Health,
Agric get Priority in Ogun
Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun , has expressed
the determination of his administration to give priority attention to
effective health care delivery, agriculture and infrastructure development in
the 2013 fiscal year.
Published in ThisDay
Sun Newspaper on Monday, 19th November, 2012
Lagos
State to generate 3,000 megawatts from IPPs
The
Lagos State Government says it is planning to generate of 3,000 megawatts of
electricity in the state in the next two years.
Commissioner
for Energy and Mineral Resources, Taofiq Tijani says government intended to
realise this through continuing partnership with private sector investors in
the state power sector.
Published in BusinessDay
Newspaper on Monday, 19th November, 2012
Omotosho
power plant adds 500 megawatts to national grid December
The
Management of Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC) Limited has assured
Nigerians that Omotosho Power Plant Phase ll is ready to contribute additional
500 megawatts to the national grid by December.
Mr.
James Olotu, the Managing Director of the company, owners of the National
Integrated Power Project (NIPP), disclosed this to news men in Ondo State
during an inspection visit to some NIPP power plants in the South-West.
Published in BusinessDay
Newspaper on Monday, 19th November, 2012
Philanthropy: Brewery
donates toilets to police
International Breweries
Plc has donated a block of toilets to the Osun State Police Command.
Chief Operating Officer
of the Ilesa, Osun State – based brewery, Mr. Carlos Gomez, who handed over the
toilets to police authorities, said IBL would continue to perform its social
responsibilities.
Published in Punch
Newspaper on Tuesday, 20th November, 2012
Medical Guild laments
doctors’ exodus from Lagos hospitals
Members
of the Lagos State Medical Guild have raised the alarm over the mass exodus of doctors from public
hospitals in the state.
The
Chairman of the Guild, Dr. Olumuyiwa Odusote, who stated this at a press
briefing in Lagos on Monday, said many doctors in public hospitals in the state,
especially those at the State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja had resigned their
appointments.
Published in Punch
Newspaper on Tuesday, 20th November, 2012
Lagos plans free
maternal, infant healthcare
Special
Adviser to the Lagos State Governor on Public Health, Dr. Yewande Adeshina, has
said the state government will offer free maternal and child care services in
727 prominent locations in the state.
Adeshina,
in a statement in Lagos on Monday, said the week – long programme would focus
on exposing mothers and their children to high impact, low cost material, and
newborn health interventions.
Published in Punch
Newspaper on Tuesday, 20th November, 2012
Reps panel queries
MDAs for not remitting N4tn
The
House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts on Monday summoned the
Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke and heads of many
ministries, departments and agencies of the Federal Government over the alleged
non – remittance of revenues totalling N4tn to the Federation Account.
Published in Punch
Newspaper on Tuesday, 20th November, 2012
‘No cover – up for
misdeeds revealed in NEITI reports’
President
Goodluck Jonathan has assured Nigerians that his administration will not cover
up any misdeed revealed in the reports of audit exercises by the Nigeria
Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative.
Published in Punch
Newspaper on Tuesday, 20th November, 2012
Why Nigeria will
continue to borrow – DMO
The
Director – General Debt Management Office, Mr Abraham Nwankwo, has said the
country will continue to borrow to close the infrastructural gap.
Nwankwo
said the nation needed an inflow of $10bn (N1.6tn) annually for the next 10
years to fix its infrastructural deficits.
Published in Punch Newspaper
on Tuesday, 20th November, 2012
FG distributes food to
flood victims
The
Federal Government yesterday commenced free distribution of 40,000 metric
tonnes of food items to flood victims nationwide.
Areas
mostly hit by the flood included, Oyo, Jos, Ogoja, Gombe, Makurdi, Illorin,
Akure, Minna, Jahun and Irrua.
Published in Punch
Newspaper on Tuesday, 20th November, 2012
Singaporean firm to
create 20,000 jobs in Cross River
A
Singaporean firm, Wilmer International has inaugurated 50,000 hectare ultra
modern oil palm plantations with the capacity to employ over 20,000 person’s
equivalent to the work force of the Cross River State Government.
Published in Daily Sun
Newspaper on Tuesday, 20th November, 2012
2013 Budget: Senate
Deplores Allocation of N427.5bn to Education
The
Chairman, Senate Committee on Education, Senator Uche Chukwumerije, yesterday
deplored the allocation of N427.5 billion to the education sector in the 2013
budget proposal as a far cry and grossly inadequate from what the Ministry needs to implement its
programme
Published in This Day
Newspaper on Tuesday, 20th November, 2012
FG Pledges Commitment
in Transparency in Extractive Sector
The
Federal Government has expressed its commitment to strengthen the Nigeria
Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative in line with its objective of
enthroning transparency and accountability in the management of Nigeria’s
extractive sector.
