MINISTER INAUGURATES N8M WATER PROJECT
The Minister of Water Resources, Mrs. Darah Ochekpe, on Saturday inaugurated a N8m water scheme undertaken by the Cross River Basin Development Authority as part of efforts in providing clean and safe water to communities in Cross River and Akwa Ibom States
Published in Punch Newspaper, on Monday, 20th Feb. 2012
SURE-P: FG TO COME UP WITH NEW DOCUMENT SOON - JONATHAN
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday, directed that the document on Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme, SURE Programme, be withdrawn because as a government, it could not raise the amount indicated in the document of the current development
Published in Vanguard Newspaper, on Tuesday, 21st Feb. 2012
FG TO REGULARISE EGBIN POWER PLANT CASUAL WORKERS
The Federal Government has directed that casual workers at the Egbin Power Plant in Lagos be regularised immediately.
Minister of Power, Prof. Barth Nnaji, gave the directive, yesterday, when he commissioned the plant’s gymnasium centre in Lagos
Published in Vanguard Newspaper, on Tuesday, 21st Feb. 2012
NEWS IRDC BOSS DECRIES NEGLECT OF OIL PRODUCING COMMUNITIES
The Newly appointed Chairman of Itsekiri Oil and Gas Producing / Impacted Communities Development Committee, IRDC, Mr Ayirimi Emami has decried the neglect of 23 Itsekiri oil producing communities by the Ministry of Niger Delta, NDDC, delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission as well as other relevant government agencies.
Published in Vanguard Newspaper, on Tuesday, 21st Feb. 2012
DELTA EVOLVES MASTER PLAN FOR 24 HOUR ELECTRICITY SUPPLY
Delta State has produced an energy plan that will enable it provide 24 hour electricity to the people and also drive its industrialisation process
Chairman of Delta State Integrated Development Project, DIDP, a Public – Private Partnership Programme, Mr Godwin Akpobire said the state is planning an energy conference, tagged ‘Delta Electricity Conference’ to brainstorm on the electricity supply market that will soon emerge in the state.
Published in Vanguard Newspaper, on Tuesday, 21st Feb. 2012
SPDC GRANTS N20.8M MICRO CREDIT LOANS TO DELTA COMMUNITY
At least 960 indigent persons in Eruemukowharien community Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State, weekend, benefitted from a N20.8m micro credit scheme under the Global Memorandum of Understanding, GMoU, model of the Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, operators of the NNPC / SHELL / TENP/ AGIP joint venture
Published in Vanguard Newspaper, on Tuesday, 21st Feb. 2012
CHEVRON IRDC SUMMONS DEFAULTING CONTRACTORS
Chairman of Chevron’s oil community development interventionist agency for the Itsekiri Regional Development, IRDC, Mr Ayiri Emami, has ordered all defaulting contractors to report to his office to explain why their contract should not be terminated
Published in Vanguard Newspaper, on Tuesday, 21st Feb. 2012
BPE MAY ANNOUCE NEW POWERBIDS IN JULY
Director – General of the Bureau for Public Enterprises, Mrs Bolanle Onagoruwa, has said that the Federal Government was going ahead with the full privatisation of the power sector as planned. She also said there was no going back on the transfer of all former staff of Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, to the successor companies.
Published in Vanguard Newspaper, on Tuesday, 21st Feb. 2012
UNEP YEAR BOOK HIGHLIGHTS EFFECTS OF UNSUSTAINABLE LAND - USE
Dramatic improvements in the way in the world manages its precious soil will be key to food, water and climate security in the 21st century. According to the United Nations Environment Programme’s UNEP Year Book 2012, 24 percent of the Global Land Area has already suffered declines in health and productivity over the past quarter century as a result of unsustainable land - use
Published in Vanguard Newspaper, on Tuesday, 21st Feb. 2012
HEALTHCARE UNDER-STAFFIG WORRIES FG
As part of measures to ensure that healthcare services reach rural communities, the federal government is considering a restructuring of the recruitment standards for health workers across the country
Published in ThisDay Newspaper, on Wednesday, 22nd Feb. 2012
RIVERS UNVEILS NEW TAX MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE
Rivers State Governor Chibuike Amaechi has unveiled the state’s new tax management software, a joint venture with Skye Bank that automates and modernises the internal revenue collection and generation process in the state
Amaechi who was represented at the event held at the offices of the state Board of Internal Revenue by the state’s commissioner for Finance, Chamberlain Peterside, said that “revenue from internal sources should form an integral part of our own financial system”.
Published in ThisDay Newspaper, on Wednesday, 22nd Feb. 2012
BRIDGE CLINIC TAKES ‘KISS’ TO VARSITIES
The Bridge Clinic Nigeria, in its bid to enlighten and educate young men and women about their fertility, has introduced ‘KISS’ to fight the alarming infertility rate in the country.
