All posts tagged "headline"

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  Experts, stakeholders converge for ICT development in Nigeria

  Nigerian ICT sector will  experience a new dimension for improved operation after some leading voices in the sector in Nigeria must have concluded discussion on the increasingly fundamental role of ICT for sustainable development in the country....

  • Posted August 4, 2014
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  Bayelsa beckons on investors to grow economy

  For three days between the 16th and 19th of July,  the Bayelsa State capital, Yenagoa, hosted an array of policy experts, company executives, business leaders and top government officials, who converged to have a close look at...

  • Posted August 4, 2014
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  ALSCON: NCP clears rusal of asset stripping as BFIG criticises report

  The National Council on Privatisation (NCP) has cleared UC Rusal – current owners of the Aluminium Smelting Company of Nigeria (ALSCON), of allegations of asset stripping. Chairman, Fact-Finding Committee on ALSCON, Mr. Emmanuel Amadi, said after an...

  • Posted August 4, 2014
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  Emefiele vows to enforce competency framework in banking industry

  Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, has promised to continue to work with stakeholders in the banking industry to ensure the implementation of the competency framework for the industry is realistic. A statement from...

  • Posted August 3, 2014
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  NNPC, NAOC on collision over award of JV contract

  The National Petroleum Investment Management Services (NAPIMS), a subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and the Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) are heading for a collision over the award of multi-million dollar maintenance service contract...

  • Posted August 3, 2014
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  Ecobank, Lafarge Cement WAPCO’s half-year profit rises

  Ecobank Transnational Incorporated Plc and Lafarge Cement WAPCO Plc have released their unaudited statements of comprehensive income for the half-year period ended June 30, 2014 with both companies recording double-digit increase in profit. Ecobank’s results, filed with...

  • Posted August 3, 2014
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  Audit delays dispensation of Investors Protection Fund — NSE

  The Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE, has said that the delay in commencement of dispensation of the Investors Protection Fund, IPF, constituted two years ago, was due to an ongoing audit of the Fund. Mrs. Tinuade Awe, Head, Legal...

  • Posted August 3, 2014
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  MTN Appoints Group COO, South Africa Head

  One of Africa’s biggest telecommunications operators, the MTN Group, said yesterday that it had appointed Zunaid Bulbulia as its new Group Chief Operating Officer, adding that Ahmad Farroukh would replace him as head of the company’s South...

  • Posted August 3, 2014
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  Aviation agencies groan under inadequate funding, mismanagement

  The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), the Nigeria Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) and the Nigeria Meteorological Agency (NIMET) are facing financial challenges that may affect their operations. Government is considering...

  • Posted August 3, 2014
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  “Nigeria has housing deficit of over 18 million” – Maren

  Plateau State Commissioner for Housing and Urban Development, Solomon Maren, has disclosed that Nigeria currently has housing deficit of over 18 million, while Plateau has a deficit of 40,000 houses. Maren said it was for this reason...

  • Posted August 3, 2014
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