The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, has disclosed that its revenue increased by 17 per cent because of the recent automation carried out on the revenue sources of the agency.
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The government says China attracted $8.6bn (£5.1bn) in foreign direct investment (FDI) in May. That is a 6.7% fall from the same period last year and marks China's weakest FDI report since January 2013. Economists say prospects of slower growth in the world's second-largest economy may have deterred foreign investors.
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Ahead of the 2015 general election, no fewer than 2,000 members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State at the weekend defected from the party to the Peoples Democractic Party (PDP). THISDAY checks revealed that the affected party members are believed to be from Ilorin West Local Government Area of the state.
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The crisis rocking the Plateau State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is not about to be resolved yet as members of the state executive council of the party now convene parallel meetings at will, without consulting the Chairman, Dr. Haruna Dabin. Dabin had recently declared his intention to run for the state governorship in 2015. Since the declaration, the leadership of the party in the state had been thrown into crisis, with some members urging Dabin to vacate his chairmanship seat of the party.
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The Ondo State Board of Internal Revenue (BIR) has been able to generate N6.22billion worth of Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) into the state's coffers between January and May this year. The state Commissioner for Information, Mr. Kayode Akinmade, made the disclosure at the weekend while fielding questions from journalists.
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The Federal Government has begun moves to review the level of cooperation between Nigeria and its international development partners. The move, according to the Supervising Minister of National Planning, Ambassador Bashir Yuguda, is to ensure that aids and grants from such partners are aligned with the country’s development priorities.
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The Federal Government is set to privatise the country’s electricity transmission infrastructure six months after it physically handed over the generation and distribution companies to private investors. The move, our correspondent gathered, was to boost power supply by bringing in private hands, considered to be more efficient, to manage the transmission assets.
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Former Nigeria coach Shaibu Amodu has warned the Super Eagles they must not leave their defence exposed to counter-attacks in Monday’s Brazil 2014 World Cup Group F game against Iran in Curitiba. The former BBC Lions coach believes today’s match will determine the Eagles’ fate in the tournament.
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Politics is the art of choosing from alternative action paths for the promotion and enhancement of human welfare. Central to it is the challenge of wealth creation and poverty reduction. There is nothing in the world that says that a nation or a people must be poor; rather, poverty is a product of policy choices and their implementation over a period of time. It is the product of conscious decisions made by a people and their leadership. Given that available resources are limited, the prioritisation of the use of these resources under a scale of preference becomes the crucible to determine the rate of economic growth and development of any nation.
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We’re goal-driven hustlers -- in the best meaning of the word. Every day we take on hundreds of small tasks that add to our overall stress level. Without healthy strategies in place, these items can snowball. We forget to follow up, we drop the ball on projects and we procrastinate. Life doesn’t have to be that way. Below are four ways to channel your mind into a positive mental state. Over the years, I’ve incorporated these techniques to help stay balanced, increase productivity and reduce stress.
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