All posts tagged "headline"

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  NERC upbeat on NESI’s N1.5trn market growth projection by 2017

  The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has expressed hopes that Nigeria’s emerging electricity market will meet up with the projected N1.5 trillion market value in 2017, from its current value of about N300 billion. NERC is optimistic...

  • Posted April 23, 2014
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  Dangote Group, Honeywell, others generate 15,000mw captive power

  Dangote Group, Honeywell, BUA Group and other cement, food and beverage manufacturing plants across the country are generating over 15,000 megawatts of electricity that are not in the national grid. This was disclosed by the President and...

  • Posted April 23, 2014
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  Stock exchange lost N780bn in turbulent Q1

  The Nigerian Stock Exchange’s Banking Index fell by 16 per cent in the first quarter of this year, more than any other sectoral indices, in what some analysts say is the worst performance by the Exchange in...

  • Posted April 23, 2014
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  Foreign investors may raise Nigeria’s risk profile – BGL

  Analysts at BGL Plc, a research and investment firm, have said that the evolving economic and socio-political environment may heighten the nation’s risk profile among investors. According to the analysts, as the nation prepares for the elections...

  • Posted April 23, 2014
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  Stakeholders want legal backing for National Building Code

  Stakeholders in the building and construction sector have called on the Federal Government to give legal backing to the National Building Code. The code has been accepted by all stakeholders since 2006 but has yet to receive...

  • Posted April 23, 2014
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  FG moves to attract more investment in oil, gas

  The Federal Government on Tuesday inaugurated the organising committee for the 2014 oil and gas trade and investment forum, with a mandate to attract more investment to the oil and gas sector. The Minister of State, Industry,...

  • Posted April 23, 2014
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  Cement dealers in South-west endorse Dangote’s 42.5 cement grade

  Cement dealers and distributors in the South-west have endorsed the newly packaged Dangote cement’s 42.5 grade (3X) and expressed optimism that the entry of the product into the market would help sanitise the building and construction industry....

  • Posted April 23, 2014
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  Nigeria’s foreign trade increases to N5.6trn in third quarter 2013

  Nigeria’s total external merchandise trade increased to about N5.65 trillion in the Third Quarter of 2013, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). However, total exports declined by 4.5 per cent to about N3.75 trillion compared...

  • Posted April 22, 2014
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  Banks raise investment on e-Banking channels

  Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) in the country have significantly increased the level of investment in their electronic banking channels as part of efforts to combat the rising threat to the alternative banking system. The move, THISDAY gathered...

  • Posted April 22, 2014
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  Nigeria records N317bn increase in merchandise trade

  The National Bureau of Statistics has said the country recorded an increase of N317bn in total external merchandise trade from N5.341tn in the second quarter of 2013 to N5.658tn in the third quarter. In the trade report...

  • Posted April 22, 2014
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