All posts tagged "featured"
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Excess crude account: Jonathan bows to pressure, releases $1billion
President Goodluck Jonathan has succumbed to pressure from state governors to share accruals into the Excess Crude Account, ECA, with the approval of the disbursement of $1bn to the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT....
- Posted January 30, 2013
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BlackBerry Z10, Q10 announced [Photos]
RIM has officially announced it’s first BlackBerry 10 devices. See Photos:
- Posted January 30, 2013
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Ministers of Finance, Trade and Investment, Environment to brief FEC today
The Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the Minister of Trade and Investment, Olusegun Aganga and the Environment Minister, Hajia Hadiza Mailafia are to brief the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting today. It was gathered that the...
- Posted January 30, 2013
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PPPRA to axe defaulting marketers
With a view to restructuring and reorganizing its operations effectively, the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) says it will not relent in its effort to axe marketers found wanting in their task and duty of delivering...
- Posted January 29, 2013
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Nigeria, Canada sign agreement to reinforce trade relations, target $6bn trade volume by 2015
The Nigerian Government and the Canadian Government yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding to reinforce trade and investment ties between both countries. Both countries came to term by leveraging on areas of competitive and comparative advantage. They...
- Posted January 29, 2013
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Nigeria Stock Exchange Watch: ASI (-0.34%) Dips As Investors Exchange Nearly 1 billion Units
The Nigerian Stock Exchange All Share Index retreated 34 basis points in what was one of this year’s most active trading days. The market usually averages about 250 million units but investors staked 970 million units valued...
- Posted January 28, 2013
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Capital Requirement: MFBs Call For Deadline Extension
The South West Zone of the National Association of Microfinance Banks has urged the Central Bank of Nigeria to extend the December 31, 2012 deadline given to them to comply with the Revised Microfinance Policy Framework, which...
- Posted January 28, 2013
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Flour Mills Set To Merge With Niger Mills
The management of Flour Mills Nigeria Plc has announced its merger with subsidiary Niger Mills Limited. According to a statement released by the company last Friday, the merger is intended to create a more efficient company, reduce...
- Posted January 28, 2013
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RMAFC allocate LGs separate account in new revenue formula irrespective of pressure from State Governors
The Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) have disclosed its determination to go ahead and create separate accounts for the Local governments in the anticipated new revenue prescription, irrespective of pressure from Governors. According to a...
- Posted January 28, 2013
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Regulators Must Do More To Increase Domestic Investors Confidence – Experts
The Progressive Shareholders Association Of Nigeria (PSAN) has called on regulators to do more to increase the activities of domestic investors in the Nigerian Stock Exchange. The shareholders group lamented the huge influx of foreign investment on...
- Posted January 28, 2013