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Sterling Assurance records gross premium of N1.82billion
Sterling Assurance Company has announced a gross premium income of N1.82billion for the financial year ended December 31, 2010. The amount represented 12.72 percent increase from the N1.61 billion generated by the company in 2009. Chief Olabode...
- Posted September 28, 2011
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The scale of crude oil theft in Nigeria is ‘unprecedented’ – Shell
The amount of crude oil stolen from Royal Dutch Shell’s pipelines in the oil-rich Niger Delta of Nigeria is “unprecedented,” the company said. “The scale of crude theft is unprecedented,” the company was quoted by the Platts...
- Posted September 27, 2011
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Eko Rail’s Trains Begin Journey to Lagos
The first of hundreds of Toronto subway cars that will furnish a new surface rail line in Lagos, Nigeria, has left Canada for the last time, and is now en route to Africa’s largest city. A Nigerian...
- Posted September 27, 2011
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Oceanic Bank Shareholders Approves ETI merger
Shareholders of rescued Nigeria’s Oceanic Bank on Tuesday approved the planned merger with pan-African banking group Ecobank Transnational Incoporated. At a court-ordered meeting, the shareholders consented to all the proposal brought before them by the board of...
- Posted September 27, 2011
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FG’s Plan to Promote Reading Culture and the question of access
We applaud FG response to reverse the declining reading culture among Nigerians. A strategic plan has been created to boost reading culture in the country with the Minister of State for Education leading the charge. Recent results...
- Posted September 27, 2011
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Aero airline introduces special independence promotional fare of N10,000
Aero airline is introducing a special independence promotional fare of N10,000 for economy cabin, and N26,000 for business class cabin to all major Nigerian destinations. The airline said the Business and leisure travelers can take advantage of...
- Posted September 27, 2011
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Partnership Investment company records N1.6b gross earnings in 2010
FOR the year ended December 31, 2010, Partnership Investment Company Plc recorded gross earnings of N1.6 billion, up by 161 per cent over the N598.6 million it posted in 2009. The company explained recently during its 2010...
- Posted September 27, 2011
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Sanusi named Central Bank Governor of the Year
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Governor Sanusi Lamido Sanusi has, for the second consecutive year, has been named Central Bank Governor of the Year in Sub-Saharan Africa. The award was presented by the global business magazine, Emerging Market....
- Posted September 26, 2011
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The Nigeria Labour Protests
The Nigeria labour protest can only be better as it moves beyond the minimum wage debacle and into the serious need for reforms at various levels of governance. The demand for the commonwealth to trickle down into...
- Posted September 26, 2011
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Airlines Services Plc plans to establish export processing zones at airports
AIRLINES Services & Logistics Plc has announced its plans to establish export-processing zones at the nation’s airports as part of its divestment measures. Specifically, the company has concluded plans to process Nigerian foodstuffs for export through its...
- Posted September 26, 2011
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Onitsha port to be inaugurated in November – Idris Umar
The Minister of Transport, Idris Umar, has assured that the Onitsha port would be inaugurated in November. Umar gave the assurance at the end of his inspection of port projects in Baro in Niger, Onitsha in Anambra...
- Posted September 26, 2011
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Nigerian Baptist Convention Commissions Bowen Microfinance Bank Limited
Nigerian Baptist Convention (NBC) has commissioned Bowen Microfinance Bank Limited. Speaking at the formal opening in Obanikoro, Lagos, the Managing Director of the bank, Mrs. Adebimpe Ogunleye, disclosed that although the poor will always be in the...
- Posted September 26, 2011
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Lafarge Cement N50 billion bond issuance to save Shareholders N10 billion in three years
Project refinancing initiatives embarked upon by Lafarge Cement WAPCO Plc are expected to save the company and its shareholders N12 billion. The company explained at the weekend that its N50 billion bond issuance was expected to save...
- Posted September 26, 2011
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Here Are The Winners of the African Banker Awards 2011
Almost 300 guests were in attendance at the African Banker Awards 2011 that took place on the 23rd of September. Now in its fifth year running, the African Banker Awards was one of the biggest events pertaining...
- Posted September 25, 2011