Nigeria
Vai alla Scheda Paese »A man of worth never gets up to unsay what he said yesterday.
— Chinua Achebe
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Deregulation Will Save Nigeria N12trn In 4 Years – PPMC
Managing director, Petroleum Products Marketing Company (PPMC), Mr Isiyaku Abdullahi, has said full deregulation of the petroleum downstream sector will save Nigeria N12 trillion in four years. Abdullahi disclosed this at the ongoing 15th Oil Trading and Logistics (OTL) Africa Petroleum Downstream Week 2021 yesterday in Lagos. The conference had ...
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Total Number Of Bank Accounts Hits 128.4m
The total number of accounts in the deposit money banks across the country stood at 128.4 million in 2019. Speaking at the 18th edition of workshop for business editors and finance correspondents association of Nigeria (FICAN), in Gombe State, the managing director and chief executive of the Nigeria Deposit Insurance ...
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Why Cooking Gas Price Is Increasing – Luwoye
The chief executive officer of Ecogas Energy Resources Limited, one of the major processors and distributors of LPG in Nigeria, Chief Shina Luwoye, FCA has revealed that import dependency and other factors are responsible for the skyrocketing prices of cooking gas in Nigeria. According to him, sixty per cent of ...
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Nigeria’s Population Growing By 5m Annually – Osinbajo
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) has said the population of Nigeria currently is 200million, increases by five million annually. He stressed the importance of the national health insurance scheme to Nigeria’s development, saying that “without compulsory health insurance, we simply cannot bring together the resources that are required to provide ...
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African Women Lawyers Honour Seinye Lulu-Briggs
The African Women Lawyers (AWLA) has bestowed a special recognition award on Dr. Mrs. Seinye O. B. Lulu-Briggs for her contributions to women empowerment. The women group described Lulu-Briggs as a successful business leader, a passionate voice and pillar of support for the less privileged and vulnerable persons within and ...
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NDLEA To Establish 6 Rehab Centres Across Nigeria
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), said it will establish six standard rehabilitation centres, one in each geo-political zone of Nigeria. The NDLEA boss, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Marwa (retd), who stated this at the 5th biennial national symposium on Drugs and Drug Policy in Nigeria organised by the Centre ...
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Despite Economic Challenges, Nigeria Will Make Desired Progress – Osinbajo
With the energy of the youth, the resilience of the private sector combined with governments implementing the right policies, Nigeria will make the desired progress despite the challenges in the economy, says Vice President Yemi Osinbajo (SAN). Prof. Osinbajo stated this Tuesday while rounding up his thoughts during an interaction ...
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Nigeria: President Buhari Woos Investors, Promises Good Returns
[Leadership] President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, asked investors who want to get return for their investment to do business in Nigeria because his administration has created the enabling environment.
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Nigeria: Nigeria Our Strong Trading Partner in West Africa - British Envoy
[Daily Trust] The British Deputy High Commissioner, in Lagos, Ben Llewellyn-Jones, has said Nigeria remains one of the strongest trading partners of the United Kingdom (UK) in the West African region.
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Osinbajo Scores Kano’s Integrated Waste Management High
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) has commended an integrated waste management project of the Kano State government which will transform waste to power, organic fertiliser, and other uses. Osinbajo made the commendation of the Public-Private Partnership during a visit on Monday to the Presidential Villa by a delegation led by ...
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MFM Goalkeeper, Adeniyi, Joins Rangers
Seven-time Nigeria league champions, Rangers International F.C have completed the signing of experienced shot stopper, Bamidele Adeniyi from Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) rival, MFM FC of Lagos. The 29-year-old lanky goal tender who made 19 appearances with seven clean sheets for his former club last season said he was ...
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Kaduna Electric Partners Firm On Metering Solution
Committed to satisfying the meter requirement of electricity users in its franchise, the management of Kaduna electric has entered into strategic partnership with Smart Meters, an energy meter production giant, to provide energy meters to the distribution company. This was disclosed after top officials of Kaduna Electric and their counterparts ...
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Find Abuja Missing Journalist Now, NHRC Tells Police, Others
The Executive Secretary of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Tony Ojukwu Esq, has called on the Nigeria Police and other law enforcement agencies to do everything within their powers to locate Tordue Salem, a journalist who reportedly went missing on October 13, 2021 in the Federal Capital Territory Abuja. ...
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HDAN, Experts Knock Fashola Over Proposed Monthly Rent Payment
Housing Development Advocacy Network (HDAN), a frontline non-governmental organisation, has commended the Federal Government on some of the resolutions taken recently at the 10th Council of Lands, Housing and Urban Development in Lagos, as steps in the right direction towards addressing flaws in the housing sector of the Nigeria economy. ...
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At #NES27: Fresh Pressure Mounts On Federal Govt, Govs To Eradicate Poverty
Failures by the federal and state governments to take proactive steps to eradicate poverty, create the enabling business environment, enhance internally generated revenue and improve the quality of education have been identified as the major causes of the nation’s many woes. Those who spoke at the ongoing Nigeria Economic Summit ...
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NSITF Sensitises Employers On Safety At Workplace
Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) has sensitized employers of labour in the North-east and North-west zones on safety measures at workplaces. The regional manager, Kaduna region of NSITF, Alhaji Mohammed Ibrahim Nazir, in his opening remarks revealed that safety in workplaces creates more employment opportunities. Nazir said “the goal ...
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Federal Govt Mulls Ban On Barite Import To Save $300m Annual Loss
The federal government is now more determined to save $300 million annually as it considers outright ban on imported barite or imposition of tariff protection method for the local barite miners. The government is also set to launch made-in-Nigeria barite this Thursday in Port-Harcourt. Minister of mines and steel development, ...
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Africa Prudential Disrupting Tech Space With Business Solution Services
Africa Prudential is creating a growing list of business solutions for corporates across several sectors of Nigeria’s economy as it pushes ahead with its transformation into a digital technology provider. The business solution services, according to the company, are designed to build robust enterprise solutions for companies, government agencies, and ...
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Marwa, World Bank, Others For ISDEVCOM Seminar
Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Gen. Buba Marwa (rtd), World Bank Nigeria country director, Shubham Chaudhuri and the founding executive director, African Centre for Leadership, Strategy and Development (Centre LSD), among others are expected at the Institute of Development Communication (ISDEVCOM), Nasarawa State University, Keffi, two-day ...
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American Off-taker Signs MoU With Nigerian Farmers On Mushroom Production
Mushroom producers in Nigeria have signed a memorandum of understanding with American off-takers to export the over forty billion dollar worth annual shortfall of the product to the United States. The agreement was signed in Abuja by the mushroom producers under the aegis of Grassroots Agricultural Cooperative Society Ltd with ...
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Falta de material e custos impactam a indústria da construção
Pelo quinto trimestre consecutivo, a falta de material da construção e o aumento dos custos continuam sendo os principais problemas da indústria da construção, segundo a pesquisa Sondagem Indústria da Construção, realizada pela Confederação Nacional da Indústria (CNI) com o apoio da Câmara Brasileira da Indústria da Construção (CBIC), divulgada ...