Entry to the kingdom via land and sea ports will also be suspended for one week, the official news agency, SPA quoted an Interior Ministry official as saying.
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BusinessDay’s BAFI Awards recognised achievements in a number of separate categories, each of which was worth its weight in gold. However, it could be argued that in this year of COVID-19, any recognition that took into account and was informed by the awardee’s COVID-related activities was probably the most significant of the awards/categories.
In addition to the sanction, the Madagascan administrator was punished with a fine of 200,000 Swiss Franc.
But last month, he became even more visible when he ministered at the National Young Adult and Youth Affairs Virtual Convention 2020. The theme was: “The Bright and Morning Star.” Although he didn’t have to mount the pulpit of the Arena, the new massive auditorium of the church, because the convention was virtual, many people around the world saw him preach from Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital.
Obviously, there have been brewing underground, clannish interests, each strategising with their political gladiators to clinch the governorship slot, come 2023.
She arrived on that fateful day in the company of 14 other ladies on the same mission after meeting all the required conditions of an agent who connected her to work in the country as a housemaid.
After arresting Wadume, the policemen were heading out when the same soldiers, who had earlier joked with them, pursued their vehicle and opened fire on it along Ibi-Jalingo Road, Taraba State. At least five people were killed in the attack, including the civilians. The dead included Inspector Mark Ediale, 36; Sergeant Dahiru Musa, 40; Owolabi Babajide, 24; Farouk Bashir, 30; and Usman Danazumi, 44.
The reforms embarked upon the Managing Director of the Nigerian Port Authority (NPA), Ms. Hadiza Bala-Usman, since her assumption of office, has left no one in doubt about her resolve to right the wrongs of the past, block all avenues of leakages
Nigeria is synonymous with musical virtuosity and innovation. The legacy of the likes of Fela Kuti is still felt today with contemporary acts such as Burna Boy, Davido and Simi achieving wide acclaim all over Africa and beyond.
This, of course, was in line with the Presidential directive on the ease of doing business in the country.
The Social Contract Principle, the sociological foundation of relationship between the government and the governed demands that while the citizens relinquish their authority via collective mandate to form the government, government should on the other hand effectively cater for the needs and aspirations of the people. This symbiotic, bi-lateral relationship forms the bedrock of the demand and supply trajectory in which government is on the supply side while citizens are on the demand side.
As the banking sector continues to find newer ways of engaging and providing customer centric services to bridge the current level of unbanked and under banked population to achieve Nigeria’s 2020 financial inclusion target, the fallout of the recently held FirstBank Fintech Summit 3.0. is that technology is the growth to financial institution in Africa.
The award, organised by the Federal Ministry of Labour and Productivity, was in recognition of the honorees’ sterling contributions to national development through their high productivity, hard work and service excellence.
In the many years that developing countries built the structures that now undergird their vibrant economies, the focus was on durable physical and economic infrastructure. These birthed the numerous industries that now control and influence global trade.
In many parts of the world, including Nigeria, women often face the barriers of discrimination and persistent gender inequalities which deny them access to key positions in the corporate world as well as access to finance or the formal economy. Women make up almost half of the world’s working-age population of nearly five billion people. But only about 50 per cent of those women participate in the labour force, compared with 80 per cent of men, according to a report by the International Monetary Fund.
Those who have followed the unraveling of a Lebanese man, Hamza Koudeih, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission would readily agree that it is misleading to judge a book by its cover. He is unassuming, comes off innocuous, and given to sedentary lifestyle.
No one can stress the fact that “good nutrition” is paramount for the well-being of every child; hence, medical personnel advice that children should be given breast milk uninterrupted for six months as the first 1,000 days of a child’s life gives an opportunity for preventing undernutrition.
It’s about that time of the year again when women in Lagos State converge under the auspices of the Committee of Wives of Lagos State Officials for the annual National Women’s Conference. For the past 19 years, COWLSO, which is a community-based gender organisation established principally to complement the effort of the Lagos State Government in bringing about exponential development and growth at the grassroots, has been consistent in hosting the conference each year.
Among the challenges that confronted the sector were policy inconsistency leading to closure of many textile companies occasioned by poor power supply, smuggling, poor access to finance and high operating cost, among others.
In spite of the recent establishment of three major modern rice mills plants, one in each of the three senatorial zones of the State by the State Government, the Abakaliki rice mill still attracts the largest market in rice milling and distribution.