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  • NRC to link rail lines to tank farms

    The Nigeria Railway Corporation,NRC, has announced plans to link rail lines to the various petroleum tank farms in different parts of the country. The Managing Director of NRC, Mr. Adeseyi Sijuade, disclosed this to news men during...

    • Posted May 28, 2013
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  • Reps, CBN disagree over N13.4billion house sale proceeds

    The Public Accounts Committee of the House of Representatives and the Central Bank of Nigeria on Monday disagreed on whether or not the bank remitted the N13.4bn it realised from the sale of houses in 2008 to...

    • Posted May 14, 2013
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  • Workers insist on 10% equity in PHCN

    WORKERS in the nation’s electricity sector,  have insisted that they will not forgo the 10 percent equity share in the assets of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, being privatized by the Federal Government in accordance...

    • Posted May 8, 2013
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  • FG orders sack of 20,000 PHCN workers

    THE Federal Government has ordered the retrenchment of no fewer than 20,000 workers of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, ahead of takeover by successful bidders of its assets. Vanguard gathered that the Bureau for Public Enterprises,...

    • Posted April 29, 2013
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  • Customs admits revenue leakages, as waivers threaten N1.4tr revenue target

    Revenue leakages in the system, duty waivers and concessions granted by the Federal Government now pose serious threat to achievement of the N1. 4 trillion revenue target set for the Nigeria Customs Service for the 2013 fiscal year....

    • Posted April 28, 2013
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  • Metering policy implementation’ll save Nigeria N755billion monthly – Aganga

    The implementation of accurate metering policy by the Weights and Measures Department of the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment will save the country about N755bn monthly. The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Mr. Olusegun Aganga,...

    • Posted April 23, 2013
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  • NEMA to establish emergency media centre

    The National Emergency Management Agency,NEMA, is working towards the establishment of National Emergency Information Centre, NEIC, for timely response to media enquiries on disasters and emergency occurrences in Nigeria. The Head of Public Relations of the agency,...

    • Posted April 11, 2013
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  • Govt plans new land registration system

    TO ensure efficiency, the Presidency Thursday announced that it would soon introduce new land titling and registration module in the country to make land registration simpler and more participatory. The Chairman Presidential Committee on Land Reform, Prof....

    • Posted April 6, 2013
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  • Senate to pass legislation on local industry patronage

    Senate President, David Mark, on Monday gave an assurance of speedy passage of the bill for a law to ensure that goods made in Nigeria enjoy patronage locally. Mark gave the assurance in Abuja while declaring open...

    • Posted March 27, 2013
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  • Airtel lowers data tariff with Magic Box offer

    As the upsurge for data services by telecoms consumers increasingly competes with voice, leading telecommunications service provider, Airtel Nigeria has introduced a special data offer for its customers to surf the net without burning holes in their...

    • Posted March 25, 2013
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