Nigeria
Vai alla Scheda Paese »A man of worth never gets up to unsay what he said yesterday.
— Chinua Achebe
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NITDA, IT Stakeholders To Promote Indigenous Content, Increase GDP Contribution
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has held an interactive session with the software and innovation ecosystem stakeholders in Lagos to promoting indigenous content through patronizing indigenous IT products and services. The meeting was also aimed at strengthening the country’s digital economy by increasing contributions of information and communications ...
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Who Wants To Be A Millionaire Organiser Unveils Sponsor, Host Today
The anticipation for Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Series 2 -The Rebirth will soon be a reality as a special event to unveil the Sponsor and Host for the highly acclaimed TV Game Show is set to hold on Sunday, February 6, 2022, at the Federal Palace Hotel, Lagos. ...
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How I Made It: Smart’s Hardwork Pushes NEM Insurance To Top
Mr. Tope Smart is the group managing director/CEO of NEM Insurance Plc and current president, African Insurance Organisation (AIO). With over two decades experience as a chief executive, Mr. Tope Smart has successfully turned around two insurance companies from moribund state to a toast of the industry and choice of ...
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NEZ Commends Buhari, NEPZA On Ladol-Samsung Rapproachment, Others
The Nigeria Economic Zones Association (NEZ association) has said it is basking in the friendly business climate built around the country’s Free Trades Zones by President Muhammadu Buhari. Chief Oluwatoyin Elegbede, Executive Director of the association made the remark after conducting routine visits on some of the zones across the ...
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Nigeria’s Cotton Industry Goes Moribund Despite Huge Potential
Despite the federal government’s diversification into agricultural sector, the cotton industry in Nigeria is witnessing a departure from its ideal state. The sector with the potential to generate thousands of jobs, accelerate foreign exchange earnings and GDP growth, presently suffers poor funding, lack of investment and low quality seeds. Nigeria’s ...
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Reps Decry Infractions By FCT Estate Developers
House of Representatives has berated real estate developers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, over their contravention of appropriate laid down procedures in carrying out their business. The House lashed at the developers for failing to deliver to their subscribers and building without relevant authorisation from the government among ...
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Customs Intercepts N78.8m Codeine, Rakes N95.3bn At Apapa Port
The Apapa Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), on Thursday, intercepted a container of unregistered pharmaceutical product (codeine syrup and Colcaps) with Duty Paid Value (DPV) of N78.8million. In a press statement by NCS public relations officer, Apapa Command, Abubakar Usman, a copy of which was made available to ...
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Gupshup Deepens Nigerian Telcos AI Provision With Acquisition Of Knowlarity
Gupshup, the global leader in messaging solutions has acquired Knowlarity, the market-leading voice solutions to consolidate its leadership in conversational engagement among Nigeria telecom operators. Gupshup has rich communication service (RCS) such as chatbots through messaging platforms like WhatsApp and websites to over 100 Nigerian enterprise customers as well as ...
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C/River Labour Unions Threaten Strike
Organised labour in Cross River State have threatened to down their tools should the state government failed to implement content of memorandum of understanding (MoU) it signed months ago with the unions. The organised labour made up of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Trade Union Congress (TUC), Joint Action Negotiating Council and ...
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Court Asked To Declare EbubeAgu Illegal
Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has been asked to nullify and invalidate the laws establishing the Ebugeagu Security Agency of the Ebonyi State government, as well as the Cyber Crime (Prohibition) law 2021 enacted by the state House of Assembly. In two separate suits filed by aggrieved indigenes of ...
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TotalEnergies Expresses Commitment To Waste Management In Nigeria
TotalEnergies has declared that it established a pilot plastic recycling plant in Port Harcourt, to actualise its vision of facilitating waste management in Nigeria through economic empowerment. TotalEnergies Managing Director, Mr. Mike Sangster, made the declaration on Wednesday while speaking at the commissioning of the plant, which was established in ...
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Of Nigeria Police, Living Wage And Service Delivery
It will be stating the obvious to say that regularly improving the welfare of the police, especially in emerging democratic societies such as Nigeria, is sine qua non to an effective and efficient crime detection, prevention, control and general law enforcement. The bane of effective policing generally include but not ...
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Cash Shortage Weigh On Private Sector In January
The Nigerian private sector performance contrasted to 53.7 points in the first month of 2022, as cash shortages weighed on new orders, the Stanbic IBTC Bank Nigeria, Purchasing Manufacturing Index (PMI) had shown. The PMI revealed that the opening month of 2022 revealed a solid expansion in Nigeria’s private sector. ...
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Lekki Port Completion Will End Intractable Apapa Gridlock, Says Sanwo-Olu
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has said completion of the Lekki Port will put an end to the intractable Apapa gridlock, the congestion along Oshodi-Apapa Expressway, port access roads and Apapa environs. Governor Sanwo-Olu stated this at the opening ceremony of the Africa Business Convention, organised by Business Day Newspaper ...
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Casava Secures $4m Pre-seed Funding To Deepen Microinsurance In Nigeria
Nigeria’s first 100 per cent digital insurance company, Casava, has secured $4 million in pre-seed funding to provide affordable and accessible insurance products for millions of Nigerians. Starting with income protection and health insurance, the insurtech startup is leveraging artificial intelligence and behavioural science to deliver game-changing claims and benefits ...
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NPFL: Remo Stars Maintain Unbeaten Run, Hold Pillars To Goalless Draw In Kaduna
Remo Stars maintained their unbeaten run in the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) after holding the Kano Pillars to a goalless draw in Kaduna yesterday. In a tension soaked match amidst very tight security to curtail any breakdown of law and order, both teams displayed impressive performance. The Masu Gida ...
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Alcalde Fábrega licitará ‘red de mercados’ por $86 millones
El alcalde del distrito de Panamá, José Luis Fábrega, tiene luz verde para seguir con el hasta ahora proyecto más ambicioso de su gestión: el nuevo Mercado de Marisco, cuyo costo sumaría $40 millones.
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In A Fight-back, NSCDC Withdraws Security Aides Of Lawmaker Who Wants Agency Scrapped
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has withdrawn its personnel attached to the Member of House of Representatives representing lseyin/ltesiwaju/Kajola/lwajowa federal constituency of Oyo State, Hon. Shina Peller. NSCDC said the withdrawal of the personnel guarding the federal lawmaker became imperative given the call of duty of national ...
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Nigeria Needs A Nationalistic Leader Like Tambuwal, Not A ‘Zonal’ One – Lamido
Former Jigawa State governor, Alhaji Sule Lamido, has appealed to political stakeholders across the country to avoid the issue of zoning as a criterion for leadership selection in 2023 elections. Rather, the former Minister of Foreign Affairs opined that Nigerians with proven track record of trustworthiness, who also have national ...
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Expert Proffers Strategies For Sustainable Business Growth
To achieve sustainable growth of business, executive chairman, GText Homes Limited, Dr Stephen Akintayo, said right skills, proper system, branding and mentoring, among other panacea are needed. Akintayo, stated this at the Upgrade Conference and the launch of Steven Akintayo foundation and book titled ‘Billionaire Habits and Billionaire Codes’, held ...
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Customs Arrest, Hands Over 250 Parcel Of Indian Hemp To NDLEA
The Nigerian Customs Service Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone ‘B’ with headquarters in Kaduna has made a total of 109 siezures of contraband items among which is 250 parcel of cannabis sativa also known as Indian Hemp worth N10,441,977.50 and other items between 22nd December 2021 and 27th January, 2022 ...