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  • Argentina pledges support for agriculture in Benue State

    The Argentine Ambassador to Nigeria, Mercelo Cima, has stated that his country was willing to support Benue State to boost its agriculture. Cima made the pledge on Monday at a meeting with government officials in Makurdi on...

    • Posted June 25, 2013
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  • Full details of Airtel Nigeria Internet settings

    To have access to the internet on your mobile phones and tablets or other data enabled devices, you will have to ensure your APN settings are configured correctly on the Airtel 3.75G network. APN simply means Access...

    • Posted June 25, 2013
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  • NSE Lists First Monument Bank Group as Holdco

    First City Monument Bank (FCMB) Group Plc was Monday listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) as a holding company after completing all regulatory and legal processes required for the setting up of a holding company to...

    • Posted June 25, 2013
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  • Transcorp records profit before tax of N2.9b

    TRANSNATIONAL Corporation of Nigeria Plc (Transcorp), a diversified conglomerate with strategic interests in the energy, hospitality and agriculture sectors, held its seventh yearly general meeting last week in Abuja. The company presented its audited financial statements prepared...

    • Posted June 25, 2013
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  • Keystone Bank targets 15% loan book growth in 2013

    THE management of Keystone Bank Limited, at the weekend, projected a modest 15 per cent growth in loan book this financial year. The bank also intends to improve in other key financial indicators such as profit and...

    • Posted June 25, 2013
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  • Aba Geometrics Power begins distribution July

    The $460 million indigenous private power generation company, Geometrics Power Limited, is to start generation and distribution of power next month. Speaking with reporters at the plant’s premises at Osisioma near Aba after hosting the leaders and...

    • Posted June 25, 2013
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  • Nigeria moves 8 steps up in latest GDP ranking

    Nigeria’s Minister of National Planning, Dr Shamsuddeen Usman, says the country has moved eight steps in global ranking on Gross Domestic Product,GDP,basis in the last three years. Speaking on Monday in Abuja at a ministerial platform, Usman...

    • Posted June 25, 2013
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  • SIM registration: Subscribers condemn unsolicited messages by operators

    Ten days to the end of the Subscriber Identity Module registration exercise in the country, telecoms subscribers are uncomfortable with the seemingly endless text messages by telecoms companies urging them to either register their SIMs or complete...

    • Posted June 25, 2013
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  • CBN sells $500m to stabilise Naira

    Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, yesterday sold $500 million at the bi-weekly foreign exchange auction to forestall depreciation of the naira. The amount sold represents 66 percent increase when compared to $300 million sold per previous foreign...

    • Posted June 25, 2013
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  • Small scale industrialists lament high electricity bills

    Members of Small Scale Polythene Industries in Onitsha, Anambra State, have called on President Goodluck Jonathan and governors of the South East to prevail on the Power Holding Company and Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC,  to save...

    • Posted June 25, 2013
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  • Fashola approves construction of 70 new roads

    The Governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Fashola, SAN, has said that 70 more roads will be reconstructed in the state this year. Fashola made this known yesterday, Monday, during a joint courtesy visit by the executive members...

    • Posted June 25, 2013
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  • African Union calls for more investments to promote jobs

    The African Union, AU, has called for more investments to promote job creation, achieve all inclusive growth and eradicate poverty in the continent. Speaking during the 102nd session of the International Labour Conference, ILC, in Geneva, Switzerland,...

    • Posted June 25, 2013
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  • Rivers state developing an alternative economy – Dr. Parker

    The Chairman of Integrated Medical Industries,IMI, Dr. Sampson T. Parker says the Rivers State Government led by Rt. Hon. Chibuike Amaechi is developing an alternative economy that will compete with the current oil based economy. Dr. Parker,...

    • Posted June 24, 2013
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  • Harry Akande appeals court ruling over land dispute

    Business mogul, Chief Harry Akande, has filed an appeal against last week’s high court judgement, which set aside the late Justice Kayode Eso’s Court of Arbitration ruling that the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, hindered the...

    • Posted June 24, 2013
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