Tag: growth

I’m Working Day and Night to Solve Our Challenges – Tinubu Assures Nigerians in Eid al-Adha Message; Lagos State Govt Approves Collection of Vehicle Ownership Verification Fee | 5 Things That Should Matter Today

I'm Working Day and Night to Solve Our Challenges - Tinubu Assures Nigerians in Eid al-Adha Message Lagos State Govt Approves Collection of Vehicle Ownership Verification Fee Nigeria Faces High…

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FG to pay economic consultant N458m to conduct research

The Federal Government is making plans to hire a consultant to conduct a study that will aid the implementation of the present administration’s Economic Recovery and Growth Plan. The Federal…

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We must not take our democracy for granted – Tinubu

Former Lagos State governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has asked Nigerians to nurture the nation's democracy for the progress and growth of the country. Tinubu made the call in his message…

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5 tips for growing your small business on Facebook and Instagram

Facebook’s product team—lead by Chris Cox, Chief Product Officer at Facebook— is in West Africa this week to hear how creatives, developers and entrepreneurs in the region are using mobile…

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Opinion: Shame is the new growth

by Israel Raphael It was the summer of 1990-something. I had just failed mathematics in one of my high school terminal examinations. Again. I was too ashamed to bring my…

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The Church Blog: Guest Post | It’s not about the church alone, it’s about us too

by Famakinwa Temitope Some of our churches seem to be lost in their quest for members and church growth that they forget about the importance of the Christian’s individual fellowship…

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The Thread: What’s with all these pointless managerial meetings?

Rule 101 of the Code of Conduct manual for Managers is hold countless meetings. So if you find back-to-back meetings throughout the week a pain, understand that there might be…

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The Thread: Human capacity development is the only way forward for Nigeria

Amara Nwankpa, IT specialist and social commentator, has called it as he sees it: Nigeria is in trouble if the government doesn't focus on the things that really matter. The development…

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Feyi Fawehinmi: Agriculture in Nigeria – follow the money

I take the view that planning the future is very hard and you will never have all the information you need for obvious reasons. So when it comes to the…

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6 key observation from NBS data on the economy

by Joachim MacEbong The Nigerian Bureau of Statistic on Wednesday released a slew of new data on the economy covering GDP, inflation and unemployment figures. Here are the top 6 observations.…

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Yemi Kale may be leaving the NBS – these are the 5 ways he transformed the place

On 16 August, the five-year tenure of Yemi Kale, the Statistician General of the Federation and chief executive officer of the Nigerian National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), came to an…

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According to Adeosun, this is why Nigeria should change its tax laws

The Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, on Wednesday, said that Nigeria's tax policy needs to be overhauled because of the low tax to Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Adeosun, who stated…

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The Big 5: These are the stories you should be monitoring today

These are the top five news to monitor today FG confirms that Nigeria is in recession Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, has confirmed that the Nigerian economy is in recession.…

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Despite IMF negative projection, FG says economy will grow

Contrary to the forecast by the International Monetary Fund that the Nigerian economy will contract further, the Federal Government has said that Nigeria's economy will pick up in the 3rd…

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‘Technically, Nigeria is in recession’ – FG confirms

The Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, has confirmed that the Nigerian economy is in recession. Speaking with Senators on the state of the economy, Adeosun projected that the economy will…

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Opinion: Victor Umeh – A dogged fighter at 54

By Michael Jegede Former national chairman of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Chief Victor Umeh, will be 54 years old on Tuesday, July 19, 2016. Umeh, an estate surveyor by…

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Opinion: Entrepreneurship in Nigeria is a scam; a multiplier of poverty

by Olajire Philip Nigeria is a country where all big investors have no inventions (tangible or intangible) to their credit. Bill Gates, Henry Ford, Michael Dell, Thomas Edison and the…

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Opinion: How Tourism’s growth is tied to Aviation

by Rex Showunmi Early in life while studying Homer’s Ilyad and the history of Ancient Greek, especially the story of Achilles and all the adventures that checkered the ten years…

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Agriculture in Nigera - Photo credit: Guardian Nigeria

SPECIAL REPORT: Agriculture can’t save Nigeria, but agribusiness might

by Mazi Emeka As the Nigerian economy slowly descends into full blown recession, and the national currency nose dives to a historical low, a common rhetoric erroneously uttered – albeit…

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Increase in cost of food caused by rise in inflation (READ)

Nigerians are in for a bumpy ride as the country's inflation rate rose up to 13.7 percent in the month of April as against the 12.8 percent it was in…

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Finance Minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala replies Soludo in a passionate rejoinder (READ)

SOLUDO’S SELF-SERVING ARTICLE ON ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT IS DEFICIT IN FACTS, LOGIC AND HONOUR This piece is in response to an earlier article authored by former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)…

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Victor Ajayi: Growth-Inequality challenge in Nigeria (Y! PolicyHub)

by Victor Ajayi The recent announcement of the Nigeria’s GDP growth of 6.5 percent in the second quarter of 2014 by the Statistician-General of the federation, Dr Yemi Kale has…

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Opinion: PDP and the growth of Nigeria’s democracy

by Sunny Okoro Like I said the PDP has actually grown our democracy from stage to stage because even some few years back many of the things we see and…

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Sam Nda-Isaiah: Did Jonathan play any role in Nigeria’s new GDP?

by Sam Nda-Isaiah But if Jonathan wants to claim credit for the new GDP figure, we will be happy to listen to him as he tells us how he contributed…

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Opinion: Personal integrity is the solution to Nigeria’s problems

by Anjola Ogunsanwo Well, today, I proffer integrity as a solution to all the challenges we are facing and yet to face in Nigeria. Socio-economic challenges have been a major…

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Opinion: World Toilet Day – Say no to open defecation and yes to toilets

by Jide Niyi-Leigh Every other student paid rapt attention as the biology teacher explained the process of reproduction It was a class we all looked forward to, but something felt wrong, within…

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Jonathan recovers from illness in London, speaks at the HIIC meeting (See Photos + full speech)

by Oke Efagene   Yesterday, Thursday 21 November, 2013, the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, was said to have taken ill while presiding over the Nigeria's…

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The baby with 2 heads: Doctors remove growth that weighed a kilo from eight-month-old Indian boy

An eight-month-old baby who grew a second 'head' has undergone surgery to have it removed. Doctors say the second head was a 'parasitic twin', weighed almost a kilo and had…

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Opinion: Is the Nigerian economy deadlocked?

by Salim Salihu Muhammed No doubt, Nigeria is making progress in industrial growth, the absence of infrastructure to complement the concerted efforts of attracted investments is slowing down employment opportunities…

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Japheth Omojuwa: #TheFutureAfrica – The opportunities and dangers ahead (Y! FrontPage)

by Japheth Omojuwa As we look at #TheFutureAfrica we must bask in the euphoria of where we are compared to where we used to be, but in basking let us…

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