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Duties of banks to customers

Let’s begin a treatise on basic banker-customer relationship with a peep into the obligations or duties of banks to their customers. First, you must know that the duties of a bank towards the customer...

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Oil thieves frustrate efforts to curb $7bn revenue loss

Crude oil theft, which is denying Nigeria about $7bn in revenue annually, has shown no sign of easing despite stakeholders’ efforts to stop it. In view of its effects on revenue generation and budget...

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Notebook computer shipment from ODMs drops

Contract manufacturers of notebook computers suffered a worse-than-expected first quarter after shipments to clients like Apple Incorporated and Hewlett-Packard Company tumbled to the lowest level in...

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Engineering academy advocates use of local resources

The Nigerian Academy of Engineering has urged professionals, especially those in the oil and gas sector, to increase the use of local resources. The body, which made the call during its annual lecture...

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SA Insurance MD bags award

Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Standard Alliance Insurance Plc, a member-company of Standard Alliance Group, Mr. Tom Imokhai, has bagged an honorary doctorate degree award. It was...

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Google develops Android videogame console

Google Incorporated is developing a videogame console and a wristwatch based on its Android operating system, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. The devices could be available as soon as...

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ACE to stop using basis of contract clauses

ACE European Group  will no longer include basis of contract clauses in new and renewed business, with the exception of marine policies that operate under the Marine Insurance Act,...

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Nigerian cities growing at alarming rate –Expert

A professor of Urban and Regional Planning at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Mohammed Yunusa, has said that Nigerian towns and cities are growing at an alarming rate in number and size with...

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E-PPAN , CBN, others target increased cash-less adoption

The E-Payment Providers Association of Nigeria, with the support of industry stakeholders, including Interswitch Nigeria Limited, SecureID Nigeria Limited and the Central Bank of Nigeria, is making...

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Nigeria has only 4% forest cover – Asiodu

The President, Nigerian Conservation Foundation and a former Chief Economic Adviser to the President, Chief Philip Asiodu, has said Nigeria has continually degraded its environment, a situation that...

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Stakeholders seek legislation to regulate facility management

Stakeholders in the facility management sector are seeking legislation to regulate the practice of the profession. At the Nigerian Facility Management Roundtable held in Lagos on Thursday to...

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Stop posting engineering graduates to schools – COREN

The Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria has urged the government to stop using engineering graduates from tertiary institutions as teachers in secondary schools during their compulsory...

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Software products must be attractive to investors — Adegoke

Rasheed Adegoke is the Group Head, Information Technology at First Bank of Nigeria Plc. In this interview with STANLEY OPARA, he speaks on the initiative of the Federal Government to train software...

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New department aims to address problematic pension system

One of the major highlights of a bill to repeal the Pension Reform Act, 2004 and replace it with a new legislation is the merger of the old and new pension schemes by the Pension Transitional...

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HFP boss lauds LASG for developing Lekki/Epe axis

The Group Managing Director, HFP Engineering Nigeria Limited, Mr. Dele Martins, has expressed gratitude to the Lagos State Government for opening up the Lekki/Epe axis and facilitating residential,...

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AIICO woos travellers with premium discount

AIICO Insurance Plc has said it is offering discounted rate to members of the public on its travel insurance policy this summer season. In a statement on Friday, the firm said the offer was in line...

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Senate promises to focus on affordable housing

The Vice – Chairman, Senate Committee on Housing and Urban Development, Senator Gbenga Ashafa, has assured Nigerians that efforts are being made to develop the country’s construction industry with...

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Senate promises to focus on affordable housing

The Vice Chairman, Senate Committee on Housing and Urban Development, Senator Gbenga Ashafa, has assured Nigerians that efforts are being made to develop the country’s construction industry with...

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Electricity: Obama pledges $7bn to Nigeria, others

Nigeria has been named among seven African nations that will benefit from a $7bn intervention fund pledged by the United States President Barack Obama for the upgrade of power supply in sub Saharan...

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Senate dumps 2013 budget amendment, gets revised version

The Senate has received a revised version of the 2013 Appropriation (Amendment) Bill after discarding the earlier one submitted by President Goodluck Jonathan. The development is coming after the House...

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