Nigeria
Vai alla Scheda Paese »A man of worth never gets up to unsay what he said yesterday.
— Chinua Achebe
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No group can unlawfully challenge FG’s authority and succeed, says Buhari
•Warns Niger Delta ‘thugs’: You can’t hold nation to ransom •I feel Nigerians’ recession pains •Vows to restore economy, naira value, end hunger Separatists and their allies in the country got a clear response from President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday: their agitations will come to naught. Buhari in a nation-wide broadcast ...
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Kogi election: Where are the dissenting judgements?
IT is inconceivable that given the extreme controversiality of the Kogi election petition there was no dissenting judgement. Yet, in the past five years, it is doubtful whether a more difficult and controversial case existed, one that desperately yearned for a great jurist to leave an extraordinary judicial imprint on ...
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Gov Udom Emmanuel Advocates Institutionalization Of Viable Economic Blueprint
As Nigeria marks her 56th Independence anniversary, Akwa Ibom State Governor Mr Udom Emmanuel has advocated the institutionalization of a viable economic framework that would grow the economy and sustain the people. Governor Emmanuel made the advocacy while fielding questions from Government House Correspondents at Ibom International Airport on his ...
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UK pledges support to end oil theft in Niger Delta
The UK Minister for Africa and Middle East, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Tobias Ellwood, has pledged to support Nigeria end oil vandalism and environmental pollution in the Niger Delta. Mr. Ellwood, who toured the creeks in Rivers, told journalists in Port Harcourt on Friday that it had become imperative to ...
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NDLEA confiscates cocaine, cannabis in noodles pack to China
Two suspects have been arrested at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, AIIA, Enugu in connection with attempts to smuggle illicit drugs to China by the officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA. One of the suspects, Esonwunne Onyechi Benson, 31 packed substance that tested positive to cannabis in ...
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Economy: Arewa Group Wants Buhari To Justify Nigerians Confidence, Issues Ultimatum To Acf, Nef
The Arewa Citizens Action for Change (ACAC) has expressed concern over the myriads of challenges confronting Nigeria as a nation. Meanwhile, the group has issued a 10 day ultimatum to the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) and the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), to rise up to the challenge and proffer solutions ...
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North-West Govs Sign Trade Pact With Niger Republic
In a search to tackle the current economic down turn, three Northwest governors have signed a pact with Zindar State of Niger Republic for boosting trade activities along their borders. The trade agreement was initiated for establishing free trade zone known as Kano-Jigawa-Daura-Zindar business corridor for facilitating the movement of ...
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Minister to Senate: I know nothing about MTN funds transfer
Industry, Trade and Investment Minister Okechukwu Enelamah has dismissed as untrue allegation made in the Senate that he was involved in the transfer of funds from Nigeria by telecom giant MTN. He said he has never been in a position to transact any such business for the company. Reacting to ...
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NDLEA seizes cocaine, cannabis-noodles to China
…suspects blame exchange rate, recession Officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport (AIIA) Enugu have foiled a plot by a suspected drug trafficker to use innocent passengers to smuggle cannabis concealed in noodles to China. A clearing and ...
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Independence Anniversary: Revamping Nigeria’s Economy Task Before PMB – DPC
The Democratic People’s Congress (DPC) has said that revamping the economy is a task that must be done by President Muhammadu Buhari government, even as it noted that the state of the nation is bad and needs urgent surgical operation to restore it to the path of rectitude, development and ...
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5 Clever Ways To Avoid ATM Charges
Since the introduction of the cashless policy by the Central Bank of Nigeria, banks have devised and evolved various means to make money. One of the important ways is underhand and secret ATM charge. You will realize that whenever you use your ATM card, aside from the amount paid, you ...
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Nigeria: Why Foreign Investors Shun Nigeria
[This Day] Last week aviation industry stakeholders and captains of industries, brainstormed on government's plan to concession airport facilities. They concluded that Nigeria is a high-risk country for investors.
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Nigeria: Govt Urged to Align Fiscal, Monetary Policies to Grow Foreign Investments
[This Day] National President of the Unilag Alumni and co-founder of Eko Hospital, Dr. Sonny Kuku has called for clarity and consistency in government's policies as well as alignment between monetary and fiscal regimes in order to build confidence and grow foreign direct investment (FDI).
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Africa: Nigeria Looks East to Address Economic Woes - Expert
[Focac] Nigeria will welcome all kinds of support from China , the world ' s second largest economy to help shore up its growth as the major African economy enters a recession , an expert on China-Africa development issues has said .
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Ministério tem 30 dias para avaliar possível fim de acordo marítimo com Chile
O Ministério dos Transportes terá cerca de 30 dias para analisar a possibilidade de o Brasil denunciar o acordo marítimo com o Chile. Após a pasta apresentar seus estudos, caso a Câmara de Comércio Exterior (Camex) continue favorável à denúncia, a saída efetiva do Brasil do tratado bilateral ainda demoraria ...
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Lekki community school gets ICT lifeline
Folashade Adebayo At the Lekki Community Senior High School, Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos, the elation of resumption had yet to die down on Thursday when a fully functional ICT laboratory was presented to the school. Determined that the rural school would start the session on a good footing, the AMP Class26 of ...
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FG to restore EEG scheme soon
Indications have emerged that the Federal Government has concluded plans to resuscitate the suspended Export Expansion Grant (EEG) even as the special committee to review to the scheme has submitted its report. This was revealed on Thursday by Mr Olusegun Awolowo, Executive Director Nigeria Export Promotion Council (NEPC), who was ...
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Foreign nomads responsible for farmers, herdsmen clashes -FG
Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Engineer Babachir David Lawal, Thursday revealed that nomads from outside Nigeria have migrated into the country and that they are the ones perpetuating most of the crises among farmers and herders across the country. He also reiterated the decision of the present administration to establish ranches and grazing reserves across the country as solution to the incessant clashes between cattle ...
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Rwand Air Fetes Travel Agents, Corporate Trade Partners
As part of activities to mark the 2015/16 financial year, East African carrier, Rwand Air has met with its trade and corporate partners as well as other customers in Lagos to review its global operations. The objective of the meeting which was held recently, according to its Country Manager, Ibiyemi ...
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Recession: Buhari Tasks Private Sector On Economic Recovery
President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday tasked the private sector operators to take the lead in the efforts at resuscitating the nation’s ailing economy saying they hold the key to quick economic recovery. The president, who spoke at the 44th Annual General Meeting of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), held in ...
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Despite Huge Investments, Silos Remain Empty
Successive governments have spent huge sums of money to build silos with capacities to store up to 100,000 tonnes of produce each across the states. But everything seems to be going down the drain. Alo Abiola (Ekiti), George Okojie (Lagos), Achor Abimaje (Plateau), Yahya Sarki (Kebbi), Beatrice Gondyi (Bauchi) and ...