Industry Pulse: Adeduntan To Succeed
Onasanya As First Bank GMD
First Bank
of Nigeria Limited on Monday announced that it’s Chief Financial Officer and
Executive Director, Dr Adeduntan, would replace Mr. Bisi Onasanya as the Group
Managing Director and Chief Executive officer.
Published in the Punch Newspaper
Tuesday, September 8, 2015
Environment: Oil Spill Victims
Protest In Warri Over Non-Payment Of N3b Compensation
Victims of
Bonga oil spill protest non-payment of over N3b compensation. Victims of Bonga
oil spill in Delta and Bayelsa States recently took to the street to protest,
non-payment of Compensation to them, by the oil company involved in the
spillage.
Published in the Daily Sun Newspaper
Tuesday, September 8, 2015
Industry Pulse: Immigration Appoints
New Spokesman
An imminent
shake-up in the Nigeria Immigration service (NIS) has commenced with the return
of Ekpedeme king as the new public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Service. A
statement issued yesterday in Abuja from the Public Relations Unit of the
Service said the Deputy Controller Immigration (DCI), King, is to take over
from the erstwhile Chukwuemeka Obua, who had been redeployed to Lagos State.
Published in the Guardian Newspaper
Wednesday, September 9, 2015
Capacity Building: Kano To Sponsor
100 Herdsmen For Training In Turkey
About one
hundred herdsmen are to be sponsored to Turkey for training on modern rearing
techniques and artificial insemination by the Kano State government. This was disclosed
by the state governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, at the weekend during an event marking
his 100 days in office.
Published in the Guardian Newspaper
Wednesday, September 9, 2015
Environment: Bagudu Orders
Construction Of Waterways To Alleviate Flooding
The Kebbi
State Government has directed its Ministry of Works and a private construction
company, Habibu Engineering, to construct emergency water ways in areas
affected by flood.
Published in the Guardian Newspaper
Wednesday, September 9, 2015
Reporting: Nigeria hits 1m mark on
UNICEF SMS-based U-report platform
Through a
United Nations Children Fund global innovation, Nigeria has achieved a
milestone as the first country to reach one million responders on the Short
Message Service (SMS) based U-report platform, designed to strengthen
community-led development and citizen engagement.
Published in the Guardian Newspaper
Wednesday, September 9, 2015
Health And Safety: NIMASA Steps Up
Maritime Safety
The Nigerian
Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, says it has implemented
measures to keep maritime activities safe through better operations of the
Regional Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre with effective incident
management, search and rescue capabilities.
Published in the Guardian Newspaper
Wednesday, September 9, 2015
Community Development: NDDC
Fast-Tracks Projects, Debunks Allegation Of Missing N183bn
The Niger
Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has restated its commitment to completing
all its on-going projects across the Niger Delta region. Making this commitment
while inspecting three projects in Abua-Odual Local Government Area of Rivers
State.
Published in the Guardian Newspaper
Wednesday, September 9, 2015
Environment: Terminal Operators
Unveil ‘Go Green’ Initiative
As part of
measures to promote environmental awareness and make a sustainable difference
in the communities in which they operate, leading container terminal and port
operators have teamed up to launch the ‘Go Green,’ described as the first ever
joint industry initiative.
Published in the Guardian Newspaper
Wednesday, September 9, 2015
SMEs: Ikorodu Chamber Partners Boi On
Funding For SMEs
To aid the
realisation of equitable development among Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs),
Ikorodu Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) has expressed readiness to
partner with the Bank of Industry (BOI) in accessing funds for its businesses.
Published in the Guardian Newspaper
Wednesday, September 9, 2015
Standards: SON Seizes N150 Million
Fake Phones
The
Standards organization of Nigeria (SON) has confiscated over 1000 cartons of
phones in Kano and arrested an alleged owner of the fake phone warehouse, Yi
Fang Communication located in Kano.
Published in the Guardian Newspaper
Wednesday, September 9, 2015
MDGs: MDGs Contractors Get N145m
Following
the approval of the Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose, the Ekiti State
Office of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) has disbursed a sum of N145.2
million to 25 contractors handling 2011, 2012 and 2013 projects.
Published in the Nation Newspaper
Wednesday, September 9, 2015
Investment: Ease Of Doing Business,
World Bank Ranks Nigeria 170th
The World
Bank has ranked Nigeria 170th among 189 countries in a survey on how
easy to do business. It shows an improvement of 2.9 per cent on the 175th
position the country occupied last year.
Published in the Nation Newspaper
Wednesday, September 9, 2015
Climate Change: UN Tackle Climate
Change, Others In Nigeria
To tackle
climate change and its effect on the environment and agriculture in the
continent, the United Nation’s arm, Eco-system Based Adaptation for Food
Security Assembly (EBAFOSA), has launched an arm in Nigeria.
Published in the Nation Newspaper
Wednesday, September 9, 2015
SDGs: United Nations To Adopt 17
Sustainable Development Goals
The United
Nations Member States is preparing to adopt a new set of Sustainable
Development Goals with a ground breaking collaboration of campaigners, public
figures, companies and civil society groups with one message “it’s time to
change the world.”
