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Mobile Software Solutions limited, a Nigerian solution with a focus on e-health was celebrated with an award for the Best African Mobile Solutions in mobile content, Health, Entertainment/Lifestyle category of the 2014 World Summit Awards.
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KIA Motors Nigeria has announced a new partnership with Mitob Motors Limited to help bring the brand closer to people in Ikeja, Lagos and its environs. Company officials said in addition to bringing to the market vehicles that deliver best-in-class features and affordable price for value, the primary objective of KIA is to take its world class facilities closer to its customers and manufacture vehicles that meet their dreams and aspirations.
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International Finance Corporation (IFC,) a member of the World Bank Group, has announced an agreement with HealthPlus Limited and CasaBella International Limited to provide a $5million loan facility to help the companies expand pharmaceutical and personal care services in Nigeria.
4.First City Monument Bank (FCMB) Limited has begun a special offer to
reward customers who use their debit MasterCard for cash withdrawals, purchases or online payments within and outside Nigeria, with cash and unique gift items such as iPad-minis and android phones.
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Lamudi, a leading property website focusing on the emerging markets, grew by 116 per cent between April and September this year. The number of listings on the website now totals more than 670,000 properties to buy or rent, spread across 28 countries around the world.
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Eight Nigerian universities recently received Galileo boards from Intel Corporation as part of the chip maker’s strategy to encourage research and development in Information and Communications Technology in the Nigerian educational system. The Corporate Affairs Group Director, Intel Africa, Mr. Moise Adams Leye, in an interview with Vanguard, explained why Nigerian universities should embrace the technology as an enabler for innovations while strengthening student’s ability to code applications.
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Nigeria’s newest investment in the gas sub-sector, Green Gas Limited (GGL) has said that its multi-billion dollar Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) plant, located at at Ibafon, Ogun, was 95 percent completed. Taofeeq Lawal, Head, Corporate Affairs, NIPCO, said in an interview in Lagos that the CNG project would start operations in 2015, adding that the project was very unique in several respects as it showed the avowed commitment of the Federal Government toward resolving the petroleum products crises.
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President of the Association of Fast Food Confectioners of Nigeria (AFFCON), Mrs. Bose Ayeni, has suggested that prospective investors gird up their loins as they stand to benefit a lot from Nigeria’s economy because it’s a goldmine that is waiting to be tapped.
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The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has announced plans to install new safety and security equipment at the 22 airports, to ensure safety of passengers. FAAN Managing Director, Sale Dunoma disclosed this in a speech delivered at the Airports Council International (ACI) Africa Regional Assembly during the just concluded conference in Durban, South Africa.
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Access Bank Plc has been awarded the International Organization for Standardization, ISO, 22301:2012 certificate for ‘Societal Security – Business Continuity Management Systems.’ The award was presented to the bank by the British Standard Institute (BSI), after about three months of rigorous business impact analysis across all the departments of the bank.
