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  • Nigeria Tows the Line of Economic Failure as Ekweremadu Announces One Ecowas Currency

    Despite the economic problems that are plaguing Europe, the only regional bloc in the world to have adopted a single currency and which is now feeling the hazardous effects on its economy, Nigerian Deputy Senate President, Ike...

    • Posted February 20, 2012
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  • Police Officer wins N10m, as MTN @ 10 promo ends

    As the MTN at 10 years celebration comes to an end, a Benue State-born police officer and clergyman, James Orkuma,  emerged one of the lucky winners of 10 million naira  at the grand finale of the MTN...

    • Posted February 20, 2012
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  • Presidency Orders Chevron to Engage in Corporate Social Responsibility in Niger Delta

    Despite the great environmental damage done to the Nigerian environments primarily in the South-south region where crude oil is mined, many multi-national companies are sleeping on their duty to be good corporate citizens and provide basic services...

    • Posted February 20, 2012
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  • PPPRA tells Marketers, Bankers: Rest Assured, Subsidy Payments will be made in 2012

    In order to forestall any shortages that may arise in the supply and availability of petroleum products in the country, the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) has sent clear signals to importers and their financier, Nigerian...

    • Posted February 20, 2012
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  • NCC raids Chinese Mobile Phones Importers in Computer Village

    Two mobile phone vendors operating from the popular Computer Village in Ikeja had their operations shut down by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) last Friday. The firms Kenxinda Technologies Ltd and G-Tide mobile Ltd were raided by...

    • Posted February 20, 2012
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  • Nigeria Stock Exchange Watch: The Bull Grazes in the Green

    The Nigerian Stock Market closed in bulls’ territory on the last trading day of the week. Friday saw the All Share Index pick up +0.48% to close at 20,411.17. Fueled by low valuations and dividend yield speculative...

    • Posted February 18, 2012
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  • Student jailed for “extensive” Facebook hack

    A student, who hacked into Facebook’s internal network risking “disastrous” consequences for the website, was jailed for eight months on Friday in what prosecutors described as the most serious case of its kind they had seen. Glenn...

    • Posted February 18, 2012
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  • ASUU Strike: End of the dark ages?

    Another ASUU strike has ended and the students are excited as they resume from another forced holiday. I remember when I was in University we used to joke that apart from the regular holidays scheduled by the...

    • Posted February 18, 2012
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  • Nigeria Loses $5m Daily in Crude Oil Lifting

    Not less than $5 million that should have accrued into the central till is being lost daily as a result of the faulty trade policy in the lifting of Nigerian crude oil, THISDAY has learnt.   Similarly,...

    • Posted February 17, 2012
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  • Central Bank to Auction N149 billion in T-Bills, DMO to sell N 70 billion Bonds

    Nigeria’s apex bank, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has disclosed its readiness to auction N149.65 billion worth of treasury bills at its bi-monthly debt auction next week. N49.65bn in 91-day paper and N50bn each in 182-day...

    • Posted February 17, 2012
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