Published in the Nation Newspaper
Wednesday, September 9, 2015
Industry Pulse: UI Names Olayinka As
New VC
Professor
Abel Idowu Olayinka, a former Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academics) has been named
the new vice chancellor of the University of Ibadan. Olayinka was also the Dean
of the Faculty of Science and former Head of Department of Geology at the
university.
Published in the Daily Trust
Newspaper Thursday, September 10, 2015
Health: Study To Decide Best HIV
Treatment Strategy
A study by
the National Agency for Control of AIDS (NACA) is to help decide whether health
workers choose to administer the anti retro-viral drug, Truvada as a prevention
or treatment for HIV/AIDS.
Published in the Daily Trust
Newspaper Thursday, September 10, 2015
Agriculture: WACOT Partners USAID,
Others On Agricultural Productivity
The West
African Cotton Company Limited (WACOT), an agricultural input company in
Nigeria, has said that, in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of
Agriculture and Rural Development and other agencies, it developed programmes
that would increase farmers’ income.
Published in the Daily Trust
Newspaper Thursday, September 10, 2015
Agriculture: BoA To Empower Niger
Delta Youth
The Bank of
Agriculture (BoA) will empower 130 Niger Delta youths trained in various
aspects of agricultural enterprises in Israel in 2014. A statement signed by
Stephen Kilebi, the Ministry of Niger Delta head of information.
Published in the Daily Trust
Newspaper Thursday, September 10, 2015
Agriculture: FAO Donates Equipment To
NASC, Invests $4m in Nigeria
The Food and
Agricultural Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations has donated agricultural
equipment worth millions of naira to the National Agricultural Seed Council
(NASC). The event, which held at Sheda in Abuja recently, was attended by
agricultural experts, farmers, and seed experts.
Published in the Daily Trust
Newspaper Thursday, September 10, 2015
Philanthropy: Chevron Partners Donate
Science Lab To Benue School
Chevron
Nigeria Limited and its partners in the Agbami oil field have handed over a
science laboratory complex, worth millions of naira, to Government College,
Makurdi, Benue State. The state-of-the-art science laboratory was funded by
star Deepwater Petroleum Nigeria Limited, a Chevron company, and Co-venturers
in the Agbami oil field project.
Published in the Daily Trust
Newspaper Thursday, September 10, 2015
Health: Child Mortality Falls by 50%
Since 1990- Report
Child
mortality has fallen by more than 50% since 1990, a report by the World Health
Organization and UN children’s agency UNICEF says. It says that 25 years ago
12.7 million children under five died, but this year the figure is projected to
drop below six million for the first time.
Published in the Daily Trust
Newspaper Thursday, September 10, 2015
Industry Pulse: World Economic Forum
selects Waltersmith As Global Growth Firm
The World
Economic Forum (WEF) has announced the selection of Waltersmith Petroman Oil
Limited, a wholly indigenous Nigerian oil exploration and production company as
a member of the Forum’s Global Growth Companies (GGC).
Published in the Leadership Newspaper
Thursday, September 10, 2015
Investment: Exclusion From GBI-EM,
Nigeria Disagrees With JP Morgan’s Criteria
The Nigerian
Federal Ministry of Finance (FMF), Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Debt Management
Office (DMO) has responded to the exclusion saying while they respect JP Morgan
they “strongly disagree with the premise and conclusions upon which the
decision rests”.
Published in the Leadership Newspaper
Thursday, September 10, 2015
Philanthropy: CSR, MTN Foundation
Spends N11.5bn On 344 Projects
The Chairman
of MTN Foundation (MTNF), Mr Pascal Dozie, has disclosed that since inception,
the MTNF has spent a whopping N11.5 billion on hugely impactful social investments
in education, health, and economic empowerment.
Published in the Leadership Newspaper
Thursday, September 10, 2015
Industry Pulse: Pan Ocean Corporation
(Nigeria) Limited & Newcross Group Appoint Sunmonu, Ex-Shell Chair as
Executive Consultant
The boards
of Pan Ocean Oil Corporation (Nigeria) Limited (“Pan Ocean”) and Newcross Group
of Companies (“Newcross “), have announced the appointment of Mr. Mutiu
Sunmonu, immediate past Managing Director & Nigeria Country Chair for Shell
in Nigeria as Executive Consultant to the Board.
Published in the Leadership Newspaper
Thursday, September 10, 2015
Education: Literacy Day And The
Burden Of EFA 2015
The National
Commission for Mass Literacy, Adult and Formal Education (NMEC) in 2012, during
a summit on education which hosted several African countries in Nigeria, was
saddled with the responsibility of ensuring that the over 40 million Nigerian
illiterate adults get educated.
Published in the Leadership Newspaper
Thursday, September 10, 2015
Industry Pulse: Fidelity Bank
Appoints Two Executive Directors
The Board of
Directors of Fidelity Bank Plc has announced the appointment of two new
Executive Directors as part of efforts aimed at restructuring and strengthening
its executive management team.
Published in the This day Newspaper
Friday, September 11, 2015
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