All posts by Ifreke Inyang

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  Labour warns buyers to keep off PHCN

  ORGANISED Labour in the power sector, yesterday in Lagos, advised the companies that won the bid for, and were said to have paid 25 percent on the privatisation of Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, to stay...

  • Posted April 9, 2013
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  Microsoft to empower Nigeria’s software developers

  Microsoft Nigeria has formally declared open its 9jApps contest in Lagos. The challenge is designed to empower local developers to take advantage of Microsoft’s new tools and resources to develop locally appealing and relevant apps for the Windows...

  • Posted April 9, 2013
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  IMF urges 176 nations to reform energy subsidies

  Energy subsidies intended to help consumers by keeping prices low hinder government efforts to reduce budget deficits and compete with public spending on infrastructure, schools and health care, says David Lipton, first deputy managing director of the International...

  • Posted April 9, 2013
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  Facebook to start charging up to $15 for sending messages

  Soon, rather than later, your favorite Facebook will begin charging rates of up to 15 dollars to contact people outside their friends’ network. If you’re in the habit of sending messages to people who’re not your friends,...

  • Posted April 8, 2013
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  Manchester United agree £120m training ground sponsorship deal

  Manchester United’s have agreed a ground-breaking deal with American insurance company AON, worth over £15m a season, for the naming rights to their Carrington training ground. From 1 July, Carrington will be known as the ‘AON Training...

  • Posted April 8, 2013
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  NPA expects 87 ships at ports

  The Nigerian Ports Authority has said that 87 ships would sail into the nation’s ports between April 5 and April 30. The NPA disclosed this in its daily report “Shipping Position” released in Lagos on Friday. “The...

  • Posted April 8, 2013
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  Poor network: MTN promises improved service

  Following several complaints from telecom consumers in the country, Mobile phone operator MTN said it is intensifying its investment in improving quality data and voice service despite severe threats posed by Boko Haram terrorists to its installations...

  • Posted April 8, 2013
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  CBN may sell N410billion worth of bonds in second quarter 2013

  The Debt Management Office (DMO) says the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) may sell as much as N410 billion worth of bonds during the second quarter of this year. The DMO disclosed this in its provisional calendar...

  • Posted April 8, 2013
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  Oando Energy Resources announces year end results, reserves update

  Oando Energy Resources Inc. (OER.TO), a company focused on oil exploration and production in Nigeria, announced financial and operating results for the year ended December 31, 2012. Financial Highlights include: US$56.9 million in cash flow from operating...

  • Posted April 4, 2013
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  Environmentalists indict Agip over oil spills

  Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth, ERA/FoE, yesterday, accused Nigerian Agip Oil Company of alleged negligence in its operations with an alarming rate of leakages from its pipeline on the Taylor Creek area of Ikarama community in...

  • Posted April 4, 2013
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