Thisday Newspaper News Today Wednesday 11th December 2019
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Metering, Solution to Liquidity Challenges in Power Sector, Says Mamman
Peter Uzoho The Minister of Power, Mr. Saleh Mamman, has expressed the federal government’s readiness to ensure massive metering of electricity consumers in the country, saying metering remains the best option towards addressing liquidity challenges in the power sector. The minister specifically said effective metering of electricity consumers was the best option to help distribution
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Standard Chartered Bank Launches Digital Banking Solution in Nigeria
Peter Uzoho Standard Chartered Bank Nigeria has launched a new way of digital banking in Nigeria aimed at offering its teeming clients and customers better service through complete online banking. The bank also unveiled famous musician, Burna Boy, as its Digital Brand Ambassador. For both existing and new customers, the new SC Mobile 2.0 comes
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Recapitalisation: NSE Boss, Onyema, Bullish on Insurance Sector
Goddy Egene The Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), Mr. Oscar Onyema yesterday said the ongoing recapitalisation exercise in the insurance sector will present new opportunities for mergers and acquisitions and bring about efficiency, innovation and profitability. Onyema stated this at the NSE Insurance Sector Forum with the theme: “Recapitalisation: A Panacea for Insurance
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Arik Air’s Fleet Receives Boost, to Enhance Customer Experience
Arik Air received two aircraft from C-Check over the weekend, thereby boosting the operations of the airline in the coming festive season. The two aircraft include a Q-400, while the Boeing 737-800 check was conducted by Lufthansa Technik AG in Malta. According to a statement, over the last two years the current management has been
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House Renews Move to Separate Office of AGF from Justice Minister
Adedayo Akinwale in Abuja The long-standing agitation for the separation of the office of the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) from the Minister of Justice resurfaced yesterday as a bill seeking the divorce passed second reading in the House of Representatives. The bill when passed would seek the amendment of Section 150 of the
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CBN: Electronic Payments Hit N424tn in Nine Months
•Eyes 70% LDR before end of 2020 Obinna Chima and James Emejo in Yola The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)’s cashless policy has received a boost as the total value of transactions through various electronic payment (e-payment) channels stood at a total of N424.371 trillion in the first nine months of 2019. This represented 83.5
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Amuka-Pemu Narrates Publishers’ Efforts to Secure Sowore’s Release
Kingsley Nwezeh in Abuja Elder statesman, publisher of Vanguard Newspapers and Nigeria’s leading journalist, Mr. Sam Amuka-Pemu, yesterday spoke of newspapers publishers’ spirited efforts to secure the release of Sahara Reporter’s publisher and Convener of #RevolutionNow Movement, Mr. Omoyele Sowore, from detention by the Department State Services (DSS). Amuka-Pemu, who was part of a delegation
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Anthony Joshua Aims at Title Defence in Nigeria
Femi Solaja with agency reports With his affinity to Nigeria still very strong, World Heavyweight boxing champion, Anthony Joshua, has confirmed his desire to defend his title in the country if possible. The IBF, WBO and WBA champion recovered from a devastating upset in his first fight against the Mexican-American to reclaim the belts via
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DMO Clarifies Buhari’s $29.96bn Loan Request
Ndubuisi Francis in Abuja The Debt Management Office (DMO) has clarified that the latest move by the President Muhammadu Buhari administration for a $22.718 billion is consistent with the subsisting Debt Management Strategy, which seeks to replace short-term high interest cost domestic debt with low interest long-term external debt and is one of the measures
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NNPC Proposes Measures to Curb Crude Theft, Vandalism
•Records 45,347 pipeline breaks in 18 years Ejiofor Alike The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has unveiled plans to mitigate the raging twin menace of pipeline vandalism and crude oil theft in the nation’s oil and gas industry. NNPC Group Managing Director, Mallam Mele Kyari, at the inaugural Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) Policy
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