Below are the headlines found on The Punch Online Newspaper for today, Sunday, 17 September, 2017.

NIRSAL, Stanbic sign N50bn agric financing deal
Mon, 18 Sep 2017
Ifeanyi Onuba, Abuja The Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending has entered into a N50bn agriculture financing partnership with Stanbic IBTC Bank for the 2017 and 2018 dry and wet seasons. A Memorandum of Understanding was signed in Abuja by the Managing Director, NIRSAL, Aliyu Abdulhameed, and his Stanbic IBTC Bank counterpart, Dr. []
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Discos blame TCN for power outages
Mon, 18 Sep 2017
Everest Amaefule, Abuja Electricity distribution companies under the aegis of Association of Nigerian Electricity Distributors have blamed the Transmission Company of Nigeria and the weak transmission infrastructure for outages in the country. In a statement issued in Abuja on Sunday, the spokesperson for ANED, Mr. Sunday Oduntan, also said it was wrong for the TCN []
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N'Assembly will get 2018 budget next month ' Enang
Mon, 18 Sep 2017
The 2018 Appropriation Bill will be submitted to the National Assembly in October, the Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Ita Enang, has said. He said this on Sunday when he appeared at a News Agency of Nigeria forum in Abuja. The National Assembly had fixed October as the deadline []
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BoI releases N24bn to industrialists in Kano
Mon, 18 Sep 2017
Ifeanyi Onuba, Abuja The Managing Director, Bank of Industry, Mr. Olukayode Pitan, says the bank has provided a total of N24bn to industrialists in Kano State. He gave the figure on Sunday in Abuja during a meeting with the Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje. He stated that that the bank through the disbursement of the []
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GTBank to boost SMEs, others at fashion event
Mon, 18 Sep 2017
Guaranty Trust Bank Plc says the Small and Medium-scale Enterprises in the fashion industry as well as fashion lovers across the globe will be in for a better time at the 2017 GTBank Fashion Weekend. Scheduled for November 11th and 12th, the lender said the two-day event would allow the SMEs a vibrant platform to []
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Fashola constitutes committee on physical planning commission
Mon, 18 Sep 2017
Maureen Ihua-Maduenyi The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, has constituted a committee to study the provisions of the law, with the aim of setting up an urban and regional planning commission at the federal level, the President, Town Planners Registration Council, Prof. Lai Egunjobi, has said. Egunjobi, who made this known []
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