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Nigeria @66: Make manufacturing engine of job creation – LCCI

Nigeria @66: Make manufacturing engine of job creation – LCCI

•Govt must convert reform gains to higher productivity – CPPEBy Yinka KolawoleAs Nigeria marks its 66th independence anniversary, the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has urged the Federal Government to make manufacturing the centerpiece of its job-creation strategy, warning that macroeconomic stability will have little meaning unless it translates into lower production costs, […]
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Anambra : AC asks for run-off election

Anambra : AC asks for run-off election

By  Olasunkanmi Akoni LAGOS—The Action Congress, AC, has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission, to conduct a run-off  election between Mr Peter Obi of All Peoples Grand Alliance, APGA, and Dr Chris Ngige of  AC, and immediately correct the anomaly of prematurely declaring Obi, winner of the February 6, election. AC, has said that […]

PFN asks Jonathan to checkmate religious riots

PFN asks Jonathan to checkmate religious riots

By Sam Eyoboka LAGOS—The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, PFN,  has urged Acting President Goodluck Jonathan to be more proactive in dealing with religious crisis in parts of the country, by prosecuting perpetrators of such. PFN, which hailed the National Assembly for empowering Jonathan as the nation’s leader, however, lamented the failure of past governments to […]

A-Ibom to supply gas to  Rusal Alscon, IPP

A-Ibom to supply gas to Rusal Alscon, IPP

AKWA Ibom State Government has concluded plans to supply gas to Ibom Power Plant, IPP, and Rusal Alscon at Ikot Abasi.This follows a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, signed between the state government and Septa Energy Nigeria Limited to lay gas pipeline from Uquo Ibeno to Ibom Power Plant and Rusal Alscon.

Nigeria’s foreign debt rises to $4bn

Nigeria’s foreign debt rises to $4bn

FOUR years after exiting the infamous $30 billion Paris and London Clubs debts, Nigeria’s external debt profile today stands at $3.947 billion, the Minister of Finance, Alhaji Mansur Muhtar said in Abuja, yesterday.