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  • NSE gains N54bn at week open

    The Nigerian Stock Exchange market capitalisation advanced by N54bn to close at N9.552tn from N9.496tn at the close of trading on the Exchange’s floor on Monday. The market opened the week in gains rising by 0.60 per...

    • Posted August 24, 2016
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  • Nigeria loses 3,000MW of electricity to Forcados attack

    The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola has stated that the country is losing about 2,000 megawatts of electricity to the attack on the Forcados subsea pipeline by Niger Delta militants. Fashola has also...

    • Posted August 24, 2016
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  • CBN reads riot act on utilisation of ‘free funds’

    The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) monday stated that it noticed that some authorised dealers in the FX market have continued to buy and sell FX referred to as “free funds” despite the provision of an earlier...

    • Posted August 24, 2016
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  • NNPC to focus on redevelopment of abandoned oil fields

    The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has said that it will redevelop abandoned oil fields as part of the efforts to ramp up the country’s production and shore up federal government’s revenue. NNPC also requires an average...

    • Posted August 24, 2016
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  • Banks paid N33.8tn in seven months – NBS

    A total of 463.1 million financial transactions worth N33.87trn were settled by the banking sector between January and July this year, figures released by the National Bureau of Statistics have revealed. The NBS stated this in a...

    • Posted August 23, 2016
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  • PenCom, African regulators partner to improve pension benefits

    The Director-General, National Pension Commission, Mrs. Chinelo Anhohu-Amazu, has said the commission is collaborating with other African countries to increase the benefits of pensions. She said this during a press conference on the third edition of the...

    • Posted August 23, 2016
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  • Power sector faces collapse as banks halt loans

    The inefficiencies in the privatised power sector has made the Deposit Money Banks unwilling to provide loans to electricity generation and distribution firms, an investigation by our correspondent has shown. It was learnt that some banks were...

    • Posted August 23, 2016
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  • Access Bank’s half-year profit grows by 28% to hit N50billion

    Access Bank Plc’s shares rose 4.8 per cent last Friday as investors reacted positively to its impressive half year audited results to June 30, 2106. Despite the headwinds in the operating environment, Access Bank reported positive top...

    • Posted August 23, 2016
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  • FG urged to review policy framework for MSMEs

    The federal government has been advised to review and redefine its policies and regulatory frameworks for the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in the country as part of measures to stimulate economic growth. Delivering the report...

    • Posted August 23, 2016
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  • NEXIM Bank, AFREXIM Bank, others move to revamp cocoa sector

    In the bid to revive the ailing cocoa Industry in the country, the Afreximbank and the International Cocoa Organisation (ICCO) met with the Bank of Agriculture (BOA) and the Nigerian Export-Import Bank (NEXIM) to discuss possible ways...

    • Posted August 23, 2016
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  • Manufacturers worry as profit margin shrinks

    These are not be the best of times for manufacturers in Nigeria as they face high operating costs, scarcity of foreign exchange, low capacity utilisation and a drastic drop in profit margins. Latest figures from the National...

    • Posted August 22, 2016
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  • Nigeria may issue visa on arrival to all Africans from 2017

    The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, has hinted that African travellers may no longer be required to obtain visas to visit Nigeria from next year. Onyeama made this statement at a Town Hall meeting held in...

    • Posted August 22, 2016
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  • Nigeria’s oil output will remain low till 2017 — US

    Nigeria’s crude oil production is expected to remain depressed through 2017 as a result of militant attacks, the Energy International Administration, the statistical arm of the United States’ Energy Department, has said. The EIA, in a statement...

    • Posted August 22, 2016
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  • NEPC eyes $12bn informal exports to increase revenue

    The Nigerian Export Promotion Council has concluded plans to establish border markets in six locations across the country as part of efforts aimed by reducing the loss of revenue by the government through informal trade. It was...

    • Posted August 22, 2016
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