Quality Manager, Ms Onome Dibosa – Osadolor, said the number of men and women of productive age group who are suffering from infertility today is about one in four couples, which considering the population in Nigeria, is well over 200,000 people battling at a young age with infertility
Published in ThisDay Newspaper, on Wednesday, 22nd Feb. 2012
GLO CHAIRMAN URGES INCREASED WOMEN EMPOWERMENT
The Chairman of Globacom, Nigeria’s national telecoms operator, Dr Mike Adenuga Jnr. (CON) has said women empowerment is a necessity for the development of any nation.
Adenuga made the remarks in his goodwill message to the first National Retreat on Women Development, Peace and National Transformation sponsored by Globacom
Published in ThisDay Newspaper, on Wednesday, 22nd Feb. 2012
NIGERIA SECURES N34B AGRO INVESTMENTS
Nigeria secured about N34 billion investment commitments from 18 firms in the agriculture sector last year, the Minister of State for Trade and Investment, Dr. Samuel Ortom, has said.
Speaking at the launch of a book entitled: Agribusinesss for Africa’s prosperity, in Abuja, Ortom said the Federal Government will promote agricbusiness by incorporating it and agro-industry into the mainstream of its Economic Transformation Agenda.
Published in The Nation Newspaper, on Wednesday, 22nd Feb. 2012
CONSUMER COUNCIL BOSS LAMENTS 39% RISE IN PRICES
The Director General Consumer Protection Council (CPC) Mrs Ify Umenyi has lamented the rise in prices of commodities in the market.
She noted that there has been 39 percent increase in prices of commodities since fuel price was hiked by the government, adding that the prices do not match the jump in the price of fuel.
Published in The Nation Newspaper, on Wednesday, 22nd Feb. 2012
SURE TO FUND MAMBILLA HYDRO – POWER PROJECT
Minister of Water Resources, Mrs Sarah Ochekpe, has disclosed that the Mambilla Hydro – Power Project in Taraba state will be funded under the Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme (SURE).
Published in The Guardian Newspaper, on Thursday, 23rd Feb. 2012
BELL OIL TO INVEST N30BN IN DRILLING OPERATIONS
In its efforts to take advantage of the local content programme in Nigeria, Bell Oil and Gas Nigeria Limited has concluded plans to invest about $200 million (N300 billion) in drilling operations and services within the next 18 months.
Managing Director of the company, Kayode Thomas, said in Lagos at the weekend during the 10th year anniversary of the company that the investment would come in form of acquisition of semi-submersible rig, adding that there was no indigenous company that provides semi –submersible rig in the country
Published in The Guardian Newspaper, on Thursday, 23rd Feb. 2012
ADENUGA CANVASSES WOMEN EMPOWERNMENT
The Chairman of Globacom, Nigeria’s national telecoms operator, Dr. Mike Adenuga jnr. has said that women empowernment was a necessity for the development of any nation.
Agenuga Jnr. made the remarks in his goodwill message to the first National Retreat, Peace and Transformation sponsored by Globacom
Published in The Guardian Newspaper, on Thursday, 23rd Feb. 2012
NIMASA RAISES TEAM AGAINST SHELL OVER BONGA OIL SPILL
The Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has assembled a team of lawyers and environmentalists to tackle Shell Petroleum Development Company over the recent oil spill from its Bonga facilities in Escravos.
Published in The Guardian Newspaper, on Thursday, 23rd Feb. 2012
LASSA FEVER: LAGOS WARNS RESIDENTS
In a statement on Wednesday, the Commissioner for Health, Dr Jide Idris said although no cases of the disease had been reported to the state, Lagosians should ensure that they maintained personal and environment hygiene to prevent its outbreak.
Published in This Day Newspaper, on Friday, 24th Feb. 2012
UBA RECORDS HIGHEST NUMBER OF AGRICULTURAL LOAN DISBURSEMENT
In demonstration of its avid support to the agricultural sector of the National Economy, United Bank for Africa (UBA) plc has recorded the highest volume of loans disbursed to commercial agriculture and allied products and service companies across the country under the Commercial Agriculture Credit Scheme (CACS) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)
Published in This Day Newspaper, on Friday, 24th Feb. 2012
AFDB EXPLAINS DELAY IN DISBURSING $700M SMEs FUND
Resident Representative, of African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr. Ousmane Dore has said that African countries would succeed in addressing the problem of unemployment if they develop their small and medium scale enterprises.
Published in This Day Newspaper, on Friday, 24th Feb. 2012
CCB: NIGERIA MAY NOT ACHIEVE MDGs AT 100 YEARS
Chairman of the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB), Sam Saba, yesterday in Abuja said Nigeria may not achieve its millennium development goals one hundred years after almagation except drastic action was taken against corruption
Published in This Day Newspaper, on Friday, 24th Feb. 2012
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