Nigeria
Vai alla Scheda Paese »A man of worth never gets up to unsay what he said yesterday.
— Chinua Achebe
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LCCI Proffers Sustainable Solutions To Economic Challenges
The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has proffered initiatives that will keep the country on the path of sustainable economic growth, just as the country celebrated its 61st anniversary last Friday. The director-general of LCCI, Dr. Chinyere Almona, made this known to the media in its report titled ...
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CBN N15trn Infrastructure Fund Should Target Critical Sectors – Experts
As the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Nigerian Sovereign Wealth Investment Authority (NSIA) conclude plans to launch the N15 trillion infrastructure fund this October, stakeholders have called on the government to concentrate on addressing critical sectors of the economy with the funds. The experts, which cut across key ...
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NDLEA Arrests Fake Soldier With Drugs, Walkie-talkie, Ammunition For Bandits
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a suspected fake soldier, Hayatu Galadima and his accomplice, Hamisu Adamu while conveying drugs, ammunition and communication equipment to bandits in Kaduna. NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi said the duo was arrested by a patrol team of NDLEA officers along Gwagwalada expressway, ...
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CBN To Boost Wheat Production
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has reiterated its determination to address the existing challenges in the country’s wheat value chain as part of efforts to shore up the country’s foreign reserves. The director, development finance department at the CBN, Mr Philip Yila Yusuf, gave the assurance in Abuja recently ...
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Nigeria @61: Foreign Policy Trajectory In Changing World
Nigeria emerged as an independent country from the shackles of British colonial rule on October 1, 1960 like a Colossus. It immediately announced its masterful presence as the nation charged to lead the rest of Africa away from the bondage of the ages. Nigeria crafted a comprehensive Foreign Policy objective ...
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Senate May Prescribe Death Sentence For Rail Track Vandals – Abdufatai
The chairman Senate Committee on land Transport Senator Abdufatai Buhari has said that the senate may consider enacting a law prescribing death sentences for vandals of rail infrastructure. He made this remark in Lagos during the oversight visit of the National Assembly Joint Committee on Land Transport. According to him ...
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Itel Partners Spectrum Phones On Technology Access
Itel Nigeria and Spectrum phones have formed partnership to provide access to technology and innovative products. This, they did, with the unveiling of a one stop shop by Itel in Lagos to provide customers with different products from mobile phones to home appliances. Itel, who made this known at the ...
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N617.3bn Financing Gap For MSMEs Worrisome, Says CBN
The governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele has stated that the financing gap for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises(MSMEs) in Nigeria is estimated to be about N617.3 billion annually, a situation he considers worrisome. He stated that, less than five per cent of these businesses ...
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Nigeria Must Address Trade Deficit To Resolve Forex Volatility – Ogunbiyi
Dr Akin Ogunbiyi is the chairman of Mutual Benefits Assurance Plc and was a People’s Democratic Party(PDP) governorship aspirant in Osun State in the last election. In this interview with ZAKA KHALIQ, he spoke on the need for the country to address its trade deficit to resolve the forex market ...
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Itel Partners Spectrum Phones On Technology Access
Itel Nigeria and Spectrum phones have formed partnership to provide access to technology and innovative products. This, they did, with the unveiling of a one stop shop by Itel in Lagos to provide customers with different products from mobile phones to home appliances. Itel, who made this known at the ...
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Knowledge Hub 365 Offers SMEs eLearning Skills
Knowledge Hub 365, an online training platform with over 80,000 courses from the biggest eLearning service providers has debuted in Nigeria with vast range of topics covering many industries. The company, a subsidiary of New Horizons Nigeria, the world’s largest independent ICT and e-business training organization with offices in 80 ...
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Universal Insurance Records N638m Profit Lift
Universal Insurance Plc recorded 292 per cent profit before tax in its 2020 financial year end. Speaking at the 51st annual general meeting(AGM) of the company held virtually in Lagos, the chairman of the company, Dr. Tyony Okocha said, the company’s PBT rose from a loss position of N322.8million in ...
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Nigeria Will Be Great Again– PFN
The president of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) , Bishop Francis Wale Oke, has expressed optimism that the country will be great as envisioned by the founding fathers. He implored the federal government to do all it could to revamp the nation’s ailing economy. In his independence message issued ...
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Nigeria @61 : We Have Successfully Reclassified Sports As Business Not Recreation- Dare
The minister of youth and sports development, Sunday Dare has congratulated Nigerians on the 61st independence day anniversary, saying the country sports sector have been successfully reclassified as business not as recreational activities. This was contained in his goodwill message to youth and sportsmen, Dare noted that the country’s athletes ...
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National Librarian Decries Rising Poor Reading Culture
The chief executive officer, National Library of Nigeria, Prof.Chinwe Anunobi, has raised the alarm over poor reading culture in the country, calling for a concerted effort to check it. Anunobi stated this in her address during the 2021 reading promotion campaign of the library with the theme: “Building A Nation ...
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China-Africa Youth Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum: Creating a Better Future
On the morning of September 26, 2021 China-Africa Youth Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum, one of the important economic and trade negotiation activities of the second China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo, was successfully held in Xiangjiang Fund Town, Xiangjiang New Area, Hunan Province. At the forum, young entrepreneurs and students from ...
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How To Curb Brain Drain In Nigeria – NACOS
The National Association of Computing Students (NACOS) has called on the Nigerian government and regulatory bodies to promote local content in the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector. NACOS made the call at a press conference organised in collaboration with its official hackathon sponsor, Financial Services Innovators, according to a ...
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Studio 24 To Partner Nigeria Beauty Queens Hall Of Fame Honours
Nigeria’s number one photography company, Studio 24, is set to partner with the organisers of the Nigeria Beauty Queens Hall of Fame Honours 2021. The 2nd edition Nigeria Beauty Queens Hall of Fame (The Queen’s Night) is a prestigious event designed to celebrate notable past and present Beauty Queens in ...
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Nigeria: Foreign Investors' Exit, Higher Money Market Instrument Yield Depress Stock Market By N107.66 Billion in Nine Months
[This Day] The stock market of the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) in nine months of 2021 has dropped by N107.66billion, attributable to foreign investors exit, double-digit inflation rate and movement of liquidity to money market instruments.
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Nigeria Can Make Seafarer Business More Visible – Captain Bako
By Orjime Moses, Abuja As the world marks seafarers day, master Mariner and Maritime expert, captain Caleb Danladi Bako has said acquisition of training ships will help Nigeria seafarer business more visible. Bako said Nigeria can make Seafarers profession more visible and explore the opportunity to empower the youths. Speaking ...
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MAN Hails CBN’s Withdrawal Of Forex From BDCs
Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has described the decision of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to withdraw foreign exchange from Bureaux De Change (BDCs) in the country as a welcome development. While noting that the apex bank’s policy would bring temporary hike in the exchange rate, MAN insisted that ...