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The Nigerian Senate today read and passed for second reading a bill to establish The Chartered Institute of Entrepreneurs which seeks to regulate the practice and activities of entrepreneurs in the country. The bill which was initially sponsored by Senator …
Continue readingThe importance
of open governance in a political environment where corruption is endemic like Nigeria cannot be overstated. For decades successive administrations at federal, state and local government levels have capitalised on the opactiy of public finance to perpetuate massive …
Global rating agency Fitch has assigned Nigeria’s Kaduna State has assigned Long-Term Foreign and Local Currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) of ‘B’ and a National Long-Term Rating of ‘A+(nga). Fitch Ratings in its latest report indicates that the ratings take …
In an attempt to reverse the trend of exerting pressure on road infrastructure assets, the Kaduna State government will introduce three projects including the Bus Mass Transit (BMT), Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) and Rail Mass Transit to enhance transportation options
Near Africa’s horn on the easternmost part of the continent, a shiny new electric railway runs alongside an old abandoned track through both arid desert and green highlands.
Morocco is working on a $10 billion project with the Chinese group Haite to develop an industrial city that will host some 300,000 locals.
The project envisions a large Chinese-style industrial park on the edge of the Mediterranean, built on …
Continue readingToday the global campaign Not Too Young To Run was launched at the first United Nations Forum on Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law.
The campaign, which is launched by a partnership consisting of the Office of the …
Continue readingNigeria’s Kaduna State and global corporate giant General Electric today flagged-off a programme to equip 278 health care facilities in Kaduna State. This is the biggest ever refit of the public healthcare infrastructure in the state. It represents the Kaduna …
Continue readingThe House of Representatives on Thursday defended its decision to buy exotic cars for its 360 members at a period the country’s economy is in recession. It said lawmakers must have a means of mobility while carrying out oversight duties …
Continue readingMajor buyers of the Nigerian crude oil in the North and South America have slashed their imports from the country, the latest report from the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has shown.
