Nigeria
Vai alla Scheda Paese »A man of worth never gets up to unsay what he said yesterday.
— Chinua Achebe
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Tourism Nigeria’s New Oil Well
Tourism has often demonstrated its role as a vital tool in the advancement of economies through direct domestic and foreign exchange earnings and through the employment and investment opportunities it can generate. Most African countries, mainly in sub-Saharan Africa, often over-reliant on one or two sectors for economic development, have ...
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NDIC Remits N35.893bn To Consolidated Revenue Fund
As at February 2017, the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation(NDIC) has made a total transfer of N35.893 billion into Consolidated Revenue Fund (CRF) while awaiting the conclusion of its 2016 external audit report before transferring the outstanding balance of N6.882 billion to the CRF in line with FRA 2007. With this ...
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PDP Is Committed To Ideals Of True Democracy – Gov Emmanuel
Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State has said that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is committed to the enhancement of democracy in the country in accordance with the fundamental principles of the rule of law. Governor Emmanue who stated this at the Ibom International Airport on arrival from Abuja ...
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FG Inaugurates Committee On Yam Export Programme
The federal government through the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh on Thursday inaugurated a technical committee on Yam Export Programme. The minister assured that the aim was for Nigeria to take advantage of the global yam market in which she remains the highest producer. According to ...
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Improving U.S. Anticorruption Policy In Nigeria
Corruption is endemic in Nigeria. It drains billions of dollars a year from Africa’s largest economy and most populous country. Systemic corruption also undermines Nigeria’s ability to combat Boko Haram, the world’s deadliest terrorist movement, which has displaced two million people in the country’s war-ravaged northeast. Although the United States ...
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Kenyans to fly directly to US as JKIA attains Category One status
Kenyans will now be able to fly direct to the United States after the US government granted JKIA Category One status. "This is a major milestone in the growth and development of civil aviation in Kenya, East Africa and the rest of Africa," read a statement from the Kenya ...
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Facility management can reduce manufacturing cost – IFMA
The International Facility Management Agency has said that manufacturers can cut costs by employing trained facility managers or training their workers to manage their facilities while owners of the business concentrate on the core competence. The President, IFMA, Nigeria Chapter, Mr. Pius Iwundu, made this remarks on Thursday during the ...
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LCCI, EU link Nigerian SMEs, European firms
The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry has collaborated with the European Union to create links between the Small and Medium Enterprises and firms abroad seeking partners in Nigeria. At a forum tagged ‘Enterprise Europe Network’, which took place in Lagos on Thursday, the LCCI and the economic delegation team ...
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Kudos for HIV/AIDS Coalition at officers’election
A new set of officers, (co-chairs) have been inaugurated to run the affairs of the Nigerian Business Coalition Against AIDS (NIBUCAA). The event took place at the Skyline Terrace of Oriental Hotel in Lagos. The dignitaries including Chief Executive Officers and policy-makers lighted up the night. They were all dressed ...
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Oceanic Health marks 10 years of performance
Oceanic Health Management Limited has marked 10 years of providing good health to Nigerians. At the ceremony to mark the feat, its MD/CEO, Dr. Charles Onwuzuluigbo,described the firm as a leading Health Maintenance Organisation (HMO) licensed by the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) in 2007 to provide managed healthcare. “We ...
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Protesters attack, vandalise MTN office
• Mobile giant expresses faith in economy Youths protesting the xenophobic attack on some Nigerians in South Africa, yesterday attacked and vandalised the head office of MTN in Abuja. According to Reuters, an spokesman was quoted as saying; “They vandalised equipment, stole customer phones and I-Pads. Some customers too were ...
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Miatta Fahnbulleh, Jimi Solanke for O’jez ‘Elders’ Forum’
O’jez Entertainment, in partnership with Evergreen Musical Company, has revived its popular monthly highlife music show, Elders’ Forum. So come Sunday, February 26, by 5pm at the celebrity restaurant, O’jez, situated inside the National Stadium, Surulere, Lagos, the revived Elders’ Forum will open with the presence of Liberian International singer, ...
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Will Nigeria survive another census exercise?
SIR: Another census exercise is looming in Nigeria. By law, it should take place one in 10 years. The last population count was in 2006 when Olusegun Obasanjo was at the villa. As a nation we have defaulted again. This is by no means the important thing. What is important ...
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Code Lagos project receives private company’s support
Ahead of commencement in April of Code Lagos project, Asset and Resource Management (ARM) Company Limited has announced its support to the state government on the scheme. The Managing Director of the non-bank financial service company, Jumoke Ogundare announced the partnership on Tuesday last week at the office of the ...
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Printers Association Laments High Cost Of Printing Materials
…Seeks “Printers Village” in Kaduna Kaduna Master Printer’s Association (KAMPA) has lamented the high rate of printing materials, saying they are almost sent out of business for inability to purchase the materials. Towards this end, the printers have appealed passionately to the Federal Government to intervene and assist accordingly for ...
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2018 Census: Enumeration Area Demarcation Begins In Benue
The National Population Commission (NPC) on Thursday says it has started the third phase of the Enumeration Area Demarcation (EAD) in Benue for the 2018 National Population Census. Mrs Patricia Kupchi, NPC Federal Commissioner in Benue, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Makurdi that the exercise started in ...
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ALGON Chairman Hail Kogi Assembly Over Passage Of N174.9bn 2017 Budget
Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON), Kogi state chapter, and Administrator of Ijumu Local Government Council Hon. Taufiq Isa, has commended the quick passage of the 2017 appropriation into law. The Kogi state House of Assembly on Wednesday passed a budget of 174.9 billion into law, making it one ...
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JAMB To Hold UTME In May
Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, Registrar, Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says the 2017/2018 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) will hold in May. Oloyede, who was speaking at the 2017 Nigerian Academy of Letters Annual Lecture on Thursday in Abuja, said there was delay in the sales of the forms due ...
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FG’s MSMEs Clinics Will Create Jobs, Increase GDP – Project Manager
The nationwide Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise Clinics for Viable Enterprises (MSME Clinics) recently launched by the federal government is designed to bring about significant and sustainable GDP growth, employment generation and increase in local productivity. The project management firm, BrownValley Partners Ltd, in a statement issued in Abuja, explained ...
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Brazil’s Foreign Minister Resigns Due to Health Problems
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Citing health reasons, Brazil’s Foreign Minister José Serra handed in his resignation to President Michel Temer on Wednesday afternoon. “I have asked to be exonerated from the position of Minister of State for Foreign Affairs,” began Serra’s resignation letter. “I ...
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Ambode, Magu blame corruption for Nigeria’s woes
Sesan Olufowobi and Tosin Omojuyigbe The wife of the Lagos State Governor, Mrs. Bolanle Ambode, and the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, on Wednesday said corruption was one of the major factors responsible for the current state of the Nigerian economy. The duo spoke ...