Tag: 2017
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Nigeria received $12.2bn capital inflows in 2017 – NBS
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Thursday confirmed that the value of capital imported into the country for the full year ended December 31, 2017 stood at $12.2 billion. This was revealed in a report released by the Bureau on Thursday. The figure represents massive improvement from $5.38 billion recorded in the previous year.…
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16 million Nigerians unemployed in third quarter of 2017 — NBS
The National Bureau of Statistics, NBS has said out of a total active labour force of 85.08 million people in Nigeria, about 16 million people were unemployed in the third quarter of 2017. This was contained in a report on Labour Force Statistics in the third quarter of 2017 published on the bureau’s website on…
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UBA wins CrimeWorld’s Most Security Conscious Bank of the year, 2017
The United Bank for Africa, UBA has clinched the Most Security Conscious Bank of the year 2017 award. The coveted award which was bestowed on the Pan Africa bank by Frontpage CrimeWorld Publishers Nig. Ltd; publishers of CrimeWorld weekly newspapers and CrimeWorld monthly magazine at the occasion of the formal public presentation of the nation’s…
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Second quarter GDP ranked most uploaded report in 2017 – NBS
The Statistician General of the Federation and Chief Executive Officer of National Bureau of Statistics ( NBS ), Dr Yemi Kale, said the Second Quarter 2017 Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Report was one of the most uploaded reports in 2017. Kale said this in his 2018 message posted on the bureau’s website. He said the…
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[Full list] Buhari’s 17 achievements in 2017 – Presidency
The Presidency on Friday listed seventeen special landmarks of the President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration in 2017. This was revealed in by the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President,Mr.Femi Adesina. The statement enjoined Nigerians to brace for 2018, a year of infrastructural developments. The statement reads in full: * Nigeria exited its worst…
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Nigeria, Argentina, Turkey, two other stock markets make Top 5 Global Performers for 2017
Just as the national economy rebound from recession, the Nigeria bourse has appeared in the top five of global best market performers, according to a CNN report monitored by TheNewsGuru.com. A 2017 year review of the global stock market by CNN indicates that the United States stocks were on a first-class ride into record territory…
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Has 2017 been a terrible year for the Mavins?
In 2014, Nigerian author and PR expert, Toni Kan noted that the Don Jazzy led record label, Mavins has bankable musical stars. He puts it this way: “No Nigerian music label has the number of bankable musical stars like Mavin records”. Fast forward to 2017, the crew who gave us songs like Dorobucci, Eminado and…
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The Greatest Christmas Gift in 2017
The greatest Christmas gift in 2017 is the recognition of Jerusalem as the eternal capital of Israel by the United States of America. The Czech Republic also followed the footsteps of the US and said it recognizes Jerusalem as the capital of the state of Israel. This unprecedented event can be explained in the context…
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AHOSA old students relive old memories at reunion
It was an atmosphere of joy, excitement and reminisces as the Alakoto High School Old Students Association (AHOSA) pioneer set had their reunion party on Saturday 16th December 2017. It was a day worth remembering as old school mates came together after years of being apart That sunny Saturday evening, the old students gracefully dressed,…