Published in This Day
Newspaper on Tuesday, 20th November, 2012
NDE Graduates 2,990
from Agric Devt Scheme
The
National Directorate of Employment (NDE) is set to graduate 2,990 unemployed
youths from the Rural Agricultural Development Training Scheme (RADTS) by the
end of this month.
Published in This Day
Newspaper on Tuesday, 20th November, 2012
Tempers
flared yesterday at a proposed hearing by the Uche Ekwunife-led House Committee
on Environment as the members agreed that the Minister of Environment, Hajiya
Hadiza Mailafia, should be sacked by President Goodluck Jonathan.
Ms
Mailafia’s absence yesterday stalled investigations into the shortfall of
almost N400 billion in the Ecological Fund deductions.
The
committee, which was to have conducted a hearing on the operation of the
Ecological Fund, postponed the hearing following the minister’s absence.
Published in Guardian
Newspaper on Wednesday, 21th November, 2012
5,800 benefit from
Ekiti free health mission
No fewer than 5,800 people have benefited from the Free
Health Mission initiated by Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi.
According to a statement made available to our correspondent
in Ado-Ekiti on Tuesday, by the Commissioner for Health, Prof. Olusola Fasubaa,
over 3,000 people benefited from the sixth edition of Governor Kayode Fayemi’s
Free Health Mission in Ikere-Ekiti.
Published in Guardian
Newspaper on Wednesday, 21th November, 2012
CBN to sponsor SOS
children for five years
The
Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN) has promised to sponsor the children of the SOS
Children’s Village in the next
five years.
CBN
Governor, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, disclosed this at the inauguration of the CBN
House at the SOS Children’s Village Gwagwalada, Abuja.
He
said the apex bank has “a long standing commitment to humanitarian support and
educational development, which is carried out without prejudice to race, creed,
gender or religion.”
Published in Guardian Newspaper on
Wednesday, 21th November, 2012
Agric earnings for
Africa hit $20b
Africa
will realize extra $20billion in yearly earnings if its leaders can
dismantle trade barriers
hindering regional dynamism, a World Bank report have said.
The
report was released on the eve of an African Union (AU) Ministerial summit on
agriculture and trade in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
In
a statement, the bank said Africa’s farmers can grow enough food to feed the
continent and avert future food crises if countries remove cross-border
restrictions on the food trade within the region.
Published in The Nation Newspaper on
Wednesday, 21th November, 2012
IBM picks Lagos for
$50m smarter cities challenge
IBM
has named Lagos amongst 31other cities globally selected for its Smarter Cities
Challenge grant for 2013.
Launched
in 2011, the IBM Smarter Cities Challenge is a three-year, 100-city, $50
million competitive grant programme.
The
initiative is IBM’s single-largest philanthropic initiative globally, where the
leading technology and business consulting company assigns a team of six top
IBM experts to each winning city to study a key issue identified by the city’s
leadership.
Published in The Guardian Newspaper
on Wednesday, 21th November, 2012
Lagosians waste N20.3b
on energy mismanagement, says LSEB
Poor
power utilization by residents of Lagos State may be resulting into wastage of
about N20.3 billion yearly, the Lagos State Electricity Board (LSEB) has
said.
The
board, which made this known during the Youth Energy Career Programme (YECP)
organized in collaboration with Senator Gbenga Ashafa and Siemens Nigeria,
advocates energy conservation in order to reduce unnecessary spending.
The
board, in its campaign against energy wastage, said Lagosians waste over N1.5
billion yearly by leaving their computers on standby; N8 billion yearly by
using high wattage conventional bulbs; N5.6 billion yearly by boiling more
water than they require; waste N4 billion yearly by leaving appliances on
standby; and N1.2 billion yearly from dripping taps.
Published in The
Guardian Newspaper on Wednesday, 21th November, 2012
AIDS officials
distribute 1 million condoms at Obudu Mountain Race
About
a million pieces of condoms were distributed at the just concluded eighth Obudu
International Mountain Race at the Ranch Resort, Cross River State.
This
was disclosed by the Director-General, Cross River State Action Committee on
HIV and AIDS (SACA), Irene Aniyom, in an interview with some newsmen at the
resort.
She
said SACA’s presence at the mountain race was to carry out HIV and AIDS tests
and counseling just as it did at major festivals, including the yearly Leboku
and Calabar Carnivals in Cross River.
Published in The
Guardian Newspaper on Wednesday, 21th November, 2012
Africa can avert food
crises via regional trade
The
belief that Africa has the potential to prosper has been rekindled through a
new World Bank report which indicates that the continent’s farmers can grow
enough food to feed the continent and prevent food crises.
