All posts tagged "headline"

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  Investors want smooth transition for PHCN workers

  The core investors who have bought into the Power Holding Company of Nigeria’s successor companies have asked the government to ensure a seamless transition for workers to be sacked when they take over the firms. The core...

  • Posted September 21, 2013
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  Inflation’ll remain at single-digit in 2014 – CBN

  The Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Lamido Sanusi, on Thursday said the inflation rate would continue to be in the single-digit band till the end of this year and throughout next year. He also said although...

  • Posted September 21, 2013
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  FG plans automobile clusters in Lagos, Nnewi, Kano

  The Federal Government said it has finalised plans to create three new automobile clusters and training centres in Lagos, Anambra (Nnewi ) and Kano states as part of the National Industrial Revolution Plan and Industrial Skills Development Programme....

  • Posted September 21, 2013
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  Practicing fees threatens port operations

  The controversy surrounding the issue of practicing fees, which caused bad blood between freight forwarding associations and the regulatory council over the years, has refused to go away. The recent announcement by Council for the Regulation of Freight...

  • Posted September 21, 2013
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  It’s crazy to spend $8bn on fuel importation – Ben Bruce

  Federal government came under a heavy knock from the Chairman of Silver Bird Group, Ben Bruce , when he  lashed out on the government for spending $8 billion on fuel importation annually. Bruce was speaking in Abuja...

  • Posted September 21, 2013
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  BBM ready for Android, iPhone smart phones

  Global mobile phone ecosystem will witness a new dimension in instant mobile to mobile messaging with privacy, as the iconic mobile social network, BBM will begin rolling out for Android and iPhone customers around the world ....

  • Posted September 20, 2013
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  Airtel, Nokia begin exchange of phones in Nigeria

  Leading telecommunications service provider, Airtel Nigeria and Nokia, have partnered to provide Nigerians the opportunity to exchange any of their current handsets for one of Nokia’s swank smartphones, the Lumia 520. To qualify for the Airtel/Nokia phone...

  • Posted September 20, 2013
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  Trade facilitation: 19 agencies connected to Customs NICIS system

  In a bid to ensure trade facilitation in Nigeria, about 19 government agencies are currently inter-connected to the Nigeria Customs Information System (NICIS), which is now powered by Web Fontaine. The Nigeria Customs Information System is an...

  • Posted September 20, 2013
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  MasterCard, EFL partner to drive small business in developing countries

  MasterCard and the Entrepreneurial Finance Lab (EFL) have announced a global partnership to promote Small Business (SMB) growth in developing countries. The partnership, signed during a ceremony at the SIBOS Conference in Dubai, provides international issuers in...

  • Posted September 20, 2013
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  Indigenous oil companies boost production as majors retreat

  Nigerian-owned oil companies are boosting their share of the country’s crude output by taking up fields in restive areas as international energy companies retreat, according to a study by Ecobank Research. For more than five decades, Royal...

  • Posted September 20, 2013
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