Lagos begins 2012 Household Survey
As part of its efforts to sustain economic
development in Lagos,
the state Ministry of Economic Planning and Budget has commenced a welfare and
service delivery survey to provide the government with information on the basic
nature of economic activity, impact of government programmes / projects on
various communities and the perceived constraints to growth and productivity in
the state.
Published
in The Business Day Newspaper, on Monday, 14th May, 2012
Food
Security: Int’l Community scores FADAMA high
The Gambian Agency for the Management of Public
Works (Gam Works) has given kudos to the efforts by the Third National Fadama
Development Project (FADAMA III) in ensuring sufficient of food to the Nigerian
populace as well as exporting to other countries.
Published
in The Business Day Newspaper, on Monday, 14th May, 2012
MTN
Foundation invests N510M in Education in 3 years
As part of her corporate social responsibilities,
the MTN Foundation has invested the sum of N510 million in three years for the
promotion of education especially among brilliant Nigerian students and
visually – impaired students in tertiary institutions across the country.
Published
in The Business Day Newspaper, on Monday, 14th May, 2012
Firm to
invest over N775m on food services in Nigeria
A fast food company in the United States of America, Domino’s Pizza, has
reiterated its commitment to transforming the food services in Nigeria by
investing over N775 million as the first phase of its investment projects in
the next two years.
Published
in Daily Independent Newspaper, on Monday, 14th May, 2012
Ondo
disburses N215.4m to Farmers
Ondo State Government has disbursed N215.4
million to farmers in the state under Fadama III programme in the last three
years.
Published
in The Business Day Newspaper, on Monday, 14th May, 2012
FG to
build trailer parks with PPP arrangement
The Minister for State for Works, Alhaji Bashir
Yuguda, has said the Federal Governmnet will opt for Public – Private
Partnership to fast track the establishment of trailer parks in the country.
Published
in The Punch Newspaper, on Tuesday, 15th May, 2012
Foundation sensitizes asthmatics to prevention, control
Worried by the alarming rate of deaths through
asthma and other respiratory diseases, Elias Nelson Oyedokun Foundation has
organized a workshop to sensitize asthmatics to prevention and control of the
ailment.
Published
in The Punch Newspaper, on Tuesday, 15th May, 2012
Lagos begins rice production to promote Food Security
With the inauguration of a 20,000 metric tonnes
capacity rice factory, the Lagos State Government yesterday took a bold step
towards food security.
Governor Babatunde Fashola reiterated his commitment
to reinvigorating agriculture, saying, it is only through such step that the
nation can surmount its economic challenges.
Published
in The Nation Newspaper, on Wednesday, 16th May, 2012
Canada donates $18m for research
Canada has donated $18.45m
(N2.86 billion) to boost research in health, the environment and agriculture.
According to the President of Canada’s
International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Mr David Malone, the
researchers are aimed at improving the health of mothers and babies in Nigeria, to provide information in Nigeria climate
change and to reduce the risk of flooding in the country.
Published
in The Nation Newspaper, on Wednesday, 16th May, 2012
Kebbi to
sink 2,000 boreholes
The Kebbi
State government has
voted N100 million for the drilling of 2,000 additional boreholes to improve
water supply in the state’s rural areas and schools.
Published
in The Nation Newspaper, on Wednesday, 16th May, 2012
Kaduna spends N27b on water
The Kaduna State government said it has sunk N27
billion into the supply of portable drinking water to the residents of the
state while the multi billion naira Zaria water supply scheme has been reviewed
from N15 billion to N24 billion.
Published
in The Nation Newspaper, on Wednesday, 16th May, 2012
SMEDAN
to partner NEPAD on SMEs development
Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency
of Nigeria (SMEDAN) Director – General, Alhaji Mohammed Nadada Umar, said that
the agency would support New Economic Partnership for African Development
(NEPAD) in its upcoming Global Partnership week and other activities as they
relate to the development of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Nigeria.
Published
in The Guardian Newspaper, on Wednesday, 16th May, 2012
FG,
UNIDO seal pact on Job Creation
The Federal Government on Wednesday signed a
Memorandum of Understanding with the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation
on job creation and poverty reduction.
Published
in Punch Newspaper, on Thursday, 17th May, 2012
Diamond
Bank, Keystone to partner Kwara on empowerment
Keystone Bank Limited and Diamond Bank Plc have
expressed readiness to partner the Kwara State Government on the achievement of
the state’s programme of shared prosperity.
Published
in Punch Newspaper, on Thursday, 17th May, 2012
Golden
Penny provides laptops for teachers, pupils
Golden Penny
has in partnership with other stakeholders, boosted its “Laptop4Learning” (L4L)
initiative, with the official opening of a dedicated classroom at the Kuramo
Primary School, Victoria Island, Lagos for the exclusive use of pupils and
teachers, for an initial period of three years.
Published
in The Guardian Newspaper, on Thursday, 17th May, 2012
Ajimobi
tasks US Partners over development of Oyo
Oyo State Governor, Mr Abiola Ajimobi has called
on investors and agencies from the United States of
America to help his administration develop the state with
US
technology.
Published
in Leadership Newspaper, on Friday, 18th May, 2012
World
Bank commits $10m to Road Safety Projects
The Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety
Commission, Osita Chidoka, on Friday stated that the World Bank was committing
$10 million towards FRSC’s Road Safety projects with a view to improving its
capacity in road traffic crashes (RTC), reducing by 50 percent.
Published
in This Day Newspaper, on Friday, 18th May, 2012
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