Agriculture: FG seeks Agribusiness
Partnership with China
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina
seeks cooperation between the People’s Republic of China and the Federal
Government in agricultural business.
Published in ThisDay Newspaper on
Saturday, 28th September, 2013
Philanthropy: UBA Organises Essay
Competition for Students
UBA’s arm of Corporate Social Responsibility has commenced the UBA
Foundation National Essay Competition 2013 for students in secondary schools across
the country.
Published in The Guardian
Newspaper on Saturday, 28th September, 2013
Philanthropy: Philanthropist
renovates Classrooms
A philanthropist, Mrs. Tina Coco-Bassey has said Nigeria’s vision of
becoming one of the 20 leading economies in the world by the year 2020 could
only be achieved if emphasis was placed on education and human development.
Published in ThisDay Newspaper on
Saturday, 28th September, 2013
Agriculture: Ondo Cocoa Farmers Get
N40 Million Premium Reward for Quality Cocoa
Hundreds of cocoa farmers belonging to various groups in Ondo
State have been rewarded with N40 million premium payments for producing
utz-certified cocoa beans by Cargill Cocoa and Chocolates, a Holland-based
consumer company and its Nigerian partners, Agro-Traders Limited.
Published in The
Guardian Newspaper on Saturday, 28th September, 2013
Philanthropy: Fidson Supports
Nigerian Police with Patrol Van
Fidson Healthcare Plc again lived up to its corporate
watchword “......we value life” by supporting the Nigerian Police Force
with the donation of a brand new Ford pickup Van to the Shomolu Area
Command of the Force, as part of the company’s Corporate Social Responsibility
initiatives.
Published in The Guardian
Newspaper on Saturday, 28th September, 2013
Environment: Loses from 2012 Flood
Hits N2.1.Trillion - NEMA
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) yesterday said the
cumulative losses incurred by the country as a result of last year’s massive
flood has now reached N2.1 trillion.
Published in ThisDay Newspaper on
Saturday, 28th September, 2013
Agriculture: Farmers receive
Kokodola Chocolate, Premium for Sustainable Cocoa
Leading
Cocoa Industry players Ferro, Petra Foods Limited and Continal have handed out
UTZ premiums to Nigerian farmers participating in the Cocoa Productivitity and
Quality Program, a public private partnership between IDH, Oxfam Novib in
Ile-Ife.
Published in The
Guardian Newspaper on Sunday, 29th September, 2013
Oil & Gas:
Diamond Bank commits N150bn to oil, gas financing
The
Corporate Banking Director, Diamond Bank Plc, Mr. Samuel Egube, has said that
the bank has put together about $1bn (150bn) for the funding of oil and gas
projects in Nigeria.
Published in ThisDay
Newspaper on Sunday, 29th September, 2013
Labour: GE to create 2,300 new jobs,
commits to local content policy
General Electric (GE) will in the next four years create 2,300 new jobs
in Nigeria out of which, 300 will be direct hires, Phil Griffith, GE global
supply chain leader, has said.
Published in BusinessDay
Newspaper on Monday, 30th September, 2013
Energy: Nigeria signs $1.3bn Power
Plant Deal with China
The Federal Government has signed a deal with Chinese companies to build
a $1.3 billion power plant in the country.
Published in BusinessDay
Newspaper on Monday, 30th September, 2013
Award: Fidelity Bank bags CSR Award
Fidelity Bank Plc said it was recently adjudged the ‘Best Company in
Nigeria in Youth Focused Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) at the 2013 SERA
Awards held in Lagos.
Published in BusinessDay
Newspaper on Monday, 30th September, 2013
Education: Nigeria Students Threaten
to Shut Private Varsities over Strike
University
students under the umbrella of National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS,
yesterday, took to the streets in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State capital, calling on
the Federal Government to accede to the demands of the Academic Staff Union of
Universities, ASUU.
Published in ThisDay
Newspaper on Monday, 30th September, 2013
Energy: GE partners
XD Electric to Boost Power across Africa
General
Electric (GE) and XD Electric Group have announced the formation of a new
partnership that combines GE’s grid automation capacities with XD Electric’s
comprehensive portfolio of primary high voltage equipment.
Published in ThisDay
Newspaper on Monday, 30th September, 2013
Agriculture:
Nigeria’s Agriculture to benefit from IFC Loan
International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the
World Bank Group and Olam International, a global integrated supply chain
manager and processor of agricultural products, has signed a USD120 million
(N18.7 billion) agricultural loan agreement.
Published in ThisDay
Newspaper on Monday, 30th September, 2013
Energy: Power
Generation’ll rise to 20,000mw in 2016 – Sambo
Vice – President Namadi Sambo yesterday said the country
would be able to generate 20,000 megawatts of electricity by 2016. Speaking
during an audience with the new executive members of the Alumni Association of
the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, NIPSS, Kuru, Sambo
said the transformation agenda had recorded success in key sectors of the
economy.
Published in The Punch
Newspaper on Tuesday, 1st October, 2013
Education: Nigeria
to Access U.S. $500 Million for Education
Nigeria
is to access $500 million from international funding agencies to boost
educational development and enhance access to universal basic education in the
country.
