Nigeria
loses N105bn annually to pipeline vandalism
The Presidency weekend revealed that the nation loses an
average of 105 billion worth of petroleum products annually to pipeline
vandalism.
Published in BusinessDay
Newspaper on Monday, 26th November, 2012
MSME
funds managed by BoI for states hit N8bn
The cumulative MSME Development Funds being managed by Bank
of Industry (BoI) on behalf of the state governments are now in the region of
N8 billion.
Published in BusinessDay
Newspaper on Monday, 26th November, 2012
Budget
implementation figures mere statistics – Mark
Senate President David Mark yesterday said
budget implementation figures bandied by the Federal Government were mere
statistics.
The Senate president also fingered heads of
ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) as culprits in poor implementation
of national budgets.
Published in Daily Sun
Newspaper on Monday, 26th November, 2012
Senators
uncovers N7.938bn phantom border projects
Senate
has uncovered whooping N3.966 billion phantom border projects in the 2013
Appropriation Bill. The projects are allegedly domiciled in the Office of the
Surveyor-General of the Federation in the Ministry of Works.
Last
year, N3,971,797,886 was allocated for the same projects submitted to the
National Assembly for consideration. The border projects were listed on pages
1738-1739 of the 2012 Appropriation Act as: 2013 FGN Budget: Capital
Expenditure Details under the Ministry of Works.
Published in Daily Sun
Newspaper on Monday, 26th November, 2012
Boko
Haram have committed crimes against humanity – ICC
The
Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has
accused Boko Haram of engaging in crimes against humanity.
The
ICC, in its report of preliminary examination activities dated November 2012, a
copy of which THISDAY obtained at the weekend, said its investigations had
shown that the Islamic sect was involved in murder and persecution.
Published in Daily Sun
Newspaper on Tuesday, 27th November, 2012
FG introduces Oral Health Policy
The
Federal Government has launched a new Oral Health Policy with the introduction
of new standards in medical check-ups for Nigerians.
Towards
this end, a multinational service provider, Unilever Nigeria Plc, has pledged
to develop new technologies to promote and protect oral hygiene of Nigerians.
Published in Daily Sun
Newspaper on Tuesday, 27th November, 2012
NUPENG shuts down
Shell offices nationwide over casualisation
Nigeria
Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), yesterday commenced a nationwide
picketing of Shell offices, barricading all roads with petroleum tankers to
protest what it described as unfair labour practices of the company in Nigeria
Published in Daily Sun
Newspaper on Tuesday, 27th November, 2012
FG begins work on
first gas industrial plant by 2013
The
Federal Government said it is set to commence construction of Nigeria’s first
gas industrial park in the second quarter of 2013.
Published in Daily Sun
Newspaper on Tuesday, 27th November, 2012
Government frustrated
me in ICPC – Akanbi
The
pioneer chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other offences
Commission (ICPC) retired Justice Mustapha Akanbi has said his days in the
anti-corruption agency were those of frustration and backstabbing.
Published in Daily Sun
Newspaper on Tuesday, 27th November, 2012
Ondo plans to check
Cholera spread from Osun
Ondo
State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Dayo Adeyanju, said on Monday that medical
officers in his ministry had begun surveillance in Owena, the border twon
between the state and Osun State to check the outbreak of cholera.
Published in Daily Sun
Newspaper on Tuesday, 27th November, 2012
One Million HIV
victims can’t access drug - NACA
Federal
Government on Monday in Abuja said over one million Nigerians out of the 1.5
million persons who had been confirmed to be infected with HIV/AIDS did not
have access to Anti-Retroviral Drugs.
Published in Daily Sun
Newspaper on Tuesday, 27th November, 2012
Cross
River to build 284 housing units for civil servants
Cross River State and the UACN Property Development Company Plc
(UPDC) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to build 284 housing
units in Calabar, the state capital.
The
284 housing units that would be completed in 30 months, in two phases, would be
known as Golf Estate; and would acquired by residents on a mortgage
arrangement.
Published in The
Nation Newspaper on Wednesday, 28th November, 2012
My
commitment to eradication of polio irreversible – Dangote
With Nigeria accounting for 77 per cent of cases of polio,
foremost entrepreneur, Aliko Dangote, has vowed that he will deploy all in his
power to partner the government at all levels to stem the scourge.
Speaking against the background of collaboration of his charity
organisation, the Dangote Foundation, with the Bill and Melinda Gates
Foundation to tackle the menace, Dangote expressed worry over the image of
Nigeria in the comity of nations on account of the rising profile of
polio cases, especially in Kano State as the epicentre of the world fastest
growing outbreak of the disease.
Published in The
Nation Newspaper on Wednesday, 28th November, 2012
Cross
River agency speeds up community growth
Things are looking up in rural parts of Cross River State, thanks
to its Community, Social Development Agency (CRSCSDA).
New
roads are being built. Water is running where it never did. Facilities are
springing up in neighbourhoods. The people are smiling.
