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Nigeria
Report blames Customs for high port charges
Akinpelu Dada A study by Nigeria’s leading accounting firm, Akintola Williams Deloitte, has blamed the high cost of doing business at the nation’s seaports on the Nigeria Customs Service and other government agencies, claiming that Customs processes are responsible for not less than 82.1 per cent of the charges incurred ...
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Nigeria
Drive insurance with technology, FG urges IT experts
The Minister of Communications, Adebayo Shittu, has urged Information and Communication Technology companies to develop solutions to drive insurance growth. He said this during an e-insurance conference organised by Pinet Communications in Lagos with the theme: ‘Driving insurance penetration with Information and Communication Technologies’. Shittu said, “In view of our ...
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TAGEXPO woos Diaspora Nigerians to real estate investment
the organisers of Nigeria’s Real Estate Exhibition and Trade Show for its Diaspora, TAG EXPO, have concluded plans for the Houston Texas, United States of America and London, United Kingdom fairs that will give Nigerians in the Diaspora the opportunity to invest in properties back home. The Chairman, T.A.G Nigeria ...
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Nigeria
ICAN plans partnership with NEM Insurance
The Lagos Mainland and District Society of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria has concluded plans to visit some prisons, as part of its quest to bring succour to the needy in the district. The Chairman of the district, Chief Amobi Nwokafor, stated this plan during a courtesy visit ...
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Nigeria
Market Watch…for the week ended March 24, 2017
Local economy news The Central Bank of Nigeria’s Monetary Policy Committee met on the March 21 and 22 and voted to leave the benchmark interest rate, the Monetary Policy Rate, unchanged at 14 per cent despite moderation in annual inflationary pressure and moderation in financial system liquidity. The monetary authority ...
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Nigeria
Premium phablets
The PhonePad 3 phablet is now in Nigeria, and industry experts say that the device is made with the intention of facilitating business communications and productivity for its users on-the-go. “Currently the best 7-inch phablet, it has lots of upgrades in performance and design on the PhonePad 7E that was ...
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Nigeria
Fire Breaks Out At Women Centre, Abuja
Fire on Sunday broke out at the National Centre for Women Development adjacent to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in the Central Business District of Abuja. The General Manager (Facilities) of the centre, Alhaji Idris Madob, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), that the inferno started at the ...
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Nigeria
Investments In Lekki Free Trade Zone Hits N100 Billion
Indication has emerged that investments into the Lekki Free Trade Zone (LFTZ) an emerging business hub in the Lagos axis of the State has risen to over N100billion in the last 10 years. The Chairman of Lekki Free Zone Development Company, Mr. Abiodun Dabiri who disclosed this at the weekend ...
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Giappone
Tokyo, Osaka bourses to let employees telecommute using company computers in April
Japan Exchange Group Inc. will join the nation’s growing telecommuting trend as part of the government’s attempt to reform national working practices to reduce karoshi, or death from overwork The operator of the Tokyo Stock Exchange and the Osaka Exchange, also known as JPX, will allow employees to work from ...
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Giappone
State taps director Kobayakawa to become Tepco’s next president
The government plans to appoint Tomoaki Kobayakawa, a director on the board of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc., as president of the nationalized utility, it was learned Sunday. Kobayakawa, 53, is president of Tepco Energy Partner Inc., a retail subsidiary. The government plans to have Tepco President Naomi Hirose, ...