Below are the headlines found on The Punch Online Newspaper for today, Tuesday, 29 August, 2017.

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D'Tigress win confirms Nigeria's Africa dominance ' Coaches
Tue, 29 Aug 2017
Idris Adesina Basketball coaches, Sani Ahmed and Scott Nnaji, have said the victory of Nigeria's women's basketball team at the FIBA Africa Championship for Women on Sunday in Mali has confirmed the country's dominance of the sport in Africa. Nigeria won their third Afrobasket women title on Sunday after beating former champions Senegal 65-48. The []
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Legal framework, key to digital migration drive ' Ugbe
Tue, 29 Aug 2017
Ozioma Ubabukoh The Managing Director, MultiChoice Nigeria, Mr. John Ugbe, has said that the objective of the digital migration is not for people to pay for television but to make broadcasting, as a public service, more vibrant. He said that a good example of the practice was the National Geographic channel, saying, 'There are no []
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31 stocks tumble as week opens
Tue, 29 Aug 2017
Stanley Opara The Nigerian equities market recorded 31 laggards at the close of trading on the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange on Monday, as the NSE All-Share Index declined by 0.9 per cent. It started the week in the red, as the year-to-date return fell to 35.14 per cent. A total of 11 gainers []
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Stanbic IBTC delays half-year results
Tue, 29 Aug 2017
Stanley Opara In a notice of delay in the release of its audited 2017 half-year results to the Nigerian Stock Exchange, Stanbic IBTC says it is awaiting the approval of the Central Bank of Nigeria; hence the delay. The financial organisation, in the statement, informed the NSE as well as other stakeholders that 'we are []
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Petitions against us lack merit 'Oando
Tue, 29 Aug 2017
Stanley Opara Oando Plc on Monday said two petitions written against it alleging gross abuse of corporate governance and financial mismanagement lacked merit. It, however, confirmed that the Securities and Exchange Commission had since commenced an enquiry into the allegations. It stated, 'The company's position remains that these petitions have no merit as the issues []
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Minister inaugurates N500m data centre for stock exchange
Tue, 29 Aug 2017
The Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbannaya Onu, on Monday in Lagos inaugurated a N500m Tier 3 Data Centre to support the activities of the Nigeria Stock Exchange. He said that the centre had the potential to help the NSE compete favourably with some of best exchanges in the world, if performed well. Onu []
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Nigeria can save $5.6bn annually through digital transformation
Tue, 29 Aug 2017
Okechukwu Nnodim, Abuja Nigeria can save up to $5.6bn annually if it digitally transforms and integrates the information and communications systems of its public sector, university dons, as well as Information and Technology, experts have said. In their latest research work, the IT experts outlined the benefits of a digitally transformed public sector and particularly []
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CBN injects $250m into forex market
Tue, 29 Aug 2017
The Central Bank of Nigeria has again intervened in the inter-bank foreign exchange market to the tune of $250m. According to the News Agency Nigeria report, the Acting Director, Corporate Communications Department, CBN, Mr. Isaac Okorafor, said the apex bank also sold $100m and uplifted the Small and Medium Enterprises and invisible segments, with $85m []
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CBN, Sterling Bank boost agric with NIRSAL loan
Tue, 29 Aug 2017
At least 22,000 farmers in Kebbi State are to benefit from the Central Bank of Nigeria's Anchor Borrowers Programme aimed at increasing the cultivation of rice in the country. The loan, which was anchored under the Nigeria Incentive-base Risk Sharing System for Agriculture Lending, would be disbursed to the beneficiaries by Sterling Bank Plc. Speaking []
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