Nigeria
Vai alla Scheda Paese »A man of worth never gets up to unsay what he said yesterday.
— Chinua Achebe
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Police to end violence against women in Enugu
The Enugu State Police Command is set to partner with relevant organisations and groups in the campaign for elimination of all forms of violence against women in the state, the News Agency of Nigeria reports. The state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Douglas Agbonleni, said this while declaring open a women’s ...
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Nigeria, Morocco to build gas pipeline link
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja Nigeria and Morocco on Saturday resolved to jointly promote a gas pipeline that will connect the two countries and some other African countries. This was one of the agreement reached during the three-day visit of Moroccan King President Mohammed VI. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr Geoffrey ...
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NDLEA nabs man trying to export cannabis to China in garri, bitter leaf
Kunle Falayi Less than two weeks after a Nigerian, 38-year-old Chijioke Obioha, was executed in Singapore for smuggling 2.6kgs of cannabis into the country, another 38-year-old man, Augustine Uchenna, has been arrested by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency in Lagos for trying to smuggle 10.2kg of cannabis to China, ...
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NFVCB Raid Unlicensed Film Outlets In Lagos
The National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB) recently raided some unlicensed video sales outlets in Lagos with the motive to combat illegal sales and circulation of uncensored movies in the state. Officials of the monitoring and enforcement arm of the censors’ board visited some film outlets within Idumota area of ...
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Alger change de doctrine à l’égard du continent
Acculé par une crise financière sans précédent, l’Exécutif veut convaincre que l’Afrique est la terre promise pour les entreprises algériennes. Le Forum africain d’investissement et d’affaires s’ouvre aujourd’hui à Alger. Il marque une volonté naissante chez l’Exécutif d’aller explorer l’énorme potentiel du continent noir. Après des années d’obstacles et d’interdictions rituelles, ...
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Entreprises exportatrices vers l’afrique
Faderco Faderco est déjà leader dans la production de ouate de cellulose en Algérie et cet élan vers la production de matière première nationale est concrétisé depuis l’entrée en production de l’unité de ouate de cellulose (pâte à papier) dénommée Warak, inaugurée par le Premier ministre, Abdelmalek Sellal, en décembre 2015. ...
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$30bn loan: Sanusi hits Buhari’s govt, says FG lacks right policies
Friday Olokor, Abuja The Emir of Kano, Alhaji Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, on Friday in Abuja described President Muhammadu Buhari‘s administration as lacking the right policies to fix Nigeria’s economy, even as he warned of grave consequences of borrowing $30bn from external sources. He also said even if the Senate approved ...
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Paris Club deductions: FG approves N522bn payment to states
Ifeanyi Onuba, Abuja The Federal Government has approved the sum of N522.74bn to be paid to the 36 state of the federation as part of the reimbursement for the over-deduction on the Paris Club loan. The development was confirmed in a statement issued on Friday by the Federal Ministry of ...
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$29.9bn loans: Buhari rejects Obasanjo’s counsel
The Federal Government is pushing ahead with plans to secure $29.9billion loans in spite of scathing criticisms from ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo. It was learnt that President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, to engage the ex-President on the facts-behind-the-figures in respect of the loans. The ...
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Bayelsa APC Writes PMB Over Appointments In NNPC
Leaders of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Bayelsa State have sent a protest letter to President Muhammadu Buhari over alleged irregularities and lopsidedness in recent promotion exercise carried out by the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). According to the APC leaders, though the exercise was supposed to be based ...
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Etisalat Wins 2016 SERAs Award For Promoting Gender Equality
For its consistency in promoting gender equality, Nigeria’s most innovative and youth-friendly telecommunications company, Etisalat, has yet again emerged winner of “Best Company in the Promotion of Gender Equality” at the 2016 SERAs awards held in Lagos recently. Etisalat beat other top corporate giants to win the category award for ...
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Recession: Nigeria can export its way out
Michael Onuoha In recent weeks, Nigeria was enmeshed in a debate as to whether or not she should sell some of her assets to earn foreign exchange that can help the country come out of its current economic recession. The assets touted for sale included the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas ...
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No financial institution will grant Nigeria $30bn loan – Sanusi
Friday Olokor, Abuja A former governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Alhaji Sanusi Lamido Sanusi on Friday in Abuja, advised President Muhammadu Buhari to jettison the proposed plan to take $30 billion foreign loan because of its grave consequences. According to him, even if the Senate approves the loan, no foreign nation or financial institutions would ...
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I’m not the owner of MMM Nigeria – Mbanefo
Pastor Ernest Mbanefo, the alleged brain behind the ponzi scheme making waves in Nigeria has denied ownership of the scheme. Several online platforms in Nigeria had on Friday reported that the South Africa-based pastor was the owner of MMM Nigeria, a ponzi scheme that promised its members 30 per cent ...
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Drug Trafficking: NDLEA Saves 38-year Old Enugu Trader From Death Penalty
Less than two weeks a 37-year-old Nigerian, Chijioke Obioha was executed in Singapore for smuggling drugs, officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA) Lagos have prevented the execution of another 38- year-old man, Augustine Uchenna from execution in China on drug ...
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Sacked MTN workers win trade restriction suit
Ramon Oladimeji The Lagos Division of the National Industrial Court has ordered MTN Nigeria Communications to pay full four years post-disengagement salaries to 63 workers, who were laid off by the company in 2009. The court presided over by Justice P.O. Lifu also awarded additional N10,000 against MTN in favour ...
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Lagos lotteries board to get new framework – Anibaba
Akeem Lasisi The Lagos State Lotteries Board is working on a workable framework for the sub-sector in 2017. It wants to position the section of hospitality business in a way that will make it contribute more to the economic development of the state and the country at large. The General ...
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AfDB, UBA sign $150m loan for infrastructure, SMEs
’Femi Asu The African Development Bank Group and United Bank for Africa Plc have signed a $150m loan agreement to finance infrastructure and the Small and Medium-scale Enterprise’ projects, including women-owned enterprises in Nigeria. The Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, UBA, Mr. Kennedy Uzoka, was quoted in a statement as ...
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2017 budget can’t make much impact on economy, says Osinbajo
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday put the figure of the 2017 Appropriation Bill yet to be presented to the National Assembly at about N7tn. However, he said the budget size was not big enough to make a huge difference in the nation’s economy. Osinbajo, who is the ...
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Kaduna assembly okays N214bn budget for 2017
Godwin Isenyo, Kaduna The Kaduna State’s 2017 Appropriation Bill of N214bn was on Thursday passed into law by the state House of Assembly three weeks earlier than it did last year. The lawmakers approved N214.921bn as 2017 budget for the state as against N172bn it approved for 2016. The state ...
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FG Moves To Recover N450b Unremitted Revenue From 33 Agencies
The Federal Government yesterday disclosed that it has uncovered unremitted revenue by federal Ministries, Departments and Agencies to the federation account to the tune of N450 billion. Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun who made the disclosure during a media briefing in Abuja, yesterday, also said a recovery committee Chaired ...