Nigeria
Vai alla Scheda Paese »A man of worth never gets up to unsay what he said yesterday.
— Chinua Achebe
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La Finlande à la conquête du marché africain
L ’intérêt finlandais pour le marché africain de l’énergie, précisément les énergies renouvelables (ENR), est de plus en plus apparent. Dix jours après la tenue du forum Africa Energy (du 19 au 23 septembre dernier) à Helsinki, une rencontre à laquelle a pris part l’Algérie avec une importante délégation du ...
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Customs Sacks 17 Officers For Drug Addiction, Certificate Forgery
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has sacked 17 junior officers from the Service for offences ranging from drug addiction, certificate forgery, theft and absence from duty from January to September, 2016. According to a statement by the Customs Public Relations Officer, Wale Adeniyi, the Service also terminated the appointment of ...
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Utomi Tasks FG On Huge Investments In Infrastructure To Revamp Economy
Renowned political economist, Professor Pat Utomi at the weekend urged the Federal Government to give priority attention to infrastructural development, saying huge investments in infrastructure is required in the country to revamp the economy. Utomi said this at the Executive, Legislative retreat organised by the Lagos State government for members ...
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No going back on policy scrapping automatic promotion – Oyo
Olufemi Atoyebi, Ibadan The Oyo State Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Prof. Adeniyi Olowofela, has assured parents of pupils in various schools in the state and teachers of maximum security in the schools. Olowofela also declared that the state government would not rescind its decision to scrap automatic promotion ...
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Lagos can aid Nigeria’s economic recovery, says Utomi
Sesan Olufowobi Renowned economist, Prof. Pat Utomi, has said Lagos State is a crucial catalyst for a turnaround in Nigeria’s economy. Utomi spoke at a retreat for members of the State Executive Council and lawmakers from the Senate, House of Representatives, as well as the House of Assembly, at the ...
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Dana crash: 26 families write Amaechi, demand final report
Ramon Oladimeji A consortium of foreign and Nigerian lawyers, representing 26 families, who lost their loved ones in the 2012 Dana Airlines crash in Lagos, has written to the Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, demanding the release of the final Nigerian Accident Investigation Bureau report, stating the exact cause ...
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Why we cancelled automatic promotion in schools – Oyo govt
Ibadan – The Oyo State Government said on Sunday that its decision to cancel automatic promotion in public secondary schools was informed by the large percentage of failures recorded in the Senior School Certificate Examination(SSCE). The state’s Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Mr Toye Arulogun, said this in a ...
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Kenya overturns Nigeria’s 25 years lead in stock trading
The value of shares traded on the Kenyan stock exchange surpassed Nigeria’s for the first time on record in September. The value of shares traded on Nigeria’s exchange fell to $139 million, near the lowest since Bloomberg began compiling such data in 2009. In Kenya, which has an economy an ...
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A missed moment
President Buhari ought to have shed more light on his economic revival plans at economic summit THERE was not a more opportune moment like last Monday for the Buhari government to lay bare its key economic policies. It was the much advertised 22nd Nigerian Economic Summit in Abuja where the nation’s ...
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Insurers kick against financial bidding
•Postpones rebranding project Insurers Committee, the body that decides policies and issues in the industry, has agreed to move against financial bidding of insurance business. The committee comprises the National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) and chief executive officers of insurance firms. Briefing reporters after the Sixth Insurers Committee meeting in Lagos, the Vice ...
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How AFC made $60m from CBN funds
Media reports, confirmed in July 2008, that the Presidential Committee which probed the $480 million which the Central Bank of Nigeria invested in the Africa Finance Corporation had completed its investigations. The Presidency established the committee to address government’s concern on the role played by the CBN Governor, Prof. Chukwuma ...
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Join fight against illegal wildlife trade, NCF urges FG
Maureen Ihua-Maduenyi The President, Board of Trustees, Nigerian Conservation Foundation, Chief Philip Asiodu, has called on the Federal Government to join the rest of the world in the fight against illegal trade in wildlife. Asiodu, who spoke at the NCF’s 27th Annual General Meeting in Lagos, said illegal trade in ...
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Recession: Nigeria reels in economic turmoil
The continuous slide of the naira against the American dollar has plunged Nigeria’s economy into recession with its attendant hardship which cuts across every sphere of the polity. The adjustment of the naira by way of devaluation has had huge consequences for government finances, investment flows, export values and trade patterns. PAUL OMO OBADAN ...
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José M. Echagüe, gerente de inversiones de Megainver
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ARREST OF JUSTICES: Minister behind my travail -Justice Ademola
•AGF: No vengeance, allow the law to take its course One of the Federal High Court judges under probe by the Department of State Security Services (DSS), Justice Adeniyi Ademola has accused Attorney-General of the Federation/ Justice Minister Abubakar Malami (SAN) of being behind his travails. Ademola, who narrated how ...
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NASS: Legislative aides’ anger grows over unpaid N1.1b allowances
The 3000-strong aides to federal legislators are getting impatient with the management of the National Assembly over the non-payment of their cumulative Duty Tour Allowances and other entitlements put at N1.1billion. The aides, who, on Wednesday, publicly protested the delay in the payment of their September salary, are now demanding ...
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Assisting your wife in the kitchen, not proof of love — Fasuyi
Founder, Ibadan Business School, Olayinka Fasuyi, tells OLUFEMI ATOYEBI about his fatherhood experiences What is your definition of fatherhood? Fatherhood comes with responsibilities to raise, support and develop the entire members of the family. In addition to that, fatherhood implies that there must be communication and understanding within the family ...
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My mother once sent thugs to beat me — Bobrisky
Kemi Lanre-Aremu Popularly referred to as Nigerian Barbie, Internet sensation, Idris Ogunneye, aka Bobrisky,talks about his life, business and the controversies surrounding him Who is Bobrisky? My real name is Idris Olanrewaju Ogunneye and I am from Ijebu-Igbo, Ogun State. I have a bachelor’s degree in Accounting from the University ...
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Give energy to your team
Seni Adetu Managing businesses in a recession is extremely tough. Not only are business leaders in Nigeria finding it increasingly difficult to make the financials stack up, they are having to deal with employees turning up for work on low energy, as I mentioned in my script last week. Therefore, ...
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I prefer driving in Britain —Avis boss
Country Manager, Avis Nigeria, Mr. Kolawole Ogunbajo, talks to TOBI AWORINDE about his career in fleet management What is your educational and professional background? I did my Ordinary and Advanced levels at the famous Igbobi College in Yaba, Lagos. I have a Higher National Diploma in Business and Finance from ...
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Corruption: Reps partner UK, Nigerian accounting firm
The House of Representatives has reiterated it’s readiness to curb wastages and other forms of corruption in the utilization and application of public funds. Chairman, Public Accounts (PAC) Kingsley Chinda said his Committee is partnering Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy -UK and Periscope Consulting Limited, it’s Nigerian public ...