Nigeria
Vai alla Scheda Paese »A man of worth never gets up to unsay what he said yesterday.
— Chinua Achebe
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Nigeria Has A Lot To Learn From China
By Sunday Moses, Abuja The former minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Aminu Wali has disclosed that Nigeria has a lot to learn from China, saying the country is worthy to be emulated by any country that want to achieve meaningful progress. Wali who said this during the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party ...
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My Father-in-law Shares Bed With Us, Wife Tells Court
A 22-year-old housewife, Rashidat Adewuyi, told an Idi-Ogungun Customary Court in Ibadan on Friday that her father-in-law slept on the same bed with her and her husband whenever he visited them. Rashidat made the statement on Friday when she testified in a divorce petition filed by her husband, Lukman Adewuyi. ...
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Fleeing Boko Haram, women seek healing and economic resilience in Niger camps
Source: UN Women Country: Niger, NigeriaUN Women and UNHCR are working in partnership with local organizations to ensure that the humanitarian response addresses the specific needs and risks of women refugees and survivors.In Niger, the Diffa Region bordering Nigeria is home to more than 300,000 refugees who have been driven from ...
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Economía/Finanzas.- José Luis Rodrigo Escrig, nuevo director general de la Fundación Bancaria Ibercaja
br /> ZARAGOZA, 20 (EUROPA PRESS) El patronato de la Fundación Bancaria Ibercaja ha acordado, en su sesión celebrada este viernes, nombrar director general de la misma a José Luis Rodrigo Escrig, un profesional de acreditada trayectoria como alto ejecutivo de Ibercaja.
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FRSC partners SON to rid markets of substandard tyres
The Federal Road Safety Corps is to partner the Standards Organisation of Nigeria in Ondo State to get rid of fake and substandard tyres capable of causing road accidents. The FRSC Sector Commander in the state, Vincent Jack, disclosed this during a courtesy visit to the State Coordinator of SON, ...
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$3.7m fraud: Nigerian student jailed for four years in US
Eniola Akinkuotu, Abuja A Nigerian student living in the United States, Amechi Amuegbunam, has been sentenced to 46 months in prison for perpetrating fraud to the tune of $3.7m. Amuegbunam, 30, was also ordered to pay $615, 555.12 in restitution for his role in a sophisticated email phishing scam otherwise ...
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Norway appoints first female foreign minister
Defense Minister of Norway, Ine Eriksen Soereide was named minister of foreign affairs on Friday, making her the first woman to hold the post in the Nordic country. She replaced Boerge Brende, who in September was appointed president of the World Economic Forum. Report says the appointment leaves the top ...
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FERMA assures of zero potholes on federal roads – Official
Federal Roads Maintenance Agency ( FERMA ) has assured the people of Kogi of zero potholes on federal roads in the state before the Christmas. The Agency’s Public Relations Officer, Mr Segun Aluko, gave the assurance in an interview in Lokoja on Friday. He said that the agency had compiled reports on ...
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Fallece José Luis Ford, expresidente de la Cámara de Comercio
Ford quien dirigió a la organización empresarial durante dos periodos, el primero de estos en 2013-2014 y luego de 2014-2015, murió tras sufrir un paro cardíaco.
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How the ease of doing business affects customer experience
Oluwafemi Oyefeso oluwafemi.oyefeso@yahoo.com The Ease of doing business index is a ranking created by the World Bank. It is used to measure (as the name implies) how easy it is to do business in or with a country. Nigeria presently ranks 169 from a total of 190 on the list. ...
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Death of the small Nigerian business
Recently, some traders in a certain part of Nigeria marched through the streets, seeking the attention of the governor of their state. When they eventually got to the seat of government of that state, they sought to register their complaints regarding the killer taxes and levies which they alleged that ...
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Mambilla: Govt receives 26 insurance proposals
Ife Ogunfuwa The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, has said that the Federal Government has received about 26 proposals for insurance services in relation to the Mambilla power plant project. Speaking at the investiture of the 19th President of the Nigerian Council of Registered Insurance Brokers ...
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NEMA workers begin nationwide strike over welfare package
Okechukwu Nnodim, Abuja Employees of the National Emergency Management Agency on Thursday embarked on a nationwide indefinite strike. It was gathered that the directive to proceed on strike was issued by the Trade Union Congress and the Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria in Abuja. Our correspondent learnt that ...
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FG sells treasuries to keep naira liquidity tight
The Central Bank of Nigeria sold N98bn of treasury securities on Thursday to keep liquidity tight to support the currency, a day after it auctioned N133.25bn of T-bills, traders said. The local naira currency has been stable for more than two weeks, supported by central bank interventions, foreign inflows and ...
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Buhari meets Troost-Ekong, Agu
Super Eagles players William Troost-Ekong and Mikel Agu met with President Muhammadu Buhari and his Turkish counterpart Recep Erdogan in Turkey on Thursday. Buhari is in Turkey for the D-8 summit which begins on Friday. Troost-Ekong and Mikel, who play for Turkish Superlig side Bursaspor, were on duty when Nigeria ...
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Boko Haram: Army Warrant Officer promoted Captain for gallantry
The Nigerian Army Council has approved accelerated promotion for Garba Abdullahi from Master Warrant Officer to Captain for gallantry, bravery and selfless service. The army authorities described the development as a reward for unprecedented show of bravery culminating in an Executive Commission for Abdullahi who moved from Master Warrant Officer ...
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Fashola Backs External BorrowingTo Fund Capital Projects
By ABAH ADAH, Abuja The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola, SAN has thrown his weight behind external borrowing to finance capital projects. In a press release sent in by Olusegun Ogunkayode for Director (Press), the Minister made the disclosure while delivering his address at the 2nd ...
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Manuel Mirat Santiago cooptado para administração da Media Capital
A Media Capital anunciou hoje que Manuel Mirat Sntiago foi cooptado para o Conselho de Administração da empresa para o mandato que termina em 2019, depois da renúncia de José Luís Sáinz Diaz.
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Economía/Finanzas.- La AEB no descarta "otra crisis sistémica" por una regulación centrada en bancos y no en operaciones
br /> MADRID, 19 (EUROPA PRESS) El presidente de la Asociación Española de Banca (AEB), José María Roldán, no ha descartado la posibilidad de que la economía sufra una nueva "crisis sistémica" por la tendencia a dirigir la regulación a las entidades financieras y no al ...
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N30tn probe: Indicted banks, firms return N140bn
Leke Baiyewu, Abuja The Senate Joint Committee on Customs, Excise and Tariffs; and Marine Transport on Wednesday claimed that it had recovered over N140bn from banks and companies following its probe into the alleged loss of N30tn in Nigeria’s import and export value chain. It said the recovered funds had ...
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House probes TCN’s $1.5bn, $500m foreign loans
John Ameh, Abuja The House of Representatives has queried loans totalling $1.5bn taken from foreign creditors by the Transmission Company of Nigeria. This is in spite of a separate $500m loan, which the power firm is already negotiating with the Islamic Development Bank. The House resolved on Wednesday to investigate ...