All posts tagged "headline"

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  Ikeja Electric to upgrade substation

  Residents of parts of Lagos will experience power disruption for nine days as Ikeja Electric upgrades the Ijaiye 11kV injection substation located at Ijaiye/Ojokoro in the state. The company, in a statement signed by its Head of...

  • Posted August 6, 2015
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  Food security: Female farmers advocate price control

  Women farmers in Osun State have appealed to Governor Rauf Aregbesola to introduce price control mechanism for agricultural produce in order to encourage more investment in farming and ensure food security. The farmers said this in Osogbo...

  • Posted August 6, 2015
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  Seplat Petroleum seeks domestic energy security

  The London-listed Seplat Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) Plc has stated that domestic energy security was key to Nigeria’s future development, stressing that this could be achieved in the next five years. Speaking on Tuesday in Lagos at...

  • Posted August 6, 2015
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  NERC woos manufacturers on embedded generation

  The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has expressed its desire for the members of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) to drive its plan to grow investments in embedded and captive electricity generation in Nigeria. NERC said...

  • Posted August 5, 2015
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  Marketers defy DPR, sell petrol above official prices

  Despite last Wednesday’s announcement by the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) that it had set up a task force to supervise and monitor the sale of petrol in some depots, some major and independent marketers have continued...

  • Posted August 5, 2015
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  Naira now 216 on banks’ dollar rejection

  The naira rose further from 222 to 216 at the parallel market on Monday as Deposit Money Banks continued to reject cash deposits in dollars. The Central Bank of Nigeria had said it supported the move by...

  • Posted August 5, 2015
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  Forte Oil to boost operations with fresh capital injection

  Additional capital will soon be injected into Forte Oil Plc  that will significantly shore up  shareholders funds and impact its negative working capital. The Group Managing Director  of Forte Oil, Mr. Akin Akinfemiwa, who disclosed this yesterday ...

  • Posted August 5, 2015
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  Foreign investors woo Bayelsa Government on Atala Oifield

  Following the determination of Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State to develop the state-owned  Atala oilfield, several foreign investors were said to have indicated interest in the marginal asset, THISDAY has learnt. It was gathered that during...

  • Posted August 5, 2015
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  Obama challenges Nigeria, others to reverse brain drain

  The United States President, Barack Obama, on Monday said it was the responsibility of Nigeria and other African countries, and not that of his country, to reverse the influx of the continent’s intellectuals and manpower to other...

  • Posted August 5, 2015
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  Cyber risk, tax top threats for CEOs – PwC

  The findings of two recent reports by PwC that chart the top risks in the global insurance sector and the growth concerns of insurance chief executive officer shows that cyber risk, interest rates and growing tax burden...

  • Posted August 5, 2015
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