All posts tagged "featured"

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  CSO cautions Buhari on fuel subsidy removal

  The Conscience Nigeria, a Civil Society Organisation (CSO) focused on good governance, has warned President Muhammadu Buhari not to heed the advice by some stakeholders to implement total removal of subsidy and deregulation of the downstream sector....

  • Posted June 12, 2015
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  CPN calls for more investments in IT

  The Computer Professionals Registration Council of Nigeria (CPN) has urged the Federal Government of Nigeria to invest more in information technology (IT), in order to drive socio-economic development in Nigeria. CPN Registrar, Sikiru Shehu, made the disclosure...

  • Posted June 12, 2015
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  Nigeria’s E-Commerce sector to grow to N2.5tn by 2018

  As more Nigerians patronise online retail platforms following the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) cash-lite agenda and the Federal Government of Nigeria’s national broadband policy 2013-2018, the Nigerian electronic commerce sector is expected to expand further to...

  • Posted June 11, 2015
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  Market capitalisation dips by N33bn

  The equities segment of the Nigerian Stock Exchange on Tuesday closed on a negative note for the second straight session this week, as investors’ optimism remained low. The market capitalisation of the listed equities fell by N33bn...

  • Posted June 11, 2015
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  50% of Nigerians need social housing —Experts

  Stakeholders in the real estate financing sector have said that more than 50 per cent of Nigerians cannot afford homes developed by private sector investors and, therefore, need social housing. According to some of the stakeholders, who...

  • Posted June 11, 2015
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  Naira faces further pressure as US rate hike looms

  The naira and the Nigerian stock market, which have taken a pinch from the fall in global crude oil prices, are further threatened as the United States looks set to raise its interest rate. The US Federal...

  • Posted June 10, 2015
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  CBN: NIRSAL guarantees 224 projects for farmers worth N53bn in two years

  The Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL) of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Tuesday said it had guaranteed 224 projects worth N53 billion with commercial banks for farmers in the country in the last two and...

  • Posted June 10, 2015
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  Dangote to expand Ethiopian cement plant

  The President, Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, has said that plans are afoot to double the capacity of the newly opened 2.5 million-metric-tonne per annum cement plant in Ethiopia. Dangote, who stated this at the inauguration of...

  • Posted June 9, 2015
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  Mutual Benefits, others bag African insurers’ awards

  mutual Benefits Assurance Plc has been named the best innovative insurance company in Africa by the African Insurers Organisation. Two other African insurance companies were nominated for the same award at the 42nd AIO summit, which took...

  • Posted June 9, 2015
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  Why we bought Mainstreet Bank – Skye Bank GMD

  The Group Managing Director, Skye Bank Plc, Mr. Timothy Oguntayo, said the lender bought Mainstreet Bank Limited to tap opportunities in retail banking across the country. Oguntayo, who stated this at a pre-Annual General Meeting press conference...

  • Posted June 9, 2015
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