All posts by BusinessNews Staff

• FirstBank emerges Best Bank in West Africa

  The celebration of the continent’s brightest financial minds and institutions at the African Banker Awards in Marackech, Morroco last week culminated in the emergence of First Bank of Nigeria Limited as the ‘Best Bank in West Africa....

  • Posted June 3, 2013
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  Forbes declares Aliko Dangote first African to hit $20 Billion; now among world’s richest 25

  Renowned international journal, Forbes, says Nigerian billionaire and Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote has become the first African entrepreneur to lay claim to a $20 billion fortune as the stock value of his largest holding, Dangote Cement,...

  • Posted June 2, 2013
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  2013 Budget: Enugu to borrow over N7billion

  Enugu State government says it would borrow over seven billion naira this year to fund different developmental projects contained in its 2013 budget. The Commissioner for Finance and Economic Planning in the state, Godson Nnadi, who made...

  • Posted June 2, 2013
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  Mobile number portability will engender competition among operators – NCC

  The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, said it introduced the Mobile Number Portability, simply referred to as “porting”, into the telecoms industry in order to create healthy competition among the operators. Executive Vice Chairman of the NCC, Dr....

  • Posted June 2, 2013
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  Sim registration ends June 30

  Nigeria Communications Commission NCC, Vice Chairman, Dr Eugene Juwah, has said that the nationwide registration of Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards by the commission will end on June 30. Juwah made the announcement in Enugu on Thursday...

  • Posted June 1, 2013
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  RMAFC accuse collecting banks of irregularities in remittances

  The Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission on Thursday accused collecting banks of irregularities in the remittances of revenue. The Chairman of the RMAFC, Elias Mbam, said this in Abuja while addressing newsmen on the Commission’s finding...

  • Posted May 31, 2013
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  President Jonathan promises full implementation of national broadband plan

  President Goodluck Jonathan pledged today in Abuja that his administration will take immediate steps to fully implement the report of the Presidential Committee on a National Broadband Strategy and Roadmap. Speaking after receiving the report which was...

  • Posted May 30, 2013
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  Sanusi Lamido wins African Central Bank Governor of the Year three times in a row

  The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria,CBN, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, CON, has been conferred with the 2013 Africa “Central Bank Governor of the Year” Award by the renowned IC Publications Group, in collaboration with Business...

  • Posted May 30, 2013
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  New DG of Consumer Protection Council becomes first African to receive Asia Peace Prize

  A renowned Nigerian female rights activist, Mrs. Catherine Dupe Atoki, will receive the distinguished Gusi Peace Prize International for 2013 on November 27 at the Philippine International Convention Center, Manila Philippines; DailyPost has gathered. She will be...

  • Posted May 30, 2013
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  Jonathan flags off building of 700MW hydro-power dam

  Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday inaugurated the construction of the N162.9 billion Zungeru Hydroelectric Power Project in Niger state that would generate 700MW on completion. The president said the project was conceived in 1982 but could...

  • Posted May 29, 2013
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