Published in The Punch
Newspaper on Tuesday, 1st October, 2013
Environment: Flood
wreaks havoc in Plateau
More than 100 houses and property worth millions of naira
have been destroyed by flood which affected five local government areas of
Plateau State
Published in Daily Sun
Newspaper on Tuesday, 1st October, 2013
Philanthropy:
Residents rejoice as church brings free health services to communities
Hundreds
of Lagos residents are still rejoicing days after receiving free medical
services at a programme organised by a church to mark its health week.
Published in Daily Sun
Newspaper on Tuesday, 1st October, 2013
Philanthropy: Group
gives scholarship to students
About
five postgraduate students have benefitted from Ife May Club Education Support
Programme in the screening exercise at Ife, Osun State.
Published in Daily Sun
Newspaper on Tuesday, 1st October, 2013
Labour: FG targets
N320bn revenue, 1 million jobs from leather industry
The
Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Mr Olusegun Aganga, on Monday said
the Federal Government was targeting annual revenue of about N320 billion from
tanneries and leather-related
manufactured goods in the country.
Published in Daily Sun
Newspaper on Tuesday, 1st October, 2013
Appointment:
Guinness appoints new Director
Guinness Nigeria Plc, a leading beverage manufacturer, has
appointed Andy Fennel as a non – executive director with effect from September 12,
this year.
Published
in The Nation Newspaper on Wednesday, 2nd October,
2013
Philanthropy:
Main One donates books, renovates schools
Main One, West Africa’s leading Telecommunications Services
Company has donated books to libraries and renovated three primary schools in
Ogombo, Ajah Local Government Area, Lagos. The schools include Ogombo Community
Primary School; Akinlade Primary School, Okun Mopo and Okun Ajah Primary School.
Published
in The Guardian Newspaper on Wednesday, 2nd October,
2013
Investment:
Wireless Infrastructure Investment to generate $1.2 trillion
The Wireless Infrastructure Association today
released a new study showing that projected private investment in wireless
infrastructure over the next five years will generate as much as $1.2 trillion
in economic growth and create 1.2 million new jobs. PCIA President & Chief
Executive Officer Jonathan Adelstein announced the report’s findings today at a
regional wireless conference produced by AGL Magazine.
Published
in The Guardian Newspaper on Wednesday, 2nd October,
2013
Health: Kwara targets .5m children, pregnant women in
community health programme
Kwara State Ministry
of Health has kicked off its maternal, neonatal and child health programme
across the 16 local government areas of the state.
Speaking with
journalists at one of the centres in Ilorin, the commissioner for Health,
Alhaji Kayode Issa, said the programme is targeted to provide health care to
500,000 children and pregnant women in the state.
Published in The
Nation Newspaper on Wednesday, 2nd October, 2013
Philanthropy: Lawmakers train 120 youths
The
Chief Whip of Oyo State House of Assembly Hon. Abiodun Adigun-Hammed has
reiterated his commitment to support youths and the aged in his constituency.
Published in The
Nation Newspaper on Wednesday, 2nd October, 2013
Philanthropy: NGO
offers free Education to 5,000 children
A
faith-based Non Government Organisation (NGO), the Inner City Mission for
Children has offered free education to about 5,000 indigent children across the
country.
Published in Daily
Independent Newspaper on Thursday, 3rd October, 2013
Economy: CBN explains components of N220bn
MSMEs fund
The
Central Bank of Nigeria says its N220 billion Micro, Small and Medium
Enterprise (MSMEs) Fund will help participating financial institutions to
support entrepreneurs.
The
Director of Public Finance, Mr Paul Eluhaiwe, said this in an interview with
the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Tuesday.
Published in Vanguard
Newspaper on Thursday, 3rd October, 2013
Philanthropy:
Berger Paints Donates Products to NGO
Berger
Paints Nigeria Plc, one of Nigeria’s leading paints and allied products
company, has donated products to a non-governmental organisation – Nigeria
Society for the Blind as part of its corporate social responsibility.
Published in ThisDay Newspaper
on Friday, 4th October, 2013
Agriculture:
Stanbic IBTC, John Deere, Tata partner on Agriculture Financing
Stanbic
IBTC Bank has entered collaboration with Tata Africa Services and John Deere
Financial, a division of United States based John Deere, to provide a range of
financial services to customers of John Deere.
Published in The
Nation Newspaper on Friday, 4th October, 2013
Impact Assessment: FG
recoups N500m from EIAs processing
The Permanent Secretary Ministry of Environment, Mr Taiye
Haruna, yesterday disclosed that the ministry has generated about N500 million
from the processing of Environmental Impact Assessment for new development
projects.
Published in The Nation
Newspaper on Friday, 4th October, 2013
Investment: AfDB to issue a new 5-year $1bn Global Bond
The
African Development Bank, AfDB, has said it would soon issue a new $ 1 billion,
five year Global benchmark bond. This is AfDB’s second fixed – rate USD
transaction of the year after having issued a five-year note in January.
Published in The
Nation Newspaper on Friday, 4th October, 2013
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