All posts by Afolabi Ogunde

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  FG, Stakeholders Move to Deal with Unemployment

    The Federal Government and stakeholders in several sectors of the economy will tackle the unemployment tight spot in the country at a 2-day conference tagged “The Employment Summit 2012”. The conference,scheduled to hold in Lagos from...

  • Posted October 12, 2012
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  FG to Introduce Four Airlines Next Year as Duopoly Bites Deep

    The Federal Government is working on registering four additional airlines in a bid to eliminate the existing near-monopoly situation where two airlines dominate domestic services, the airlines are expected to commence operations next year.   The...

  • Posted October 12, 2012
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  Dangote Targets N100 billion Flood Relief Funds

  The Presidential Committee on Flood Relief and Rehabilitation says its target is to raise N100 billion to support the Federal Government in its effort to provide relief to sufferers of this year’s flood tragedy.   While inaugurating...

  • Posted October 12, 2012
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  FG Plots Total Subsidy Removal in 2013

    Encouraged by its ability to remove 50% of the fuel subsidy in 2012, the Federal Government is determined to remove the rest of the subsidy on petroleum products in 2013. The biggest indicator of the clandestine...

  • Posted October 12, 2012
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  Investigation Exposes How Aero Contractors Online Booking Scams Unsuspecting Passengers

  Hundreds of Nigerians are denied flight seats every week by Aero Contractors, which devised a novel system of airlifting passengers one hour before its advertised take-off time, Chinedu Eze reports One of Nigeria’s major carriers, Aero Contractors,...

  • Posted October 12, 2012
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  Ifeanyi Uba Allegedly Duped Coscharis Boss of N20 billion in Fuel Scam

    The troubles of the embattled Capital Oil executive, Ifeanyi Uba continue to escalate. Uba who was yesterday remanded in police custody for 14 days by a Lagos Magistrate court for allegedly swindling the Federal Government of...

  • Posted October 12, 2012
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  Nigerian Stock Exchange: All Share Index Crosses 32% YTD Performance

  The Nigerian Stock Exchange crossed 32% in year-to-date performance today as Diamond Bank bagged another 9%+ price appreciation in today’s trading. The ASI closed at 27,371.30 gaining 1.35% in today’s trading. Market capitalization was N8.7 trillion ($55 billion)....

  • Posted October 11, 2012
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  Author of Rich Dad, Poor Dad Files for Bankruptcy

    When you make millions giving financial advice to other people, the last thing anyone expects is for you to go bankrupt.   Robert Kiyosaki, author of the best-selling book, “Rich Dad, Poor Dad,” has filed for...

  • Posted October 11, 2012
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  Okechukwu Ofili: My Beef With Nigerian Bookstores Especially Silverbird

    A wise man once told me, do not speak or write when you are angry. ok I lied, a wise man never told me that ish….I read it on the Internet some time ago when I was...

  • Posted October 11, 2012
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  Nigeria Gains From Zimbabwe as Farmer Helps Cassava Drive

  Graham Hatty, who was forced off his land in Zimbabwe a decade ago, is helping Nigeria in its drive to return to food self-sufficiency. The cassava he grows in central Kwara state was on the first ship exporting the...

  • Posted October 11, 2012
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