Published in The
Nation Newspaper on Wednesday, 28th November, 2012
DFIs
provide N600b for agric financing
Developmental Financial Institutions (DFIs) have pooled
about N600 billion to finance agriculture. The institutions, drawn from the
developed economies in Europe and United States have made the funds available
to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
Under
the agreement reached with the foreign donors, the CBN is expected to make the
funds available to qualified microfinance banks for lending to farmers and
other stakeholders in the agriculture.
Published in The
Nation Newspaper on Wednesday, 28th November, 2012
Commission
to spend N600b on biometric census in 2016
The National Population Commission on Tuesday in
Abuja said the national biometric data capture for the 2016 census would gulp
N600bn.
The Chairman, NPC, Chief Festus Odimegwu, made the
disclosure during the unveiling of the United Nations State of the World
Population Report 2012.
Published in The Guardian
Newspaper on Wednesday, 28th November, 2012
Nigeria
loses N97 billion in forex yearly to fish importation
The Federal Government may in the next fiscal year, add fish
products to the import prohibition list, as the country was said to have
recorded yearly loss of N97 billion in foreign exchange to fish products’
importation.
The
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina, gave the
hint on the planned ban of foreign fish products, in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State’s
capital, Tuesday.
Published in The Guardian
Newspaper on Wednesday, 28th November, 2012
FDI
will help in developing countries’ potential. Says UNIDO official
The Regional Director and Country Representative, of UNIDO, Dr.
Patrick Kormawa, has stressed the need for Foreign Direct Investment (FDI),
saying it will enable countries to explore and develop their potential.
Kormawa
made this remark at the 2012 Dinner and the unveiling of ``ICC Guidelines
for International Trade,’’ organised by the International Chamber of Commerce
Nigeria (ICCN) in Lagos on Friday.
Published in The Guardian
Newspaper on Wednesday, 28th November, 2012
PETAN, NCDMB sign MoU on content development
Petroleum Technology Association of Nigeria (PETAN) and the
Nigeria Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) have signed a
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the NCDMB-PETAN Capacity Building
Internship Programme.
Under
the MOU, PETAN companies and the NCDMB will recruit qualified Nigerian
graduates as trainees for the contract, in order to build technical skills and
experience for an initial period of one year.
Published in The Guardian
Newspaper on Wednesday, 28th November, 2012
South Korea pledges
support to Nigeria in achieving MDGs, others
The Consul-General of South Korea in Lagos, Pilcheen Pak and the
Chief Resident Representative, Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA),
Nigerian Office, Abuja, Mr. Jung Sang-Hoon, have pledged their country’s
commitment to the Federal Government in the areas of contributing to
alleviation of poverty and achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
Pak
and Sang-Hoon spoke in Lagos during the meeting of KOICA Alumni Association
(KAAN), South-West Branch, in Lagos.
Published in The Guardian
Newspaper on Wednesday, 28th November, 2012
Banks recorded N28bn
fraud cases in 2011
The
Banking sector recorded N28.4bn cases of fraud and forgeries last year, a
report by the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Scheme.
The
amount contained in the 2011 annual report and statements of accounts of the
NDIC, represents an increase of 33.4 per cent over the N21.29bn recorded in
2010..
Published in Punch Newspaper
on Thursday, 29th November, 2012
Groups plan assessment
of 200 police stations
Human
rights organisations will between 3 and 9, visit 200 police staions in 14
states to assess among other things
the detention centres and quality of services in them.
Published in Punch Newspaper
on Thursday, 29th November, 2012
Ondo communities
flay oil firm over neglect
Residents of oil producing communities in Ondo State on Wednesday
alleged that Esso Exploration Production Nigeria Limited had deliberately
ignored its social responsibilities to them.
They therefore threatened to embark on a peaceful protest if the
company management continued with its alleged lukewarm attitude towards their
plight.
Published in Daily Sun
Newspaper on Thursday, 29th November, 2012
Tackle Challenges,
Impeding Economic Growth, FG Urged
Manufacturers in the country have cried out to the Federal
Government to rise up to the various challenges impeding the socio-economic
growth of the nation, which have continued to affect profit maximisation in the
vital sector.
The Executive Director, Commercial of LUBCON International, (the
producer of lubricants oil), Ilorin, Kwara state, Mr. Fatai Woli, made the call
during the first draw of LUBCON oil promo held in Ilorin, the state capital.
Published in This Day Newspaper
on Friday, 30th November, 2012
Reducing the scourge
of Poverty, Creating New Economic Spaces
Many say poverty is a curse, if this is the
case then quite a number of Nigerians are living under a great burden.
Nigeria is a country blessed with abundant natural resources; while agriculture is said to contribute over 45 per cent of Nigeria’s GDP and provide employment for 90 per cent of the rural population, it is oil that tops the list of these largely untapped resources andaccounts for a large part of the country’s income. The agriculture sector is still largely undeveloped.
Published in This Day Newspaper
on Friday, 30th November, 2012
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