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  • ‘For dream home, take mortgage insurance’

    A major means by which many realise their dream homes is effective mortgage system. NIKE POPOOLA analyses how a mortgage insurance policy can help people to build their houses Often times, not many who dream of having...

    • Posted March 27, 2011
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  • Presidential aide laments underdevelopment, woos foreign investors

    The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Maritime Services, Mr. Olugbenga Oyewole, has called on the International business community to take advantage of investment opportunities in the country. Mr. Oyewole, who made this call in a...

    • Posted March 27, 2011
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  • Taming inflation in an election year

    The Central Bank of Nigeria, in a bid to curb public spending ahead of the general elections in April, has again increased the lending rate from 6.5 per cent to 7.5 per cent. In this report, IFEANYI...

    • Posted March 27, 2011
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  • Survey: 38% of Nigerians Have Bank Accounts

    Despite the aggressive campaign embarked by banks and various reform exercises in the banking industry, the total number of Nigerians that have bank accounts has been put at 38 per cent, a 2010 National poll that was...

    • Posted March 27, 2011
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  • Police, PHCN Named as Most Corrupt Institutions

    The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) and the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) are perceived by majority of Nigerians as the most corrupt institutions in the country, the 2010 National poll that was jointly organised by NOI-Gallup...

    • Posted March 27, 2011
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  • PPMC Places Order for Shiploads of Petrol

    Ahead of the April general elections, the Pipelines and Products Marketing Company (PPMC), a subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), has placed orders for delivery of shiploads of petrol to the market. Also, major and...

    • Posted March 27, 2011
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  • FCTA Awards N10bn Contract for Satellite Roads

    The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has awarded contracts valued at about N10 billion for road construction in the six area councils in the FCT.  Minister of FCT, Senator Bala Mohammed, disclosed this while addressing Peoples Democratic Party...

    • Posted March 27, 2011
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  • UN: Africa’s Urbanisation Faster than Water

    The United Nations has revealed that the number of people without access to adequate water and sanitation facilities in Africa has risen swiftly in recent decades as the continent’s rapid urbanisation outpaced its capacity to provide the...

    • Posted March 27, 2011
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  • ‘Chinese Investments Boost Nigerian Economy’

    A trader has said the establishment of the China market has helped to attract Chinese investments to Nigeria. General Manager, Ojota China Market, Mr. Julius Solomon made this remark while speaking with newsmen as part of the activities...

    • Posted March 27, 2011
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  • NASSI to Launch Loans for Member Firms

    The Nigerian Association of Small Scale Industrialists (NASSI) is set to launch a Guarantee scheme of its member firms.   The President of the body, Mr Chuku  Wachuku, who made the disclosure in Lagos Wednesday said the programme...

    • Posted March 27, 2011
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