#Health: Medical Practitioner Advises Diabetic Patients to Avoid Pebbles
in Their Feet
Dr Salihu Mohammed of General
Hospital, Minna, Niger, has advised diabetic patients to avoid pebbles or other
objects from being stuck in their feet to avoid infections. He said that most
problems relating to feet infection with the people living with diabetes arose
from lack of care. The medical practitioner also said that daily inspection of
the feet was essential to the general health of diabetic patients.
Published by the Nation Newspaper on Monday, February 13, 2017
#IndustryPulse: Niger Signs N300m Contract to Digitise Radio
The acting General Manager, Radio
Niger, Mr Andrew Achanya, has said that the state government had signed N300million
contract to ensure the digitilisation of the station. Achanya disclosed this on
Monday, in commemoration of World Radio Day with the theme for 2017 edition,
“Radio is You”.
Published by the Nation Newspaper on Monday, February 13, 2017
#Agric: Dangote to Launch 25,000 Hectares of Rice Outgrowers Scheme in Sokoto
Dangote Rice, a subsidiary of
Dangote Group, is to launch in Sokoto, Sokoto State, its multi-million naira
25, 000 hectares of rice outgrowers scheme, with a prospect of hundreds of
thousands of jobs for rural communities’ residents.
Published by the Nation Newspaper on Monday, February 13, 2017
#Infrastructure: NCDMB Votes $100m for Contractor Finance, Others
The Nigerian Content Development
Monitoring Board (NCDMB) is to set aside $100 million for Project Finance,
Asset Acquisition & Contractor Finance under its Nigerian Content
Intervention Fund (NCIF).
Published by the Nation Newspaper on Monday, February 13, 2017
#IndustryPulse: Firm Buys Paints and Coatings Manufacturers from AMCON
The Asset Management Corporation of
Nigeria (AMCON) has sold the fourth largest equity stake in Paints and Coatings
Manufacturers Nigeria (PCMN) Plc to Bizfeat Ventures Limited. Details obtained
by The Nation indicated that AMCON, the bad-debt resolution corporation
floated by the government, transferred its 7.4 per cent equity stake in PCMN to
Bizfeat Ventures through a negotiated cross deal at the Nigerian Stock Exchange
(NSE), where PCMN is quoted.
Published by the Nation Newspaper on Monday, February 13, 2017
#IndustryPulse: School Feeding – FG Releases N844.7m to Seven States
The Federal Government has so far released N844,360,550 for
the commencement of the Homegrown School Feeding, a component of its Social
Investment Programme, in seven states across the country. The states that have
received funding to begin the scheme include Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu, Oyo, Osun,
Ogun and Zamfara.
Published in the Punch
Newspaper on Tuesday, February 14, 2017
#StakeholdersAction: S’West Govs in Ekiti, Brainstorm On Agric, Security,
Education
Governors from all the states in the South-West geopolitical
zone on Monday met in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, and agreed to give quality
education to the youths to ensure moral standards are maintained in order to
enhance the zone’s development.
Published in the Punch
Newspaper on Tuesday, February 14, 2017
#Economy: FG Targets N5tn from Asset Sales
The Federal Government is looking at generating as much as
$16.4bn (N5tn at N305 to the dollar) through asset sales in the next four years
to reduce the burden on the public budget.
Published in the Punch
Newspaper on Tuesday, February 14, 2017
#Economy: Reps to Inaugurate Tactical Committee to End Recession
The House of Representatives will on Tuesday inaugurate a
tactical committee to arrest the country’s current economic recession. The
Committee would liaise with relevant stakeholders in the sector to achieve this
goal.
Published in the Punch
Newspaper on Tuesday, February 14, 2017
#Power: Power Firms Owe Consumers Explanation for Estimated Billing – Fashola
The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde
Fashola, has said that the power distribution firms should explain to consumers
the basis for estimated billing, which they subject them (consumers) to and
when it will end.
Published in the Punch
Newspaper on Tuesday, February 14, 2017
#Oil: NNPC Increases Petroleum Products Importation
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation on Monday
announced measures to sustain the nationwide supply of Premium Motor Spirit
(petrol), Automotive Gas Oil (diesel), and Dual Purpose Kerosene.
