All posts tagged "featured"
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Farmers record $200m net income from rice scheme
The rice revolution initiative has made Nigerian farmers to record an estimated $200m (N39.4bn) in net incomes in the past two years. The development has therefore created wealth for the farmers and their communities, according to a...
- Posted March 27, 2016
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Agbakoba wants FG to appoint Minister for Maritime Industry
A Lagos based maritime lawyer and former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr. OlisaAgbakoba, SAN has urged the Federal Government to appoint a minister to solely oversee the maritime industry. Agbakoba stated that the appointment...
- Posted March 27, 2016
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Fuel scarcity: NNPC begs Nigerians to be patient
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) friday apologised to Nigerians for failing to keep up with its responsibility of ensuring that petrol is adequately available for use in the country having been allocated the largest share of...
- Posted March 27, 2016
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Nigeria has over 5,000 exportable products – Expert
A trade professional and Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Koinonia Ventures Limited, Mr. Olufemi Boyede, has said Nigeria needs to begin to explore its over 5,000 exportable products. He stated this in Lagos during a press conference to...
- Posted March 26, 2016
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Stock transactions rose by 39.44% in February — NSE
The total transactions at the Nigerian Stock Exchange increased by 39.44 per cent from N84.10bn recorded in January 2016 to N117.27bn (about $0.60bn) in February 2016. In comparison with the same period in 2015, the total transactions...
- Posted March 26, 2016
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Nigerian oil companies, banks still in good shape – Kachikwu
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu has said that oil companies and other related financial institutions operating in Nigeria will not go bankrupt following the current volatility in the prices of crude oil...
- Posted March 26, 2016
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Capital flight from foreign airlines hits $4bn annually
Revenues from ticket sales by foreign airlines, salary emoluments from expatriate pilots and engineers, and cost of aircraft maintenance overseas have risen to over $4 billion annually, THISDAY checks have revealed. The National Association of Nigerian Travel...
- Posted March 26, 2016
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Transcorp Hotels posts N5.3bn profit, to pay 40k dividend
Transcop Hotel Plc has announced a profit before tax of N5.378 billion for the year ended December 31, 2015, showing an increase of 23 per cent above the N4.340 billion recorded in 2014. Profit after tax stood...
- Posted March 26, 2016
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House opens investigations into oil prospecting, mining licenses
The House of Representatives has set up an ad hoc committee to investigate the processes of the award of Oil Prospecting Licences (OPL) and Oil Mining Licences (OML) to all its beneficiaries. The House said the investigation...
- Posted March 26, 2016
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Construction of $3.8bn Egina FPSO nears completion
Stakeholders in the oil and gas sector are in high hopes that the Egina oil and gas project would be successfully implemented as the construction of the $3.8 billion floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) platform is...
- Posted March 26, 2016