Nigeria
Vai alla Scheda Paese »A man of worth never gets up to unsay what he said yesterday.
— Chinua Achebe
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Cattle Dealers Seek Federal Govt’s Intervention Over Abia Market Attack
The leadership of amalgamated union of cattle dealers under the aegis of Association of Cattle Producers, Processors and Marketers of Nigeria has sought federal government intervention on the recent attack on Abia cattle market. National president of the association, Iliyasu Bulama who spoke during a meeting with the officials of ...
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PEBEC NAP 7.0 Improving Nigeria’s Business Environment – Osinbajo
The ongoing 7th 60-day National Action Plan (NAP 7.0) on Ease of Doing Business by the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC) is one of the Federal Government’s ongoing efforts towards improving Nigeria’s business environment This was stated by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo recently at the official commissioning of a ...
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Review Your Promotion Policy, Arewa Group Tells Customs
The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF) has called on the Nigeria Customs Service to as a matter of public interest review its promotion policy, which it claimed was discriminatory. This is just as the group called on the National Assembly to wade into the matter and ensure that justice is ...
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KDSG Is Business Friendly – Commissioner
In the last six years, Kaduna State Government has been attracting blue chip companies into the state, what is your ministry doing to support Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) which are the largest employers of labour in the country? The Ministry of Business Innovation and Technology, in the last ...
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‘KDSG Is Committed To A Private Sector-Driven Economy’
Kaduna State Government will transfer all state-owned enterprises to private investors for effective utilization and maximum benefit for its citizens, in line with a private sector-driven economy. The Deputy Governor and Chair of the Kaduna Investment Promotion Agency (KADIPA), Dr Hadiza Balarabe, reiterated this at the handing over of Zaria ...
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Maritime Workers To Shut Down Lagos, Onne Ports Over Local Content Breaches
The Nigerian Shippers’ Council’s intervention to stop the Maritime Workers’ Union of Nigeria (MWUN) plan to shutdown the Lagos, Onne and other seaports across the country over International Oil Companies’ (IOC), refusal to allow indigenous stevedoring companies access their platforms as required by the nation’s law, proved abortive. The union, ...
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Russia/Ukraine War: 182 Nigerians Arrive Romania, Hungary, Poland Safely
More than 182 Nigerians fleeing the Russian invasion of Ukraine, have arrived safely in Romania, Hungary and Poland in the last 24 hours. This was disclosed in a statement issued on Monday by the Permanent Secretary in the Nigeria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Gabriel Aduda, who assured that the government ...
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Religion Should Unite, Not Divide Us – El-Rufai
Governor Nasir El-Rufai has said that there are 54 ethnic groups in Kaduna state and his main duty is to unite the people to collaborate and move the state in the right direction. The governor also said that his administration does not promote any sectional or religious agenda as widely ...
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JAC Motors Unveiled As “The Voice Nigeria” Official Automobile Partner
The fourth season of ‘The Voice Nigeria’, music talent show gets better with JAC Motors emerging the Official Automobile Partner. The last season ended with Esther Benyeogo who recently got married to her heartrob, emerging the winner. The organisers in a press conference unveiled JAC Motors (Elizade JAC Autoland) as ...
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Breaking The Jinx Of Substandard Agro-Produce For Export
There is no doubt that substandard agricultural produce has deprived Nigeria of huge exportation opportunities, even as the sector remains the largest contributor to the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Most of the Nigerian agricultural products were blacklisted in the international markets largely due to proliferation of substandard products and ...
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Buhari Declares 43rd Kaduna Int’l Trade Fair Open
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday, declared the 43rd Kaduna International Trade Fair organised by the Kaduna Chamber of Commerce Industries, Mines and Agriculture (KADCCIMA) opened. The fair which one of Africa’s most famous fair is aimed at bringing the public and private sector together to promote the ease of doing business ...
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NDLEA Intercepts Drugs, €809,850 At Lagos Airport
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has intercepted at least 649,300 capsules of Tramadol 225mg and 809,850 Euros cash as parts of consignments from Pakistan, Austria and Italy intercepted at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Ikeja, Lagos. Also, the anti-nacotic agents also intercepted various quantities of Heroin and ...
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Emerging Africa Group To Raise N250bn For Infrastructure In Northern Nigeria
Emerging Africa Group (EAG) has announced that it will in the next two years, raise a minimum of N250 billion capital to finance infrastructure development and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in Northern Nigeria. The executive vice chairman of EAG ,Oluwatoyin Sanni, disclosed this in an interview with reporters ...
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X3M Ideas Founder Named Visiting Fellow At The University of Reading
The founder and CEO of Nigeria’s first pan-African Creative advertising Agency, X3M Ideas, Steve Babaeko, has been named a Visiting Fellow of the Henley Business School at The University of Reading in the United Kingdom. The fellowship which will run for two years until 2024 will see Steve Babaeko commence ...
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Osinbajo, Sanwo-Olu Restate Commitment To Right Business Environment
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has reiterated the commitment of the Federal Government to create an enabling environment for businesses to thrive in every part of the country. The vice president who was the special guest at the Kimberley Clark factory commissioning in Ikorodu area, Lagos said the present administration in ...
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Electoral Act: Political Parties Now Need To Choose Popular Candidates – Princewill
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, Prince Tonye Princewill, has said that with the signing of the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill 2022 into law by President Muhammadu Buhari, political parties will have no other choice than to choose popular candidates for elections. Princewill, in a ...
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Minister Hails Unicorn Group For Helping To Build ‘New Nigeria’
The minister of information and culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has described the Unicorn Group, a company dedicated to the incubation of business ideas, as a true representation of the Nigerian spirit, giving hope and helping to build a new Nigeria. A statement made available to LEADERSHIP Weekend yesterday in Abuja ...
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Exporters To Get N65/$ Rebate On Non-Oil Exports – CBN
For non-oil export proceed sold to third parties through Investors and Exporters (I&E) window, exporters will get a rebate of N65 for every US Dollar, according to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The apex bank, which stated this in a circular on Friday, said that the rebate forms ...
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FinTechNGR Targets Fast Startup Growth With ‘Marketplace’
The FinTech Association of Nigeria (FintechNGR) has launched The Start-Up Marketplace – an innovative platform designed to provide startups playing in the fintech ecosystem with access to free and heavily discounted services in funding, legal, infrastructure, cybersecurity, data privacy, business development, and a variety of other areas, to accelerate their ...
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Signing Of Electoral Bill Into Law Historic, ‘ll Facilitate Credible Polls — INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has said the signing of the Electoral Bill 2022 into law by President Muhammadu Buhari was historic and will pave way for the conduct of free, fair and credible elections in Nigeria. The nation’s electoral body described the move is historic, being the fourth ...
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Electoral Act: Saraki Lauds Buhari, NASS, Nigerians For Working For Free Polls
Former Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for finally signing the Electoral Act (amendment) Bill 2022 into law while also hailing the National Assembly, Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and other Nigerians who remained persistent in insisting that Nigeria deserves a new law that will guarantee ...