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Airtel Nigeria Upgrades Base Stations with Flexenclosure’s Power Solution
Airtel Nigeria has inked a deal with Ericsson, a leading provider of mobile telecommunications equipment, to use Flexenclosure’s green energy solution called E-site for upgrading an initial lot of 250 base stations powered by diesel in Nigeria....
- Posted November 14, 2011
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CEO Pay: Do They Merit The Multi-Millions?
For a year that has the world’s economy dangling between chaos and near total collapse, we can’t ignore how the decision makers have fared. With the global financial meltdown, fragile European economy, Africa’s leaping ride, CEOs are...
- Posted November 14, 2011
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Law School Privatization: Good Governance in Jeopardy
We are worried to hear about the plan by the Federal Government to privatize law schools in the country. Some Lawyers of the Nigerian Bar Association have already condemned the plan. They said Law students would be...
- Posted November 14, 2011
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Nigeria Needs Reform To Attain Full Economic Potential Power
Director-General of Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association, NECA, Mr. Segun Osinowo, said until Nigeria addresses the basic issue of her political reform that focuses on devolution of power, resource control and fiscal federalism, we will not be able...
- Posted November 14, 2011
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Shell Please Redeem Your Pledge in Olomoro Community-Awhakia
In Delta state, Olomoro community in Isoko South Local Government Area, Over 200 members of Awhakia family group came to plead at Olomoro Flow Station operated by Shell Petroleum Development Company, requesting that the oil company implement...
- Posted November 14, 2011
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Delay in Anti-tobacco Bill As Tobacco Firms Lobby Lawmakers
A forum organised by the Coalition against Tobacco on Friday in Abuja established that the delay in discussing the anti-tobacco bill in the National Assembly is attributed to the fact that tobacco firms had infiltrated the ranks...
- Posted November 14, 2011
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Achebe Firm on Rejection of National Honour, Displeases Presidency
The president of Nigeria was to honour Nigeria’s renown author, Prof. Chinua Achebe with a national honour today along with some other Nigerians in Abuja but Prof. Chinua Achebe rejected the offer. President Jonathan had earlier offered Achebe...
- Posted November 14, 2011
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Why can’t Nigeria compel MTN, GLO, Shell to list in Stock Exchange? – Sanusi
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Lamido Sanusi has said multinational companies in the country must be compelled to list on the Nigeria Stock Exchange (NSE), so as to contribute to the nation’s economic growth. Speaking...
- Posted November 13, 2011
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EuroZone Crisis Update: Italian PM Berlusconi Tenders Resignation
Silvio Berlusconi, stepped down as the Prime Minister of Italy on Saturday. As he left the presidential palace, crowds were there to jeer at him, calling him a “Buffoon”. Berlusconi became unpopular due to a litany of...
- Posted November 13, 2011
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Discharged soldiers yet to be paid their entitlement
Some discharged armies are yet to be payed their entitlement. This is a source of worry to the senate committee. The Senate Committee on Army may soon invite some officials of the Nigeria Army over the refusal...
- Posted November 13, 2011
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Flush Out Sub Standard Products by Giving Us Information-SON
The Director of Enforcement, Standards Organisation of Nigeria, Mr. Louis Njoku, stated that The producers of sub-standard products have continued to thrive because buyers, who suffered losses after buying such products, did not report their experiences to...
- Posted November 13, 2011
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‘Walk to Live’ exercise for all in Osun state
Governor Rauf Aregbesola, declared at the Government House on Saturday that keeping the people fit is to create a stable platform for the growth of the state’s economy. Therefore to this cause, All top government functionaries, including...
- Posted November 13, 2011
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WHERE ARE THEY NOW? The PayPal “Mafia” Is More Powerful Than Ever
Ebay bought online payment company PayPal in 2002 for $1.5 billion. As often happens with these big deals, a lot of early PayPal employees got a nice payday. But in a rare turn of events, a surprising number of...
- Posted November 12, 2011
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Nigerian Steve Jobs out there?
Let me start this article by saying that I am not one of those people who believe that the college or university drop outs stand a better chance of becoming successful in life. I think it is...
- Posted November 12, 2011