All posts tagged "headline"

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  Nigeria’s electricity situation, a nightmare — FG

  Federal Government, yesterday, in Abuja, said despite the investment in the power sector, only 25 percent of Nigerians currently had access to electricity. After a meeting of the Federal Executive Council, FEC, Minister of Power, Professor Chinedu...

  • Posted June 6, 2013
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• First Bank starts longer hours, weekend services to customers

  First Bank says that it has opened some of its branches for longer hours and on weekends to customers due to the ongoing upgrade of its IT infrastructure. The bank’s spokesperson, Folake Ani-Mumuney, said this in a...

  • Posted June 6, 2013
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  NIMASA’s Cabotage fund attracts single digit interest rate

  THE Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Cabotage Vessel Financing Fund (CVFF) is to attract a single digit interest rate. Disclosing this in Abuja earlier in the week, Transport Minister, Senator Idris Umar said that all...

  • Posted June 6, 2013
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  Airtel introduces Mobile Newspaper Service

  Leading telecommunications service provider, Airtel Nigeria, has introduced a new product which enables customers to receive pictures alongside instant news content while on the move. The product, known as ‘Mobile Newspaper Service’ is an improvement on the...

  • Posted June 5, 2013
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  Lawyer tenders evidence of toll collection on Lekki-Ikoyi bridge

  A Lagos lawyer, Mr. Ebunoluwa Adegboruwa, yesterday, filed a further affidavit before a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, evidencing the collection of toll on the newly constructed Lekki-Ikoyi suspension bridge in Lagos. Adegboruwa, had filed the...

  • Posted June 5, 2013
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  FG to save N431bn from ban on wheat importation

  The Federal Government has concluded plans to stop the importation of wheat into the country to create markets for farmers involved in the production of the grain. The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina...

  • Posted June 5, 2013
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• First Bank shuts operations Thursday, reopens Monday

  First Bank of Nigeria, will on Thursday start the upgrade of its core banking application from Finacle 7 to Finacle 10, which will ensure easier and faster customer services and experience. Our correspondent gathered that the decision...

  • Posted June 5, 2013
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  Alleged irregularities in Police Micro Finance bank exposed

  THERE are indications that trouble is currently brewing at the headquarters of the Nigeria Police Force Micro Finance Bank, Obalende, Lagos, following the discovery of alleged irregularities in the administrative running of the bank by some directors. ...

  • Posted June 5, 2013
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  Minister promises 10,000MW from Solar

  The Minister of Power, Prof Chinedu Nebo has announced the planned streaming of additional 1,000 Mega watts, MW of solar power yearly to boost energy needs in the country over the next 10 years, to be boosted...

  • Posted June 4, 2013
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  Nigeria loses $1.6bn to crude oil theft annually – Shell

  Shell Petroleum Development Company, has expressed concern over the activities of crude oil thieves and illegal refineries operators in the Niger Delta, saying that the country was losing $1.6bn annually to oil theft. The company cited its...

  • Posted June 4, 2013
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