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  • Expert proffers solutions to pension challenges

    The Deputy Managing Director, Linkage Assurance Plc, Dr. Pius Apere, has identified and proffered solutions to some significant challenges visible in the pension system in the country. Apere, who is one of the few actuarial scientists in...

    • Posted September 8, 2015
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  • NSIA to attract more fund for infrastructure

    The Managing Director, Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority, Mr. Uche Orji, has said the agency will attract more funding for investment in infrastructure projects. Orji, who said this during an interaction with journalists in Abuja, explained that the...

    • Posted September 8, 2015
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  • FG needs infrastructure for cyber regulation – LCCI

    The President, Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Mr. Remi Bello, says the business world in the 21st century is increasingly being driven by cutting-edge information technology. As a result, he urged the Federal Government to put...

    • Posted September 8, 2015
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  • NPA moves to curb revenue diversion

    Determined to prevent diversion of its generated revenues into private pockets, the management of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has unfolded fresh strategies to curb leakages in the system. Tagged: “Integrated Revenue Invoicing Management System (RIMS)”, the fresh...

    • Posted September 8, 2015
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  • NNPC Report: Nigeria to save $1bn from fuel import substitution

    A preliminary report submitted to President Muhammadu Buhari by the Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, has shown that $1 billion in foreign exchange will be saved from fuel...

    • Posted September 8, 2015
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  • Recapitalisation: Market operators lobby for 2016 implementation date

    Some capital market operators are trying to persuade the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to  further extend the recapitalisation deadline from September 30, 2015  to December  2016, citing  persistent bearish state of the stock market. SEC,  had...

    • Posted September 8, 2015
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  • CIS to partner AfDB to strengthen Stock Market

    The Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers (CIS) has said it plans to partner the management of African Development Bank (AfDB) to grow Nigeria’s Capital Market. Under the new plan, the two institutions are to work together in ensuring...

    • Posted September 8, 2015
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  • Buhari’s 100 days: Improved power supply not sustainable — Labour

    As the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari clocks 100 days today, organised labour in the electricity sector has warned that the current power supply in the country is not sustainable even as it gives reasons Nigerians are...

    • Posted September 7, 2015
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  • Electricity: FG seeks N45bn to reach 8,000MW

    The Federal Government needs N15bn annually to generate 8,000 megawatts of electricity in three years, the Transmission Company of Nigeria has said. And for a space of three years, the country would need a total of N45bn...

    • Posted September 7, 2015
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  • Ease of doing business: World Bank ranks Nigeria 170th

    The reforms effort of the immediate past administration of President Goodluck Jonathan may have yielded some dividend as Nigeria moved up five places in the latest ranking by the World Bank Group on the ease of doing...

    • Posted September 6, 2015
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  • SIM validation: MTN apologises to customers

    The management of MTN Nigeria has apologised to its teeming customers over the noticeable congestion in its service outlets across the country as a result of the ongoing SIM validation exercise. In a statement signed by MTN’s...

    • Posted September 6, 2015
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  • FRSC, LCCI, others propose separate route for trailers

    The Federal Road Safety Corps and other stakeholders have called for the creation of separate routes for trailers to curb incessant fatal accidents involving articulated vehicles and other road users. This follows the accident on Wednesday in...

    • Posted September 6, 2015
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  • Poor refineries: FG issues supplementary import permit for petrol

    The Federal Government has issued supplementary import permit to oil marketers for the importation of petrol into Nigeria due to the fact that the output of the country’s refineries is still poor. It was learnt that the...

    • Posted September 6, 2015
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  • Benin Airport reopens for flight operations

    Close to three months after the Benin Airport suspended flight activities, the management of the airport on Thursday announced its reopening as duly certified by the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA). Flight operations were suspended at the...

    • Posted September 5, 2015
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