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  NUPENG/PENGASSAN threatens strike

  Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN and National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG have threatened to embark on an industrial action following the poor state of the Eleme-Refinery raod. This...

  • Posted June 18, 2013
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  Borno spends N1billion on fertilizer, faults FG on e-fertilizer sales

  Borno State Government has opted out of the Gross Empowerment Scheme ,GES, the ongoing federal government’s electronic fertilizer sales scheme due to lack of telecommunication, which is a major component of the scheme. The state government had...

  • Posted June 17, 2013
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  EX- NNPC staff rearrested for pipeline vandalism

  A former staff of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Bashiru Majiyagbe, who was jailed for five years for his alleged involvement in pipeline vandalization, has been arrested again. Majiyagbe was rearrested few weeks after he finished serving...

  • Posted June 17, 2013
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  Total posts N217.8 billion turnover, N4.67 billion profit for 2012

  TOTAL Nigeria Plc has posted a turnover of N217.84 billion for its 2012 operations, against N173.95 recorded in 2011, while profit after tax also increased from N3.81 billion in 2011 to N4.67 billion during the year under...

  • Posted June 17, 2013
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  UNN, UNESCO science fair opens today

  In furtherance of its pursuit for excellence, the University of Nigeria Nsukka, UNN, in collaboration with UNESCO, the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics,ICTP, Engineers Without Borders,EWB, and the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry,IUPAC,...

  • Posted June 17, 2013
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  Arik Air celebrates Emir of Kano’s 50 years on throne, slashes air fares

  One of Nigeria’s largest airlines, Arik Air, has introduced a special promo fare to celebrate the Golden Jubilee (50 years) of His Royal Highness, Alhaji Ado Bayero, on the throne as the Emir of Kano. The promo...

  • Posted June 15, 2013
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  Rivers state host French investors

  The President of Port Harcourt Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (PHCCIMA), Engr. Emeka Unachukwu, the Deputy speaker of the Rivers state House of Assembly, Hon. Leyii Kwanee, the Deputy Managing Director of Total E&P, Nicolas...

  • Posted June 14, 2013
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  FG uncovers N58bn scam by revenue agencies, banks

  Federal Government, yesterday, announced a discovery of about N58 billion, which some revenue-generating agencies of government refused to remit to the Consolidated Revenue Fund (CRF) in collaboration with some banks. In a statement, the Co-ordinating Minister for...

  • Posted June 14, 2013
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  Ikuru calls for paradigm shift in Agric sector

  Rivers State Deputy Governor, Engr. Tele Ikuru, has called for a paradigm shift in the way the agricultural sector is managed. Engr. Ikuru made this call today while delivering the 2nd Professor Uche Godwin Nzuko Anazodo Memorial...

  • Posted June 14, 2013
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  States walk out of FAAC meeting

  States and local governments yesterday aborted the May 2013 Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) meeting. They walked out on Minister of State for Finance Dr Yerima Lawal Ngama and left Abuja without any cash. The meeting is...

  • Posted June 14, 2013
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