According to him, the state, which is a closer tier of government to the people, contends with various challenges affecting the socio-economic development of the people
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According to Srivastava, who was represented by the Chief Sales Officer, Inusa Bello, Airtel believes that scaling up capacity building for the sector would infuse confidence, especially in the youth, and motivate them to embrace entrepreneurship as one sure way of confronting the problem of unemployment in the country as well as eradicating poverty in the region
CCESSA however noted that the Chinese construction giant failed to inform the public that against 1,000 expatriates on record, there are only 35 senior staff in all their formation in Nigeria
The Commissioner for Infrastructure at the commission, Ebima Njie, said all ECOWAS member states and development partners would be involved in the funding of the project
Justice Onigbanjo, before pronouncing the sentence, took note of the fact that Coker made efforts to restitute the victims, Saheed Gbadamosi and his son, Taiwo
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Anyim said this when he briefed newsmen on preparations to mark the 2013 Diaspora Day, taking place from July 23 to July 27
The Market Capitalisation of all listed securities grew by N17 billion to close at N11.838 trillion, compared to N11.821 trillion transacted on Thursday
‘And in an attempt to beat the threshold of reporting to the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit on currency transaction, these cheques were drawn in the range of N500,000 to N4.9 million, hence the bank could not see the transaction as suspicious’
The apex bank also said that the 91-day treasury bills were worth N20.16 billion at 11. 84 per cent yield, as against the 11.97 per cent yield at the previous auction on June 26
All tax evaders have been smoked out of their hideouts, even as waivers considered frivolous, granted by past administrations, have been put on hold
The visit, which will include a meeting with China’s President Xi Jinping, will have Elumelu and other business leaders, including Folorunso Alakija, Femi Otedola and Oba Otudeko, representing Nigeria’s business interests, thus emphasising President Jonathan’s commitment to leveraging the private sector to drive both development and trade and investment links between China and Africa
He said the states had felt the negative impact of oil exploration and exploitation “as this comes with considerable measures of economic and environmental degradation on the oil communities
He assured that “there will be no dismembering of the assets of the firms and then selling them differently, but the process will be similar to the sale of national fertiliser company in Onne, Rivers State, to global fertiliser giant, Notore
Speaking in an interview with China Television, President Jonathan said that the increasing utilisation of alternative sources of energy was a matter of concern for Nigeria and other oil exporting nations
He said: “The corporation wishes to seek the consideration, appreciation and support of the committee to exempt the NNPC from the remittance of operating surplus to the consolidated revenue fund
“This would imply a further build in global crude inventories, which currently stand at high levels,” OPEC said in reference to the market outlook for next year
“N8.27 billion was specifically released to the Federal Ministry of Power for the DISCOs and GENCOs, following approval by President Goodluck Jonathan,” Nwabuikwu said
Atufe said owing to this, the bank was already discussing with C & M Exchange, with the ultimate aim of finding a permanent solution to the face-off