Nigeria Today: Top 10 News Stories You Shouldn’t Miss

1. The Federal Government has engaged not less than 25,000 graduates for skill acquisition and to gather experience under the Graduate Internship Scheme (GIS) of the Subsidy Re-investment Programme (SURE-P).

2. According to the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the Federal Government in partnership with private investors has distributed 590 tractors and post-harvest equipment to farmers across the country.

3. ASUS, the world’s top consumer notebook brand and maker of motherboards, in collaboration with Intel West Africa and Microsoft Nigeria has launched two entry level notebooks into the Nigerian market.

4. According to a survey carried out by Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM), Nigeria currently leads the world in enthusiasm for business  with a growing wave of grassroots self-starters taking risks and defying obstacles to bring their money-making ideas to life.

5. First Bank of Nigeria says it is providing strong support and advisory services to Omatek Ventures Plc in its solar power initiative.

6. Co-founder and Executive Director of Sahara Group, Mr. Tonye Cole has said the eradication of traditional barriers to start-ups through continuing growth of information and communications technology platforms has given impetus to the growth of e-commerce in Nigeria.

7. Skye Bank Plc has concluded arrangement to float N100 billion commercial paper (short term monetary instrument) in order to boost its liquidity.

8. Global payment technology company, MasterCard, has introduced electronic payment system technology to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in the country.

9. MTN Nigeria and ICT solutions provider, Huawei Technologies have both thrown their weight behind the celebration of the 2015 edition of the International Girls In ICT Day by eBusiness Life Communication Limited.

10. The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) is considering  introducing a new pricing regime for effective cost based transmission cable pricing for the telecoms sector.

 

 

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