Nigeria
Vai alla Scheda Paese »A man of worth never gets up to unsay what he said yesterday.
— Chinua Achebe
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C/River Assembly Passes 2017 Budget Of N301bn
The Cross River House of Assembly has passed the 2017 budget of N301 billion, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. NAN reports that on Oct. 31, 2016, Gov. Ben Ayade presented a N301billion budget proposal to the assembly for scrutiny and passage. Mr Jonas Eteng-Williams, Chairman, House Committee on ...
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Family planning prevents 1.6 million pregnancies in Nigeria
An NGO, Partnership for Advocacy in Child and Family Health (PACFAH), says that increased access to family planning can prevent about 1.6 million unintended pregnancies yearly in the country. The Programme Coordinator, Ms. Anu Rotimi, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday in ...
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ECOWAS gets U.S. ICT support
The U.S. Government has supported the ECOWAS with Information Technology and Communication equipment to enhance its early warning mechanism, as part of its partnership to promote peace and security within the sub-region. Mrs Halima Ahmed, ECOWAS Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security said in a statement on Friday in ...
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Kwara to partner independent broadcasters
The Kwara government says it will partner with the Freelance and Independent Broadcasters’ Association of Nigeria (FIBAN) in achieving common goals. Alhaji Mahmud Ajeigbe, the state’s Commissioner for Information and Communications, said this in Ilorin when he received Desmond Nwachukwu, a presidential aspirant in the association’s forthcoming national elections. He ...
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Nigeria And The Need To Curb The Flow Of Embarrassing Scenarios
I am one of the very many analysts who are optimistic about the future of Nigeria. Mostly, I do my best to present the positive side of the land and strives to clear the mistaken impression painted by foreign media especially when answering questions about Nigeria from non-Nigerian colleagues. But ...
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MMM Nigeria Opens 24-hour Before Due Date
Controversial Ponzi scheme, MMM Nigeria has announced its long awaited resumption 24 hour before the official resumption date via their official twitter handle. The scheme officially tweeted their resumption with a caption “this is to officially inform you that MMM Nigeria is open for business a day earlier than promised! Let’s ...
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UNICEF's impact in five of the most dangerous crises
Source: UN Children's Fund Country: Iraq, Nigeria, South Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, World, YemenThese included the Syrian crisis, the Nigeria regional crisis, Yemen, South Sudan and Iraq. In December, UNICEF marked its 70th anniversary.2016 was a year of challenges and upheaval across the globe. The ongoing migration and refugee crisis has ...
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Nigeria didn’t cut ties with Taiwan —Presidency
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja The Presidency on Thursday said there was no truth in media reports suggesting that Nigeria has cut ties with Taiwan. It said the relationship between Nigeria and Taiwan had been at the level of trade representation and that had not changed. The Senior Special Assistant to the ...
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LCCI, ministry offer students platform to discuss economy
Anna Okon A pool of young students drawn from various secondary schools in Lagos bared their minds about the fix Nigeria had fallen into for being a mono-product economy. Although barely in their teens, they understand the danger the country has been surrounded with and the challenges it is currently ...
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We’ll empower women to reduce poverty – FG
Ifeanyi Onuba, Abuja The Federal Government on Thursday unveiled a new women empowerment programme to provide women in business with the opportunity to have access to market for their products, access to finance and capacity building. The Women In Investment and Enterprise Project, which was launched by the Minister of ...
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FG seeks licence from CBN for development bank
Ifeanyi Onuba, Abuja The Federal Government has applied to the Central Bank of Nigeria for the issuance of an operational licence to the Development Bank of Nigeria preparatory to its commencement of operations. This was confirmed in a statement issued by the Director of Information in the Federal Ministry of ...
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Nigeria’ll recover from recession this year, NSE predicts
Stanley Opara The Nigerian Stock Exchanges has expressed optimism that the country’s economy will recover from its current recession this year with a modest Gross Domestic Product growth forecast of 0.6 per cent. The recovery, according to the bourse, will be driven by the vigour of fiscal policy implementation, with ...
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Top four places to do business in Nigeria
IFE OGUNFUWA identifies some states with top business investment opportunities Nigeria is a home to people from diverse tribe and one of the top 10 fastest growing countries in the world. Nigerians are known for their resourcefulness, resilience, and they offer good returns on investments. The country is full of ...
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Importation Of Lottery Technology Costs Nigeria N25bn Annually
Despite efforts by the federal government to conserve scarce foreign exchange, facts have emerged that operators of lottery business in Nigeria annually spend an average of N25 billion to acquire, deploy and maintain lottery technology. Disclosing this in Lagos, managing director and CEO of Lotgrand, operator of Grandlotto Yellow Terminal ...
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Kwankwaso’s Foreign Scholarship Scheme Fraud, Says Gov Ganduje
Kano State governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has alleged that the overseas scholarship scheme of the immediate past administration of Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso in the state was a fraud, carried out with the connivance of a contractor. He argued that instead of following due process to secure admissions for the students, ...
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Nigeria May Lose Another $550m Abacha’s Loot To US – Sagay
The chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, Prof. Itse Sagay, has disclosed that Nigeria risked losing another $550m recovered from the Abacha family to the government of United States. Speaking during a media parley on asset recovery jointly organised by PACAC and Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign ...
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Nigeria Did Not Cut Ties With Taiwan- Presidency
The Presidency has dismissed incorrect media reports to the effect 1. Nigeria has cut ties with Taiwan. In a statement by the senior special assistant media to the President, Garba Shehu said the correct position is that the official relationship between Nigeria and Taiwan has been at the level of ...
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Nigeria Did Not Cut Ties With Taiwan – Presidency
The Presidency has dismissed incorrect media reports to the effect that Nigeria has cut ties with Taiwan. In a statement by the senior special assistant media to the president, Garba Shehu said the correct position is that the official relationship between Nigeria and Taiwan has been at the level of ...
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The lost years: secondary education for children in emergencies
Source: Human Rights Watch Country: Lebanon, Syrian Arab Republic, WorldThe Human Rights Watch report offers solutions host countries, donors, and humanitarian actors could adopt to promote secondary education in countries affected by crises or large refugee flows.Amin, 18, became a refugee when his family fled Syria for Lebanon five years ago. ...
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#OccupyCBN is hired to frustrate our forex policy, CBN says
Ifeanyi Onuba, Abuja The Central Bank of Nigeria on Wednesday night said some paid groups are being hired by certain interests to frustrate its flexible foreign exchange policy. The apex bank in a statement issued by its Acting Director, Corporate Communications Department, Mr. Isaac Okorafor, described one of the groups ...
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Taiwan protests Nigeria’s closure of its Abuja trade office
Taiwan protested Thursday after Nigeria asked it to shut down its trade office in the capital, in what it said was an attempt by Beijing to push it out of Africa’s largest economy. The island’s foreign ministry said Nigeria had asked Taiwan to move its trade office out of the ...