According to Commissioner for Information, Mr Chuks Ugwoke, the state government had contributed its counterpart fund of N125 million, while the commission at the meeting approved that all the 17 local government areas in the state will collectively contribute N125 million for the loan scheme
Published in Daily Independent Newspaper, on Monday, 27th Feb. 2012
A radio journalist from Nigeria has won the United Nations Environment Programme’s Young Environmental Journalist Award (YEJA), beating over 120 entries from reporters across Africa .
Published in Daily Independent Newspaper, on Monday, 27th Feb. 2012
Lagos State Government has promised to ensure completion of all ongoing construction, dredging and maintenance of drainage projects scattered across its 57 councils in an apparent move to ensure that drains are cleared before the rainy season.
Published in Daily Independent Newspaper, on Monday, 27th Feb. 2012
PFIZER NURTRITION LAUNCHES NUTRIENT PRODUCT FOR PICKY EATERS
Children aged 3 – 10 years who are selective in their eating habits and those with nutrition-based challenges can now re-coup lost nutrients simply by taking Promise PE-Gold – a complete milk-based nutritional supplement from the Pfizer Nutrition stable.
Published in Daily Independent Newspaper, on Monday, 27th Feb. 2012
ETISALAT GETS NCC’s BEST QUALITY AWARD
Etisalat Nigeria
Published in Daily Independent Newspaper, on Monday, 27th Feb. 2012
Social Enterprise Report and Awards (SERAs), an annual Nigeria CSR awards organised by Tru-Contact Limited have announced the theme for the 2012 edition, which is to Create Shared Value in a New Economy: Pushing Back the Frontiers.
Published in Daily Independent Newspaper, on Monday, 27th Feb. 2012
IITA OFFERS RECIPE FOR FOOD INSECURITY AND UNEMPLOYMENT
Tapping research outputs from International Agricultural Research Centers could help national and state governments to tackle the twin problems of food insecurity and the rising wave of unemployment, says the Director General of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Dr Nteranya Sanginga
Published in Punch Newspaper, on Tuesday, 28th Feb. 2012
NESREA TO ADOPT BEST PRACTICES IN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT
The National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency has begun capacity building in the area of environmental risk assessment for the agency.
The move, according to the Director – General of the agency, Mrs. Ngeri Benebo, is geared towards reducing the environmental hazards caused by chemicals and waste.
Published in Punch Newspaper, on Tuesday, 28th Feb. 2012
McCULLEY ADVOCATES GREATER PRIVATE SECTOR INVOLVEMENT IN FAMILY PLANNING
A call has been made for greater private sector involvement towards providing quality family planning and reproductive health in the country.
United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Terrence McCulley, who made the call in Lagos at the launch of a USAID project entitled Strengthening Private Sector Family Planning and Reproductive Health (SPSFP/RH), said Nigeria’s maternal mortality rate is at unacceptably high level.
Published in Punch Newspaper, on Tuesday, 28th Feb. 2012
BUSINESS GROUP EXPLAINS MSSION IN NIGERIA
Persianas Retail Limited, a member of the Persianas Group, has stated that it is in Nigeria Enugu
Published in Punch Newspaper, on Tuesday, 28th Feb. 2012
Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, yesterday said Nigeria
Speaking at the inauguration of the 2012 National Malaria Indicator Survey (NMIS) report and the kick-off of the bi-annual states programme managers’ meeting, Chukwu decried the high rate of mosquito induced diseases, which also “puts pressure on the already strained health system.”
Published in ThisDay Newspaper, on Wednesday, 29th Feb. 2012
BILL GATES BOOST AFRICA ’S FOOD CROPS DRIVE
The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) yesterday received a $56 million grant in funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to assist small holder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa to increase productivity and address poverty and hunger.
Published in ThisDay Newspaper, on Wednesday, 29th Feb. 2012
WOMEN’S SEARCH FOR PEACE, SECURITY AND NATIONAL TRANSFORMATION
The gathering was a meeting point for Nigerian women from all ethnic groups and religious background to find a common ground as one people with a common purpose and destiny. It was the first National Retreat on Women Development, Peace and National Transformation inspired by the First lady, Dame Patience Good-luck Jonathan.
Published in ThisDay Newspaper, on Wednesday, 29th Feb. 2012
NEITI ADOPTS TEMPLATE FOR PLANNED SOLID MINERALS AUDIT
Ahead of its planned comprehensive financial and process audit of Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) has unveiled a hands-on template to be employed in obtaining valid information and data for key operators in the sector
Published in ThisDay Newspaper, on Wednesday, 29th Feb. 2012
N888bn SUBSIDY MONEY WILL CREATE NEW BILLIONAIRES, SAYS NECA
Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association, NECA, has called on Small and Medium Enterprises. SMES, in Nigeria to tap into the business opportunities in the Oil and Gas Sector, saying from the N888 billion provision made by the Federal Government to subsidize importation of fuel, a new set of billionaires will emerge in the country.
