Nigeria
Vai alla Scheda Paese »A man of worth never gets up to unsay what he said yesterday.
— Chinua Achebe
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Golden cows: How Oyo women make a living milking cattle
ARUKAINO UMUKORO writes about how dairy farming business has improved the lives of women in rural communities in Oyo State and taken their families out of poverty Five years ago, in the bowels of Akele, a small, rural agrarian community in Oyo State, South West Nigeria, 35-year-old Ajara Lawal struck ...
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FG, private sector in agribusiness partnership
The Federal Government is partnering financial institutions and other stakeholders in the agricultural sector for the development of the largest agro-industrial hub in West Africa, OKECHUKWU NNODIM reports Investors in the agricultural sector are entering into various forms of partnership with the Federal Government to develop a 15,000-hectare agro-industrial hub ...
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‘Recession should never affect churches’
General Overseer of God’s Mercy Revival Ministries (GOMERM) Lagos, Dr James Akanbi, worked for 17 years as Finance and Administration Manager in a multi-national firm. He spoke with Sunday Oguntola on the economic recession and how churches can cope. How is the recession affecting churches in terms of income generation? There ...
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Segun Oni’s blather
IF there is any doubt what the President Muhammadu Buhari thinks of his leadership style in relation to the rule of law and the war against corruption, Segun Oni, Deputy National Chairman (South) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), dispels it. As a top leader of the party, he ...
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Nigeria’s economy and other matters
First Annual Conference of The Point Newspaper Penultimate Friday, I broke a vow not to attend any forum where the problem with Nigeria’s economy is the issue for discussion. And my reason for the vow is simple: everybody knows the problem with the Nigerian economy but we all pretend not ...
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Editorial: Malta is the only EU country not in the anti-Isis coalition
A full, three-hour long debate in the House on Thursday about the Budget vote for the Foreign Ministry did not tackle, except fleetingly, the elephant in the Chamber: Malta is the only EU country not in the anti-Isis coalition.According to the US State Department, the participants in the coalition are ...
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Campari to host biggest cocktail festival in Nigeria
The sole distributor of Campari in Nigeria, Brian Munro Ltd., is set to host the biggest music, comedy and cocktail festival in the country on November 5. Brian Munro’s General Manager, Marketing, Abayomi Ajao, said that the festival, tagged “Dare to Mix”, was one of the many ways “we reward our customers for ...
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Nigeria, Portugal to implement BASA
The Minister of State, Aviation, Mr Hadi Sirika, says Nigeria and the Republic of Portugal are set to implement the Bilateral Air Services Agreement. Sirika disclosed this while receiving the Portuguese delegation led by Mrs Theresa Ribeiro, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Portugal, in Abuja. He ...
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Airforce To Niger Delta Militants: Dialogue With FG Or Face Military Force
The Nigeria Air Force has warned militants operating in the Niger Delta region to dialogue with the Federal Government and embrace peace, otherwise full weight of the law would descend on them. The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshall Sadique Abubakar, gave the warning yesterday, while commissioning new blocks of ...
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Governors’ Quest For Foreign Trips
Those in search of irrational and disgraceful justification of misconduct from Nigeria’s public officials should turn to Ekiti state Governor Ayodele Fayose. His vocabulary is always drenched in classic idiocy and lunatic ecstasy in support of an unpopular cause. Mid this year, Fayose would have wrestled to the ground President ...
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30 per cent of forex spent on fuel imports – Adeosun
The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, on Friday said that 30 per cent of the Nigeria’s demand for foreign exchange was for fuel importation. Adeosun stated this in Lagos at the launch of “FirstGem” , a product of First Bank of Nigeria Ltd., aimed at empowering women through wealth creation. ...
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Poor funding affecting drug development, says PSN
If not for poor funding, the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria said it would have been producing about 70 per cent of the drugs being consumed in the country instead of relying on foreign pharmaceutical companies to meet local demand. The President of the PSN, Ahmed Yakasai, said this at a ...
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Kidnappers release victims, abduct those who came to drop ransom
Kunle Falayi For members of a notorious kidnap gang operating in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, nothing could go wrong, but Wednesday, October 12, 2016 was the day the long arm of the law caught up with them. The nine members of the gang, who were apprehended by the ...
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23 suspected robbers, kidnappers, others arrested in Ogun
Kunle Falayi For members of a notorious kidnap gang operating in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, nothing could go wrong, but Wednesday, October 12, 2016 was the day the long arm of the law caught up with them. The nine members of the gang, who were apprehended by the ...
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Top politician after my life, says Anambra beauty queen enmeshed in sex scandal
It is a piece of motion picture that sent shockwave through the length of Anambra State and beyond. The X-rated video shows 19-year-old Miss Anambra 2015, Chidimma Okeke, engrossed in explicit sex with her lesbian partner. According to reports, the embattled former queen’s attempt to explain the story behind the ...
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Nigeria: Daibo - Right Policies Can Attract Investments to Niger Delta
[This Day] Executive Director, Foundation for Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta, Sam Daibo spoke with Eromosele Abiodun on the role of the foundation in ensuring equitable economic development in the Niger Delta, as well as the impact of militancy on the maritime sector, among other issues.
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IITA moves to tackle constraints to massive cassava production
The International Institutes of Tropical Agriculture, Ibadan, said on Friday that it was working to tackle constraints militating against massive production of cassava in Africa. The IITA Deputy Director-General, Partnership, Dr. Kenton Dashiell, told newsmen in Ibadan that it had conducted a workshop on Wednesday with key stakeholders to identify vital ...
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Senate proposes five-year jail term for randy lecturers
Leke Baiyewu, Abuja The Senate on Thursday passed a bill to outlaw sexual advances from lecturers to students of tertiary institutions in the country. Any lecturer found guilty to have broken the law, when passed, will risk a maximum five-year jail term or N5m fine or both. The Senate also ...
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Auction will promote GDP growth in Nigeria – Expert
The Certified Institute of Auctioneers, Nigeria, says leveraging on auction will promote liquidity and improve the contribution of the service sector to the GDP. Registrar of the institute, Mr. Adeleke Hassan, made the observation at the opening ceremony of 3A Auction House in Lagos. 3A Auction House is a company ...
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Fed Govt releases N2.5tr from 2016 budget
The Federal Government has so far released N2.5 trillion from the N6.06 trillion 2016 budget, Minister of Budget and National Planing Udoma Udo Udoma has said. With Udoma, who was answering questions from the Senate Committee on Appropriation yesterday, was Minister of Finance Mrs. Kemi Adeosun. Mrs Adeosun said N753 ...
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Nigeria: Govt Begins to Export Farm Produce to Europe
[Vanguard] The Nigeria Custom Service says it will begin to export farm produce to Europe from some Northern States.