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Shake Up At NNPC As Nigeria Appoints New Group Executive Directors

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan Wednesday appointed new Group Executive Directors for the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation to fill critical vacancies which currently exist in the Corporation, a Presidency statement announced. The President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity in the statement said “the appointments are with immediate effect.” The new […]

Lagarde to Attend China Development Forum 2014

By Peter OBIORA InvestAdvocate Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)-The international monetary fund (IMF), Thursday said Christine Lagarde, its managing director (MD) will visit Beijing on March 22-24 to meet with seniour government officials and attend the China Development Forum 2014, the IMF said in a statement. “I very much look forward to returning to […]

Anglophone Central Bank Staff Attends IMF’s Monetary Policy Analysis Course

By Peter OBIORA InvestAdvocate Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE) – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Tuesday said Africa’s central bank officials from Anglophone countries took part in an advanced course on key elements of the Forecasting and Policy Analysis System (FPAS) as it is used at leading central banks around the world. The IMF […]