All posts tagged "headline"

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  Phone dealers beg CPC, vow to remove fake handsets

  Phones and Allied Products Association of Nigeria have appealed to the Consumer Protection Council, CPC, for more time to withdraw fake phones from the market before January 20thnext year. The appeal was made when a team of...

  • Posted December 28, 2013
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  West Africa cases: World Bank unit toughens employee rules

  The International Finance Corporation, the World Bank’s private sector lending arm, has toughened rules for employee engagement with client companies after a controversy over the way two executives in West Africa jumped to groups that had received...

  • Posted December 28, 2013
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  Keystone Bank fires senior management workers

  About a month after sacking a good number of its workers, Keystone Bank Limited has again fired a significant number of its workforce -majority of the affected employees belonged to the senior management cadre. Keystone Bank, one...

  • Posted December 28, 2013
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  NCRIB gives brokers survival tips

  The Nigerian Council of Registered Insurance Brokers has proffered strategic partnerships, mergers and acquisitions as survival options for insurance brokerage practitioners in Nigeria. The President of the council, Mr. Ayodapo Shoderu, said the options were to remove...

  • Posted December 28, 2013
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  External reserves fall $6bn below target

  The nation’s external reserves have again fallen by $6bn below the Federal Government’s $50bn target, according to the latest figures obtained from the Central Bank of Nigeria. The statistics showed the reserves recorded $43.93bn as of December...

  • Posted December 28, 2013
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  FG to concession jetties

  To ensure their optimal performance, the Federal Government plans to concession all its jetties to private operators next year. The Lagos Area Manager, National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), Mr Muhammed Sambo, told reporters that the government took...

  • Posted December 27, 2013
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  CBN, banks to raise agric sector loans to 7%

  The Bankers’ Committee is targeting a loan growth of seven per cent to the agricultural sector of the economy by 2015, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi has said. The Bankers’ Committee is an...

  • Posted December 27, 2013
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  National carrier suffers setback as Aero repaints aircraft

  Indications emerged on Wednesday that the plan to unveil a new national carrier before the end of this year might have suffered another setback as Aero Contractors, touted to transform into the nation’s flag bearer, had repainted...

  • Posted December 27, 2013
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  Poor telecoms services mar Christmas celebrations

  Despite the threat by the Federal Government to sanction telecoms operators for poor quality of service by the end of this month, subscribers had all kinds of difficulties communicating with their loved ones in the days leading...

  • Posted December 27, 2013
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  Order forensic audit of oil earnings – FT tells Jonathan

  The Financial Times of London has advised President Goodluck Jonathan to order a forensic audit of oil and gas earnings in the country to enhance transparency and ensure that the country is not unnecessarily susceptible to oil price shocks....

  • Posted December 27, 2013
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