Nigeria
Vai alla Scheda Paese »A man of worth never gets up to unsay what he said yesterday.
— Chinua Achebe
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Capacity Development, Panacea To Unemployment – NIMASA DG
The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside has averred that human capacity development initiative is a panacea to the growing unemployment rate in the economy. The DG who said this at the first annual lecture of Swaaya Limited, publishers of Freedom Online ...
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MTN Partners LUMOS For 24-Hour Mobile Electricity Power Supply
y Mbakaan Kwen, AbujaThe global renowned solar energy provider LUMOS has gone into partnership with MTN for mobile solar electricity supply aimed at providing affordable power to homes and small businesses using their mobile phones. Speaking at the event in Abuja, the CEO of LUMOS Mr Davidi Vortman, expressed appreciation ...
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FG Directs NIMN To Enforce Statutory Powers
After operating for eight years without exerting its charter status, the federal government of President Muhammadu Buhari has finally and formally granted legal power to the National Institute of Marketing of Nigeria, (NIMN). This feat was announced through a formal proclamation by the minister for Industry, Trade and Investments, Dr. ...
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Benue Assembly Issues Warrant Of Arrest On NICON Insurance Company
In line with section 129 (d) of the 1999 constitution of the federal republic of Nigeria as amended, the Benue State House of Assembly, has yesterday issued a warrant of arrest against the management of NICON insurance company for refusing to appear before it for the second consecutive time. Benue ...
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Lagos Reads Riot Act To Motorists Over Illegal Parking
Lagos State Government On Tuesday blamed the perennial traffic congestion in the metropolis on illegal picking and dropping of passengers at undesignated places, saying anyone caught henceforth will face the full wrath of the law. The General Manager of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), Mr. Wale Musa who ...
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Finland @ 100: Finnish Govt Trains Nigerian Students On Creative Coding
The Republic of Finland has trained Nigerian student on creative coding in Abuja students. The collaboration is part of the CodeBus Africa project, a 100-day tour connecting Finnish and African innovators as part of Finland’s official 100th anniversary celebrations in partnership with the Finnish Aalto University and Abuja-based innovation hub ...
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Operação Catatau prende ex-prefeito de Dolcinópolis e seu laranja
A Polícia Federal e o Ministério Público Estadual de São Paulo deflagraram na manhã desta terça-feira (21/2), a Operação Catatau contra desvios de recursos públicos durante a gestão do ex-prefeito do município de Dolcinópolis José Luiz Reis Inácio Azevedo. Segundo a PF, estão na mira dos investigadores milhões de reais ...
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Nigeria, South Korea trade volume fall on investors’ confidence
South Korea says the volume of trade between it and Nigeria has dropped from $4.5bn about (N1.42tn) in 2014 to $1.8bn about (N567.5bn) in 2015. The Korean Deputy Minister for Multilateral and Global Affairs, Amb. Jongmoon Choi said this in Abuja at the end of a bilateral meeting between both ...
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Oyo Holds Prayers For PMB’s Safe Return, Peace
Nigerians irrespective of their religion and political affiliations across Oyo State on Tuesday offered special prayers for the safe return of President Muhammadu Buhari back to the country. The prayer warriors who gathered at the Lekan Salami Sports Complex, Adamasingba, Ibadan also offered special prayers on the economy, security, peace, ...
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Economía/Finanzas.- Santander ficha a un directivo de JP Morgan como responsable de su división de clientes corporativos
br /> MADRID, 21 (EUROPA PRESS) Santander ha nombrado nuevo responsable de Global Corporate Banking (SGCB), su división de negocio para clientes corporativos e instituciones, a José María Linares, hasta ahora directivo de JP Morgan.
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Market gains N29bn as CBN reviews forex policy
Stanley Opara The Nigerian equities market appreciated by N29bn on Monday as the Central Bank of Nigeria released a new foreign exchange policy in the country with immediate effect. The Nigerian Stock Exchange market capitalisation rose to N8.738tn from N8.709tn, while the NSE All-Share Index closed at 25,249.49 basis points ...
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Task force officials batter LASU student for videoing operation
Afeez Hanafi A 500-level part-time Business Administration student of the Lagos State University is battling with a broken arm and injuries allegedly inflicted on her face by operatives of the Lagos State Taskforce on Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit. The student, 28-year-old Sewuese Matthew, was reportedly battered for using ...
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Under Buhari, naira has become Africa’s worst currency – Ekweremadu
Sola Fabiyi and Leke Baiyewu, Abuja The Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, on Monday took a swipe at the All Progressives Congress administration led by President Muhammadu Buhari, saying the economy has suffered more crises under the new government. Ekweremadu said this at the Peoples Democratic Party’s national stakeholders’ meeting ...
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CBN to make forex available for PTA, school fees, others
Ifeanyi Onuba, Abuja The Central Bank of Nigeria on Monday modified its foreign exchange policy with the reduction of the tenor of its forward sales from the current maximum cycle of 180 days to 60 days from the date of transaction. For business and personal travel allowances, the CBN said ...
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Money laundering: Go after CBN, NNPC, Senate panel tells EFCC
Leke Baiyewu, Abuja The Senate, on Monday, asked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to investigate officials of the Central Bank of Nigeria and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation over alleged racketeering in foreign exchange transactions. The lawmakers also urged the EFCC to identify owners of mansions in highbrow areas ...
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German firm pledges N97.5bn for Nigerian industrialists
Ifeanyi Onuba, Abuja A total sum of €300m (N97.5bn) has been set aside by a German investment group, CUBE Commodities Company, to finance small-scale industrialists in Nigeria. The Chief Executive Officer, CUBE Commodities Company, Dr. Dean Nguyen, gave the figure on Monday in Abuja during a meeting with members of ...
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Stakeholders to deepen insurance penetration with technology
Nike Popoola Stakeholders in the insurance and the Information and Communications Technology sectors are collaborating to boost insurance penetration using the electronic means. The stakeholders would converge on Lagos for a conference on e-insurance with the theme, ‘Driving insurance penetration with information and communications technologies’. A statement said the gathering ...
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N500b for mortgage finance coming
The Federal Government says it will inject N500 billion into the Federal Mortgage Bank (FMB) to enable it meet the housing needs of Nigerians. Minister of State for Power, Works and Housing, Alhaji Mustapha Baba, who spoke yesterday in Jalingo, said the measure would help the the bank to adequately ...
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Spiritual Rebirth, Only Panacea To Corruption – NCPC Boss
The executive secretary, Nigerian Christian Pilgrims Commission (NCPC), Rev Tor Uja has called on the federal government to include and sponsor heads of ministries, departments and agencies for the pilgrimage as this would help to tame corrupt tendencies in any individual. Speaking to journalists yesterday in Abuja during the orientation ...
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Extra Judicial Killings: South Africa Must Do More – Dabiri -Erewa
In furtherance of her relentless efforts to stem the tide of indiscriminate criminalization and extra-judicial killing of Nigerians in Diaspora, the Senior Special Assistance to President Muhammadu Buhari on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora Matters, Hon Abike Dabiri-Erewa, on 7 February, 2017, paid a ‘fence mending’ visit to the South African ...
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The French Invasion Of Nigeria By Proxy
Nigeria has indeed seen tough times, tough times that have lasted over six years, with accompanying wanton destruction of lives and properties running into billions of naira. While it is argued in some quarters that the Boko Haram crisis has some international sponsors, I nonetheless think there is more than ...