Nigeria
Vai alla Scheda Paese »A man of worth never gets up to unsay what he said yesterday.
— Chinua Achebe
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COREN Tasks Trainees On Implementation Of OBE In Varsities
Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria COREN, has charged participants to train others at their respective universities for proper implementation of Outcome Based Education (OBE) in the engineering programmes. This according to COREN is to make it necessary to strengthen it’s accreditation system and to align with the ...
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No To Strike Outlaw Bill
As should be expected, the plan by the National Assembly to outlaw strikes in the health sector has continued to generate reactions from the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU), Assembly of Healthcare Professionals (AHPA) and the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD). Already, a bill that ...
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Caixa abre linha de crédito específica para pescadores artesanais
A Caixa Econômica Federal anunciou nesta quarta-feira (12) o lançamento de uma nova linha de crédito voltada a pescadores artesanais enquadrados no Programa Nacional de Fortalecimento da Agricultura Familiar (Pronaf). O evento foi realizado no Palácio do Planalto, com a participação do presidente Jair Bolsonaro, do presidente do banco, Pedro ...
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Customs Intercepts 135 Trucks Of Smuggled Rice, Others Worth N7.8bn In Lagos, Ogun
The federal operations unit Zone ‘A’ of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) said it impounded contraband goods smuggled into the country from neighbouring Benin Republic worth N7.813 billion in 2021. The contraband namely, smuggled foreign parboiled rice, catridges, unregistered pharmaceuticals, Indian-hemp, fairly used vehicles, used tyres, used compressors, second-hand clothing, ...
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NYSC, Bowen Varsity Honour IT Firm, CEO For Youth Empowerment
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) and Bowen University, Iwo, Osun State, have honoured New Horizons Nigeria, the largest private sector information technology and e-business training company and its chief executive, Tim Akano, with awards for supporting private universities and contributing to youth empowerment. The Bowen University award plaque, which ...
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World Bank Predicts 2.5% Growth For Nigeria In 2022
As the global economy is predicted to decelerate by up to 4.3 per cent in 2022, Nigeria and other countries facing debt sustainability challenges may face reduced access to external funding, forcing abrupt fiscal adjustment, the World Bank has warned. With a budget deficit of over N6 trillion and mounting ...
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Pantami, Aregbesola To Commission Digital Nigeria Project In Osun
The minister of communications and digital economy, Prof. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami and his counterpart in the ministry of interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, will commission a Digital Nigeria Centre (DNC) project in Osun State on January 14, 2022. The governor of Osun state, Adegboyega Oyetola, is also expected at the ...
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BDCs Demand Share Of $20bn Forex Inflow
The Association of Bureaux De Change Operators of Nigeria (ABCON) has called on the Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN) to remove restrictive controls that makes it difficult for Bureaux De Change (BDCs) to compete for the $20 billion inflow in the unofficial forex market. This is as it laments the rising ...
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LCCI Tasks Govt On Creation Of Enabling Tax Environment
The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry(LCCI) has urged the government at all levels to ensure creation of an enabling tax environment where tax system is fair, equitable, and efficient to make tax payment easy. This is even as the chamber expected GDP growth to range between 2.5 per cent ...
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Shippers Council Not Protecting Us Enough – Lagos Shippers
The Shippers Association of Lagos State (SALS) yesterday raised the alarm that they are not protected enough by the Nigerian Shippers Council (NSC). Speaking at a press briefing with journalists yesterday, the association’s national publicity secretary, Kayode Farinto, said, the association’s members are vulnerable to extortion, trade malpractices and surcharges ...
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Federal Govt’s Spending On Digitisation Jumps From N9bn To N152bn
The federal government has revealed that it spent a total of N152 billion on digitisation in 2021. The minister of communications and digital economy, Isa Ali Pantami, disclosed this yesterday at the closing of the 2021 service-wide capacity building programme on e-Government at the e-Government Training Centre, Abuja. According to ...
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NOTAP Saved N79.6bn For Nigeria In 4 Years — DG
National Office of Technology Acquisition and Promotion (NOTAP) has disclosed that it saved the sum of N79.6 billion for the country in four years. Its director-general, Dr Dan’azumi Mohammed Ibrahim, made the disclosure yesterday at the commissioning of the Gombe State University Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer Office established by ...
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Buhari Backs Nigerian Diaspora Investment Trust Fund
President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday in Abuja endorsed the establishment of the Nigerian Diaspora Investment Trust Fund (NDITF), a private sector investment window with Nigerians in the Diaspora to support direct investments in the country. Speaking at the presentation of a compendium entitled +600 Diaspora Icons @ 60, published by the ...
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PANDEF Cautions Against Cover-up Of Law Graduate’s Murder
Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) has admonished the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) not to cover up the killing of a young Nigerian law graduate from Buckingham University, United Kingdom (UK), Toritseju Emmanuel Jackson. Jackson, an indigene of Delta State, returned to the country to attend the Nigerian Law School and ...
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Claroscuros de los gastos de la pandemia
En la rendición de cuentas sobre lo que ha destinado el gobierno para hacerle frente a la pandemia por la Covid-19, el vicepresidente José Gabriel Carrizo, reveló que se han destinado $1,471,687,094.95 para compras a través del Procedimiento Especial de Adquisiciones de Emergencia (compras directas).
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Nigeria’s Economy To Grow By 3.4% In 2022 – Report
With just a year into the 2023 elections, a report by Sigma Pensions has said, a large fiscal borrowing plan and higher political risk premiums is expected, adding that, the Nigerian economy is expected to grow by 3.4 per cent in 2022. The report titled ‘Nigeria 2022 Outlook: Consolidating on ...
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Mahmud Magaji, SAN, To Host 2022 Abuja Lawyers League
The 6th edition of the annual inter-law firms 5-aside football competition docketed ‘Abuja Lawyers League’ has been scheduled to kick off February 6, 2022. This year’s edition will be bankrolled by the foremost lawyer Alhaji Mahmud Magaji (SAN), the principal partner of Mahmud Magaji & Co (RAHUSA CHMABERS) is tagged ...
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AFCON 2021: Super Eagles Meet Pharaohs Today
By Salifu Usman, Abuja Nigeria’s Super Eagles will kick start their AFCON 2021 campaign with a true test of readiness when they trade-tackle the Pharaohs of Egypt in Group D opener game today at the Estadio Roumde Adjia in Garoua, Cameroon. Both sides enjoyed a fairly comfortable Africa Cup of ...
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BES: Defesas de Morais Pires e José Espírito Santo pedem absolvição de coimas da CMVM
Flor Valente, advogada de Morais Pires, e Rui Patrício, mandatário de José Manuel Espírito Santo, procuraram convencer o Tribunal da Concorrência que a Comissão do Mercado de Valores Mobiliários (CMVM) não poderia ter condenado os seus clientes por infração à obrigação de prestar informação de qualidade nas notas informativas emitidas ...
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Shootings: Security Operatives Take Over Enugu
The Enugu State Police Command and sister security agencies have been deployed to parts of Enugu to further thwart the activities of miscreants trying to enforce a sit-at-home order declared by the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Spokesman of the Enugu Police Command, Daniel Ndukwe, who disclosed this to ...
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Revenue: AMAC Warns Firm Against Collection Of Mobile Advert Rates
The Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) has warned a private firm, Agate Integrated Services Ltd, to desist from parading itself as a technical partner to the council in the area of revenue generation on Mobile Advert rates. The Director of Administration of AMAC, Alhaji Yahaya Kana, issued the warning in ...