Nigeria
Vai alla Scheda Paese »A man of worth never gets up to unsay what he said yesterday.
— Chinua Achebe
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Atiku Hailed For Accepting To Join 2023 Presidential Race
A political group known as ‘North East Business Communities for Atiku 2023’ has hailed the former vice president of Nigeria Atiku Abubakar for accepting their call to join the 2023 presidential race. National chairman of the group Abubakar Jibrin and the national coordinator Ali Bappayo Adamu made the commendation in ...
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NIPC Determined To Build A Better Future – Nguroje
The chairman, Governing Council of the Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC) and former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Babangida Nguroje, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari and the Trade and Investment Minister, Otunba Adeniyi Adebayo, for taking deliberate steps towards having Nigeria in the league of 190 business ...
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BREAKING: UK Bans Foreign Travellers From Nigeria Over Omicron Concerns
The United Kingdom has said Nigeria will be added to the countries on its red list as a result of the discovery of COVID-19 Omicron cases linked to it. UK health secretary, Sajid Javid, disclosed this on Saturday in a television interview. The South Africa National Institute for Communicable Diseases ...
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Buhari Hosts South African President
After embarking on some foreign trips recently, it was time for President Muhammadu Buhari to host the South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa in the 10th Session of Nigeria-South Africa Bi-National Commission (BNC) in Abuja. Recall that two weeks ago, President Buhari was in South Africa for the Intra- African Trade ...
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Brazil’s Economy Minister to change Treasury head and create special secretariat
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Minister of Economy Paulo Guedes will change the Federal Treasury leadership and create a special secretariat in Economic Studies. The official announcement will be made next week, according to sources. With the change, Federal Treasury Secretary José Tostes, who will take up a new position ...
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Free Seed Movement Still Hampered Despite ECOWAS Trade Liberalization Scheme
Despite ECOWAS trade liberalisation scheme, the problem of free movement of seeds within the ECOWAS region still persists. This was among the challenges identified by stakeholders at the 4th edition of Seed Connect Africa 2021 Conference and Exhibition in Abuja to be hampering availability of quality seed for farmers in ...
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Bizman To Serve Life Jail For Defiling Neighbour’s Daughter
Justice Abiola Soladoye of the Lagos State Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court yesterday convicted and sentenced a 54-year-old businessman, Bashir Olashekere, to life imprisonment for defiling his neighbour’s daughter. Justice Soladoye jailed Olashekere for life after finding him guilty of a one-count charge of defilement contrary to Section 137 ...
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NCPC To Partner AMLSN For Improved Health Of Pilgrims
Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC) Rev. Yakubu Pam has said that the commission would partner with the Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists of Nigeria (AMLSN) for improved health of pilgrims during pilgrimage. He made this disclosure while receiving delegation from the Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists ...
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Nigeria, Chad To Partner On Power Interconnection
The federal government has promised continuous interaction on power interconnection with the Republic of Chad. Minister of Power, Abubakar Aliyu who stressed Nigeria’s commitment to regional integration and willingness to resuscitate engagement between Nigeria and Chad, said that directors of the ministry with institutional memory of the engagements will kick-start ...
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CFAN Seeks Establishment Of Cocoa Trust Fund
National president of Cocoa Farmers Association of Nigeria (CFAN), Comr Adeola Adegoke has called for the establishment of Cocoa Trust Fund. According to Adegoke, the establishment of the trust fund will address poor funding and low investment and help revamp the cocoa sector for job creation and improve foreign exchange ...
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Lagos Fire Service Saves N10.89bn Property In 11 Months
Director of Lagos State Fire Service, Mrs Margaret Adeseye, has said the service has responded to 1089 fire incidents between January and November, 2021 and saved property worth N10. 89 billion in the process. Adeseye disclosed this while speaking yesterday at this year’s annual Fire Evacuation Drill with the theme, ...
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Nigeria: Nigerian Media Startup, Dataphyte, Raises $100,000 in Seed Investment
[Premium Times] Dataphyte said the funding would be applied towards expanding its business in data journalism and creating digital products.
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AMCON: Senate Chides Aviation Ministry Over NG Eagle
The chairman Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance and other Financial Institutions, Senator Uba Sani, has expressed the displeasure of the 9th Senate over the non-issuance of Air Operating Certificate (AOC) to NG Eagle, a new airline promoted by the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON). This is as Senator Uba ...
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Chad Seeks Partnership With Nigeria On Electricity
The Republic of Chad has asked Nigeria to reactivate talks on partnership on electricity between the two nations. The Chadian Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Abakar Saleh Chahami, made the request on Wednesday when he paid a courtesy visit to the Minister of Power, Abubakar Aliyu, in Abuja. Chahami said his ...
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Customs Intercepts N7bn Timber, Charcoal In Lagos
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Wednesday said it intercepted 61 containers of timber woods with Duty Paid Value (DPV) of N7billion on the verge of being smuggled out of the country to the Middle-East. Speaking to journalists, the cordinator, Comptroller General of Customs Strike Force, Deputy Comptroller Ahmadu Shuaibu, said also ...
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D’banj Unveiled As Official Afrobeat Artiste For Dubai Soundoff
Nigeria-born international Afrobeat superstar, D’banj, has been unveiled by the Dubai’s Department for Economy and Tourism (DET), formerly known as Dubai Tourism, as the official Afrobeat artiste for the Afrozons Dubai Soundoff, scheduled to hold in March 2022. D’banj, who has received numerous international awards like the Best International Act ...
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OECD Tax Agreement: FIRS Raises Negative Revenue Concerns
Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Muhammad Nami has said Nigeria refused to sign the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) proposed solution to the issues affecting the digital economy because of its potential danger to Nigeria and other developing countries’ revenues. “Our concerns on potential negative ...
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PIA: BUHARI Rescued Nigeria From 20-yr Lethargy – Sylva
Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva has said President Muhammadu Buhari decision to sign the Petroleum Industry Bill into law rescued the Nation from its 20 years lethargy journey in the oil and gas sector, declaring that PMB’s action is the best in the history of the ...
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Students In 7 States To Benefit From FCMB Financial Literacy Training
Seven states including Lagos , Osun, Anambra, Bauchi, Cross River, Edo and Enugu are to benefit from another round of financial literacy training for hundreds of secondary school students sponsored by First City Monument Bank(FCMB) across the country. The training, which formed part of the activities organised in partnership with ...
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Huawei Reiterates Commitment To Research, Development
Huawei Technologies has said it remains committed towards building a fully digital IT ecosystem in Nigeria as well as its research and development in investments to pursue sustainability into the future. The deputy managing director, Huawei Technologies Enterprise, Ken Zhao, stated this during the just concluded Chief Information Officers (CIO) ...
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JUST-IN: Court Declares Banishment Of Ex-Kano Emir, Sanusi, Unconstitutional
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, declared that the banishment of the deposed Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, from Kano State was unlawful and unconstitutional. Justice Anwuli Chikere, in a judgment, held that the Emirate Council Law, 2019, used by the Kano State government in banishing Sanusi was ...