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  • GTBank named African bank of the year

    Guaranty Trust Bank Plc says it has been named the ‘2014 African Bank of the Year’ for the second consecutive time by the African Banker magazine. The bank was given the award in Kigali, Rwanda. A statement by the...

    • Posted May 29, 2014
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  • Power supply worsens as five transmission lines fail

    Five power transmission lines located in Port Harcourt, Benin and Lagos are currently unavailable for different reasons, thereby worsening the electricity supply situation in the country. This was indicated in the daily operational report of the Transmission...

    • Posted May 29, 2014
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  • FG to construct longest gas pipeline

    The Federal Government has announced plans to construct the longest gas pipeline in the country from Calabar through Ajaokuta to Kano. The Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, disclosed this on Tuesday at the opening of...

    • Posted May 29, 2014
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  • Pension fund assets rise to N4.3tn

    The pension fund assets under the Contributory Pension Scheme have risen to N4.3tn, the Chairman, Pension Operators of Nigeria, Mr. Musbau Yola, has said. He gave the figure on Tuesday while speaking at a media briefing on...

    • Posted May 29, 2014
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  • Labour vows to resist electricity tariff hike

    The Organised Labour has vowed to reject any increase in electricity tariff, no matter how little, because of the unstable supply of power in the country. Officials of the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress...

    • Posted May 29, 2014
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  • Dangote demands Immediate implementation of new cement quality standard

    Dangote Cement Plc,  Monday, urged the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) to urgently implement the new standard for cement in the country. SON recently published the standards it set for grades of cement that should be manufactured...

    • Posted May 28, 2014
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  • FG unfolds plan to build largest Gas Industrial Park in Africa

    In its commitment to boost gas processing in Nigeria, the federal government yesterday said it had put machinery in place to construct the first and largest multi-billion dollar gas industrial park in Africa. Making this disclosure at...

    • Posted May 28, 2014
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  • Economy created 1.2 million jobs in 2013 – NBS

    The Nigerian economy created 1.163 million jobs during the 2013 fiscal year, the National Bureau of Statistics has said. The jobs, according to the bureau in its latest job creation survey result released on Monday, were created...

    • Posted May 28, 2014
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  • NERC’s bi-annual MYTO review indicates marginal rise in electricity tariff

    The 2014 bi-annual review of the Multi Year Tariff Order (MYTO) conducted by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has revealed a marginal increase in the monthly charges to be paid by certain classes of electricity consumers...

    • Posted May 28, 2014
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  • NSE hammers stockbroker over unauthorised sale of shares

    The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) yesterday withdrew the registration of a stockbroker, Mr. Kayode Awotile, as an authorised clerk of the exchange for unauthorised transfer and sale of shares. According to the NSE, Awotile, who is the...

    • Posted May 28, 2014
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