All posts by Ifreke Inyang

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  Jumia partners 234Give on fight against cancer

  Online retailer, Jumia, is partnering 234Give to support the International Cancer Month. A substantial percentage of proceedings made during ‘The Pink Week’ will be given to the Breast Cancer Foundation of Nigeria, the firm said in a...

  • Posted October 27, 2013
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  Delta to invest N1bn in agriculture, SMEs growth

  Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State on Wednesday called for concerted efforts towards the growth of the agricultural sector and Small and Medium Enterprises development in the state. Uduaghan, while declaring open the Delta State Trade Fair...

  • Posted October 27, 2013
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  Group urges govt to tackle multiple taxation

  The Tax Payers Association of Nigeria has urged the Federal Government to urgently address the issue of multiple taxation in the country. It, however, commended the Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, for her position on the...

  • Posted October 26, 2013
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  Italian investors eye Nigerian power sector, others

  Three Italian companies, Allimep, Duemme and Sime, have entered Nigeria and are targeting the country’s engineering industry with the ultimate aim of providing support to the private sector-driven power sector as well as the oil and gas...

  • Posted October 26, 2013
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  FG targets N512bn from NIPP plant sale

  The Federal Government has said it expects to garner $3.2bn (N512bn) from the sale of the 10 power plants constructed under the National Integrated Power Project. The Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, said this in a...

  • Posted October 26, 2013
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  Passengers stranded as grounded airlines await NCAA audit

  Hundreds of air travellers were on Thursday stranded at the Lagos airport following the grounding of Chanchangi and IRS airlines by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority for having only one operational aircraft each in their fleets. With...

  • Posted October 26, 2013
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  Benin discovers 87 mn barrels of oil

  Benin said Thursday that it had discovered 87 million barrels of oil off its coast, a tiny amount compared to neighbouring Nigeria’s reserves, but which could boost the small country’s economy. “We have discovered oil in a...

  • Posted October 25, 2013
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  FG invests $870m in airport upgrade — FAAN

  The Federal Government has invested $870m in airport infrastructure upgrade as part of efforts to improve services in all the nation’s airports. The Managing Director, Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, Mr. George Uriesi, made this known on...

  • Posted October 25, 2013
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  Nigerians consume N8bn packaged water daily — NAFDAC DG

  The Director-General, National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, Dr. Paul Orhii, has said that Nigerians consume bottled and sachet water worth N8bn daily. According to him, this accounts for the high number of people...

  • Posted October 25, 2013
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  Telecom firms unlikely to lead cash-less initiative — Experts

  Telecommunications companies are not likely to play the lead role in the country’s cash-less policy framework as is the case in some African markets, according to experts in the electronic payment space. This, however, may not augur...

  • Posted October 25, 2013
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