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The ruling party in Nigeria, the All Progressives Congress (APC), has given out a list containing instances of mass looting of funds in Nigeria under the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan to journalist earlier today, saying nothing short of a total recovery will be acceptable to all patriotic Nigerians. APC, now the main party in…
The Ogun State Government has ordered the immediate re-opening of Oke-Aje Market in Ijebu-Ode. The market was ordered closed on Friday following the failure of owners of shops and stalls in the market to comply with the state’s environmental laws. In a statement released by the press officer to the State Deputy Governor, Mr. Femi…
Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari has appointed a new head in the person of Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu for NNPC on Tuesday as part of an overhaul aimed at rooting out corruption and mismanagement in the Nation’s economy mainstay. Buhari, who was elected in March, has made clear his desire to clean up the oil sector, which…
The International singer was in Nigeria last week and paid a visit to APC National leader and former Lagos state governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. The singer who was in Nigeria for his Solar power project, must have something extra in mind, if this visit is anything to go by. He later went on to describe…
Nigeria commercial Banks and discount houses operating in the country will this week publish the names of about 1600 customers whose loans have become non-performing reports The Punch. According to the Paper, this follows the expiration of the July 31, 2015 deadline set by the Central Bank of Nigeria for banks and discount houses to…
SMS text messaging is by far one of the fastest growing sectors in mobile advertising with 15.6 trillion messages sent in 2014 alone, according to research. Here is how SMS text messaging can help your business retain customers and drive loyalty: Accurate Targeting If your business has more than one location, different marketing campaigns for…
New Shopping Malls for Ogun State In order to boost commerce and encourage self employment in Ogun State, the state government said it would replicate the type of big shopping malls already constructed in the Ogun Central Senatorial District in the Ogun West and Ogun East Senatorial parts of the state. The government also disclosed…
Mojisola Dosunmu, director, industrial promotion, Ogun State Ministry of Commerce and Industry, has disclosed that seven factories, in addition to about 68 companies that have already opened shops across the state in the last four years, are ready for commissioning. She spoke against the backdrop of the state government’s commitment to the promotion and development…
Cement giant, Lafarge Africa Plc has said that its newly constructed 220 megawatts (mw) power plant at Ewekoro, Ewekoro Local Government in Ogun State, will commence operations in October. The executive vice president/managing director, Lafarge Africa Plc, Guilaume Roux, said that the project worth $400 million (N78.8 billion) was executed in partnership with the International…
NNPC has banned 113 oil tankers from the country’s waters, citing a directive from President Muhammadu Buhari, according to a letter circulated by NNPC. The oil vessels, which include mainly VLCC crude oil tankers, are banned from visiting any Nigerian crude oil terminals and also from Nigerian waters with immediate effect, the letter, dated July…
