All posts tagged "headline"

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  Dangote becomes first manufacturer of 52.5 cement grade in Africa

  To further arrest the problem of building collapse and other construction failures allegedly caused by the preponderance of lower grade (32.5) of cement in the market, Dangote Cement yesterday announced the completion of the calibration of its...

  • Posted March 12, 2014
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  FG mulls taxes for GSM phone callers, air passengers, health goods to fund health insurance

  In a more strategic move to ensure universal health coverage for all Nigerians, the federal government is mulling plans to ensure that GSM phone users are taxed, including air passengers and goods and services harmful to the...

  • Posted March 12, 2014
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  Broadband: Government to offer financial incentives to investors

  The Federal Government will offer financial incentives to foreign and local investors that help it to realise its vision of increasing broadband penetration fivefold by 2017. The Executive Vice Chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission, Dr. Eugene Juwah, said...

  • Posted March 12, 2014
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  CPC inaugurates document on telecoms consumer rights protection

  In a bid to improve consumer education and protect the rights of subscribers from certain exploitative activities of telecommunications operators across the country, the Consumer Protection Council has inaugurated the Compendium of the Rights of Telecommunications Subscribers...

  • Posted March 12, 2014
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  FG denies banning fish importation

  The Federal Government on Monday denied that it had completely banned the importation of fish as being speculated. The Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, made the clarification in Abuja during a 2014 budget defence session with...

  • Posted March 12, 2014
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  Minister seeks expansion of software industry

  The Minister of Communication Technology, Mrs. Omobola Johnson, has said the success of software entrepreneurs in the country will lead to the development of the Information and Communications Technology industry and the economy at large. She said...

  • Posted March 12, 2014
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  New capital requirement: “We will not succumb to blackmail” – SEC

  The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Tuesday said it would not succumb to stockbrokers’ blackmail on the new capital requirements for capital market operators. An authoritative source in SEC, who pleaded anonymity, told a reporter in...

  • Posted March 12, 2014
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  FBN Money Market Fund hits N20billion

  Less than two years after its launch, the FBN Money Market Fund now has over N20 billion in assets under its management. The Fund, managed by FBN Capital Asset Management, is an open ended mutual fund that...

  • Posted March 11, 2014
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  Investors shop for N987.46bn to boost power supply

  Investors in the power sector need at least N987.46bn over the next five years to adequately supply electricity across the country, OKECHUKWU NNODIM writes A total of $6.34bn (N987.46bn) will be required for the next five years by power...

  • Posted March 11, 2014
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  Unilever, Lafarge WAPCO’s directors to decide dividends

  Directors of Unilever Nigeria Plc and Lafarge Cement WAPCO Nigeria Plc will  meet next week to  consider the companies’ corporation actions regarding 2013 financial year. While directors of Lafarge Cement WAPCO will meet on March 18, those...

  • Posted March 11, 2014
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