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  • Fish, bread prices push inflation to 7.8% – NBS

    The National Bureau of Statistics has released the Consumer Price Index for the month of March, stating that inflation rose by 7.8 per cent from 7.7 per cent recorded in the month of February. The NBS, in...

    • Posted April 17, 2014
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  • World Economic Forum will hold in Abuja – Okonjo-Iweala assures

    The Federal Government has assured that the World Economic Forum on Africa will hold in Abuja next month. The government also on Tuesday pledged to deploy more than 6,000 police and soldiers to protect the global economic...

    • Posted April 17, 2014
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  • FG approves new cement standards

    In a bid to check the spate of building collapse in the country, the Federal Government has approved new standards for the cement industry. The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Mr. Olusegun Aganga, disclosed this on...

    • Posted April 17, 2014
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  • American expert to inspect Lagos, Abuja airports

    The American Transportation Safety Administration’s Attaché for Central and West Africa, Ms. Mcneir Loretta, has arrived Nigeria for a three-day working visit. A statement by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority on Tuesday said Mcneir’s visit was a...

    • Posted April 17, 2014
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  • FRC queries BPE over lack of four-year financial statement

    The acting Chairman, Fiscal Responsibility Commission (FRC), Mr. Victor Muruaku, has said the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) has operated for four years (2007-2014) without audited financial statements for the periods. He said the privatisation agency had...

    • Posted April 17, 2014
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  • Power supply hasn’t improved with privatisation – Survey

    A survey on power supply situation in the country released by NOI Polls, an indigenous survey agency, has revealed that 63 per cent of Nigerians have experienced no improvement in electricity supply since the privatisation of the...

    • Posted April 16, 2014
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  • Lekki-Ikoyi link bridge: Court rules on stay April 25

    A Federal High Court in Lagos Monday fixed April 25 to decide whether or not to grant a stay of execution on its judgment over the tolling on the Lekki-Ikoyi link bridge. Justice Saliu Saidu reserved ruling...

    • Posted April 16, 2014
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  • Naira trades flat against dollar

    The naira traded flat against the United States dollar yesterday as dealers said  lenders sold dollars on the interbank market to improve liquidity and  shore up the weakening local currency. The naira had initially weakened to N161.30...

    • Posted April 16, 2014
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  • FG, states, LG share N641.38bn from federation account

    The Federation Accounts Allocation Committee on Tuesday night allocated the sum of N641.38bn to the three tiers of government from the federation account. The amount, which is the allocation for the month of March, represents an increase...

    • Posted April 16, 2014
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  • FG generates N675bn revenue

    The federal government generated a total of N674.7 billion revenue in January 2014, a report has shown. The Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN’s) economic report for January which disclosed this showed that the amount was below the...

    • Posted April 16, 2014
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