All posts tagged "featured"

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  FG earns N980bn from taxes in three months

  The country earned a total sum of N980.48bn from taxes between July and September this, figures obtained from the Federal Inland Revenue Service have revealed. The tax figures for the third quarter obtained by our correspondent on...

  • Posted November 9, 2015
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  Sokoto plans to end subsistence farming

  Sokoto government will prioritise mechanised agriculture in order to revive the sector and make it meet the current and growing demands of the people of the state, Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, has said. He added that the...

  • Posted November 9, 2015
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  Power: NERC to stop 11 Discos’ profiteering tendencies

  In a new regulatory order that would clearly affect the financial intakes of the 11 electricity distribution companies (discos) in Nigeria’s electricity market, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) on Sunday disclosed its decision to exempt consumers...

  • Posted November 9, 2015
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  IPMAN blames depot owners for fuel scarcity

  The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria has blamed both government and private depot owners for the fuel scarcity being experienced in many cities across the country. The President, IPMAN, Mr. ChineduOkoronkwo, said the situation was also...

  • Posted November 8, 2015
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  Lack of trading at NSE branches worries Onyema

  The Chief Executive of the Nigerian Stock Exchange, Mr. Oscar Onyema, has said the unwillingness of stockbrokers to carry out trading activities from branches of the Exchange is affecting the performance of the stock market. Onyema stated...

  • Posted November 8, 2015
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  Nigeria seeks to enhance its N5tn trade surplus with EU – Osinbajo

  The federal government on Thursday stated that it was seeking further diversification of the nation’s economy to enhance the existing N5 trillion trade surplus the country currently enjoys with the European Union (EU). It was however noted...

  • Posted November 7, 2015
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  IPMAN cautions members against flouting government’s petrol price

  The President of factional Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), Chinedu Okoronkwo urged its members on Thursday to buy and sell petroleum products at government-regulated prices to avoid incurring avoidable regulatory penalties from the Department of...

  • Posted November 7, 2015
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  Forbes names Dangote, Putin among world’s most powerful

  The Forbes magazine, in its annual ranking of ‘The World’s Most Powerful People’, has listed the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, as the most powerful ahead of Germany’s Chancellor, Angela Merkel, and United States President, Barack Obama. Africa’s...

  • Posted November 7, 2015
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  Power: NERC issues 126 licences for 36,040MW

  A total of 126 power firms have received generation licences from the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission to generate 36,040.12 megawatts of electricity for the country. According to NERC, the power firms will generate on-grid, off-grid and embedded...

  • Posted November 7, 2015
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  Dangote Sugar declares N14.22bn profit

  Dangote Sugar Refinery Plc made a profit before tax of N14.22bn in the nine months ended September 30, 2015, indicating a 1.8 per cent increase on the N13.97bn it reported in the same period of 2014. The...

  • Posted November 7, 2015
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