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Wema Bank plc has been appointed by the Joint Admission and Matriculation Examination Board (JAMB) to sell its newly introduced on-line Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) application forms.
Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB) has announced that it would soon reward its Smart Kids Save (SKS) account holders in its forthcoming Annual SKS Raffle Draw.
Georgia State chapter of the All Nigeria American Congress (ANAC) is set to draw top Nigerian businessmen and women, lawmakers, and other government functionaries to the state of Georgia, in the United States to its planned 2009 Annual United States-Nigeria Economic Conference scheduled for the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Atlanta Georgia.
Alpha Auto Refinishes Limited, a Lagos-based firm, has offered one year free dent maintenance for cars that are repainted in the company this season.
Lamentations of motorists along the Lagos/ Aabeokuta Expressway due to traffic gridlock may soon be over following recent pledge by the construction giant, Julius Berger Construction company that the construction of Sango Otta bridge would be completed come February 2010.
FinBank Plc has expressed willingness to continue to provide unique banking services to its customers. The bank said this at the just concluded Lagos International Trade Fair.
The Association of Bureau-de-change operators in Nigeria (ABCON) has advised the Federal government to embark on massive public enlightenment campaign on the gains of deregulation in the oil-sector before implementing the policy.
Unity Bank Plc will soon adopt a new corporate identity to take it away from its conservative posture, Daily Trust learnt yesterday.
About 1,500 commercial motorcycle operators in Kaduna have benefited from free crash helmets donated by the Nigerian Breweries as part the company's safety campaign this year.
It is obvious that the Industrial sector of the economy of Nigeria has experienced a turbulent period of erratic power supply, faking and dumping, smuggling and high cost of production as well as lack of patronage by Nigerians. These perennial problems have been with the sector for quite a number of years now, as previous administrations had not been able to address them in a holistic way.
From what we presently have on ground, it is evident that this nation's problems do not come in trickles but in torrents; and the Federal Government, under the leadership of President Umaru Yar Adua, has unfortunately been saddled with these burdens which have accumulated over many decades.
As Nigerian maritime regulators seem helpless to enforcing the 25 years old Single Hall phase-out rule of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) the port of Fujairah has announced that it is sticking to the United Arab Emirates' (UAE) commitment to the IMO's 2010 phase-out of single hull tankers.
The Speaker, House of Representatives, Hon. Dimeji Bankole has said that the marine sub-sector can transform the nation's economy, if properly harnessed.
Judges from superior courts in the South-South have calledfor the review and harmonization of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Act, the Merchant Shipping Act 2007 and the Cabotage Act
Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Shippers' Council (NSC), Captain Adamu Biu has said that the development of adequate manpower for all the sub-sectors of the transport sector is key the development of the nation's economy and its growth.
National leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), yesterday overruled the Senate and directed that the chambers of the House of Representative should be the venue for the presentation of the 2010 Appropriation Bill by President Umaru Yar'Adua as practiced since 1999.
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has denied plan to renege on its resolve to appeal the court ruling against former Edo State Governor, Chief Lucky Nosakhare Igbinedion.
Chairman, Board of Directors of the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC), Ambassador Hassan Adamu has faulted the decision of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to inject N620 billion into eight ailing banks, saying it would not guarantee against failure.
Nigeria has been described as a country not bereft of intellectuals and experts in infrastructural development who could help in developing the country's infrastructure as they have been doing to other nations abroad.
The Abuja Leasing Company Limited (ALC) recently released over 1000 brand new commercial cars on the streets of Abuja in order to reduce road accidents.
United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Ms Robin Renee Sanders has said that the outcome of the 2010 gubernatorial election in Anambra State would be a key indicator of how Nigeria would carry out future elections.
Minister of State for Finance, Mr. Remi Babalola, yesterday advised the three tiers of government, namely the Federal, state and local governments, to look inwards for sustainable resources to meet their minimum requirements and economic needs, particularly as it relates to infrastructural development.
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 ...
THE Federal Government has commenced payment of arrears of allowances owed former militants in various camps in the Niger Delta.
Rising from a recent summit on Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF) organized by a group of developing countries in Maldives to fine-tune their position at the next month's climate change meet in Copenhagen, zero carbon tolerance has been canvassed.
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