Published in the Punch
Newspaper on Tuesday, February 14, 2017
#Oil: Angola Overtakes Nigeria as Africa’s Top Oil Producer
Despite recording the biggest increase in output among its
peers in the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, Nigeria has again
lost its Africa’s top oil producer status to Angola after it regained it in
November last year.
Published in the Punch
Newspaper on Tuesday, February 14, 2017
#Environment: P’Harcourt Pollution – FG Declares Emergency, Shuts Firm
The Federal Government on Monday declared the air pollution
problem in Port Harcourt and its environs as an emergency that needed to be
addressed urgently. As a result, it issued a notice to temporarily shut down an
asphalt processing plant in Port Harcourt that was oozing out thick smoke in a
bid to bring the situation under control.
Published in the Punch
Newspaper on Tuesday, February 14, 2017
#Agric: Bauchi to Revive Moribund Fertiliser Blending Company
The Bauchi State government on
Monday said that it will soon revive its fertiliser blending company so as
to make the commodity available to farmers in the state and beyond. Speaking
during a tour of the company in Bauchi, the newly appointed chairman of the
firm, Bappah Aliyu Musa, promised to make it profitable.
Published by This Day Newspaper on Wednesday, February 15, 2017
#Economy: Success of Eurobond is Proof the Economy is Recovering
The federal government has said
that the massive demand for its $1 billion Eurobond, which was oversubscribed by
780 per cent, was a demonstration of the strong market appetite for Nigeria and
indicative of the confidence by the international investment community in
Nigeria’s economic reform agenda.
Published by This Day Newspaper on Wednesday, February 15, 2017
#Empowerment: FG Begins Disbursement of Social Intervention Funds
The federal government has
commenced disbursement of interest-free loans to the latest accredited
beneficiaries of Market Moni, the Government Enterprise and Empowerment
Programme (GEEP) targeting market women, traders, artisans, youth and farmers.
Published by This Day Newspaper on Wednesday, February 15, 2017
#IndustryPulse: Union Bank Commences Activities to Mark 100th Year
Anniversary
Activities heralding the
commemoraton of the 100th year anniversary of Union Bank of Nigeria commenced
yesterday in Lagos. The anniversary is being marked five years after the bank
was acquired by a new international investor group in 2012. Following this, the
new management team led by Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Emeka Emuwa, embarked
on a transformation programme to reposition the financial institution with the
objective of becoming a leading provider of quality financial services in
Nigeria.
Published by This Day Newspaper on Wednesday, February 15, 2017
#Empowerment: FG Doles out N70m to 56 Local Inventors
The federal government yesterday
rewarded Mr. Ezekiel Izuogu with N10million and 55 other inventors with N60million
for their efforts in the manufacture of unique scientific inventions and
innovations.
Published by This Day Newspaper on Wednesday, February 15, 2017
#Economy: FG to Float Savings Bond for Nigerians, Says DMO DG
The Director General of the Debt
Management Office (DMO), Dr. Abraham Nwankwo, yesterday disclosed plans
by the federal government to float the Savings Bond before the end of the first
quarter.
Published by This Day Newspaper on Wednesday, February 15, 2017
#IndustryPulse: NIRSAL, Nigeria Railways Begin Movement of Grains by Rail
The Nigerian Incentive Based Risk
Sharing for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL) in collaboration with the Nigeria
Railway Corporation (NRC) yesterday inaugurated a unique scheme to move grains
from the northern part of the country to markets, industrial zones and ports in
the South.
Published by This Day Newspaper on Wednesday, February 15, 2017
#Power: US Announces Fresh Grant of N241.6m to Support Nigeria’s Power
Sector
The United States of America has
reiterated her commitment to the development of Nigeria’s power sector with the
announcement of a fresh grant of $767,512 (N241.6million) to support the
development of renewable energy in Nigeria.
Published by This Day Newspaper on Wednesday, February 15, 2017
#Environment: FCT Minister Tasked On Abaji Gully Erosion
Residents of Wadata community in
Abaji Area Council have appealed to the Minister of the FCT, Muhammad Musa
Bello, to come to their aid in tackling a gully erosion that has been
threatening their houses in the area.
