Industry Pulse:
Schneider Electric appoints new Country President
The
global specialist in Energy management has announced the appointment of Mr.
Walid Sheta as the new Country President of its subsidiary in Nigeria.
Published
in The Guardian Newspaper on Sunday, 9th November, 2014
Agriculture: FG
Plans Calaro Palm Estate for Crop Processing Zone
Impressed by the giant strides taken by
PZ Wilmar Plc that has given fillip to the Agricultural Transformation Agenda
of the Federal Government, and impacting the economic landscape of Cross River
State, where it established an expansive oil palm plantation, the Federal
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has earmarked the estate as a
Staple Crop Processing Zone (SCPZ).
Published
in The Guardian Newspaper on Sunday, 9th November, 2014
Agriculture: Nigeria gets accreditation to certify Agro-Produce for Export
The
Federal Government has signed Memoranda of Understanding, MoU, with three power
firms – 3D Hitech System Ltd, SEPCOIII Electric Power Construction Corporation,
and CGC Nigeria Ltd, with a view to boosting generation, distribution, and
supply in Nigeria.
Published
in The Guardian Newspaper on Sunday, 9th November, 2014
Education:
FG approves N435m for 2,400 North – East Students
The
Federal Government on Thursday approved the sum of N435m for the sponsorship of
the education of 2,400 students in the three states mostly affected by
terrorists activities.
Published
in ThisDay Newspaper on Monday, 10th November 2014
Education:
British Council advises FG on Education
The
Federal Government on Thursday approved the sum of N435m for the sponsorship of
the education of 2,400 students in the three states mostly affected by
terrorists activities.
Published
in ThisDay Newspaper on Monday, 10th November 2014
Infrastructure:
Nigeria needs N8.7tn Investment for Gas Infrastructure
The
Africa Finance Corporation says $53bn investment is required to address the
huge deficit in gas infrastructure in the country.
Published
in ThisDay Newspaper on Monday, 10th November 2014
TETFund commits N23 billion into e-resources to enhance Research
The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND) on
Wednesday said it had committed N23.8 billion between 2001 and 2013 to public
tertiary institutions for the acquisition of library books and e-resources.
Published in The Punch Newspaper on Tuesday, 11th
November 2014
Growth: Oil &
Gas firms looking to bonds to fund growth and acquisitions
Nigerian exploration and production firms
in the oil and gas industry are looking beyond bank loans and syndicated loans
to fund asset acquisitions and growth.
Published in The Punch Newspaper on Tuesday, 11th
November 2014
Industry
Pulse: Kuramo Capital founder joins Obama’s Advisory Council
The
Founder and Chief Investment Officer, Kuramo Capital Management, Mr. Walé
Adeosun, has been appointed to the newly established President Obama’s Advisory
Council on Doing Business in Africa.
Published
in The Punch Newspaper on Tuesday, 11th November 2014
Education: British Council advises FG on Education
The Project Manager, British Council in
Lagos, Sephora Imomoh, has identified the need for the Federal Government to
invest heavily in the education sector in the country.
She also said that there was need for
improved research and collaboration between the education sector and other
sectors in the Nigerian economy.
Published
in The Punch Newspaper on Wednesday, 12th November 2014
Industry
Pulse: NCC Appoints Aragba-Akpore as Head of Media
The Nigerian
Communications Commission (NCC) has appointed Mr. Sonny Aragba-Akpore as its
new Head of Media.
Published
in The Guardian Newspaper on Wednesday, 12th November 2014
Environment:
Amnesty accuses Shell of knowing pipes were faulty before two oil spills
Royal Dutch Shell Plc has been accused by Amnesty
International of downplaying the size of two oil spills in Nigeria and knowing
the pipelines were faulty before they burst, reports Bloomberg.
Published in Vanguard Newspaper on Thursday, 13th November
2014
Agriculture: FG targets 51m MT of Cassava
Production by 2017
The Minister of
Agriculture, Mr. Akinwunmi Adeshina has disclosed that the federal government
targets 51m metric tonnes of cassava production in 2017 up from the 38m metric
tonnes of cassava produced currently.
Published in Vanguard Newspaper on Thursday, 13th November
2014
ICT: 49.6m Phone Lines Inactive in Third Quarter of 2014
A total of 49,641,091
phone lines in Nigeria were dormant at Q3 2014, latest telecoms market
information released by the industry regulator has shown.
Published in Guardian Newspaper on Thursday, 14th November
2014
Power: Solar
Energy Can Generate 100times Nigeria’s Current Power Capacity, Says Kuku
A former President of Council for Renewable Energy of Nigeria
(CREN), Prof. Titilayo Kuku has stated that with Nigeria’s enormous solar
energy potentials, the country can use only one per cent of her land area to
generate one hundred times the current capacity of the national grid from solar
power.
Published in Guardian Newspaper on Thursday, 14th November
2014
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