All posts tagged "african countries"

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  Nigerian travellers pay more for foreign flights; multiple taxes, high operational costs responsible

  The disproportionate airfares being paid by passengers travelling from Nigeria to major destinations in the world and those being paid by travellers from neighbouring countries for flights of similar distances is unsettling aviation stakeholders in the country....

  • Posted September 27, 2013
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  SON boss decries Nigerians’ taste for sub-standard products

  The Director General of Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), Dr. Joseph Odumodu, has said sub-standard products might remain in the Nigerian market because manufacturers earn huge turn-over from substandard products. The director-general who was represented by his...

  • Posted September 23, 2013
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  GTBank supports African Gifted Foundation

  Giving children quality education and helping them manage their minds so that they can get the best out of themselves is one of the greatest gifts teachers can provide. However, teachers cannot do it alone. Communities and...

  • Posted August 29, 2013
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  FG, India sign pact for off-grid solar powered system

  The Federal Government has signed an agreement with an Indian based electrical firm, Bharat Heavy Electricals to establish an off-grid solar powered system that would provide additional megawatts to the nation’s energy sector. A statement by the...

  • Posted July 23, 2013
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  350,000 companies not rendering tax returns – FG

  The Federal Government has decried the practice of tax evasion by many companies operating in the country and that in the last few years; about 350,000 companies have not filed tax returns. Tax returns are forms used...

  • Posted May 17, 2013
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  FG to create 3.5 million jobs in agric sector by 2015 –Okonjo-Iweala

  In a bid to reduce its teeming unemployed population, Nigeria will generate about 3.5 million jobs in the agricultural sector by the end of 2015. This was disclosed at the weekend by Coordinating Minister for the Economy...

  • Posted April 22, 2013
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