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Economy: NBS 2016 4Th Quarter Report Shows Sign of Recovery

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Tuesday released the 2016 4th Quarter Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Report which shows a significant improvement in the country’s economic fundamentals and promising signs that things are beginning to turn for the better. Although the numbers are still negative, indicators in the critical sectors show some encouraging improvements compared to those of the …

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Dangote Foundation spends N200m to rehabilitate Kano Specialist Hospital

To complement its N7 billion Surgical and Diagnostic Centre (SDC) currently under construction, the Dangote Foundation has concluded the renovations of some sections of the Murtala Muhammed Specialists’ Hospital, Kano which gulped over N200 million. The 900 bed capacity hospital, reputed for highest number of in-patients in sub-Saharan Africa has been lacking facilities that may detract from the new SDC …

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EFCC, Court Order Heritage Bank To Freeze Geonel Integrated Services Accounts …as bank debunk’s insolvency claim

FRIDAY EKEOBA Heritage Bank Plc has said that its attention has been drawn to a report making the round that it should short-down operations owning to inability to meet its financial obligation to customers. The bank said that the allegation is not true as the Geonel Integrated Services Limited’s account, the company that made the alleged false claims, is currently …

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FG To List $1 Bn Eurobond On NSE

FRIDAY EKEOBA The Federal Government will tomorrow (Thursday) list its $1 billion Eurobond issued under the domestic economy newly established Global Medium Term Note programme on the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE). The15-year domestic Sovereign Eurobond priced at par and at a coupon of 7.875% per annum is the first foreign currency denominated security to be listed and …

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SEC Seeks international collaboration on Mergers and Acquisitions

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has expressed its readiness to collaborate with relevant international agencies to ensure that the growth of Mergers and Acquisitions in the country is sustained. Director General of SEC, Mounir Gwarzo stated this when he received a delegation of experts in Mergers and Acquisitions  from the United States of America and South Africa led by …

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FG to attract $10bn investments to Oil & Gas industry – Kachikwu

The Minister of State, Petroleum Resources, Dr Emmanuel Kachikwu, has said that the Federal Government will attract more than 10 billion dollars investments to the oil and gas industry in the next five years. Kachikwu said this on Tuesday in Abuja at the ongoing Nigerian Oil and Gas (NOG) Conference tagged: “ Reforming and Repositioning the Oil and Gas Industry …

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Dangote Tomato signs deal with farmers in Sokoto, Gombe

The Dangote Tomato Processing Company, Kadawa, Kano state has concluded arrangement to purchase fresh tomatoes from farmers in Gombe and Sokoto States. The company had already signed an agreement with Tomato Growers Association for the procurement of the commodity from the two states. The Managing Director of the company, Alhaji Abdulkarim Kaita, said on Tuesday that the company found it …

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AfDB to inaugurate $850m agric transformation programme

The African Development Bank will launch an $850m agriculture programme to transform the sector and reduce food imports in Africa. The Director of Agriculture in the bank, Dr Chiji Ojukwu, said, on the sideline of the International Conference on Wheat in Abuja on Tuesday, that the project, to be called Technology for African Agricultural Transformation, would ensure the generation, sustainable …

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