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PH, Warri and Kaduna Refineries Fully Back On Stream

Daily Dispatch January 18, 2017

  The three refineries of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation NNPC which started operation some two weeks back have produced additional volumes of 4.6 million litres of Dual Purpose Kerosene otherwise known as Kerosene and 7.7 million litres of Automotive Gas Oil known as diesel. The

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United Capital Plc, Societe Generale, Orange, others support African SMEs with €77m

Daily Dispatch January 18, 2017

United Capital Plc, a leading African investment banking group, has partnered with global financial and corporate institutions to set up a Franco-African Investment Fund (FFA), with investible funds of €77 million. The aim of the fund is to accelerate the growth of innovative and entrepreneurial African and French small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs) with […]

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Obajana – Kabba Roa: Dangote Working Round The Clock To Deadline

Daily Dispatch January 17, 2017

Work has since commenced in full force barely one month after the Dangote Group and the Federal Government signed a landmark contract for the construction of a 42.5KM Obajana-Kabba Road in Kogi State, even as the company promised to complete the road well ahead of the stipulated time of two years. Investigations by Daily Dispatch […]

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IMF Says World Economy To Pick Up In 2017-18

Daily Dispatch January 16, 2017

A positive shift in the world economy in the second half of last year prompted the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to leave unchanged its projections for higher global growth in 2017 and 2018, it announced Monday. Global growth is projected to be 3.4 per cent this year and 3.6 per cent in 2018, the IMF […]

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FG targets 1 million metric tons of fertilizer by March

Daily Dispatch January 16, 2017

Federal government is to provide one million metric tons of fertilizers for wet-season farmers across the country by March this year, the National President of the Fertilizer Suppliers and Producers Association of Nigeria (FESPAN), Thomas Etuh has said. Speaking to Daily Trust in Kano, Etuh, who is also member of the Presidential Committee on Fertilizer […]

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Proposed Floating Dry Dock to be completed in 2017 – NIMASA

Daily Dispatch January 15, 2017

The Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, Dr. Dakuku Peterside, has said the proposed floating dry-dock project was in progress and likely to be completed in 2017. Peterside told the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja that the project, when completed, would enable ship owners dry-dock in the country. He said: “It […]