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— Chinua Achebe
…To merge health department for effective performance Federal Government may have put off its earlier plan to build 10,000 primary health care centres across all senatorial zones across the country, it was learnt Thursday. Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole said the decision to cancel the project was on the ...
[Leadership] The Nigerian Gas Association NGA and NIPCO are effectively collaborating to promote investment in the country's midstream oil sector.
O governo brasileiro dará início a um processo na Organização Mundial do Comércio (OMC) para questionar medidas tributárias que vêm sendo aplicadas pelos Estados Unidos na exportação de produtos siderúrgicos nacionais. O objetivo da ação é eliminar taxas que estão sendo cobradas pelo governo norte-americano e, diferentemente da interpretação brasileira, ...
Finance Minister Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, yesterday said Nigeria was already walking out of the economic recession following some positive measures the Federal Government had taken. Mrs. Adeosun added that the recovery plan was to invest more in infrastructure and stop wastage in governance. The Minister, in an interview with reporters ...
Nigeria needs to tap into its enormous natural and human resources to redirect her economy away from dependence on oil revenue and create a broad economic base to harness it tax potential and domestic investments for sustainable growth. This was the submission of political and business leaders yesterday in Lagos ...
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Local and Foreign Debts and Senator representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District, Shehu Sani, has, Wednesday, urged President Muhammadu Buhari and the Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Magu to extend their anti-corruption fight to the Middle East and Far East where he alleged some ...
The Nigerian Gas Association NGA and NIPCO are effectively collaborating to promote investment in the country’s midstream oil sector. Both parties asserts that for Nigeria to effectively harness her endowed gas resources there is need for a special policy focus on gas sector in the nation’s energy mix . Making ...
For the first time in the history of business transactions in the country, a full time general auction house, 3A Auction House, is set to commence operations with a promise to revolutionalise how properties and unserviceable goods are disposed of in the country. Speaking at a packed media briefing, Abi ...
As Nigeria’s energy sector continues to wobble, importers of power generating sets are smiling to the banks and further depleting the country’s scarce foreign exchange, as import of generators continues to boom. A Research and Markets report published by GLOBE NEWSWIRE said that in Nigeria, diesel generator sets with rating ...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has reiterated that it has no intention to crowd out financial institutions from financing the real sector, particularly agriculture sub-sector of the economy through its various intervention funds, but rather to complement their efforts. Speaking at the 22 seminar for finance correspondents and business ...
The United Kingdom Government has reiterated it’s commitment to continue to work with Nigeria in order to ensure that the 218 abducted Chibok girls are free as soon as possible. The UK Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Minister for the Middle East and Africa), ...
[This Day] Abuja -President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday in Abuja welcomed plans by an Indian Business delegation to Nigeria to invest $5 billion in the Nigerian economy.
[This Day] As Nigeria reforms, restructures and strategises towards pulling back the economy unto a path of inclusive and sustainable growth, it is useful to pay detailed attention to the sectors and subsectors. This is because while summary pictures succeed in showing the prevailing conditions, the secrets to the various ...
Entidades empresariais pediram hoje (28) a elevação da alíquota do Reintegra para 5%, em 2017, aos ministros da Fazenda, Henrique Meirelles, e da Indústria, Comércio Exterior e Serviços (MDIC), Marcos Pereira. Atualmente em 0,1%, a alíquota do programa subirá para 2% em 2017 e poderá ser de 3% em 2018. ...
…asks FG to forward economic stimulus bill •Nigeria needs to borrow from World Bank, IMF –Obasanjo Senate yesterday asked the Federal Government to come up with an economic stimulus bill and forward same to the National Assembly for immediate passage into law to address the current recession in the country. ...
Minister of Budget and National Planning, Udoma Udo Udoma, said Nigeria’s foreign reserves have reduced from $26.51bn in the second quarter of 2016 to $24.74bn in September. Udoma said this Tuesday at the 57th annual conference of Nigeria Economic Society, NES, with the theme: “The developmental state and diversification of the Nigerian economy”, holding in Abuja. He said Nigeria had revenue and foreign currency concentration problems, adding that ...
[Guardian] Capital market stakeholders have bemoaned government economic policies, especially the recent decision by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to retain interest rate at 14 per cent, They said that the policy was disincentive to investment for both foreign and indigenous investors.
[Focac] Abuja -Nigeria will welcome all kinds of support from China, the world's second largest economy to help shore up its growth as the major African economy enters a recession, an expert on China-Africa development issues has said.
[Vanguard] President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday welcomed the proposed five billion dollars investment in Nigeria by visiting Indian business delegation, led by Indian Vice-President Hamid Ansari.
[Premium Times] President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday said Nigeria will continue to expand its relationship with India in the areas of health, education, agriculture, technology and trade.
Govt: no decison yet The Senate yesterday urged caution in the planned sale of national assets to shore up foreign reserves to bail the country out of recession. The lawmakers accepted the recommendation of a six-man ad-hoc committee set up by the Senate last week to harmonise contributions of senators ...