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German giant Siemens requests to be given a stake in the Nigerian electricity sector
GERMAN engineering giant Siemens has asked the federal government to allow it venture into the Nigerian power sector by acquiring some of the regional electricity distribution companies known locally as Discos. Nigeria currently suffers...
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Let us leave poor governance to one side for a minute and ask ourselves if Nigerians as a people have what it takes to build a modern industrialised economy
By Ayo Akinfe (1) On a daily basis, Nigerians lambast the crop of poor rulers that have governed the country since independence but they fail to realise that government is only one of the levers that makes a nation work. Even if we had...
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US says it will lift visa restrictions when Nigeria improves her immigration data intelligence
WASHINGTON has outlined several conditions that must be met for it to consider lifting the current visa issuance restrictions placed on Nigerians pointing out that the ban introduced last month could be rescinded once security is beefed...
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It is time to launch a "How We Want To Live" movement in northern Nigeria
By Ayo Akinfe Over the last week, the focus of the political debate across Nigeria has been on the north of the country. We have heard strident messages from the Emir of Kano Alhaji Lamido Sanusi and numerous other leading academics,...
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Nigeria faces chronic drugs shortage as coronavirus threatens imports from China and India
NIGERIA is facing the prospect of a severe drugs shortage as a result of the coronavirus outbreak as it has all but suspended all trading links with China where local pharmacies buy most of their medicines from. Following the outbreak...
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Nigeria could double her GDP within a year if we could manage to get these 10 industrial concerns functioning again and running at full capacity
By Ayo Akinfe (1) Okitipupa Oil Mill (2) Oluwa Glass Company (3) Ile-Oluji Cocoa Grinding Plant (4) Nigerian-Romanian Wood Industries (5) Asaba Textiles (6) Arewa Textiles (7) Ajaokuta Steel Mill (8) Project Development Agency Enugu (9)...
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UK and Nigeria launch £10m partnership to combat problem of certain ailments resisting drugs
BRITAIN'S government has entered into a £10.7m partnership with Nigeria aimed at tackling drug resistance through a variety of measures to combat the growing menace of certain ailments refusing to yield to medication. At a recent...
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Foreign direct investment in Nigerian oil and gas sector drops to three year low
INVEST in Nigeria's oil and gas sector has fallen to a three year low according to a recent survey published by leading economists who pointed out that the country is failing to woo the needed investment that will result in economic...
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