All posts by Ifreke Inyang

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  Power Sector Reform: Electricity mess persists as consumers lament extortion

  Unlike previous governments without genuine, determined efforts to solve the age-long electricity crisis which had plagued the country, the current administration of President Goodluck Jonathan seemed to have taken the bull by the horns with his transformation...

  • Posted March 2, 2014
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  Anambra attracts direct foreign investment of N30b – Obi

  The Anambra State government says it has attracted non oil direct foreign investment of over N30 billion for the first quarter of this year. Governor Peter Obi gave the figure Friday in Awka when a delegation from the...

  • Posted March 2, 2014
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  NESREA to crack down on illegal borehole drilling

  The National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency has threatened to crack down on illegal borehole drilling in the country, to ensure safe drinking water for the populace. The agency said borehole drillers should henceforth present drilling...

  • Posted March 2, 2014
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  NNPC prospecting for oil in Chad Basin – NAPIMS

  The Group General Manager, National Petroleum Investment Management Services, Dr. Kennie Obateru, has said that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, though  NAPIMS,  has continued with seismic acquisition activities in the Chad Basin frontier area despite the security...

  • Posted March 2, 2014
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  e-Payment will address problem of unclaimed, missing dividends – Oteh

  The Director-General, Securities and Exchange Commission, and Chairperson, Africa/Middle East Regional Committee of the International Organisation of Securities and Exchange Commissions, Ms. Arunma Oteh, talks about critical issues in the Nigerian capital market  in this interview with SIMON...

  • Posted March 2, 2014
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  Abike Dabiri flays investors over poor power supply

  The House of Representatives Committee on Power has noted with concern the drop in electricity supply since private sector investors took over the assets of the defunct Power Holding Company of Nigeria in October last year. A...

  • Posted March 2, 2014
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  2014 Budget: House suspends consideration of revenue framework

  In anticipation of the responses to the 50 questions on the state of the economy expected from the Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the House of Representatives Committee on Finance...

  • Posted March 1, 2014
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  Rice: Stakeholders seek action plan on new tariff

  Rice farmers and millers have called on the Federal Government to urgently implement the new tariff on rice importation. According to some of the stakeholders, the non-implementation of the $190 per metric tonne tariff on imported rice...

  • Posted March 1, 2014
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  NSC boss seeks amendment of shippers’ law

  The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Shippers’ Council, NSC, Hassan Bello has stressed the need for the law establishing the council to be amended  in order to empower it to tackle the challenges faced by shippers in...

  • Posted March 1, 2014
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  FG moves against unlicensed service providers

  THE Federal Government has threatened severe sanction against unlicensed Private Employment Agencies, PEAs, otherwise known as service providers, as it partners with stakeholders to check cases of unfair labour practices in Nigeria. Speaking through the Minister of...

  • Posted March 1, 2014
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