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  • Fashola tasks Customs on unauthorised importation of firecrackers

    Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, has tasked the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) and the Nigeria Police to enforce existing laws to prevent unauthorised importation and storage of firecrackers. He also swore in Mrs. Oluseyi Josephine Williams...

    • Posted October 20, 2013
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  • Microsoft Ventures supports entrepreneurship in Africa

    As part of its 4Africa initiative, Microsoft Corp on Monday announced the expansion of the Microsoft Ventures partnership program into Africa starting in Kenya. The expansion into Africa was conducted as part of the recently launched Microsoft...

    • Posted October 19, 2013
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  • Shell lifts force majeure on Nigerian oil exports

    Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell on Friday lifted a force majeure on crude oil exports from Nigeria after repairing a supply pipeline that has been repeatedly sabotaged in the country’s oil region. Shell’s subsidiary in Nigeria (SPDC) said...

    • Posted October 19, 2013
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  • Mobile Internet subscription grows by 22 million

    Internet subscription through the Global System for Mobile Communication networks leapt by 22.07 million to reach 50.41 million between August 2012 and July 2013, the Nigerian Communications Commission has said. Statistics published by the regulatory agency on...

    • Posted October 19, 2013
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  • Reps endorse tariff increase on imported cars

    The House of Representatives Committee on Industry has endorsed the new automotive policy of the Federal Government, which seeks to increase the tariff on imported cars. This is coming as the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment,...

    • Posted October 19, 2013
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  • Presidency hails Fitch rating of economy

    The Presidency on Thursday hailed the latest rating of the Nigerian economy by the global rating agency, Fitch, which acknowledged the reforms being undertaken by the President Goodluck Jonathan administration in the power and agricultural sectors as...

    • Posted October 19, 2013
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  • Ekiti attracts $300m investment to agriculture sector

    The Ekiti State government received investments worth $300 million in the agricultural sector in the last three years. Governor Kayode Fayemi, who disclosed this at an empowerment programme organised for farmers in the state as part of...

    • Posted October 19, 2013
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  • Niger partners agencies to boost rice production

    THE Niger State Government says it is collaborating with the Japan International Development Corporation Agency (JICA), and the U.S. Agency for International Development to increase rice production in the state. Alhaji Baba Madugu, Managing Director of the...

    • Posted October 19, 2013
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  • IOCs made oil blocks dormant – NNPC

    The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has said that international oil companies operating in the country have been sitting on oil blocks and have allowed the acreages to go fallow for years without significant development. The corporation stated...

    • Posted October 18, 2013
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  • FG provides N3bn for micro enterprises development

    The Federal Government provided N3bn through the National Enterprise Development Programme for micro enterprises across all the states of the federation from January to September 2013. The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Mr. Olusegun Aganga, said...

    • Posted October 18, 2013
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