Nigeria
Vai alla Scheda Paese »A man of worth never gets up to unsay what he said yesterday.
— Chinua Achebe
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Ganduje Decries Parents Forcing Children Into Street Begging
Kano State Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has decried the attitude of some parents in the northern part of the country who are subjecting their wards to street begging describing it as inhuman. Ganduje maintained it is high time for the federal legislation to step up efforts in enacting a law ...
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eNaira And Nigeria’s Economy
After an earlier postponement due to a clash of date with the Independence celebrations, the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, recently launched the much-awaited Nigeria’s Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), or the eNaira. It is part of the apex bank’s initiatives to deepen the nation’s monetary sector. Unveiled by President ...
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Central Córdoba, sin premio: 23 tiros remates y ningún gol, en la noche que José Devecchi le puso un candado al arco de Aldosivi
En el cierre de la fecha, empataron sin goles en Santiago del Estero, en un duelo dominado por el equipo de Rondina, que lleva ocho fechas sin triunfos
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Nigeria: Insecurity, Others Cut Nigeria's Foreign Investments to $875m, Lowest in 5 Years
[Daily Trust] The spate of security crises, a tough business climate, and policy inconsistency are among the factors that cut Nigeria's Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) to $875 million in the second quarter of this year, the lowest since 2016.
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2021 Greater Lagos Fiesta Will Reflate Economy – Sanwo-Olu
Lagos State governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has unveiled the 2021 Greater Lagos Fiesta, saying it will help to reflate the state’s economy. Sanwo-Olu who stated this at the unveiling ceremony of the fiesta themed, ‘Lagos Rocks’ said he is optimistic that the month long event will help the state’s recovery ...
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Dangote Cement Maintains Strong Performance
Dangote Cement Plc has announced improvements in performance measurement indices for the nine months financial results ended September 30, 2021. This is as even the Group sales hit 22.2 million tonnes. Sales volume in Nigeria remained strong and accounted for 14.1 million tonnes despite heavy rains in the third quarter ...
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Federal Govt Promises 5% Jobs For Persons With Disabilities
Federal government has expressed its readiness to implement the law mandating both public and private organisations to allocate five per cent of jobs to people living with disabilities. Minister of labour and employment, Dr Chris Ngige, disclosed this at the weekend in Abuja during the 16th anniversary celebration of Kpakpando ...
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Experts, Victims Blame Drug Abuse For Spate Of Kidnappings In Nigeria
This year, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) arrested 663 offenders in Lagos and destroyed 153,256kg worth of assorted drugs in Ekiti forest, still the crimes such as: kidnapping, terrorism etc which this drug enables are on the increase. Faced with this daunting reality, the chairman, NDLEA, Brig. Gen. ...
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NDLEA Intercepts Cocaine, Heroin, Meth At Lagos Airport
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has intercepted different quantities of Cocaine, Heroin, Methamphetamine and Cannabis heading to London through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos. This is even as the NDLEA arrested two fake security agents and a nursing mother, who is on bail, for another drug ...
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African CSOs Brainstorm On Civic Tech Networking, Others
Civil society organisations (CSOs) on the African continent are currently brainstorming in Abuja, Nigeria, on Civic Tech Networking, the Future Of Work, the Ecosystem, among other issues. The programme put together by GIZ and YIAGA Africa is to enable participants share information about the work they do for better partnership. ...
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APC Holds State Congress In Oyo Amid Tight Security
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Oyo State Congress was held on Saturday under tight security, as thousands of members were locked out of the main bowl of the Obafemi Awolowo Stadium (Liberty Stadium), Oke-Ado, Ibadan. LEADERSHIP Sunday observed that security operatives took over the venue of the APC Congress to ...
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FG Extends NIN-SIM Linkage To December 31 As 66m Subscribers Enroll
BY CHIMA AKWAJA, Lagos The federal government has extended the deadline for the National Identity Number (NIN)-Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) data verification and linkage to the end of the year. The minister of communications and digital economy, Prof. Isa Ali Ibrahim who conveyed the government’s approval, urged citizens and legal ...
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Court Grants NDLEA Permission To Detain Vessel, 28 Crew Members
Justice Abimbola Awogboro of the Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday granted an order of interim forfeiture of a vessel, MV Chayaneenre, allegedly used to smuggle 32.9 kilograms of Cocaine into the country, to the federal government. Justice Awogboro also granted leave to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency ...
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My Secret Life: Making Young Women Self-Reliant, Financially Independent – Sitkukka
BACKGROUND I was born in 1988 in Jos South local government area in Plateau State. I am of Ngas extraction, my parents , Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Sitkukka are both business owners in Jos. Bent on following their footstep, i established Awtik Beautifiers Centre where i train girls to be ...
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Standard Bank Group, Flutterwave To Drive Digital Transformation
Standard Bank group and Flutterwave have partnered to provide enhanced digital payments experience for banking customers in nine African countries. Standard Bank is Africa’s largest bank by assets while Flutterwave is Africa’s leading payments technology company. The new partnership is to enhance digital payments experiences for the bank’s customers in ...
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Kano Agency Hands Erring Officials Over To Police
The managing director of Kano Road and Traffic Agency (KAROTA), Baffa Babba Dan’agundi, has sacked one of his personnel RTA II Jamilu Gambo for exceeding his official limitations. Gambo was dismissed yesterday following unprofessional conduct at his duty post where he allegedly destroyed a trailer’s tires as a result of ...
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Federal Govt To Media: Be Nigeria’s Watchdog, Not Lapdog
Federal government has taken a swipe at a London-based news magazine, The Economist, over its continuous stereotypical story on Nigeria. This is even as the government also charged the Nigerian press on its watchdog role assigned to it by the framers of our constitution and not be an echo chamber ...
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Ibrahim Assumes Duty As Customs Zone C FOU Boss
Ali Ibrahim has assumed duty as new comptroller of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit, Zone ‘C’ (FOUC) Owerri, Imo State, covering parts of the South East and South South zones. Speaking while addressing his principal Officers in Owerri, Ibrahim, who congratulated his predecessor, Yusuf Lawal, on his ...
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2 Firms Lift Health Services In Nigeria
Two health outfits, GE Healthcare and Duchess International Hospital, have pulled resources together to provide better healthcare services for Nigerians. To make the partnership work, GE Healthcare, has delivered and installed equipment in Duchess International Hospital to improve healthcare services in Nigeria. It has also supported the hospital in building ...
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MAN Describes Dangote As Driver Of Industrialisation In Africa
Given its massive investments in Nigeria’s manufacturing sector, Pan-African conglomerate, the Dangote Group, has been described as a pillar of Nigeria’s manufacturing sector. Speaking on the sidelines of the just-concluded 49th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) in Abuja, the director-general of the association, Mr Segun ...
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Okonjo-Iweala, Obiora, Bello, 255 Others For CIBN Investiture
The director general of World Trade Organisation, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the managing director of the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC), Mr Hassan Bello, Central Bank of Nigeria deputy governor, Dr Kingsley Obiora as well as six bank chiefs alongside other dignitaries in the financial industry will be among the 258 ...