Nigeria
Vai alla Scheda Paese »A man of worth never gets up to unsay what he said yesterday.
— Chinua Achebe
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Samsung Receives Forbes Award, Says Nigeria Is Investment Hub
Samsung Heavy Industries Nigeria (SHIN) has received the Forbes’ Best of Africa Offshore Oil and Gas Facilities Development Award at the prestigious 7-star Burj Al Arab, Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). Speaking at the Forbes Oil and Gas Roundtable session of the Africa-UAE Trade Investment Forum held on November 21 ...
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Lagos Stakeholders To Tackle Workplace Violence Against Women
A group, the African Women on Board (AWB) and other stakeholders in public and private sectors of the economy have concluded plans to hold talks on work place violence against women today in Lagos State. The programme, organised in partnership with the Faculty of Law of the University of Lagos ...
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At His Father’s Service
There is a young man in Nigeria who is all about his father’s thriving business. His name is Mr. Babajide Akeredolu, son of Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State. His father has decided to set up a seat of nepotism right by himself, for his son – whatever anyone thinks. ...
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BUA, Wartsila Oy Partner On 70mw Gas Power Plant
BUA has signed yet another agreement with Wartsila Oy of Finland for the construction of a 70megawatts dual-fuel power plant for its BUA Cement Obu Line 3 project in Edo State, Southern Nigeria. This agreement was signed between both companies at a ceremony in Abuja presided over by the Deputy ...
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Samsung Receives Forbes Award, Says Nigeria Is Investment Hub
Samsung Heavy Industries Nigeria (SHIN) has received the Forbes’ Best of Africa Offshore Oil and Gas Facilities Development Award in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). Speaking at the Forbes Oil and Gas Roundtable session of the Africa-UAE Trade Investment Forum on November 21, SHIN, representative Mr. Youngkwon Lee appreciated Nigeria’s ...
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Federal Govt Charges States To Domesticate Gender-based Violence Laws
Federal government has asked states yet to domesticate the law on violence against persons to do so without further delay. The minister of women affairs and social development, Pauline Tallen, stated this at the University of Abuja (UNIABUJA) yesterday at an event to mark the International Day for the Elimination ...
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Nigeria Must Bring Down Trade Barriers For AfCFTA Success – NGF
Governors of the 36 states of the federation have said for Nigeria to overcome challenges that would come with African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) , it needs to maintain its leading position in Africa’s integration by bringing down ideological limitations and artificial trade barriers. Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ ...
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Fitch Reviews Nigeria’s Growth to 2.1% For 2021
Fitch Solutions, an arm of the international rating agency, Fitch Ratings says it expects the Nigerian Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to grow by 2.1 per cent by the end of 2021 an upward review from 1.8 per cent which it previously projected for the country. Nigeria’s real GDP grew by ...
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Global Export Trade To Hit $30trn By 2030
A research by Standard Chartered has projected global exports will almost double from $17.4 trillion to $29.7 trillion over the next decade. The report also revealed 13 markets that will drive much of this growth, as Nigeria is expected to drive future trade growth by $112 billion at an average ...
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Osinbajo Harps On Return Of Stolen Artefacts From Nigeria
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has harped on the need to return artefacts stolen and illegally taken from Nigeria, especially Yoruba land. Speaking at the launch of the Yoruba World Centre, an initiative of Alao Adedayo, publisher of Alaroye Newspapers, towards promotion of Yoruba custom and tradition in Ibadan, he urged ...
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NDLEA Intercepts N2.7bn Cocaine At Abuja Airport
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), have arrested a 32-year-old suspected drug trafficker based in Liberia, Maduabuchi Chinedu, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA) Abuja with 9.30 kilograms of cocaine worth over N2.7billion in street value. He was arrested during an inward joint search of Ethiopian ...
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Federal Govt, LUTH Commend Airtel For Investing In Quality Healthcare Delivery
The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie E. Ehanire, has commended a leading telecommunications service provider, Airtel Nigeria, for its consistent investments in the health sector and for partnering with government at various levels to revamp the relevant institutions as well as deepen access to quality and affordable healthcare in Nigeria. ...
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‘Insecurity, COVID-19 Responsible For Economic Downturn In Nigeria’
An economist and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Saka Ibrahim Ominiwe, has blamed the present harsh economic situation in the country on insecurity, COVID-19 and naira devaluation. Speaking in an interview with LEADERSHIP in Ibadan, Oyo State, he said the nation’s economy is experiencing galloping or hyperinflation. ...
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Federal Govt Canvasses Involvement Of States In AfCFTA Implentation Plan
Minister of industry, trade and investment, Otunba Niyi Adebayo, said for Nigeria to succeed in AfCFTA, state governments must be actively involved. Adebayo who stated this at the AfCFTA Subnational Strategy Workshop, with the theme: “Creating Economically Viable Communities,” said it has become very important to be closer to subnational ...
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Nigeria: Emefiele Urges Govt to Prioritise Investment in Infrastructure to Boost Economy
[Vanguard] The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has urged the Federal Government to prioritise investment in infrastructure to improve the country's business environment and boost economic growth.
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Governor Obaseki Moves To Check Land Grabbing
Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki has said his government is set to reconstitute the Private Property Protection (PPP) Committee to deal with cases of encroachment and land grabbing in the state. Obaseki, who spoke to journalists in Benin City, the Edo State capital, said the state had amended Private Property ...
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Poor Cargo Tracking Costing Nigeria Billions – CASER
The Citizens Advocacy for Social and Economic Rights (CASER), has alleged that the Nigeria’s inability to implement the Cargo Tracking Device (CTN) has led to loss of billions of dollars in revenue. The device is meant to monitor import and export of cargo coming and going out of the country. ...
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EFCC Boss Seeks Collaboration On Law Enforcement At INTERPOL
The executive chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, has joined Nigeria’s delegation, attending the 89th INTERPOL general assembly which commenced on Tuesday, November 23, 2021 in Istanbul, Turkey. At the sideline of the event, the EFCC chairman attended a bilateral meeting between Nigeria and Turkey, ...
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States, FCT VIOs To Review Enforcement Mechanisms
Directors and chief road traffic officers of the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) are to hold a national conference in Abuja to review enforcement mechanisms. The conference with the theme: “Effective Driver’s Education and Road Traffic Law Enforcement, The Panacea To Safer Road In ...
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TotalEnergies Kicks Off AFCON Trophy Tour
TotalEnergies, the major sponsor of the African Cup of Nation (AFCON), has commenced activities for the successful hosting of the Cameroon 2022 AFCON, with their official national trophy tour event held on Monday in Lagos. The colourful and memorable event was excitedly witnessed by the Nigerian teeming sports community, the ...
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Insulza: “Daniel Ortega managed to completely isolate Nicaragua”
Chilean Senator José Miguel Insulza, former Foreign Minister of his country and former Secretary General of the OAS between 2005[...]