Bharti Airtel Limited, a leading integrated telecommunications company with operations in 19 countries across Asia and Africa, has announced the launch of its operations in Rwanda to expand its footprint on the African continent to 17 countries, a release made available to newsmen at the weekend...
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The modest building that squats next to a busy roundabout near the lagoon in Nigeria’s commercial capital offers little hint of the achievements - and ambition - of its tenant. For that you need to enter Aliko Dangote’s office on the ninth floor, where a political map of Africa and huge...
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All is now set for the commencement of the much-awaited Turn-Around Maintenance (TAM) of the Warri Refining and Petrochemical Company (WRPC). The $600 million (about N94.2 billion) TAM is expected to last between 24 and 36 months with an upgrade for long term operative plan of 50 years...
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Speaker of the Parliament of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS Parliament) and Nigeria’s Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, Thursday commended the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government and the international community for the restoration of constitution
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One of the accused persons standing trial in the N14.5 billion Police Pension scam, Mrs. Veronica Ulonma Onyegbula, has told investigators that the $544,632 (about N82 million) found in a company that she had interest in, Ulover International Resources Limited, was realised from selling pure water .
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Actis, a private equity investor, has revealed that a bright future awaits the Nigerian retail real estate. This was made known at a meeting of senior business leaders organised by Actis in Lagos at the weekend to discuss Nigeria’s retail revolution......
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The nation’s stock market rose by 2.6 per cent in March as the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) All-share Index closed at 20,652.51 from 20,123.47 of the beginning of the month . This was an improvement on the decline of 3.6 recorded in February and a growth of 0.7 per cent
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The Super Eagles camp at the Bolton White Apartment and Hotel in Abuja came alive Monday evening when 18 players reported as at dinner time in preparation for the friendly game against the Pharaohs of Egypt scheduled for April 12 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
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The Super Eagles camp at the Bolton White Apartment and Hotel in Abuja came alive Monday evening when 18 players reported as at dinner time in preparation for the friendly game against the Pharaohs of Egypt scheduled for April 12 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates........
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A Nigerian woman, Doris Chibuko, 40, was among the victims of the fatal shooting at Oikos University, Oakland, California on Monday. Chibuko, a Nigerian-trained lawyer and mother of three, was studying nursing at the Christian college when she was gunned down by an expelled student of the school.
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