Industry & Money
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714FG Plans 18-month Fundraising for $2b Fibre-optic Project
The Federal Government announced on Wednesday that securing the requisite $2bn to fund the ambitious nationwide fibre optic cable project, spanning 90,000km,...
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468FG Extends Rice Subsidy Programme to States
The Federal Government is expanding its subsidised rice programme to alleviate food insecurity in Nigeria, with sales set to launch in Lagos,...
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342FG to Invest in Local Companies for Gas Production
The Federal Government has announced that it will soon choose more beneficiaries for its initiative to invest in indigenous companies focused on...
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365‘Flood, Insecurity May Cause Severe Food Shortages’
Farmers under the aegis of the All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN) have raised alarm over looming hunger across the country and...
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363Tackle Forex Crisis, Maritime Workers Urge Govt
As the country marks its 64th anniversary, maritime operators have urged the Federal Government to tackle the issue of fluctuating exchange rates...
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349Nigeria Loses 362.28m Barrels of Crude to Sabotage –NEITI
A new report by the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) has indicated that Nigeria lost 362.28 million barrels of crude oil...
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358US Ports Shut Down as Dockworkers Strike
Tens of thousands of dockworkers have gone on strike indefinitely at ports across much of the US, threatening significant trade and economic...
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401Naira-for-Crude Deal Begins Tuesday –Panel
The Technical Sub-Committee on Domestic Sales of Crude Oil in Local Currency, on Sunday, confirmed that the supply of crude in naira...
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315Sugar Masterplan Attracted $1 Billion Investments, 15,000 Jobs, Says NSDC Boss
The Executive Secretary/CEO of the National Sugar Development Council (NSDC), Kamar Bakrin, has said the Backward Integration Plan (BIP) under the first...
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271‘Banks, Fintech Must Partner To Activate Nigeria’s $1tr Economic Target’
For Nigeria to achieve the $1trillion Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by 2026, the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) and other financial stakeholders,...
