Nigeria
Vai alla Scheda Paese »A man of worth never gets up to unsay what he said yesterday.
— Chinua Achebe
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UK Govt, Foundation To Empower 2400 Vulnerable Women With Digital Skills
The United Kingdom’s Foreign Development and Commonwealth Office (FCDO) and Cybersafe Foundation, a non-governmental organization, have launched Digi-Girls programme designed to empower women and girls for the digital economy. Speaking at the launch, the British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Catriona Laing, said improving girls’ access to education is a key ...
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Aumento da Selic afeta poupança, financiamento imobiliário e FGTS
Com a elevação da taxa básica de juros, a Selic, anunciada nessa quarta-feira (8) pelo Banco Central, de 7,75% para 9,25% ao ano, o cálculo do rendimento da poupança volta para a regra antiga. A nova taxa básica também afeta financiamentos imobiliários e a correção do saldo do Fundo de Garantia ...
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AEB projeta queda das exportações e do superávit da balança em 2022
As exportações brasileiras deverão atingir no próximo ano US$ 262,379 bilhões, o que representará queda de 4,7% em relação aos US$ 275,316 bilhões estimados para 2021. As importações, porém, poderão crescer 4,5% ante os US$ 218,094 bilhões projetados para este ano, atingindo US$ 227,855 bilhões. A previsão, divulgada hoje (8) ...
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Nigeria: Govt Woos Greek Investor to Nigeria's Shipping, Transport Sectors
[Vanguard] THE Federal Government has opened fresh talks with leading businessmen and women in Greece on Direct Foreign Investment (DFI) in the transport and allied sectors of the economy.
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Hoy por hoy
El alcalde de la ciudad capital, José Luis Fábrega, ha tenido la oportunidad de hacer una diferencia o, en el peor de los casos, de dar seguimiento a los proyectos que valían la pena en el Municipio de Panamá. Pero decidió inventar una rueda cuadrada, lo que ha terminado en ...
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Onyeama Faults Travel Ban On Nigeria, Others
Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, has faulted the travel ban imposed on Nigeria and other African countries by the United Kingdom and other Western countries over the Omicron variant of COVID-19, stressing that the move will not work. Onyeama said this in the Dakar, Senegal at the International ...
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FCMB, Proparco Sign $35m Funding Deal For SMEs, Renewable Energy
First City Monument Bank (FCMB) has signed a $35 million loan and an EURIZ portfolio guarantee of N5billion(EUR 10 million equivalent) deal with Proparco. The credit line will fund renewable energy projects and Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. Speaking at an agreement signing ceremony ...
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Nigeria Records N3trn Foreign Trade Balance Deficit In Q3 – NBS
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has revealed that Nigeria recorded N3 trillion foreign trade balance deficit in the third quarter (Q3) of 2021 as total import hits N8.2 trillion against export of N5.1 trillion in the period under review. The statistician general of the federation and chief executive officer ...
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Coca-Cola Bags 7 Nominations, Wins 2 Honours At SERAS Award
Coca-Cola along with its bottling partner Nigerian Bottling Company, has won two awards at the 15th edition of the Sustainability, Enterprise and Responsibility Awards, popularly known as the SERAS Awards, which was held at Oriental Hotel, Lagos on Saturday, December 4, 2021. The leading beverage company received these prestigious awards ...
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FIRS Seeks Operational Law Reform For Sustainable Tax Revenue
Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, Muhammad Nami has said for Nigeria to achieve meaningful and sustainable growth in tax revenue, and minimize our dependence on oil revenue, there is the need for continuous reform of FIRS’ operations and processes, including its human capital development, the adoption of technology, ...
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Need To Insure Public Buildings Under Construction
The recent collapse of 21-storey building in Ikoyi, Lagos further reignited the need to insure public building under construction across the country. LEADERSHIP investigation had revealed that the collapsed building had no insurance coverage. Yet, about 45 lives were lost, the building totally gone, while some assets within the vicinity ...
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Senate Wants MDCN To Blacklist Substandard Foreign Medical Institutions
The Senate Committee on Health has urged the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN) to blacklist foreign medical institutions that do not meet its requirements on training and practice of medicine in Nigeria. The chairman of the committee, Senator Ibrahim Oloriegbe (APC-Kwara) made the call in Abuja on Monday ...
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Heritage Bank Supports Farmers In 14 States On N41bn Wheat Disbursement Project
Heritage Bank Plc in partnership with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has set up plans to disburse the sum of N41billion to farmers from 14 states for the expansion of wheat production project. The bank, however, will register the wheat farmers with the Lagos Commodities and Futures Exchange (LCFE) ...
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AIICO Shareholders Approve Proposed Bonus Shares
AIICO Insurance Plc has received its shareholders’ nod for the issuance of bonus shares. This is one of the resolutions passed unanimously at its 51st annual general meeting held in Lagos recently. The chairman of AIICO Insurance, Mr. Kundan Sainani, while welcoming the shareholders stated appreciated the shareholders for standing ...
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NGMC, Transit Gas To Float Small Scale LNG In Ajaokuta
The Nigerian Gas Marketing Company (NGMC), a subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), in partnership with Transit Gas Nigeria Limited, a subsidiary of Axxela Limited have signed the Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Commissioning (EPCC) contract for the building of a 5MMSCFD small-scale liquefied natural gas plant in Ajaokuta, ...
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NNPC Leads Nigeria Gas Producers Initiative To Explore Opportunities
Operators in Nigeria’s gas sub-sector are coming together to explore the huge potentials in the gas industry following government’s steps towards full implementation of the Petroleum Industry Act, (PIA). This is as the apex professional body responsible for the promotion and protection of the interests of the gas industry in ...
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Why Kaduna Is Highly Rated By Professional Bodies – Accountant General
Explain what the new Finance Function of the Ministry of Finance that was launched last week, is all about. What is it meant to achieve? Public Financial Management (PFM) involves various methods used to mobilise resources, allocate funds for spending, account for the funds and measure the results achieved through ...
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Ampo Poyam, Nigeria Machine Tool Partner To Manufacture Engineered Valves
Ampo Poyam and Nigeria Machine Tools embarked partnership agreement to establish a local subsidiary to design and manufacture highly engineered valves for the energy industry. Both will consequently support west African customers in terms of high added value valve solutions, excellent service and technology, positively impacting local delivery lead times ...
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Dubai EXPO 2020: PMB Returns To Abuja
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday returned to Abuja after participating in the Dubai EXPO 2020, held in the United Arab Emirates. While in Dubai, the president attended Nigeria Day and participated in a trade and investment forum at Dubai Expo 2020 on Friday and Saturday, respectively. Speaking at the events, Buhari ...
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SMEDAN Trains, Empowers 4,495 Entrepreneurs
The Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN), has said it successfully impacted no fewer than 4,495 Nigerians in the area of entrepreneurship training, vocational training and empowerment. SMEDAN director-general, Dr. Dikko Umaru Radda, disclosed this yesterday while presenting a keynote address at the closing ceremony of the ...
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NDLEA Arrests Spain-based Drug Peddler At Abuja Airport
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has arrested a 44-year-old father of three, Gabriel Anthony Patrick, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja (NAIA), for ingesting 96 pellets of cocaine, which he excreted in the custody of the agency. The NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, said the native of Nike ...