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Govt Should Support Fast Food Industry, Urged Idogun

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CHIEF Executive Officer of Pepperoni Foods Limited, a fast growing restaurant chain in the Niger Delta region, Mr. Eric Idogun, said the industry has the capacity to create millions of jobs for unemployed youths if operators are encouraged through...
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Expert Seeks Regulatory Framework To Combat Cyber Crime

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TO combat the growing threat to technological development in Nigeria, an expert has canvassed an urgent development of national regulatory framework to secure the country’s cyber space. This is to protect the economy against cyber crime.

At a...
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Nigeria’s Future In The Balance As Shale Oil Rattles OPEC

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shaleTHERE is, frequently, a debate on whether the world could, one day, find a replacement for sweat crude. What is, however, not disputable is that the discovery of streams of non-conventional fuel will have enormous impact on the demand for oil and...
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Work Place Culture: Difference Between The UK and Nigeria (2)

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NEEDLESS to say, I did not wait around for that appointment and have never been back.  If I had called up the hairdresser in England and she was running late, she would actually tell me so, thus, giving me the option to wait or reschedule...
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‘How Organisations Can Leverage Training To Boost Performance’

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lee-follender-2TO succeed in an unstable business environment like Nigeria, entrepreneurs have been advised to build sustainable work ethics, seek appropriate training and patiently nurture their dreams.

The charge was made by American business trainer and life...
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‘Nigeria’s Paint Manufacturing Industry Beckons On Investors’

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Ten years ago, the Managing Director of Raphgate Chemicals Nigeria Limited, Mr. Atere Raphael resigned from his teaching job to venture into paint manufacturing with just N28, 000 in his hand. Today, he is the proud owner of the Horse Paints...
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Stakeholders Chart Way Towards Reviving Textile Sector

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JOY-CHINWOKWU-This is a follow-up to the story on the Nigerian textile sector published in The Guardian on May 11,2013. DEBO OLADIMEJI who wrote the story covered the 6th Advisory Board Meeting of Fashion and Textile Stakeholders’ Forum in Lagos —- under...
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Tablet Devices And Empowerment Of Students In Osun State

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Opon-ImoTHERE is a not so quiet revolution playing out in the education sector in Osun State, Nigeria.

The Opon Imo initiative is a unique and groundbreaking attempt at re-engineering how students learn at the senior secondary level, by making available...
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U.S. creates 175,000 new jobs, as unemployment dips

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U.STHE United States of America's economy added a modest 175,000 jobs in May, the Labour Department announced on Friday, dispelling some worries that job creation had slumped in the spring.

The unemployment rate ticked up 0.1 percentage points to...
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Govt to finalise sale of PHCN firms this month

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THE Federal Government may have concluded plans to finalise the ongoing privatization of the power sector this month, when the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) distribution firms are expected to be handed over to their respective...
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Lagos targets one million LPG users through new scheme

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THE Lagos State Government has unveiled plans to launch its new clean energy programme, tagged ‘Eko Gas’ aimed at encouraging utilisation of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) in the state.

Lagos State Commissioner for Energy and Mineral...
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Budget: Finance Minister defends envelope system budgeting process

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NIGERIA’S Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has defended the controversial ‘envelope system’ budgeting process adopted by the country’s Ministry of Finance.

Okonjo-Iweala, who appeared...
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Court clears hurdles for Union Bank to recover N459m loan

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AN Abuja High Court has struck out the suit instituted by a member of the Board of Directors of Keystone Bank, Dr Maude Aminun-Kano, praying it for an order restraining Union Bank from selling his property in settlement of a loan of N459 million...
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ECOWAS to harmonise land policy to boost food sufficiency

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THE Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is set to develop a roadmap to harmonise land policies among member states to ensure a food-sufficient in the region.

The ECOWAS Commissioner, Agriculture, Environment and Water Resources...
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Panel concludes consultations on illicit financial flows

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THE High Level Panel on Illicit Financial Flows (IFF) has concluded a three-day consultation with a wide range of stakeholders in Nigeria, aimed at understanding of the damaging effects of illicit financial flows on the Nigerian...
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