All posts by Ifreke Inyang

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  Minister inaugurates committee for economic summit

  The Supervising Minister, National Planning Commission, Ambassador Bashir Yuguda, has inaugurated a joint planning committee for the 20th Nigerian Economic Summit, which is scheduled to hold next month. The summit, held annually to stimulate policy direction for...

  • Posted February 23, 2014
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  Standard Chartered invests $2.1bn in Nigeria

  Standard Chartered Bank has invested $2.1bn in the country, according to a report released by the financial institution. The report measures the social and economic impact of its operations in Africa. The research was authored by Professor...

  • Posted February 23, 2014
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  Sanusi’s CBN spent N20.26b on legal fees in 2011 – FG

  Hours after announcing the suspension of Lamido Sanusi as Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), the Federal Government, on evening released what may be “the many sins” of the governor, whose tenure ends in May. The...

  • Posted February 22, 2014
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  Jonathan meets NNPC chiefs over missing funds

  President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday met top officials of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation in a meeting behind closed-door inside the Presidential Villa. A source said the meeting, which was also attended by the Chairman of the...

  • Posted February 22, 2014
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  Three Nigerians make Google’s `Africa Connected’ top 10 list

  Foremost search engine, Google, on Friday announced that three Nigerians had made it to the top 10 finalists in its Google “Africa Connected“ Competition. In a statement made available  in Lagos, Google said that the three Nigerian...

  • Posted February 22, 2014
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  FG boosts agric mechanization with N3.6b

  The Federal Ministry of Agriculture has released N3.6 Billion as an intervention scheme towards financing the establishment of the Agricultural Equipment Hiring Enterprise meant to encourage poor level of Nigeria agricultural mechanization. “The funds in the first...

  • Posted February 22, 2014
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  FG targets 460,000 jobs through employment project

  The Federal Government has said it is targeting 460,000 jobs at the minimum in the next four years through the Growth and Employment Project. The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Mr. Olusegun Aganga, stated this on...

  • Posted February 22, 2014
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  Ibadan Disco to stop estimated billing

  The Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company has assured the people of Ogun, Oyo, Osun, Kwara and parts of Ekiti, Kogi and Niger states that it will soon eradicate the practice of estimated billing and energy theft with its...

  • Posted February 22, 2014
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  Fuel shortage will get worse – Marketers

  The current scarcity of petrol at filling stations across the country will worsen in the coming weeks because the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency has failed to release the import allocation to oil marketing and trading companies...

  • Posted February 22, 2014
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  FG won’t ban tokunboh cars – Aganga

  The Federal Government said it has no intention to ban the importation of fairly used vehicles, also known as tokunbo, into the country. The Minister of Industry,  Trade and Investment, Dr. Olusegun Aganga, stated this on Friday during a...

  • Posted February 22, 2014
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