All posts tagged "headline"

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  Nigerians in Diaspora seek tax waiver

  Nigerians in diaspora interested in bidding for public sector consultancy and contracting jobs have demanded for a waiver of three-year tax clearance requirement as a precondition for their eligibility. They made the demand in response to the...

  • Posted July 9, 2013
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  Access Bank AUM hits 200% growth

  Access Bank UK Limited, the wholly-owned subsidiary of Access Bank Plc, has declared that its Assets Under Management, AUM, in the private banking and asset management business has increased by over 200 percent to US$18.5 million by...

  • Posted July 9, 2013
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  NNPC to acquire divested assets of IOCs

  Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Monday, said it will acquire the divested assets of International Oil Companies, IOCs, in Nigeria. The NNPC has also borrowed about N224 billion ($1.4 billion) from the international financial market to settle...

  • Posted July 9, 2013
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  BRT starts e-payment on Tuesday, commuters to pay as low as N20

  The Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA), regulator of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT), has announced that the use of e-ticketing payment to board BRT buses will commence on Tuesday. This is part of ongoing re-structuring of...

  • Posted July 8, 2013
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  Shareholders get N230m from Trustfund

  The board of Trustfund Pensions Plc has announced a dividend pay-out of N230 million for the year 2012 with shareholders receiving 23 kobo per N1 share compared to 15 kobo in 2011. Nigeria Labour Congres, NLC; Trade...

  • Posted July 8, 2013
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  Osun lawmaker empowers 700 farmers

  No fewer than 700 farmers benefitted from agricultural inputs donated by the lawmaker representing Ifelodun/Odo-Otin/Boripe Federal Constituency of Osun State, Adeyinka Ajayi. The farm implements which include fertilisers, insecticides, cutlasses, axes, improved seedlings, valued at several million...

  • Posted July 8, 2013
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  PFAs to invest N3.4tn in infrastructure

  Pension Fund Administrators will invest part of the growing pension funds in infrastructure after the Pension Reform Act 2004 must have been replaced with a new act. This was contained in a memorandum submitted by the National...

  • Posted July 8, 2013
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  Lagos Airport concessions: Disputes that defy court judgments

  This is obviously not the best of time for the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN. This is because the agency is beset by battles against some of its concessionaires. On one hand, the agency is locked...

  • Posted July 8, 2013
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  FirstBank, UNICEF partner on mobile payment solution

  First Bank of Nigeria Plc, through its mobile payment solution, FirstMonie has partnered with the United Nations Children Education Fund, UNICEF on its polio health scheme to ensure that its monetary donations get to recipients despite their...

  • Posted July 8, 2013
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  Economy needs information technology — Ndukwe

  Former Executive Vice-Chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission, Mr. Ernest Ndukwe, has urged the Federal Government and the National Assembly to enact laws to protect Information and Communications Technology and power facilities as critical national infrastructure. Ndukwe, who made...

  • Posted July 7, 2013
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