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Over $3.9bn expected from private sector investment as FEC approves infrastructure projects for concession

BusinessDay Oct 08, 2020

Some key Federal Government investments across the country are billed to generate over $3.9 billion additional funds following approval for...

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COVID-19 protocols elongate queues, fuel extortion at airports

Ifeoma Okeke Oct 07, 2020

Passengers travelling through Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos, and Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, have expressed frustrations over extortions...

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Stocks go the Bull lane with N1trn gain in 2 days

Iheanyi Nwachukwu Oct 07, 2020

Nigeria’s equities market has returned to the bull path with a record N1.005 trillion investors garnered in just two trading...

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Experts worry over FG’s silence, inaction on 300,000 mass housing initiative

Chuka Uroko Oct 07, 2020

When the Economic Sustainability Committee (ESC) recommended, among other things, the construction of mass housing in other to stimulate the...

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Delays for test results may cease as kit helps detect COVID-19 in 40mins

Temitayo Ayetoto-Oladehinde Oct 06, 2020

Facing dangerous delays during emergencies in hospitals may cease as Nigeria’s new rapid test kit helps hospitals detect the Covid-19...

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Eligible customer policy still in limbo three years after

Isaac Anyaogu Oct 06, 2020

Three years after, heavy power consumers who were declared eligible customers within the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI) who could...

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World Teachers’ Day: Buhari raises service year from 35 to 40, retirement age 60 to 65

Mark Mayah Oct 06, 2020

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved a special salary scale and new retirement age for teachers. The president’s gesture, announced Monday...

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Nigeria’s dollar squeeze summed up in one chart

Mercy Ayodele Oct 05, 2020

Dollar transactions at Nigeria’s Investors and Exporters (I&E) window slumped 47 percent to $36 billion between January to September 2020,...

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High cost, poor road infrastructure limit inland terminals’ capacity to ease congestion at port

Amaka Anagor-Ewuzie Oct 05, 2020

High cost of doing business, unnecessary delay during cargo examination and poor road infrastructure have been identified as factors limiting...

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Nigeria urged to tighten security ahead border re-opening

Harrison Edeh Oct 05, 2020

With the recent signal by the Federal Government to re-open the land borders soon after several months of closure, trade...

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Nigeria declines in volume of movie production, soars in quality

Emelike Obinna Oct 02, 2020

While the global audiences are looking forward to Nollywood, the Nigerian movie industry, overtaking the Indian movie industry after surpassing...

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Sanusi, Kolade, Peterside see Nigeria’s growth in meritocracy, accountability

Micheal Ani Oct 02, 2020

Leading voices of socioeconomic stability in Nigeria, Atedo Peterside, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi and Christopher Kolade have urged the government to...

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At 60, ICT contribution to GDP rises, but infrastructure investment fails to impress

Frank Eleanya Oct 02, 2020

The information and communication technology (ICT) sector accounts for 15.09 percent of Nigeria’s gross domestic product (GDP), as of the...

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At 60, Nigeria still struggles to justify ‘giant’ status

Caleb Ojewale Oct 01, 2020

The year of Africa as it was called, Nigeria was not the only African country that attained independence in 1960,...

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Fixing market, infrastructure, regulation are ways to restore Nigeria’s power sector - experts

Isaac Anyaogu Oct 01, 2020

BusinessDay virtual energy conference ended yesterday and three top recommendations by experts to mend Nigeria’s power sector challenges are fixing...