The Joint Task Force (JTF) in Borno State, Operation Restore Order, Sunday revealed that members of the terrorist group, Boko Haram sect have resorted to kidnapping and ransom demand to finance their terror operations.
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National Coordinator of the Yoruba socio-cultural group, Oodua People’s Congress (OPC), Otunba Gani Adams, in this interview with journalists, including Correspondent, TEMIDAYO AKINSUYI, speaks on state of the nation, amnesty for Boko Haram, and government’s fight against corruption. Excerpts:
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Barely a month to his mid-term report, the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, has endorsed the Oyo State Governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, for another term, saying he has kept his electioneering campaign promises. The monarch who received the governor who led other top government functionaries of the state on a fitness walk, tagged: ‘Ajumorin Walk’ in Oyo Town described Ajimobi as a listener who has continued to fulfill his electoral promises to the people of the state.
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China has agreed to buy 60 planes from European firm Airbus, in a deal worth $8bn (£5.2bn) at list prices. It is the first such deal since the European Union suspended the inclusion of foreign airlines in its controversial Emissions Trading Scheme. China had voiced its opposition to the scheme, which charges airlines for the carbon they emit. Last year, Airbus had alleged that China blocked firms from purchasing its planes amid the row over the scheme.
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The federal government Thursrday disclosed that Nigeria recorded a significant improvement in its import trade figures as it saved up to N4.2 trillion owing to a decrease in the importation of manufactured goods in 2012. The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Mr. Olusegun Aganga, made the disclosure during the opening ceremony of the ministerial session of the National Council on Industry, Trade and Investment in Ibadan.
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The federal government is working to create at least five million jobs within the next two years, Dr Olusegun Aganga, the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, said on Thursday at the opening of the 6th National Council on Industry, Trade and Investment (NCITI-06) in Ibadan. The move, according to Aganga, will help the FG achieve its planned industrialisation of the country. The Minister said the nation had in recent times became the number one investment destination in Africa, saying the country had grown by seven per cent in the last 14 years.
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National telecommunications operator, Globacom, has signed a $750 million (N116.25 billion) agreement with Huawei Technologies, a leading global ICT solutions provider, to expand the capacity of the Glo network. Speaking at the signing of the partnership agreement in Lagos, Globacom’s Group Chief Operating Officer, Mohamed Jameel, explained that the network enhancement project was part of the 10th anniversary plan to enhance the experience of the millions of subscribers on the Globacom network.
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The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Apapa Area 1 Command, generated N59.4 billion as revenue in the first quarter of the year, a statement by Mr Emmanuel Ekpa, the command’s Public Relations Officer, said in a statement on Thursday. The statement gave the monthly breakdown of the figure as N20.8 billion in January, N19.8 billion in February and N18.8 billion in March.
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One of the terminal operators in the nation’s seaports, ENL Consortium Limited said it handled a total of 245 ships that called at its terminal between January and December 2012. General Manager of ENL Consortium Limited, Mr. Mark Walsh, disclosed this in a chat with reporters in Lagos. He noted that despite the ship volume, the firm which, is a wholly indigenous firm recorded, a shortfall of 12 per cent in its cargo volume.
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Nigeria’s failure to invest in the upstream sector of the petroleum industry has caused her to lose $100billion between 2008 and 2012 according to BusinessDay investigations. This has made the passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) more expedient than ever. Similarly, the country’s crude oil production target for the end of 2012, was given as 2.5 million barrels per day, but she could only reaslise about 2.1 million barrels per day, leaving a shortfall of about 0.5 million barrels per day, which is equivalent to about $10 billion, and to worsen the situation the daily production nose-dived to 1.9 million barrels per day in March this year.
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