All posts by Afolabi Ogunde

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  3000 Entrepreneurs To Attend Google’s 2012 Small Business Web Fair

  GOOGLE has promised to bring together thousands of business owners for the second leg of the Get Nigerian Businesses Online (GNB0) 2012 Web Fair, taking place at the City Hall, Catholic Mission Street, in Onikan, Lagos on...

  • Posted April 23, 2012
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  Pension Scam: Bank manager’s mother-in-law, youth corps member share N53.8m

  •EFCC seizes N500m, $2m in ex-pension director’s company’s accounts   Sordid details of how the sum of N4.5 billion allegedly stolen by suspended directors in the Pension Unit, Office of the Head of the Civil Service of...

  • Posted April 23, 2012
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  2012 Subsidy Budget: ‘Sanusi’s Concerns Unfounded’

  Dr. Ali Ahmad, a member of the House adhoc committee that investigated the fuel subsidy has stated that concerns that the amount voted for fuel subsidy in the 2012 budget is inadequate are misplaced. Government set aside...

  • Posted April 23, 2012
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  Subsidy Probe: Akintola Williams Deloitte, Adekanola to Face ICAN Panel

  The two accounting firms terminated by the Ministry of Finance for their failure to properly audit the companies involved in the fuel subsidy scheme will soon face a panel at the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria...

  • Posted April 23, 2012
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  Okonjo Iweala Seeks Database of National Poverty from World Bank, IMF

  Dr. Ngozi Okonjo Iweala, the Minister of Finance has requested vital statistics on the poverty in Nigeria from the World Bank and the IMF. This is to enable the Federal Government develop and provide some welfare schemes...

  • Posted April 23, 2012
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  The Top 20 Great Companies to Work for in Nigeria

  Guinness, First Bank and Guaranty Trust Assurance have emerged the top three companies in Nigeria in the great places to work in Nigeria rankings. Following a survey of 250 companies, twenty companies emerged as the Great  Places...

  • Posted April 23, 2012
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  Diddy beats Jay-Z, as Forbes’ richest hip hop artist

  Rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs topped a list of hip hop’s wealthiest artists compiled by Forbes on Wednesday, beating out contemporaries Jay-Z, Dr. Dre, Birdman and 50 Cent. Combs’ net worth was estimated at $550 million (343 million...

  • Posted April 22, 2012
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  MRS Declares 70 kobo Dividend on Dismal 2011 Earnings

  MRS, a petroleum marketing company, has released its audited 2011 financial statements. The less than impressive performance was highlighted by the company’s slowdown in earnings, which fell 5% to N 70.9 billion from N 74 billion in...

  • Posted April 20, 2012
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  MasterCard Invests in Middle East & Africa

  In a move spurred by continuous economic development, steady population growth, stable outlook and large pool of young consumers entering the workplace each year, Mastercard has announced a new structure for the Middle East and Africa business.  ...

  • Posted April 20, 2012
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  South Africa’s PIC To Invest $250 Million in EcoBank

  The Public Investment Corporation (PIC), on behalf of Government Employees Pension Fund (GEPF), is pleased to announce that it will invest $250 million (about R1.7 billion) in the common equity of Ecobank Transnational Incorporated, the parent company...

  • Posted April 20, 2012
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