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Nigeria@60: stakeholders want full deregulation, gas utilisation in oil sector

Daily Dispatch September 30, 2020

As the nation clocks 60, key players in the oil and gas industry say full deregulation of the sector and deepening of gas utilisation will help Nigeria actualise her full potentialities. The stakeholders spoke in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. Nigeria clocks

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Stakeholders harp on revamping agriculture to maximise AfCFTA business opportunities

Daily Dispatch September 30, 2020

Economic experts and other key players in the agriculture value chain have called for a revamping of Nigeria’s Agriculture Sector to maximise business opportunities offered by the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the stakeholders made the call on Wednesday at a virtual strategy workshop on Agriculture […]

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Breaking: FG lifts ban on Emirates airline

Daily Dispatch September 30, 2020

The Federal Government has lifted the ban stopping Emirates Airlines from operating in Nigeria. The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, announced this via his Twitter handle on Wednesday. He tweeted, “UAE has written to state that they agree to issue visas to Nigerians, consequently decision has been reached to allow Emirates to fly into Nigeria. […]

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Passage of PIB will unlock gas opportunities- Sylva

Daily Dispatch September 29, 2020

Chief Timipre Sylva, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources says the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB), presently before the National Assembly, will unlock several midstream gas opportunities when passed into law. Sylva spoke on Tuesday at the virtual 2020 Businessday Energy Series – Fuel of the Future (Gas) Summit – with the theme: “Nigeria at 60: […]

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CBN Trains 15,000 Abia Rice Farmers

Daily Dispatch September 29, 2020

Fifteen thousand Abia rice farmers are currently being trained by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in its efforts to boost the cultivation and production of rice and discourage its importation into the country. The Programme of the Agricultural Development (ADP), Chief Israel Amanze who dropped the hint when two Christian groups of the Mountain […]

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Sterling Bank obtains CBN’s approval in principle to restructure

Daily Dispatch September 29, 2020

Sterling Bank Plc. has obtained Central Bank of Nigeria’s approval in principle to restructure as a holding company. The bank’s Chief Executive Officer, Mr Abubakar Suleiman, disclosed this in a statement posted on the Nigerian Stock Exchange website. Suleiman said the bank’s desire to operate as a holding company was driven by its plan to […]