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  • Tony Elumelu Foundation names new director

    The Tony Elumelu Foundation has announced the appointment of Ms. Désirée Younge from Sierra Leone, as Director of Leadership and Entrepreneurship Development. Younge comes to the Foundation with extensive experience in philanthropy and impact investing through her...

    • Posted November 13, 2012
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  • Dana crash: Insurers pay N373m to 79 relatives

    Five months after a Dana Air plane crashed in Lagos and left 153 passengers and crew members dead, the airline’s insurers have paid $2.37m (N373.04m) claims to relatives of the deceased. The Managing Director, Prestige Assurance, Mr....

    • Posted November 12, 2012
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  • Skyfall $87.8 Million in North American Opening Week Sales, Record for Bond Film

      “Skyfall,” the latest James Bond film and the third starring Daniel Craig, led the U.S. and Canadian box office with a franchise-record $87.8 million in ticket sales for Sony Corp. and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. Steven Spielberg’s “Lincoln,” from the director’s DreamWorks...

    • Posted November 12, 2012
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  • Electricity Reforms May Be Fizzling Out

    The vigour with which the Federal Government initially pursued its electricity reforms may be fizzling out. The expectation of stable electricity supply is now giving way to the fear that not much should be expected from the...

    • Posted November 9, 2012
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  • Okada Ban: No Pain, No Gain – Fashola

    Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola has urged residents of the state to endure inconveniences accompanying the implementation of the traffic law, especially the restriction of operators of commercial motorcycles, popularly known as okada. The governor spoke during the...

    • Posted November 9, 2012
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  • Investigation Uncovers How Diezani Madueke Runs Oil Ministry From Her Living Room

    Nigeria’s controversial oil minister Diezani Alison-Madueke’s management style, which is disrupting the governance structure of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, is causing concern in the state oil giant and the industry, a joint investigation by the International Centre for Investigative...

    • Posted November 9, 2012
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  • Nigeria, China’s Sinohydro Sign Accord for 3050 Megawatt Power Plant

    Nigeria signed a memorandum of understanding with China’s Sinohydro Corp. to build a 3,050- megawatt hydropower plant on the West African nation’s eastern Mambila Plateau, Power Minister of State Zainab Kuchi said. Sinohydro will build the power plant...

    • Posted November 8, 2012
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  • Telecoms recorded highest ad spend in 2011

    Telecommunications product category recorded the highest spend of N20.118 billion out of a total of N102.755 billion spent in Above- The- Line in 2011, followed by Personal Paid announcement with N8.654 while Entertainment, Leisure & Tourism was...

    • Posted November 7, 2012
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  • Dangote Sugar Claims N7 billion in Fire Insurance

    Indigenous conglomerate, Dangote Group of Companies, has notified underwriters on its insurance account to prepare to settle the over N7 billion claims that may be presented to them as a fallout of the recent fire incident at...

    • Posted November 7, 2012
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  • Special Report: Shaky finances rattle Nigeria’s airline safety

      Passengers arriving at Murtala Mohammed airport in Lagos could be forgiven for thinking they had stumbled into a refugee camp. In a big white tent a throng of people struggle with luggage in the sapping heat...

    • Posted November 6, 2012
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