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  • Enjoying tax relief through pension, insurance subscription

    With the right knowledge about taxation, pension and insurance, a taxpayer can enjoy some tax relief while also providing adequate cover for himself and his dependants, writes NIKE POPOOLA Aside from providing funds for the government, the...

    • Posted April 4, 2011
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  • NIPC Seeks More Funding for Small Businesses

    The Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC) has called on the Federal Government to invest more in the World Bank and Federal Government pilot Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) project, in order to tackle poverty more effectively....

    • Posted April 4, 2011
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  • Nigeria Woos Canadian Mining Investors

    Minister of Mines & Steel,  Mohammed  Sada, has commenced moves to woo investors from Canada into Nigeria’s  mining sector. Sada who  spoke to participants during the recent Prospectors and Development Association of Canada, (PDAC) international conference held...

    • Posted April 4, 2011
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  • UNIDO Pledges Support For Agric Devt

    United Nation industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) has pledged to assist Nigeria to develop its agricultural sector and to achieve its goal of becoming one of the most industrialised nations by  2020. The new UNIDO country Representative in...

    • Posted April 4, 2011
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  • ‘NAMA’s Airline Charges’re Approved by IATA’

    Managing Director of Nigeria Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), Alhaji Ibrahim Auyo, has said    charges     the airlines operating in the nation’s airspace and landing at Nigerian airports pay are standardised and endorsed by the International Air Transport Association...

    • Posted April 4, 2011
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  • Foreign Firm Offers Low-Interest Loans to Small Businesses

    Oikocredit, an international lender, operating in over 80 countries of the world, has promised to pursue a single-digit interest rate regime for small businesses operating in Nigeria. The company, which opened its Nigerian office, last week, stated...

    • Posted April 4, 2011
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  • Stakeholders List Gains of SEC’s Intervention in NSE

    Some stakeholders have said the intervention of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) last August has brought positive changes to the market. This is coming as the Interim Administrator of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), Mr. Emmanuel...

    • Posted April 4, 2011
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  • NSE’s New CEO Resumes Monday

    Nigerian equities opened the new quarter last Friday on a positive note as news filtered into the market that  Mr. Oscar Onyeama will resume Monday, April  4, as the substantive Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Nigerian...

    • Posted April 4, 2011
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  • FG realised $882m from cocoa export in 2010

    The Federal Government realised $882,812,813 from the exportation of Cocoa in 2010, the Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) has disclosed. The Executive Director/ Chief Executive officer of NEPC, Mr David Adulugba, presenting a key note address at...

    • Posted April 4, 2011
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  • 2011 budget and its many challenges

    Overtime, the nation’s budget has become an object of intrigues and bickering from preparation to assent by the President. This has become the trend since the last decade. Undoubtedly, this development has led to avoidable delay which...

    • Posted April 4, 2011
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