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		<title>BPP to classify contractors according to capacity</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:40:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[THE Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) has began classification of contractors according to their capacity to execute government contracts, as a way of streamlining public procurement in the country  with a view to improve efficiency. ]]></description>
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		<title>Green Revolution in Africa is possible, says Sanginga</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:37:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Nteranya Sanginga is the seventh Director-General of IITA. He speaks on Africa’s agriculture, stressing the imperatives of a Green Revolution, and the way forward.]]></description>
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		<title>Hygiene:  Lagos State threatens to close abattoir</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:37:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LAGOS State Government has threatened to close down Oko Oba Abattoir and Lairage in Agege if unhygienic practices and non compliance with the relevant laws governing meat slaughtering continues even as it inaugurated a 17 man task force committee on the abattoir and animal market in the state with the aim of ensuring wholesome practices.]]></description>
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		<title>Promasidor expands NASSMAC exams intake</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:25:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ojiego</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Promasidor Nigeria Limited, makers of Cowbell milk, said it has concluded plans to stretch to limit intakes in the National Secondary School Mathematics Competition (NASSMAC)  to accommodate more students.]]></description>
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		<title>Union Bank’s rights issue closes amidst high expectations</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:22:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ojiego</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The N10 billion rights issue by Union Bank of Nigeria (UBN) Plc closes this Friday amidst expectations that the success of the Issue would herald a new period of stable growth for the first generation bank.]]></description>
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		<title>KPMG tasks shareholders on IFRS literacy</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/02/kpmg-tasks-shareholders-on-ifrs-literacy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:01:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ojiego</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As companies begin the adoption, implementation and conversion to the International Financial Reporting Standards in the presentation of their financial statements, shareholders have been called upon to ensure that they understand critical elements of the standard and its impact on the activities of the various companies.]]></description>
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		<title>Citibank announces micro lending for  small holder farmers</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Citibank Nigeria has announced a capacity building and micro lending scheme for small holder farmers in Nigeria.
Managing Director/Chief Executive, Citibank Nigeria Mr. Emeka Emuwa announced the programmed  during the Citi Micro-Entrepreneurship Awards ceremony. ]]></description>
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		<title>CBN asks banks in Yenagoa to brace up for cashless policy</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:50:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mbgolu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has directed banks in Yenagoa to continually education their customers to migrate to available electronic channels ahead of its planned introduction of cashless policy in Bayelsa State in June, this year. ]]></description>
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		<title>PFSO trains port security officers on bomb detection</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:50:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mbgolu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[THE Lagos  Maritime Security zone of the Port Facility Security Officer Forum  has concluded plans to hold a bomb detection training for  port security officers following the recent  security challenges in the country.]]></description>
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		<title>Africa loses billions of dollars in potential cross-border trade earnings &#8211; World Bank</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/02/africa-loses-billions-of-dollars-in-potential-cross-border-trade-earnings-world-bank/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:29:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mbgolu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[African countries are losing out on billions of dollars in potential trade earnings every year because of high trade barriers with neighbouring countries, says a new World Bank report.   ]]></description>
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		<title>NPA records over 82,000 vessels calls in 2011</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/02/npa-records-over-82000-vessels-calls-in-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/02/npa-records-over-82000-vessels-calls-in-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:05:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mbgolu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cargo throughput handled in the Nigerian Ports increased from 74,910,284 metric tones in 2010 to 82,763,384 metric tones in 2011 indicating a 10.5% increase while ship traffic also increased by 7.35 percent last year.]]></description>
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		<title>‘Nigeria still a spectator in N41bn global biotechnology industry’ &#8211; PSN President</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/02/nigeria-still-a-spectator-in-n41bn-global-biotechnology-industry-psn-president/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/02/nigeria-still-a-spectator-in-n41bn-global-biotechnology-industry-psn-president/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mbgolu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Pharmaceuticals industry in the country currently contributes less than 5 percent to GDP (gross domestic product).  In this interview, with Chioma Obinna, the President of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria, PSN, Pharm. Azubuike Okwor, says despite the injection of  N200 billion Pharmaceutical Development Fund by the Federal Government, Nigeria is but only a spectator in the 41 billion naira global biotechnology industry.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Opposition mounts against NIMASA’s maritime security deal</title>
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		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/02/opposition-mounts-against-nimasas-maritime-security-deal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mbgolu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[MORE opposition groups have kicked against  the concessioning of the security of the nation’s  coastal waters  to a private firm by the Federal Government through the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA).]]></description>
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		<title>Builders support NAICOM enforcement drive on compulsory insurance</title>
		<link>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/02/builders-support-naicom-enforcement-drive-on-compulsory-insurance/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/02/builders-support-naicom-enforcement-drive-on-compulsory-insurance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:40:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ojiego</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nigerian Institute of Builders, NIB, has thrown its full weight behind the enforcement drive of the National Insurance Commission, NAICOM, on compulsory insurance for building under construction and builders Liability Insurance.]]></description>
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		<title>Making enforcement of compulsory insurances work</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:35:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ojiego</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The National Insurance Commission, NAICOM, for some time now has been going around the country trying to enforce implementation of the five compulsory insurance products encapsulated under the Market Development and Restructuring Initiative, MDRI.]]></description>
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