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Bharti Airtel had become the fifth largest mobile operator in the world following its acquisition of Zain Group’s mobile operations across 15 African nations in June 2010

It will be the first terminal to be commissioned, among the 11 airports that are currently undergoing remodelling, under the first phase of the Airport Remodelling Project

Union Global Partners is a consortium of Nigerian and international investors formed to recapitalize Union Bank

Aside the forum, attention would also be on industry experts that have contributed to the development of information and communication technology space in the past

The renewed clampdown by the police is in line with the enforcement of the new traffic law in the state banning the commercial motorcyclists, popularly known as okada, from some roads

The noble dreams of Akwa Ibom people and the visionary approach of his administration, the governor said, is what has led to the uncommon transformation of the state in all ramification

The vice president assured investors that the Federal Government has put in place all necessary legal and institutional framework to provide an enabling environment for investments in country

The company emerged as the preferred bidder on Tuesday in Abuja at the opening of the commercial bids for the privatisation of the successor distributor companies of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria

Okonjo-Iweala said generally, the draft of the 2013 Budget, as presented by President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan to the National Assembly, has been receiving a lot of positive response from Nigerians

Okonjo-Iweala said a higher oil benchmark would not only lead to higher inflation but also a decline in the value of the naira and also lead to lower savings and reduced investment

A report put together by a group of journalists in Abuja, who toured some of the ravaged areas of the country, says that concerns on food security are coming at a time when the Federal Government is contemplating the implementation of increased tariffs for importation of rice and eventually stopping importation by 2015

Here comes the Commander-in-Chief is a collection of the articles of Akinadewo, one of the most humorous but factual columnists in Nigeria.

The emergence of Muhammad followed the resignation on Thursday of Oti Ikomi, who cited personal reasons for leaving the bank

Ikomi said his resignation was for personal reasons

Kim, who spoke on Thursday at the International Monetary Fund/World Bank Annual meeting in Tokyo, Japan, said inasmuch as the developing countries are contributing in a big way to the world economy, they should not feel they will not be affected by the slide in the economy

FAAN, in response to allegations by the Secretaries of the National Joint Aviation Unions, said what Oduah has done was to fine-tune the automation process that had been in the works on her assumption of duty as minister

The free debit cards are being doled out to customers in a promo tagged ‘Celebrating Freedom with MasterCard’

According to the Marketing Officer of Fly540Africa, Joel Chudleigh, the airline, in addition to the planned introduction of the Nigeria route, also has its eyes on Togo, Burkina Faso and Liberia.

“Weeds are perhaps the most important constraint in rice production, so this is a valuable resource for all those involved in research, training and management of rice weeds in sub-Saharan Africa, where total rice production losses attributable to weeds are estimated at US$ 1.5 billion,” said Dr Jonne Rodenburg, AfricaRice Weed Scientist

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