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  • Successful Elections, Good for Nigeria’s Reputation – PRCAN

    The Public Relations Consultants Association of Nigeria has congratulated Nigerians and their government for the successful conduct of the 2011 general elections and for the sustenance of elections four times in a row since the return of civil democracy...

    • Posted May 1, 2011
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  • ILO Records 337m Workplace Accidents

    nternational Labour Organisation, (ILO) has said that an estimated 337 million workplace accidents and 2.3 million deaths occur every year across the globe as a result of occupational injuries and work-related diseases. This comes just as the international labour centre last...

    • Posted May 1, 2011
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  • PIB: Uncertainty over Petroleum Equalisation Fund

    Oil marketers at the weekend expressed uncertainty over the role of the Petroleum Equalisation Fund Management Board after the enactment into law of the proposed Petroleum Industry Bill. The confusion over the future role of the fund came on the heels...

    • Posted May 1, 2011
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  • Liquidator Insists on Transparent Sale of NECOM House

    More light was thrown on the controversy surrounding the sale of the 37-story NECOM House on Marina, Lagos  Island that used to belong to NITEL, with the revelation by the liquidator of the NITEL/MTEL Pension Fund, Otunba Olusola Adekanola, that the board...

    • Posted May 1, 2011
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  • First Bank declares N15.7bn profit in Q1

    First Bank of Nigeria Plc has declared a N15.7 billion profit before tax, about 1.9 per cent over N15.4 billion recorded in the same period in 2010. In its unaudited results for the three-month period ended  March...

    • Posted April 30, 2011
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  • Sterling Bank earns N9.1bn in Q1

    Sterling Bank Plc has posted gross earnings ofN9.1 billion for the unaudited first  quarter results ended 31 March, 2011, indicating a growth of 9 per cent over  the N8.3 billion in the comparable period of the previous...

    • Posted April 30, 2011
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  • New uniform account number takes-off June

    The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has released Uniform Bank account number (NUBAN) to Nigeria commercial banks for the purpose of full implementation to achieve uniform customer bank account in the country. In a memo to the...

    • Posted April 30, 2011
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  • CBN contributed to bank collapse – Ex ED, Afribank

    For 43 years – 1965 to 2002 – Alhaji Ismaila Shuaibu traversed the banking corridor in Nigeria. Beginning as a clerk with former Barclays Bank of Nigeria now Union Bank in Kaduna, he retired as ED in...

    • Posted April 30, 2011
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  • Easter Celebration: Indomie donates to orphanages

    To commemorate  the celebration of Easter with  the less privileged in the society especially the orphans and aged ones as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Dufil Prima Foods Plc, makers of Nigeria’s No.1 Noodle brand,...

    • Posted April 30, 2011
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  • Organised customer service, the secret to business success – Umeano

    Mrs. Uloma Umeano is the  CEO, Customer CentriCity Limited. Her years of experience in advertising, banking, marketing and communications from reputable companies both at home and abroad has positioned her to understand what the Nigerian business environment...

    • Posted April 30, 2011
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  • Microsoft Net Falls Below Apple’s

    Loomis Sayles’s Ursillo Interview on Microsoft Windows sales slumped last quarter as the iPad crimped demand for consumer laptops, marking the first time in 20 years that the software maker reported a smaller quarterly profit than Revenue...

    • Posted April 30, 2011
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  • US Democrat Seeks Deficit Deal Balancing

    A top House Democrat on budget issues, Chris Van Hollen,  has  said any deficit-cutting deal that is part of a U.S. debt-limit extension must be “balanced” to include higher tax revenue as well as spending reductions. “You’ve...

    • Posted April 30, 2011
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  • US Stocks Record Weekly Gain, as Dollar Depreciates

    U.S. stocks added to the best weekly gain in a month as results at Caterpillar Inc. (CAT) and Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. beat estimates. The Dollar Index extended its worst monthly loss since September amid bets...

    • Posted April 30, 2011
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  • Customs Moves to End Scanning Nightmare at Apapa Port

    The Apapa Customs Command has  harmonized its risk management  engines with   all other services  providers in what will address the  scanning  nightmare being suffered by importers at the nation’s  premier port. This, it was gathered , will...

    • Posted April 30, 2011
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