Nigeria has officially taken charge of the recently launched communication satellite, NigComSat-1r from the contractors, the Chinese Great Wall Industry Corporation. Speaking at the In Orbit
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Lagos-Ibadan railway to cost $1.5b
March 20, 2012 Comment Off 102 ViewsThe Minister of Transport, Senator Idris Umar, yesterday said about $1.5billion is required for the modernisation of the Lagos-Ibadan Railway Line. He also said the Federal Government will
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Lagos set to ‘allocate’ land to 549 landlords
March 19, 2012 Comment Off 71 ViewsLagos State government yesterday said it would meet with members of the Shangisha Landlords Association on how to enforce the Supreme Court judgment which ordered it to allocate 549 plots of land to
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In Ondo, Here We Go Again
March 19, 2012 Comment Off 62 ViewsGuest Columnist: By Akin Osuntokun “Beyond the partisan hopes, aspirations and fears of these three political parties - the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and
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Scholar Calls for Investment in Science and Technology
March 19, 2012 Comment Off 42 ViewsThe Rector of Kigali Institute of Education (KIE), Prof. George K. Njoroge, has called on the government and the private sector to invest in science and technology saying that it will generally spur
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Cashless Policy takes commitment to work
March 17, 2012 Comment Off 49 ViewsDayo Babatunde is the senior partner, Ernst and Young, a global firm that has been in operation for over 50 years and is represented in more than 140 countries. With his 23 years experience in the
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Don Jazzy “Tweets”The Record Straight: “It’s The End Of A Long Era”
March 17, 2012 Comment Off 32 ViewsFinally after coming to terms with the reality of his split with his BFF over the ownership of their record label, Michael Collins aka Don Jazzy has set the record straight confirming the news
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Guaranty Trust Bank Advances in Nigeria as Profit Jumps 37%
March 16, 2012 Comment Off 106 ViewsGuaranty Trust Bank Plc (GUARANTY), Nigeria’s biggest lender by market value, rose for a second day after full-year profit jumped 37 percent and the company announced a final dividend. The
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The substandard culture
March 16, 2012 Comment Off 61 ViewsThe Federal Government set up the Standards Organisation of Nigeria in 1971, and some commentators have said that the failure of the agency over the years was in the nature of things: that the
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Afghan leader blasts US over probe into shootings
March 16, 2012 Comment Off 32 ViewsTaliban talks off; Karzai tells NATO to pull back By AMIR SHAH, Associated Press – 26 minutes ago KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The American campaign in Afghanistan has suffered a double blow: The
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