Published in the Daily Trust Newspaper on Thursday, February 16, 2017
#Agric: Dangote to Launch 25,000ha Rice Project in Sokoto
Dangote Rice, a subsidiary of
Dangote Group is set to launch on Wednesday 25,000 hectares of rice outgrower
programme in Sokoto. The project is expected to provide hundreds of thousands
of employment opportunities for inhabitants of the rural communities, according
to a press release from the African Press Organisation. A pilot is set to begin
with 500 hectares by Gonroyo dam, in Goronyo community.
Published in the Daily Trust Newspaper on Thursday, February 16, 2017
#IndustryPulse: NIOB To Proffer Solution To Building Challenges
The Nigerian Institute of Building
(NIOB) has said the association would work in finding lasting solutions to
building challenges in the country. The Chairman of the institute’s FCT
Chapter, James Ogbagha said the institute’s forthcoming annual general meeting
billed to hold in Abuja in April is tailored to provide the techniques of business
development, but it is not just about developing our businesses alone, it also
has patriotic commitment to national development.
Published in the Daily Trust Newspaper on Thursday, February 16, 2017
#Agric: 36 Jigawa Communities Lose Farms to Chinese Plantation
Thirty six communities in Jigawa
state have lost their farmlands covering 12,000 hectares to a Chinese company
for sugarcane plantation. The state government gave the farmlands to Messrs Lee
Group- based in Kano for N2.1 billion.
Published in the Daily Trust Newspaper on Thursday, February 16, 2017
#Empowerment: Group Empowers 600 Women To Start Business In Nasarawa
A total of 600 women, including
widows in Nasarawa received various cash donations to start businesses of their
own to enable them become self-reliant. The national chairman of the Board of
Trustees (BOT) of Buhari Charity Organisation (BCO), Abuja, Suleiman Modibbo
Masaka, who made this known yesterday in Keffi while briefing newsmen on the
year 2017 plan of the group, said the organisation has disbursed N6 million to
empower widows, orphans and the needy to enable them to be self-reliant and to
contribute their quota to national development.
Published in the Daily Trust Newspaper on Thursday, February 16, 2017
#IndustryPulse #Technology: E-Payment Transactions Hit N51.8trn –CBN
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)
says the value of electronic payment transaction had increased from
N27.56 trillion in 2012 to N51.8 trillion in 2016, indicating 88 per cent
increase.
Published in the Daily Trust Newspaper on Thursday, February 16, 2017
#IndustryPulse: FCTA to Eliminate Multiple Taxes – Minister
The FCT Administration has put
machinery in motion to harmonize taxes in the Federal Capital Territory to
reduce cases of multiple taxation. The FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello,
stated this yesterday while receiving members of the Hotel Owners Forum, FCT
chapter in Abuja.
Published in the Daily Trust Newspaper on Thursday, February 16, 2017
#Health: New Malaria Vaccine Provides 100% Protection in Clinical Trial
Scientists have discovered an
effective vaccine that offers up to 100 per cent protection from malaria.
German researchers at the University of Tübingen in collaboration with the
biotech company, Sanaria Incorporated, have demonstrated in a clinical trial that
a new vaccine for malaria called Sanaria PfSPZ-CVac has been up to 100 per cent
effective when assessed at 10 weeks after last dose of vaccine.
Published by the Guardian Newspaper on Friday, February 17, 2017
#StakeholdersAction: Ambode, Ikpeazu, Obaseki Decry High Unemployment
Rate
Prominent Nigerians, which include
governors of Lagos, Abia and Edo states, Akinwunmi Ambode, Okezie Ikpeazu and
Godwin Obaseki, have decried the high rate of unemployment in the country. They
warned that unless something urgent and decisive in terms of right government
policies, collective responsibilities and strict anti-graft measures are taken,
the country may be heading for disaster.
Published by the Guardian Newspaper on Friday, February 17, 2017
#StakeholdersAction: Health Workers Protest In Lagos, Threaten Strike
Health workers under the umbrella
body of National Union of Allied Health Professionals yesterday at the
Governor’s Office in Alausa, Lagos, protested over corruption and what they
described as continued discrimination among the medical professionals and
dichotomy in medical laboratory services across the country.
Published by the Guardian Newspaper on Friday, February 17, 2017
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