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Nigeria
FEATURE: Enhancing Nigerian Seafarers’ Development Amid Global Absence
NNSL was established in 1959 with aim of mitigating incessant freight rate hikes, arrest capital flight, earn foreign exchange and most especially, train Nigerian citizens in seafaring. But, since the collapse of the shipping line, Nigeria could not provide seafarers for global use while it became difficult for Nigerians to ...
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Nigeria
Senate In Focus: Why Fiscal Responsibility Act Must Be Amended
By Sunday Isuwa, Abuja Revelations coming out of the Senate Committee on Finance investigating remittances from Ministries Department and Agencies (MDAs) has revealed serious leakages. Government is losing a huge amount of money as a result of frivolous spending by MDAs. But this can be tackled if the Fiscal Responsibility ...
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Nigeria
Focus On The Green Chamber: End Of The Road For Arms Probe
By ADEBIYI ADEDAPO, Abuja The House of Representatives recently dissolved its ad hoc committee investigating the purchase, use and control of arms, ammunition, and related hardware by Military, Paramilitary and other Law Enforcement Agencies in Nigeria. The Committee was part of the twelve committees whose assignments were discharged by the ...
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Nigeria
STOCK MARKET: Stock Market To Experience Mixed Trade Performance
BY OLUSHOLA BELLO, Lagos Market observers expected the nation’s capital market to experience mixed trade performance in the new week, following the low-price attraction and impressive first quarter (Q1) results from companies listed on the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) Limited. This is despite the rising yields in the fixed income market, ...
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Nigeria
NEPC Boss Seeks MDAs Assistance On SMEs Growth
BY SIVOWAKU ABIODUN, Lagos The executive director of Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC), Mr Segun Awolowo, has called on relevant government agencies such as the ministries of agriculture, commerce and industry, women and youth development, technology and incubation centre (TIC) and others to assist the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) ...
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Nigeria
Firm To Boost Investment Through Initiative
By OLUSHOLA BELLO and ABIODUN SIVOWAKU, Lagos In a bid to provide Nigerians with affordable and secured access to asset ownership and investments, Assetrise (AR) Limited has launched the FlapCoop, a cooperative society platform initiative to assist individuals invest and earn from real estate, agricultural and other strategic assets investments. ...
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Nigeria
Fin-Tech Can Resolve Problems Of Financial Inclusion In Africa – Adebola Sanni
Financial inclusion and provision of sustainable energy is at a turning point in Africa’s largest economy, Nigeria. With a population of over 200 million, about 50 per cent of the total population live in rural areas, and only 39 per cent of those living in rural communities have access to ...
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Nigeria
INTERVIEW: ‘For Thriving Local Manufacturing, CBN Should Review Export Proceeds Policy’
Don’t you think there is the need to review repatriation of export proceeds policy? There is need for the apex bank to rethink or re-evaluate its foreign exchange policy on the repatriation of export proceeds so as to drive non-oil exports. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)’s policy on repatriation ...
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Emirati Arabi Uniti
Most foreign airlines suspend flights to Israel over Gaza rockets
Only a few foreign airlines will operate flights to Israel, including Ethiopian Airlines, Fly Dubai, and Aegean Airlines
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USA Regno Unito
UK withholds backing for Joe Biden’s minimum global business tax
Rishi Sunak wants US to agree fairer system for taxing digital technology giants