All posts by BusinessNews Staff

• Vital registration: NPC seeks UNFPA’s assistance

  The National Population Commission (NPC) has sought the intervention of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in the areas of registration of vital events and the generation of tables in the data produced from the 2006 national...

  • Posted March 28, 2011
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• NOTAP, UI collaborate on intellectual property • As UI inaugurates business circle

  An Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer (IPTT) office, an initiative of the National office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion (NOTAP), has been opened at the University of Ibadan, which will be coordinated by the Centre for Entrepreneurship...

  • Posted March 28, 2011
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• Warner Bros to rent 5 more movies on Facebook

  U.S. film studio Warner Brothers said it would offer five additional movies for rent on social networking website Facebook, a further sign of intensifying competition in renting out movies on the Internet.   Warner Bros, a unit...

  • Posted March 28, 2011
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• Facebook in talks to hire Obama ex-aide Gibbs

  Facebook, the social networking giant, is seeking to hire former White House press secretary Robert Gibbs for a senior post, The New York Times reported.   The newspaper reported on its website late on Sunday that Facebook...

  • Posted March 28, 2011
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• ‘Removal of price cap ‘ll expose dealers’

  THE Managing Director of GTI Capital Limited Mr Tunde Oyekunle, has said the removal of price ceiling of quoted companies, among other things, is appropriate, as it will expose the strength of every dealing houses’ risk management...

  • Posted March 28, 2011
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• GTBank, Access Bank in court over loans to Otedola

  Guaranty Trust Bank (GTBank) and Access Bank are in dispute over a Deed of All Assets Debenture purportedly used by the Chairman, Zenon Petroleum and Gas Limited, Femi Otedola, in securing multi-billion naira loans from both banks....

  • Posted March 28, 2011
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• NEXIM to provide N9b for solid minerals by 2015

  The Managing Director, Nigeria Export Import (NEXIM) Bank, Mr Robert Orya, has told the Miners Association of Nigeria that the bank will provide about N9billion of the solid minerals sector financing requirement by 2015. Its Head of...

  • Posted March 28, 2011
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• NCC flags off sim card registration today

  The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) will flag off nationwide Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card registration today. It has also served a two week’s ultimatum to telecom service providers to decongest their networks and improve on their services...

  • Posted March 28, 2011
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• Merger: Access, Intercontinental banks sign MoU

  Access Bank Plc and Intercontinental Bank Plc have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to merge. In a statement issued by both institutions, the MoU followed the “completion of a competitive, rigorous and transparent selection process and...

  • Posted March 28, 2011
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• NDIC unleashes new examiners on banks

  In its effort to have a firm hold on the banking industry, the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has released a fresh set of bank examiners to monitor the sector. The exercise also seen an attempt to...

  • Posted March 28, 2011
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