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  • December 16
  • Daily Trust Nigeria: Real Estate Firm Gives Out Long Service Award

    In appreciation of their long meritorious service to the growth of Bauhaus International Limited, an estate development firm based in Nigeria on Saturday honoured 19 members of the company staff with "Long Service Award " at a ceremony held at the company office in Abuja.

  • Daily Trust Nigeria: Profile of Otudeko [analysis]

    Dr. Otudeko is a seasoned banker and administrator. He was appointed to the Board of FirstBank on May 18, 1997, where he served in various capacities.

  • Daily Champion Nigeria: Appraisal Boosts Ebok Reserves to 158 MM

    Pan-African multinational independent oil firm, Afren plc, has reported upbeat in it's appraisal drilling campaign in the Ebok marginal field, posting strong indications of reserves growth.

  • Daily Champion Nigeria: Addax Spuds JDZ Oki East Well

    Partners have spudded the next well in Sao Tome and Principe (STP) and Nigeria's Joint Development Zone (JDZ).

  • Daily Champion Nigeria: Oando Invests N36 Billion in Domestic Gas Grid

    Indigenous integrated energy firm, Oando, said it has invested over N36 billion in bridging huge infrastructure gap between Nigeria's huge gas reserves and demands in the domestic market.

  • Daily Champion Nigeria: Fuel Subsidy Inimical to Economic Growth- Lukman

    Federal government has attributed poor performance of the past fiscal budgets to huge fuel price subsidies which it said was 50 percent greater than total capital expenditure in the appropriation scale.

  • Daily Champion Nigeria: NNPC, Lekki Refinery Consortium Strike Accord

    Prospective investors in the proposed Lagos greenfield refinery have secured the support of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation in the project which is expected to stream by 1017.

  • Daily Champion Nigeria: Nipco's Benin Gas Station Takes Off Q1 2010

    Nipco Plc has said that work has reached about 95 per cent completion on its Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) plant in Benin Edo State.

  • Daily Champion Nigeria: Deregulation - Kerosene to Lead Price Jump

    There are strong indications that the planned deregulation of the downstream petroleum industry will significantly affect the activity in the kitchen of Nigerian homes as kerosene will emerge the costliest fuel in the market.

  • Daily Champion Nigeria: 'Human Capacity Building Must Accompany Industry Reforms'

    Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has declared the need for effective human capacity building to accompany the restructuring in the petroleum industry.

  • Daily Champion Nigeria: Eia Raises Opec's 2010 Earnings Forecast to $759 Billion

    The US Energy Information Administration has raised its forecast of OPEC's oil export earnings for 2010 by $9 billion to $759 billion.

  • Daily Champion Nigeria: Nation's Oil Output Averages 1.9mbd in November

    Nigeria's daily average crude oil export in the month of November maintained a steady rise in the production chart of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) even as Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has declared that total output including condensates have reached 2.4 million barrels per day (mbd).

  • Daily Champion Nigeria: Investors Want Urgent Review of 1978 Land Use Act

    The delayed passage of the Land Use Act sent by President Umaru Yara'dua to the National Assembly earlier in the year has raised fears amongst property developers.

  • Daily Champion Nigeria: Skyway Takes Over SAHCOL Today

    The new core investor in the Skypower Aviation Handling Company (SAHCOL), Skyway Aviation Handling Company Limited will today take over affairs of the company to Dr. Christopher Anyanwu, the Director General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) made this known in Abuja Monday at the signing of the Share/Sale Purchase Agreement (SPA) between the core investor and the BPE. Dr. Anyanwu, charged ...

  • The Herald Zimbabwe: U.S. $5 Million Boost for Telecoms Companies

    A TOTAL of US$5 million will soon be disbursed by the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe to local telecommunication companies for expansion projects, under the Universal Services Fund.

  • Daily Champion Nigeria: CBN Hailed for Interventions

    THE Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has been commended on its efforts so far, to save the banking industry.

  • Daily Champion Nigeria: Police Ban Powa Mass Transit Vehicles in Abia

    POLICE have banned the use of vehicles under Police Officers Wives Association (POWA) Mass Transit Scheme and authorized the immediate confiscation of any vehicles with such inscription in any part of Abia State.

  • Daily Champion Nigeria: Multilinks Staff Light Up Abuja Children Home With Xmas Gifts

    Employees of Multilinks Telkom in Abuja, last weekend, lightened up the lives of some less privileged children at the Abuja Children's Home at Karu, a satellite town in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) with Christmas gifts and party.

  • Daily Champion Nigeria: Reps to Bar States From Foreign Loans

    House of Representatives yesterday initiated moves to curb the growing demands by states for foreign loans.

  • Monitor Uganda: Councillors Blame Mayor for Potholes On City Roads

    Kampala Central Division councillors have criticised city senior staff over the deteriorating city roads. The councillors urged their superiors to either take corrective action, or surrender the roads to the Ministry of Works. "We have always released funds but nothing is being done on the ground. Potholes are all over the city, a clear indicator that there in no will in our staff," Central ...

  • Monitor Uganda: ERB - Qualified Engineers Off for Greener Pastures

    Hundreds of Ugandan engineers have left the country to seek greener pastures abroad creating a vacuum in the construction sector, Daily Monitor has learnt. Prof Jackson Mwakali, the chairperson of the Engineers Registration Board says half of the 649 registered engineers have left the country in search for greener pastures.

  • Monitor Uganda: KU Resorts to Technology

    Kampala University has invested a lot in new technology which will help their students create jobs rather than seek for them. The technology has been mainly engaged in the new courses that are offered to students to help them become professionals.

  • Monitor Uganda: Suubi FM, CBS Closure Cost Owners Billions in Lost Revenue

    The closure of Buganda Kingdom's Central Broadcasting Service (CBS) and Suubi FM radio stations has led to a loss of over Shs3b. CBS board of directors chairman Mr Kaaya Kavuma says the closure of the radio is unfortunate to the owners, listeners and advertisers and had caused a huge financial loss.

  • Monitor Uganda: Road Sector Gets Shs370 Billion From World Bank

    The World Bank has approved a Shs368.6 billion ($190 million) International Development Association credit to improve the connectivity and efficiency of the transport sector in Uganda.

  • Monitor Uganda: Telecom Services Substandard

    The quality of telecommunication services in Uganda is below the required standard set by the government and the International Telecommunications Union, a new study based on responses from more that 500 subscribers, has revealed.

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