All posts tagged "vanguard"
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Anxiety at ports over Customs irregular tariff regime
THERE are indications that Customs agents in Lagos ports may down tools tp protest the irregular Customs tariffs classification on cargoes which operators said they received from the Headquarters of the Nigeria Customs Service, (NCS) in Abuja....
- Posted September 28, 2013
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Mark cautions on pension funds investments
Senate President, David Mark, has asked the National Pension Commission, Pencom, not to invest the N3.50 trillion Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS) in states yet to commence full implementation of the scheme. This is just as Governor Ibikunle...
- Posted September 26, 2013
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CBN compels banks to buy dollars to halt naira depreciation
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Friday compelled banks to buy dollars at N160.5 per dollar, in a bid to halt the four day depreciation of the naira at the interbank foreign exchange market. The unusual...
- Posted September 3, 2013
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Oando shareholders to get N5.1bn dividend
Oando Plc, listed on both the Nigerian and Johannesburg Stock Exchanges, has concluded arrangement to pay a dividend of N5.1 billion for the year ended December 31, 2012. Information available to Vanguard revealed that the dividend, which...
- Posted July 6, 2013
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Truck queues may return to Apapa ports
Long truck queues may resurface at the scanning sites in Apapa ports as the management of APM Terminals Apapa Limited, the concessionaire handling Apapa terminals, has threatened to withdraw scanning logistics at the ports, stressing that it...
- Posted June 30, 2013
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Why we detained NLNG vessels – NIMASA
The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has said that it detained the three vessels belonging to the Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) due to its failure to pay levies due to and its lack of...
- Posted June 27, 2013
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Labour, stakeholders disagree on poaching, bonding in banks
Organised labour and shareholders have disagreed over the appropriateness of staff poaching and bonding in the banking industry. Under the umbrella of the Association of Senior Staff of Banks, Insurance and Financial Institutions, ASSBIFI, labour maintained that...
- Posted June 24, 2013
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Electricity consumers groan over increase in metre charge
Electricity consumers in some part of Lagos have expressed worry over increase in fixed metre charge for pre-paid metres users. They accused the Federal Government, through the Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, of short changing Nigerians,...
- Posted June 18, 2013
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There are flaws in alcoholic beverage advert regulation – Loremikan
Shina Loremikan is the National Coordinator, Campaign Against Impunity, and a member of the Consumer Rights Advocacy Network of Nigeria. He is also a member of the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights and immediate past...
- Posted June 8, 2013
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Scandal rocks mobile number portability
There were indications at the weekend that the newly introduced, 20-day old Mobile Number Portability, MNP, may have run into a scandalous hitch owing to some alleged sharp practices on the part of one of the major...
- Posted May 12, 2013