All posts tagged "Nigeria"

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  SMEDAN, IOM seek closer tie on SMEs development

  The Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN), and the Swiss Government-backed International Organisation for Migration (IOM) have fortified their existing collaboration by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the rehabilitation of Assisted Voluntary...

  • Posted February 17, 2013
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  Apapa terminal gets satellite container system

  Port terminal operator, APM Terminals Apapa Limited, has introduced satellite-based container location system capable of ensuring 99.5 per cent accuracy of container location and inventory in the terminal yard to aid prompt service delivery at the port....

  • Posted February 17, 2013
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• Nigeria loses N6b daily on import to worsening piracy rating

  Following claims by the international community that it has substantially addressed sea piracy in the Gulf of Aden, Nigeria now risks taking over from Somalia as the worst state in terms of piracy. This, it is feared,...

  • Posted February 15, 2013
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  2013 COSON Week media briefing [PHOTOS]

  The Copyright Society of Nigeria has unveiled plans for its 2013 “COSON Week.” The star studded conference which took place at Protea Hotel in G.R.A, Ikeja had in attendance artistes such as Rugged Man, Banky W, Weird...

  • Posted February 14, 2013
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  Nigeria can stop rice importation by 2015 – AfDB official

  The African Development Bank (AfDB) has expressed optimism that Nigeria can stop the importation of rice by 2015, if the right things are done. Dr Patrick Agboma, the AfDB’s Chief Operations Officer, said on Wednesday in Abuja....

  • Posted February 14, 2013
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  Total budgets over $22b on upstream operations in 2013

  The oil giant, Total, Wednesday, unfolded plan to spend more than 80 per cent out of $28 billion of its organic investment budget on upstream activities in 2013. The French major said its 2012 fourth quarter full...

  • Posted February 14, 2013
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• MTN Nigeria to Deliver BB Z10 Operating System to Subscribers

  Nigeria‘s leading Information and Communications Technology (ICT) company, MTN, says it has concluded plans with BlackBerry, makers of the brand new Blackberry Z10 smartphone, to deliver the new Blackberry 10 OS device to its customers in Nigeria....

  • Posted February 13, 2013
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  Health minister commends $650m hospital mall project

  The Minister of health, Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu, on Tuesday commended the 650 million dollar Abuja Medical City project by Sucomex. Sucomex (Suministros de Commercio Exterior), offers a full range of health care sector services, “turnkey” hospital and...

  • Posted February 13, 2013
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  SEC appoints First Bank as lending agent for NSE’s transactions

  The  Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) may have appointed First Bank of Nigeria as a Securities Lending Agent (SLA) for equities and bond transactions on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE). With the appointment, First Bank has joined...

  • Posted February 12, 2013
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  AfDB plans $1.5b projects for Niger Delta, FCT

  The African Development Bank (AfDB) is to spend $1.5 billion on projects in the Niger Delta region, Abuja and some states, the bank’s representative in Nigeria, Dr. Ousmane Dore, has said. He told The Nation that the...

  • Posted February 11, 2013
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