All posts by Ifreke Inyang

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  Presidency hails Fitch rating of economy

  The Presidency on Thursday hailed the latest rating of the Nigerian economy by the global rating agency, Fitch, which acknowledged the reforms being undertaken by the President Goodluck Jonathan administration in the power and agricultural sectors as...

  • Posted October 19, 2013
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  Ekiti attracts $300m investment to agriculture sector

  The Ekiti State government received investments worth $300 million in the agricultural sector in the last three years. Governor Kayode Fayemi, who disclosed this at an empowerment programme organised for farmers in the state as part of...

  • Posted October 19, 2013
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  Niger partners agencies to boost rice production

  THE Niger State Government says it is collaborating with the Japan International Development Corporation Agency (JICA), and the U.S. Agency for International Development to increase rice production in the state. Alhaji Baba Madugu, Managing Director of the...

  • Posted October 19, 2013
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  IOCs made oil blocks dormant – NNPC

  The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has said that international oil companies operating in the country have been sitting on oil blocks and have allowed the acreages to go fallow for years without significant development. The corporation stated...

  • Posted October 18, 2013
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  FG provides N3bn for micro enterprises development

  The Federal Government provided N3bn through the National Enterprise Development Programme for micro enterprises across all the states of the federation from January to September 2013. The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Mr. Olusegun Aganga, said...

  • Posted October 18, 2013
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  Inflation rate fell to 8% in September – NBS

  The rate of inflation in the country fell to eight per cent in September from 8.2 per cent in the previous month, the National Bureau of Statistics has said. In its Inflation/Consumer Price Index report made available...

  • Posted October 18, 2013
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  Imported cars: Reps differ on higher tariff policy

  Two members of the House of Representatives on Wednesday held opposing views on the Federal Government’s decision to raise tariff payable on cars imported into the country. The new tariff regime, fallout of the government’s Automotive Industrial...

  • Posted October 18, 2013
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  Electricity workers threaten shut down of power supply

  Fears that workers of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, may not get severance benefits before the assets of PHCN are handed over to the new owners heightened yesterday as the National Union of Electricity Employees,...

  • Posted October 18, 2013
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  Traders decry local market incursion by foreign traders

  Traders under the auspices of Traders’ Rights Protection Initiative have decried the negative impact resulting from increasing influx of foreigners and their goods into Nigerian markets. The association made this known through its National Coordination, Comrade Christopher...

  • Posted October 18, 2013
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  Shipowners decry FEC’s involvement in Cabotage Fund disbursement

  THE Nigerian Ship-owners Association (NISA) has decried the involvement of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) in approving the disbursement of Cabotage Vessel Financing Fund (CVFF) to intended beneficiaries. Speaking at the House of Representative Ad- hoc Committee...

  • Posted October 18, 2013
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