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		<title>Euphoria, as FLP hosts the continent in 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/11/20/euphoria-as-flp-hosts-the-continent-in-2010/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:56:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Tony Nwankwo 
Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city, will May, next year, play host to thousands of Forever Living Products (FLP) distributors from nearly 40 countries of Africa in an Invitational Rally tagged “ABUJA 2010”. This is the second time the Nigeria office of the global health and beauty products multi-level marketing company will play host [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unworthiness of microfinance banks in Nigeria</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/11/20/unworthiness-of-microfinance-banks-in-nigeria/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/11/20/unworthiness-of-microfinance-banks-in-nigeria/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:43:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the CBN approves the harmonisation of the two association in the microfinance sector, the Association of All Microfinance and National Association of Microfinance Banks of Nigeria, the CBN and the umbrella body regulating the activities of microfinance banks in Nigeria is hereby advised to launch deep in bringing sanity in the sector.]]></description>
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		<title>Those who produce fake product in Nigeria</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/11/20/those-who-produce-fake-product-in-nigeria/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/11/20/those-who-produce-fake-product-in-nigeria/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:42:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sunday</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two weeks ago in this column Dealing with Fake and Expired Product,  the alarming rate at which consumers consume fake and expired products and how it is difficult  identifying them at a given time was discussed.  It was also discovered that the more we consume these fake products, the more we suffer from mysterious illnesses and sometimes we blame it on witchcraft.
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		<title>WTM: Nigeria set to be leading African  tourist destination</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/11/19/wtm-nigeria-set-to-be-leading-african-tourist-destination/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/11/19/wtm-nigeria-set-to-be-leading-african-tourist-destination/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:22:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>emekaaginam</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[tourist]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The World travel Market has become a vibrant must attend business to business travel and tourism event in the last thirty years in London.]]></description>
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		<title>Ohakim calls for expansion of Internal Generated Revenue</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/11/19/ohakim-calls-for-expansion-of-internal-generated-revenue/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/11/19/ohakim-calls-for-expansion-of-internal-generated-revenue/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:06:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>emekaaginam</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ohakim]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[WITH the attendant difficulty experienced in the global economy, the Imo State Governor, Chief Ikedi Ohakim has advocated for the expansion of Internally Generated Revenue (IGR ) sources other than taxation, adding that taxation is central to infrastructural development, recalling that in the colonial days specific companies were established to pursue investments for the regions.]]></description>
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		<title>Champion Breweries extends products’ presence in six South-South states</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/11/19/champion-breweries-extends-products%e2%80%99-presence-in-six-south-south-states/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:58:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>emekaaginam</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Champion Breweries]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Champion Breweries Plc has disclosed that it has increased its presence in key states in the South-South, especially in Akwa Ibom and five other neighbouring states.]]></description>
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		<title>Nestle takes Maggi Mixpy to Enugu, Onitsha, Jos</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/11/19/nestle-takes-maggi-mixpy-to-enugu-onitsha-jos/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/11/19/nestle-takes-maggi-mixpy-to-enugu-onitsha-jos/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:57:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>emekaaginam</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Maggi Mixpy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Nestle Nigeria Plc has introduced its new powdered food seasoning, Maggi Mix’py to consumers in Enugu, Onitsha, Jos as a way of meeting up with the demands of its customers across the country.]]></description>
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		<title>GMO rice: US suit confirms contamination in Nigeria, ERA</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/11/19/gmo-rice-us-suit-confirms-contamination-in-nigeria-era/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/11/19/gmo-rice-us-suit-confirms-contamination-in-nigeria-era/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:56:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>emekaaginam</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[ERA]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[THE legal action instituted against Bayer CropScience AG by farmers in the United States for allegedly contaminating their farms with Genetically Modified (GM) rice seeds in 2006 is a further confirmation of the validity of tests carried out on rice samples collected by the Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) in Nigeria and other West African countries within the same period which showed contamination.]]></description>
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		<title>Zain records $6.1bn turnover Q3 turnover</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/11/19/zain-records-6-1bn-turnover-q3-turnover/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/11/19/zain-records-6-1bn-turnover-q3-turnover/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:53:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>emekaaginam</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Zain]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Champion Breweries Plc has disclosed that it has increased its presence in key states in the South-South, especially in Akwa Ibom and five other neighbouring states.]]></description>
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		<title>FIRS tasks states revenue board on taxing of governors’ incomes</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/11/19/firs-tasks-states-revenue-board-on-taxing-of-governors%e2%80%99-incomes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/11/19/firs-tasks-states-revenue-board-on-taxing-of-governors%e2%80%99-incomes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:48:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>emekaaginam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has called on States internal revenue services to conduct a thorough investigation on their governors with the aim of locating other sources of their income so that they can be taxed accordingly.]]></description>
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		<title>Share value appreciates by N17bn</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/11/19/share-value-appreciates-by-n17bn/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/11/19/share-value-appreciates-by-n17bn/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:44:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>emekaaginam</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[share value]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Equities’ value on the  Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) appreciated Wednesday, by N17.04 billion. Specifically, equities’ value, represented by the market capitalisation, rose by 0.34 per cent to close at N5.064 trillion from N5.047 trillion at which it opened.
