BUSINESS

Microsoft Championship : Zenith Bank to sponsor more students

Daily Dispatch August 11, 2017

Zenith Bank says it will encourage more Nigerian students to participate in the annual Microsoft Office Specialist Championship. The annual Microsoft Office Specialist World Championship is a global competition that tests students’ skills in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Miss Katherine

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Africa, U.S talks on AGOA end in deadlock

Daily Dispatch August 11, 2017

Talks between African and U.S. officials to review the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) free trade deal ended with no decision. There is a mutual feeling that AGOA has achieved little since it was set up. President Donald Trump’s top trade negotiator Robert Lighthizer and other U.S. officials have been in the tiny West […]

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Kano, Dangote Group, Black Rhino Group signs $150million Solar Power Project

Daily Dispatch August 10, 2017

Kano State Government, Dangote Group of Companies and Black Rhino Group, Thursday in Kano, signed a $150 million Solar Power project Memorandum of Understanding MoU. On completion, within 24 months of the target period, the Independent power project is expected to generate 100 Mega Watts of clean electricity, not only to industries but to the people of […]

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MMM, Bet9ja tops most visited websites in Nigeria

Daily Dispatch August 10, 2017

Sports betting site bet9ja and money doubling scheme MMM top the list of most visited websites in Nigeria according to ranking by Alexa. Alexa is a California-based company that provides commercial web traffic data and analytics on millions of registered websites. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Amazon.com. Alexa ranking is usually based on […]

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Kaduna: NCS Zone B gets N14bn revenue in 7 mont

Daily Dispatch August 10, 2017

The Assistant Comptroller-General, Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Zone B, Kaduna, Alhaji Aminu Dahiru, said on Thursday that about N14 billion was collected as internally generated revenue, from January to July 2017. Dahiru told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna that the zone had taken measures to ensure that duties were paid on all […]

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NEITI, NSIA, NOA partner on extractive revenue management

Daily Dispatch August 9, 2017

The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority and National Orientation Agency have agreed to partner in oil revenue savings and promotion of better attitude to public office. A statement by Dr Orji Ogbonnaya Orji, NEITI’s Director of Communications, said on Wednesday in Abuja that the agencies reached the agreement at