All posts by Afolabi Ogunde

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  Google Leads Fortune’s 100 Best Companies to Work For

  According to Fortune/CNN Money, Google, the world’s leading technology company is the best company to work for in the United States, and possibly the world. Other companies inclueded the Boston Consulting Group (#2), Mercedes BEnz USA (#12),...

  • Posted June 30, 2012
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  Compromised Petroleum Industry Bill Finally Submitted to President Jonathan

  The Minister of Petroleum Resources has confirmed that the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) has been submitted to Mr. President. This move may signal an end to the years of waiting all stakeholders including the Nigerian people have...

  • Posted June 30, 2012
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  ENVELOPES: How Corruption was Eliminated and Economic Prosperity Restored in Georgia

  When the prime minister comes to sell you an IPO, you, the investor, take the meeting. When that prime minister turns up with no bodyguards and shows remarkable knowledge of the company he is promoting, you, the...

  • Posted June 30, 2012
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  Gold Discovered In Haiti Estimated at $20 Billion

  Haiti – Its capital is blighted with earthquake rubble. Its countryside is shorn of trees, chopped down for fuel. And yet, Haiti’s land may hold the key to relieving centuries of poverty, disaster and disease: There is...

  • Posted June 29, 2012
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  Festus Ezeli drafted from Vanderbilt into NBA’s Golden State Warriors

  Nigerian born Ifeanyi Festus Ezeli has been drafted into National Basketball Association (NBA) league from Vanderbilt University where he played collegiate basketball. He was recruited into the Golden  State Warriors as the 30th overall pick in the...

  • Posted June 29, 2012
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  Gold Traders Extend Bullish Streak As Debt Crisis Deepens

  Gold traders are bullish for a sixth week on speculation that Europe’s debt crisis will boost demand from investors seeking to protect their wealth and drive prices higher after the biggest quarterly slump in eight years. Sixteen...

  • Posted June 29, 2012
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  Oil marketers read Riot Act to FG over Subsidy Debts, Fuel Scarcity Looms

  Oil marketers in the country have refused to embrace their Q3 import allocation quotas due to the failure of the Federal Government to remit N 200 billion in subsidy claims owed them. The Coordinating Minister of the...

  • Posted June 29, 2012
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  Cassava Exports to China to fetch FG $ 136 million

  NIGERIA’s economic diversification drive may inch towards realisation soon, with plan by Federal Government to export one million tonnes of cassava chips to China, beginning from this month. The export business is expected to bouy the nation’s...

  • Posted June 29, 2012
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  UN Aims to Strengthen Nigeria’s Alternative Energy Program with N 320 million Injection

  THE United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has deposited $2 million with the Bank of Industry, to encourage even private participation and local industries working on renewable energy projects. The United Nations Resident Coordinator, Daouda Toure, made the...

  • Posted June 29, 2012
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  US Seizes $ 1,000,000 from Alamieyeseigha under Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Initiative

  The United States Justice Department has seized $ 400,000 from former Bayelsa State governor and Presidential adviser, DSP Alameieyeseigha. The seizure came in the form of a forfeiture execution order, and also targets a $ 600,000 home...

  • Posted June 29, 2012
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