All posts tagged "headline"

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  25,000 jobs lost in Vegetable Oil industry as sector faces extinction

  Vegetable oil and related products industry in Nigeria are nearing total collapse as no fewer than 25, 000 out of the 30,000 direct jobs in the sector have been lost due to the influx of substandard processed...

  • Posted August 13, 2013
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  Foreign airlines kick against relocation of offices

  Foreign airlines have kicked against the relocation of their offices to the third floor of the Muritala Mohammed International Airport, stating that the action is not in their interest. The President, Association of Foreign Airlines Representatives of...

  • Posted August 13, 2013
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  386 prospective bidders shortlisted for 10 power plants

  The Federal Government on Monday said 386 firms had been  shortlisted for the purchase of 10 National Integrated Power Project  plants slated for privatisation. Governor Gabriel Suswam of Benue State made this known to State House correspondents...

  • Posted August 13, 2013
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  Airlines abuses: Bill of Rights will protect air travellers – NCAA D-G

  Fola Akinkuotu is the Director General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA. In this interview, He speaks on the imminent dispensation under the Passenger Bill of Rights in the aviation sector. Excerpts: Passengers have complained persistently...

  • Posted August 12, 2013
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  Nigeria will soon be liberated from darkness – Nebo

  Since he replaced Professor Barth Nnaji as Minister of Power, Professor Chinedu Nebo has struggled to reassure Nigerians that the steady march to stable electricity in the country will not be truncated. As a high performing university...

  • Posted August 12, 2013
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  31,896 retirees demand N33.76bn gratuity

  About 31,986 retirees and the next of kin of dead pensioners from different parastatals of the Federal Government have claimed a total of N33.76bn pension benefits. According to the latest report of the National Pension Commission on...

  • Posted August 12, 2013
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  Livestock farmers oppose registration bill

  The Association of Livestock Owners and Input Suppliers in Oyo State has called for the review of animal farm, hatchery and feed mill registration laws to protect the livestock sub-sector of agriculture. The association, comprising the Poultry...

  • Posted August 12, 2013
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  Bayelsa floats N3.9bn aquaculture project

  Bayelsa State Government and its foreign partners have endorsed an agreement to float a N3.9bn aquaculture project in the state. The project, according to the Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources, Dr. Thomas Commander, involved construction of...

  • Posted August 11, 2013
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  NCC, NBC to cooperate towards industry transformation

  The Nigerian Communications Commission and the National Broadcasting Commission, which are government parastatals, have pledged to work more closely together in order to deliver the dividends of modern technology to the Nigerian people. This stand was indicated...

  • Posted August 11, 2013
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  PPMC concludes work on vandalised Escravos-Warri pipeline

  Pipelines and Products Marketing Company Limited in Warri, Delta State, has concluded major repairs on the 30 damaged points along the Escravos–Warri (system 2C) crude-line. The PPMC said prior to the repairs, the route was used as...

  • Posted August 11, 2013
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