The All-share index also dropped by 0.34 per cent, shedding 72.22 basis points to close at 21,467.26 points from 21,395.04 points at which it opened.]]></description>
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		<title>Companies to pay N40 per cubic feet of gas</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/11/19/companies-to-pay-n40-per-cubic-feet-of-gas/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/11/19/companies-to-pay-n40-per-cubic-feet-of-gas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:42:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>emekaaginam</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[gas]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Manufacturers” Association of Nigeria (MAN) has agreed to pay N40 per cubic feet of gas to break the lingering crisis between manufacturers and Gaslink Nigeria Ltd. Gaslink Nigeria Ltd is a subsidiary of Oando Plc.]]></description>
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		<title>Expert urges ban on importation of dimension stone</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/11/19/expert-urges-ban-on-importation-of-dimension-stone/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/11/19/expert-urges-ban-on-importation-of-dimension-stone/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:41:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>emekaaginam</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[dimension stone]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A dimension stones expert, Mr Oliseh Ejiofor, on Wednesday in Abuja urged government to ban the importation of the stone to develop the local market.]]></description>
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		<title>‘Don’t allow carpet industry to die’, MAN</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/11/18/%e2%80%98don%e2%80%99t-allow-carpet-industry-to-die%e2%80%99-man/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/11/18/%e2%80%98don%e2%80%99t-allow-carpet-industry-to-die%e2%80%99-man/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:49:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>emekaaginam</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[carpet industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MAN]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[LOCAL carpets and rugs manufacturers, under the umbrella of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), has implored the Federal Government, saying “do not allow the carpet industry to die.”]]></description>
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		<title>APM Terminals install N52 million Crane Simulator at Apapa port</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/11/18/apm-terminals-install-n52-million-crane-simulator-at-apapa-port/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/11/18/apm-terminals-install-n52-million-crane-simulator-at-apapa-port/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:40:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>emekaaginam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[APM Terminals Apapa Limited has installed a new modern, state-of-the-art Crane Simulator with a view to modernizing, up grading and making the Apapa container terminal more efficient.]]></description>
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		<title>NPA boss  decries  expansion of port facilities</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/11/18/npa-boss-decries-expansion-of-port-facilities/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/11/18/npa-boss-decries-expansion-of-port-facilities/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:35:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>emekaaginam</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[port facilities]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Malam Abdulsalam Mohammed has called for the development of green fields to expand ports’ facilities.]]></description>
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		<title>Judges brainstorm on cabotage law</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/11/18/judges-brainstorm-on-cabotage-law/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/11/18/judges-brainstorm-on-cabotage-law/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:32:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>emekaaginam</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[CABOTAGE LAW]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Hopes of improved business prospects may have risen for Indigenous vessel operators as judges; lawyers and stakeholders brainstorm on core aspects of the enabling laws of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency NIMASA. The aim of the meeting  is to  harness the Cabotage Act  and make them benefit Nigerians.]]></description>
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		<title>NANTS identifies constraints to development of transport sector</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/11/18/nants-identifies-constraints-to-development-of-transport-sector/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/11/18/nants-identifies-constraints-to-development-of-transport-sector/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:29:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>emekaaginam</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[transport sector]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[THE National Association of Nigerian Traders (NANTS) has attributed the inactivity in the transport industry to the failure of the rail system, and called for an audit of the service sector in Nigeria.]]></description>
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		<title>APM terminals debunks media report on unfair labour practices</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/11/18/apm-terminals-debunks-media-report-on-unfair-labour-practices/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/11/18/apm-terminals-debunks-media-report-on-unfair-labour-practices/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:25:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>emekaaginam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The management of APM Terminals Apapa has taken strong exceptions to a report published in a national newspaper of Monday 13th November, 2009 alleging unfair labour practices at the terminal.]]></description>
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		<title>Udenwa inaugurates National  Focal Point Committee</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/11/18/udenwa-inaugurates-national-focal-point-committee/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/11/18/udenwa-inaugurates-national-focal-point-committee/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:19:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>emekaaginam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Minister of Commerce and Industry, Achike Udenwa, has re-inaugurated the Enlarged National Focal Point (ENFP) Committee.
Accordingly, the committee has been charged with the responsibility of  brainstorming and advising the ministry on decisions relating to domestic and international trade as well as trade negotiations.]]></description>
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