All posts tagged "headline"

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  80,424 telecoms subscribers ported in 10 months –NCC

  The Mobile Number Portability scheme has so far produced 80,444 out-porting cases 10 months after its inception. Latest statistics from the Nigerian Communication Commission showed that 80,444 subscribers ported out of the various networks between May 2013...

  • Posted April 19, 2014
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  World Bank approves $150m for Nigeria, Ghana, others

  The Board of Executive Directors of the World Bank has approved $150m to finance 19 university-based Centres of Excellence in Nigeria and six other countries in West and Central Africa. A statement issued by the bank on...

  • Posted April 19, 2014
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  FRC probe designed to condemn my tenure – Sanusi

  The suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Lamido Sanusi, told a Federal High Court in Lagos on Thursday that the proposed investigation by the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria was designed to condemn him...

  • Posted April 19, 2014
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  SON proposes jail term for substandard product importers

  The Director-General, Standards Organisation of Nigeria, Dr. Joseph Odumodu, has said the agency plans to review the punishment for those found guilty of importing substandard products into Nigeria. Odumodu stated this shortly before the commencement of the...

  • Posted April 19, 2014
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  Court to rule on jurisdiction in $3.8bn Egina Project June 3

  Justice Chukwujekwe Aneke of the Federal High Court in Lagos will on June 3 rule on the issue of jurisdiction in the case filed by Lagos Deep Offshore Logistics (LADOL) and Samsung Heavy Industries of Korea and...

  • Posted April 19, 2014
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  Naira falls on increased dollar demand

  The naira weakened against the dollar on the interbank market Wednesday as a result of increased demand for the greenback as importers sought to meet their foreign exchange needs. The naira closed at N162.30 to a dollar,...

  • Posted April 18, 2014
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  Jonathan to inaugurate $16bn Gas City project soon – Uduaghan

  Speculations in some quarters that the first industrial gas city might be relocated from its present location in Delta State was yesterday laid to rest as President Goodluck Jonathan is expected to perform the groundbreaking ceremony in...

  • Posted April 18, 2014
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  CAC to introduce new business registration software

  The Corporate Affairs Commission says it is developing new business software that will make it possible to carry out registration services and conduct searches online. The Registrar-General, CAC, Mallam Bello Mahmud, who said this on Tuesday at...

  • Posted April 18, 2014
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  US Envoy bullish about Nigerian Capital Market

  The United States (US) Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. James Entwistle, Wednesday said the  improvement in the regulation of the Nigerian capital market and general business environment would attract more investments from the US. Speaking when he visited...

  • Posted April 18, 2014
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  FAAN deploys adequate security at airports for passengers’ safety

  The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has said it has deployed adequate security at the airports, including anti-terrorism squads. The General Manager,  Corporate Communications FAAN, Mr. Yakubu Dati, said this in an interview with the News...

  • Posted April 18, 2014
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