All posts by Ifreke Inyang

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  Oil Blocs: Why Jonathan must step on toes – Ayemi-Botu, N-Delta monarch

  PARAMOUNT ruler of Siembiri Kingdom in Delta State, Pere Charles Ayemi-Botu, aka Lion of the Niger, is one-time national chairman of the Traditional Rulers of Oil Mineral Producing Communities of Nigeria, TROMPCON. He had once called on President Goodluck Jonathan...

  • Posted March 31, 2013
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  PEFMB re-sounds end to manual payment of petroleum marketers

  The Petroleum Equalisation Fund Management Board (PEFMB) says the Federal Government has stopped the manual payment of transportation claims to petroleum products marketers in the country. The General Manager (Corporate Services) of the board, Mr Goddy Nnadi,...

  • Posted March 30, 2013
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  Ogun partners NEDEP to create 5,000 jobs

  The Ogun State Government is partnering with the National Enterprise Development Programme to drive inclusive economic growth through skills training and development, job creation and wealth generation. The state Commissioner for Commerce and Industry, Otunba Bimbo Ashiru,...

  • Posted March 30, 2013
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  FG targets 13,000 farmers for empowerment in Abia

  The Federal Government is targeting 13,029 farm families for various support schemes in 2013, the Minister of Agriculture , Dr Adesina Akinwumi, has said. Akinwumi said this on Thursday in Ohafia during the inauguration of Abia North...

  • Posted March 30, 2013
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  PENGASSAN President implores FG to grant incentives to owners of private refineries

  Mr Babatunde Ogun, President, Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), on Thursday called on the Federal Government to grant incentives to owners of private refineries. Ogun made the call at an interactive session...

  • Posted March 30, 2013
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  Dana Motors launches all-new Kia Quoris

  Dana Motors Limited, the sole distributors of Kia Motors in Nigeria, has launched the all-new flagship sedan – Kia Quoris – into the Nigerian auto market. The car was introduced to the Nigerian public in a glittering ceremony...

  • Posted March 29, 2013
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  CBN reviews bank charges, to phase out COT by 2016

  Nine years after, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), on Thursday published a revised guide to bank charges first issued in 2004 to provide standard application of charges in the industry, while minimizing bank-customer conflicts. The review...

  • Posted March 29, 2013
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  Nigeria loses $6billion to oil theft yearly

  National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) and Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association (PENGASSAN), under the aegis of NUPENGASSAN lamented on Thursday that Nigeria is presently losing over $6 billion yearly to crude...

  • Posted March 29, 2013
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  NDIC begins liquidation of failed mortgage institutions

  The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) said on Thursday it had liquidated the assets of seven Primary Mortgage Institutions (PMI) considered not viable. Its Managing Director, Umaru Ibrahim, announced this at a meeting with the board and...

  • Posted March 29, 2013
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  Senate orders Aero Contractors to recall 650 sacked workers

  The Management of Aero Contractors had on Thursday, been directed by the Senate to withdraw the dismissal letters issued to members of its staff. This directive was given by the Senate Committee on Aviation, at a meeting...

  • Posted March 29, 2013
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