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Disgraced ex-IMF chief gets a new job

Disgraced former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn has gotten a new job in Serbia, as economic adviser. And he seems to…

China opens world’s highest airport in Tibet

The world’s highest civilian airport has opened at an altitude of 4,411 metres on the Tibetan plateau in the south-western…

MTN Tops Highest Advert Spenders With N5.09bn

MTN Nigeria has been adjudged as the highest spender on advertisement in the telecommunications sector 2012. According to a report…

Nigeria’s 10th Leading Tobacco Market Globally —BAT

Nigeria is one of the biggest 10 tobacco markets in the world, says the Managing Director, British American Tobacco, Mr.…

Citi Group appoints Nigerian head sub-Saharan Africa

US banking giant Citigroup has appointed Ade Ayeyemi to head its Johannesburg-based sub-Saharan Africa division, the company said on Tuesday.…

Ibori’s hidden wealth traced to Oando

Jailed former Nigerian Delta state governor, James Onanefe Ibori, hid some of his assets in the oil firm Oando and…

South Africa’s firm buys into Nigeria’s Mr Biggs

South African dining and fast-food giant Famous Brands has secured a deal to buy a 49-percent stake in the restaurant…

US FDA issues import alert against drugmaker Ranbaxy

Shares in Indian generic drugs giant Ranbaxy Laboratories crashed as much as 35 percent on Monday after the US Food…

Japan bids bye to atomic power, switches off nuclear reactors

TOKYO(AFP) – Japan began switching off the nation’s last working nuclear reactor Sunday for a routine inspection, with no immediate…

Bodo community rejects Shell’s $50m over oil spills

Negotiations between Shell and Nigerian residents of Bodo, an Ogoni community affected by two oil spills in 2008 failed to…

Forward Thinking With Geese Farming

Prince Arinze Onebunne Many developing countries now recognize the importance of livestock in integrated production systems to provide the sustainable…

Delta State to build N3.6 billion floating market

JETHRO IBILEKE/Asaba Nigeria’s Delta State Government has awarded a Contract for the construction of a concrete floating market at the…

Twitter goes public

Twitter announced Thursday, in a tweet, that it has submitted papers for the most hotly anticipated stock offering in the…

Oil Spill: Shell offers to pay Nigerian community $50m

The Shell Petroleum Development Company has offered to pay N7.5 billion, about $50m to the indigenes of Bodo community, Gokana…

Oil Subsidy Scam: Police Absence Stalls Trial

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, western Nigeria Thursday morning adjourned till 18 September for the proper arraignment of…

Senegal to buy electricity from Mauritania

Mauritania is to begin providing energy-starved Senegal with electricity within two years, both sides announced Thursday after a summit between…

$11m fraud: Nigerian jailed in The United States

Ayo Oluokun/Abuja A Nigerian, Emmanuel Ehkator who was investigated by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC for criminal conspiracy…

New Security Gadgets Installed At Airports

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, said on Tuesday it has installed modern security equipment at the nation’s airports…

Court Grants Ajudua Bail

Alleged serial fraudster, Fred Ajudua, has been granted bail by a Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja. Vacation judge, Justice…

Shareholders Fight Okocha, Wife Over Sports Company

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has fixed 18 September to decide either to relist or not Jay-Jay Okocha…

Heritage Bank To Return Trapped Deposits In SGBN

Kazeem Ugbodaga Heritage Bank Plc says it will refund 100 percent of customers’ deposits trapped in the defunct Societie Generale…

Amosun Launches Modern Taxi Scheme

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State, southwestern, Nigeria has reiterated his administration’s commitment to construction of roads and…

Leader Of Airport Luggage Thieves Arrested

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, said on Sunday it has unravelled thieves behind the disappearance of passengers’ luggage…

FAAN Unravels Luggage Rats At Lagos Airport

Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria FAAN, said on Sunday it has unravelled port rats behind the…

Shell to negotiate with Nigerian community over oil spills

Shell is to begin compensation talks with thousands of Nigerian villagers who say their livelihoods were ruined by two massive…

Lagos Bus Drivers Use Cocaine —Fashola Raises Alarm

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, has raised alarm that commuter bus drivers in the state now take…

Airtel Promotes Oladimeji, Anand And 79 Others

One of Nigeria’s leading Telecommunications Services Provider, Airtel Nigeria, has elevated 81 employees, across various business functions. The promotions followed…

Nigeria approves N15b cheap loans for farmers

Ayo Oluokun/Abuja Nigeria’s Federal Government has approved the grant of N15 billion, about $10m to the Bank of Agriculture (BOA),…

Why Kerosene Scarcity Will Persist

Though Nigerians are just recovering from acute scarcity of kerosene, a major source of cooking gas used by the masses,…

Beware Of Fraudulent Transaction Alert

Management of Zenith Bank Plc has alerted its customers to be wary of fraudulent transaction alerts purportedly sent by scammers…
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