Published in Vanguard Newspaper, on Wednesday, 29th Feb. 2012
NESREA WARNS ON DANGERS OF DOMESTIC CHEMICALS
As part of effort to build a safe environment through effective implementation of the various national environmental regulations, the National Environmental Standards Regulations Enforcement Agency, NESREA, last week warned that chemicals commonly used for industrial, domestic and agricultural purposes can negatively impact on human health and the environment if uncontrolled.
Published in Vanguard Newspaper, on Wednesday, 29th Feb. 2012
PRIORITISE MATERNAL, CHILD NUTRITION TO ACHIEVE MDGs, PRESIDENCY TOLD
The Federal government has been enjoined to, as a matter of urgency, position issues concerning maternal and child nutrition high on the nation’s social and economic development agenda by upgrading nutrition to a full department with the light complement of staff and dedicated budget in the Presidency, through creation of the Ministry of Food and Nutrition or the Ministry of Health and Nutrition.
Published in Vanguard Newspaper, on Wednesday, 29th Feb. 2012
UN AGENCY RESTATES COMMITMENT TO NIGERIA’S MDGs
The Nigeria Office of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) has restated its commitment to the country’s attainment of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) through capacity building and human development of young people.
Published in Vanguard Newspaper, on Wednesday, 29th Feb. 2012
KWARA SOLICITS FEDERAL GOVERNMENT’S HELP ON WATER SUPPLY
Kogi state Governor Idris Wada has solicited the assistance of the Federal Government in the expansion and reticulation of the Greater Lokoja Water Scheme.
Published in Vanguard Newspaper, on Wednesday, 29th Feb. 2012
NHRC PLANS NEW STRATEGY TO CHECK HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATION
To stem the tide of multiplicity of human rights abuses in the country, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) is to create a Human Rights and Atrocity Unit with the mandate of bringing violations to book.
Chairperson of the commission’s Governing Council, Dr Chidi Anselem Odinkalu, disclosed this in an interview with The Guardian in Lagos after a two – day national dialogue on the state of human rights in Nigeria
Published in Guardian Newspaper, on Thursday, 1st March 2012
IJAW ARTISANS THREATEN TO SHUT DOWN CHEVRON’S OPERATIONS IN DELTA
Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL) may have its oil exploration activities in Delta State disrupted as artisans of Ijaw stock yesterday, again threatened to shut down all Chevron’s flow stations in Gbaramatu kingdom over alleged neglect.
Published in Guardian Newspaper, on Thursday, 1st March 2012
PETROL SUBSIDY: FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SACKS 98 IMPORTERS
The Federal Government’s action implies that only 42 companies will benefit from the N656bn provided in the 2012 budget for subsidy payment.
The spokesman of the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency, Dr Wole Adamolekun, confirmed the removal of the fuel importers from the 2012 operations in an interview.
Published in Guardian Newspaper, on Thursday, 1st March 2012
SHELL ASKS US COURT
Royal Dutch Shell Plc has asked the United States Supreme Court to rule that it cannot be sued by Nigerians seeking damages for torture and murders committed by their government in the early 1990S, according to a Bloomer report on Wednesday.
Published in Guardian Newspaper, on Thursday, 1st March 2012
WORLD BANK TO PARTNER EKITI STATE ON DEVELOPMENT, SAYS COUNTRY DIRECTOR
World Bank is set to engage in a strategic partnership with Ekiti State
Country Director, World Bank Nigeria , Mrs Marie Francoise Marie-Nelly, gave the assurance during a meeting with Fayemi at the bank’s office in Abuja
Published in Daily Independence
JONATHAN CHARGES SHELL ON OIL SPILLS
President Goodluck Jonathan has expressed deep concern over environmental pollution in the Niger Delta owing to oil exploration and asked Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) to urgently take measures to ensure integrity of pipelines.
Published in ThisDay Newspaper, on Friday, 2nd March 2012
EXPERTS CHALLENGE FG, PRIVATE SECTOR ON MDGs
Development experts and speakers at a forum in Lagos have tasked the Federal Government and the country’s private sector to step up efforts and do much more towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in Nigeria
The experts spoke at the third Posterity Media Forum (PMBF) themed “Three Years to 2015: The Imperative Roles of Nigerian Businesses in Achieving the MDGs,” which was held at the Eko Hotel and Suites, Victoria Island on Tuesday.
Published in ThisDay Newspaper, on Friday, 2nd March 2012
The Oyo State
Published in the National Mirror Newspaper on Friday, 2nd March 2012.
NECA CHARGES SMEs ON OIL, GAS INDUSTRY OPPORTUNITIES
Vast opportunities exist in the oil and gas sector for Small and Medium Enterprises to take advantage of, and by doing so, boost the country’s economy and support government’s job creation effort.
The Director – General of the Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA), Dr. Olusegun Oshinowo, said this on Wednesday, while also advising Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the country to tap into the business opportunities in the oil and gas industry.
Published in National Mirror Newspaper, on Friday, 2nd
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