All posts tagged "featured"

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  Investment inflow into Nigeria drops by N2.3tn

  Over the past three years, the flow of investment into the country has been declining due to issues in the economy, which have made Nigeria not to be the darling of foreign investors again, IFEANYI ONUBAwrites The...

  • Posted March 8, 2016
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  Lagos airport passes US security audit

  The United States Transportation Security Administration has passed a vote of confidence in the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos following the conclusion of a five-day security assessment of the facility. The four-man TSA team expressed satisfaction with...

  • Posted March 8, 2016
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  FG to empower 740,000 youths in agriculture

  In its determination to reduce the level of youth unemployment, the Federal Government has unveiled plans to empower 740,000 young agricultural producers in rural areas under its Youth Employment in Agriculture Programme. According to a statement from...

  • Posted March 7, 2016
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  Dollar scarcity: Importers explore timber, solid minerals export

  Due to the foreign exchange scarcity and the declining value of the naira, many Nigerian importers have shifted their focus to the export trade, mainly timber and solid minerals. The President of the Shippers Association of Lagos...

  • Posted March 7, 2016
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  Nigeria imports 1.25 million barrels of kerosene from US

  Nigeria emerged as the second-largest importer of kerosene from the United States last year, according to a new report released by the Energy Information Administration, the statistical arm of the US Energy Department. The country, which is...

  • Posted March 7, 2016
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  Nigeria can’t afford Forex demand for students studying abroad – Buhari

  President Muhammadu Buhari has said that Nigeria cannot afford to sell forex to parents seeking to fund their children education abroad. Buhari said his position on the forex allocation issue followed a discovery that the high demand...

  • Posted March 7, 2016
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  Value of total trade will retard in 2016 – NBS

  Even though it has been estimated to increase by 2.1 per cent, the value of total trade is expected to slow in 2016, the Nigerian Bureau of Statistics has said. NBS, which made this prediction in its...

  • Posted March 7, 2016
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  Oil price rises above Nigeria’s $38 oil benchmark

  The global benchmark, Brent crude, on Friday rose above Nigeria’s proposed benchmark oil price of $38 per barrel for this year’s budget. Brent had since mid-December 2015 continued to trade below the $38 per barrel mark. In...

  • Posted March 6, 2016
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  We cannot sell petrol at N86.50k – IPMAN

  The Chairman, Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, Kwara State Chapter, Mr. Olanrewaju Okanlawon, says members of the association in the state can no longer sell premium motor spirit popularly called petrol at the approved price of...

  • Posted March 6, 2016
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  NBCC advises Nigerians on economic opportunities

  The President of Nigerian-British Chamber of Commerce (NBCC), Prince Dapo Adelegan has advised Nigerians to look beyond the limitations created by the present economic situation and see opportunities for growth and inventions. The president stated this during...

  • Posted March 6, 2016
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