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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...

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Government urged to create 10-year plan to build infrastructure, develop gas for local use

Isaac Anyaogu Sep 30, 2020

Nigeria has ridden on the back of oil for more than 50 years, and now is the time to fly...

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Cash is biggest hurdle facing FGN-Labour deal on refineries

Stephen Onyekwelu Sep 30, 2020

The proposed agreement towards reviving Nigeria’s four moribund refineries between the Federal Government and labour unions may be an endless...

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Banks lose juicy yields as income from government debt slumps

Bala Augie Sep 30, 2020

Nigerian largest banks no longer enjoy juicy yields that used to spare them from profit pains as income from government...