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NNPC abandons OPAs for direct crude oil sales
About 18 days after opening the technical bids submitted by 101 companies for consideration in its crude oil Offshore Processing Agreement (OPA), the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Tuesday disclosed that it had abandoned the OPA...
- Posted November 5, 2015
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FG, World Bank launch initiative to boost MSMEs
The federal government, in partnership with the World Bank on Tuesday launched the Growth and Employment (GEM) Equity Window, a grant scheme to support micro, small and medium scale enterprises (MSMEs) in the country. The World Bank...
- Posted November 5, 2015
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Nigeria eyes foreign investment at UK Trade Mission
Nigerian-British Chamber of Commerce (NBCC) and the Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) have concluded plans to lead a delegate of 40 business executives on a five-day Trade Mission to the United Kingdom from 2nd to 6th November,...
- Posted November 5, 2015
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Recapitalisation: SEC to release final list of compliant operators December
Strong indications emerged on Monday that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will in December, release the final list of market operators, who have complied with the new minimum capital requirement. SEC had in 2013 announced new...
- Posted November 5, 2015
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DMO restructures N576bn bank loans of 23 States into FGN Bonds
As part of efforts by the federal government to save states from their financial crises, the Debt Management Office ( DMO) has restructured the N575.516 billion bank loans owed by 23 states into Federal Government of Nigeria...
- Posted November 5, 2015
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New lifting terms will abolish hawking of crude oil – NNPC
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has said that the new measures it put in place to select new off-takers of Nigeria’s crude oil grades will eliminate ‘hawking’ of Nigeria’s crude oil at the international markets. The...
- Posted November 4, 2015
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NSE sanctions Oando for delayed filing of financial results
The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) has sanctioned Oando Plc for delayed filing of its audited financial statements (AFS) for the year ended Dec. 31, 2014. This is contained in a statement by the exchange on Tuesday in...
- Posted November 4, 2015
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Oil price crash compels Nigeria, others to revise fiscal terms
A new report by Wood Mackenzie has stated that the slump in the price of crude oil has accelerated the need for Nigeria and other sub-Saharan African countries to carry out a review of fiscal terms, as...
- Posted November 4, 2015
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Nigerian Breweries raises N17.7billion via Commercial Paper
Nigerian Breweries Plc has successfully raised N17.7 billion under its three-year N100 billion Commercial Paper (CP) programme. The N17.7 billion has a yield of 12.50 per cent per annum. According to the company, the offer, which closed...
- Posted November 4, 2015
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MTN bond yields soar to record as shares fall to 3-year low
MTN Group Limited’s dollar bonds plunged for a third day, driving yields to record highs, as shares in Africa’s largest mobile phone operator extended a decline to a three-year low amid a lack of clarity over a...
- Posted November 4, 2015
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Chevron, ExxonMobil cut costs, jobs amid plunging revenues
Chevron Corporation at the weekend joined other international oil companies (IOCs) planning to cut jobs to stay ahead of the plunging revenues caused by the slump in crude oil prices as the company said it would cut...
- Posted November 4, 2015
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No change in Standard Bank’s support for Stanbic IBTC over FRCN sanction – Fitch
Fitch Ratings believes that the recent alleged irregularities raised by the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) into Stanbic IBTC Holdings Plc’s financial reporting for 2013 and 2014, have not affected the propensity of its South African majority shareholder...
- Posted November 4, 2015
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Nigerian Mobile Internet users hit 97m mark
The number of mobile internet users on Nigeria’s telecoms networks has hit 97.21 million up from the 95.37 million recorded in August this year, according to figures released by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). The telecoms regulatory...
- Posted November 3, 2015
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3.5million evading tax in Lagos
The Lagos State Government on Sunday said about 3.5 million of its residents were currently guilty of tax evasion, which it said, absolutely violated the country’s 1999 Constitution and other extant legal instruments. The government added that...
- Posted November 3, 2015