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  • Tension mounts over PHCN contract workers six months after

    Less than 48 hours to the expiration of the six months’ duration for the termination of the appointments of the staff of the defunct Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) who were employed on a contract basis...

    • Posted April 29, 2014
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  • Bank customers’ biometric registration begins in 1,000 branches

    The Central Bank of Nigeria has said that the biometric registration of bank customers will now commence May ending in 1,000 bank branches in Lagos. The development is coming about four months after the project was inaugurated...

    • Posted April 29, 2014
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  • NCAA audits 18 foreign, local airlines

    The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority says it has conducted a comprehensive security audit of 18 foreign and local airlines operating in the country. A statement by the NCAA on Sunday explained that the audit was based on...

    • Posted April 29, 2014
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  • Nigeria’s cheaper-than-Ghana equities lure investors

    The nation’s equities are rebounding from the worst selloff in more than two years as valuations cheaper than South Africa, Kenya and Ghana lure investors from Investec Plc to Renaissance Asset Management. According to a Bloomberg report, the Nigerian...

    • Posted April 29, 2014
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  • Card fraud: CBN issues deadline for banks, others

    To combat the electronic card-related frauds, the Central Bank of Nigeria has given banks until November, 30 2014 to comply with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards. The CBN also mandated switches and processors companies to...

    • Posted April 29, 2014
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  • FG inaugurates Committee for 2014 Oil and Gas Investment Forum

    The Minister of State for Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr. Samuel Ortom, who inaugurated the committee in Abuja, stressed that the federal government would support the promotion of the Onne Oil and Gas Free Zone Authority as...

    • Posted April 29, 2014
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  • FG to retake computation of GDP in seven pilot states

    The Federal Government will retake the computation of States’ Gross Domestic Product (SGDP) conducted in seven pilot states to assess their contributions to National GDP, Secretary to the National Planning Commission (NPC), Mr. Ntufam Fidelis Ugbo, has...

    • Posted April 28, 2014
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  • IPMAN accuses black marketers of economic sabotage

    Black market operators and hoarders of petroleum products have been warned by the eastern zone of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria to desist from the nefarious acts in and outside depots or risk  prosecution....

    • Posted April 28, 2014
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  • MTN Group’s subscriber base now 210.1 million

    MTN Group now connects 210.1 million people in 22 countries across Africa and the Middle East. From a single licence in South Africa awarded in 1994, MTN said in a statement on Thursday that it had invested...

    • Posted April 28, 2014
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  • First built in Nigeria Nissan Patrol rolls off production line

    Nissan has become the first major manufacturer to build a car in Nigeria in response to the Federal Government’s new  Automotive Policy. According to a statement from Stallion Motors, Nissan representatives in Nigeria, the inaugural vehicle, a...

    • Posted April 28, 2014
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