugbe, a business district where several banks are located, beggars waited anxiously at the banks’ cash points to ...
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Insurance loses N50b to fake third party motor yearly
The insurance sector is losing over N50 billion to fake Third Party Motor Insurance annually, investigation by The Nation has revealed. This is going by the Federal Road Safety Commission’s (FRSC’s) recent report that 12 million registered vehicles, including private and commercial, ply the roads. Also, latest report from the ...
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Obanikoro’s revelations: Should EFCC quiz Jonathan?
Prof. Fidelis Oditah (A Senior Advocate of Nigeria and Queen’s Counsel) Does he have immunity? Is he not a Nigerian? Everybody is equal before the law. He should be questioned. Many leaders in Africa have gone to jail for corruption. We should avail ourselves the opportunity to combat corruption by ...
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Sanusi: why there’s recession
What is the problem with the economy? The Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi II, believes the trouble is either policy failure or lack of a clear policy. He spoke in Lagos at the weekend during The Point newspaper’s Public Presentation and First Annual Conference on Economic Regeneration. The emir, ...
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Declare state of emergency in manufacturing, MAN urges Buhari
The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to declare a state of emergency in the sector to save it from total collapse. Its President, Dr. Frank Jacobs, said there was an urgent need to pay attention to the sector to avoid its imminent collapse and attendant ...
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Innoson Group Partners Chinese Consortium To Invest $1bn In IT Sector, Targets 7,000 Jobs
…Osinbajo to receive Chinese Consortium Monday Innoson Group is partnering with a consortium of Chinese investors to pump in $1 billion into Nigeria’s information technology sector of the economy. This includes $400 million which will be invested in Nigeria’s DSO project Digital Satellite TV Station and an additional $600 million ...
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Lagos Speaker sponsors bill on death penalty for kidnappers
The Lagos State government may soon join the growing number of states that have imposed the death penalty on kidnapping and other related crimes in the state. This is sequel to a private member bill before the state House of Assembly which sets to introduce that to aspects of the ...