Published in The Punch
Newspaper on Thursday, 22nd November, 2012
Ondo flood victims get
900 tonnes of food
Food items of 900 metric tons were
distributed to the flood victims of Ondo State origin by the Federal Government
Wednesday.
The development was part of the
palliative measure put in place by the federal government to ameliorate the
effects of the recent flood disaster in some states of the federation, on the
people and the economy.
Published in The Punch
Newspaper on Thursday, 22nd November, 2012
Global Fund, UNDP to
fight HIV in Mali
Non-Governmental
Organisation, Global Fund, on Wednesday, signed an agreement with the United
Nations Development Programme to fight the scourge of HIV/AIDS in Mali.
The
move will ensure the delivery of life-saving HIV treatment to thousands of
people in the country where about 50,000 people are said to be currently living
with the virus.
Published in The Punch
Newspaper on Thursday, 22nd November, 2012
FG Introduces Oral
Health Policy, Unilever Pledges Support
As
the federal government launched the new oral health policy with the
introduction of new standards in medical check-ups for Nigerians, multinational
service provider, Unilever has pledged to develop new technologies to promote
and protect oral hygiene of Nigerians.
Health
Minister, Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu announced during the launch of the new
policy that the National Council on Health has approved that henceforth there
should be standard operational guidelines for medical check-ups to include
dental records of every individual alongside other relevant medical data.
Published in ThisDay
Newspaper on Thursday, 22nd November, 2012
Health Workers Assure
of Peace
In
a statement seemingly indicating a permanent peace in the health sector among
the various professionals, the National Vice President of the Health Workers
Union of Nigeria Mr. Olalekan Ishola has appealed to members to put the past
behind them and work towards the development of the sector.
Published in ThisDay
Newspaper on Thursday, 22nd November, 2012
UN suspends
demarcation of Nigeria, Cameroun boundary
The
United Nations’ (UN) agency charged with demarcating the maritime bundary
between Nigeria and Cameroon following the ceding of the oil-rich Bakassi
peninsula to Cameroon was to suspend the exercise Thursday, only a day it
started.
Published in Business Day
Newspaper on Friday, 23rd November, 2012
Reps pass NDDC 2012
N250bn budget
The
House of Representatives on Thursday passed the 2012 budget of N250 billion for
the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).
The
breakdown of the budget revealed that N17 billion was approved for recurrent
expenditure, while capital expenditure got N233 billion.
Published in Business Day
Newspaper on Friday, 23rd November, 2012
NEXIM finance project
creates 1600 jobs
Not
less than 1,600 Nigerian youths have benefited from the Nigerian Export-Import
Bank (NEXIM) financed project at Agbara in Ogun State
Published in Business Day
Newspaper on Friday, 23rd November, 2012
FG distributes 900
tons of food items to Ondo flood victims
Food items of
900 metric tons were distributed to the flood victims of Ondo State origin by
the Federal Government Wednesday.
The development was part of the
palliative measure put in place by the federal government to ameliorate the
effects of the recent flood disaster in some states of the federation, on the
people and the economy.
Published in Business Day
Newspaper on Friday, 23rd November, 2012
Philanthropy:
NIMASA Donates Materials to Rivers, Anambra Flood Victims
The Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) had
donated relief materials worth over N22 million to those affected by floods in
River State. The donation of the relief materials is in continuation of the
agency’s delivery on its corporate social responsibility to the society and
community relations.
Published in ThisDay
Newspaper on Friday, 23rd November, 2012
Nigeria,
Pakistan to partner on Sugar Production, SME Financing
Nigeria and Pakistan have reached an agreement to
collaborate in the areas of sugar production, textile and the financing of
Small and Medium Scales Enterprises (SMEs).
Minister of Trade and Investment, Dr. Olusegun Aganga, stated this yesterday, noting that the agreement was reached during a meeting he had with his Pakistani counterpart, Munir Qureshi; and the deputy governor of the country’s central bank, Kazi Muktadir.
Published in ThisDay
Newspaper on Friday, 23rd November, 2012
Nigeria Loses N1trn Annually to Sub-standard
Imports
Director General of the Standard
Organisations of Nigeria (SON), Mr Joseph Odumodu, yesterday painted an
unpalatable picture of the damage sub-standard and fake products
importation into the country had caused the nation, adding that Nigeria losses
in the excess of N1 trillion yearly basis.
He described the average Nigerian importer as a killer and unscrupulous due to the illicit business.
He described the average Nigerian importer as a killer and unscrupulous due to the illicit business.
Published in ThisDay
Newspaper on Friday, 23rd November, 2012
1.2m
Farmers Get Seed, Fertilizers
The Federal Government has said that it has provided seeds and fertiliser
to 1.2 million farmers using the e-wallet of the Growth Enhancement Scheme.
Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Akinwuwi Adesina, made this known
yesterday during the distribution of food items to four states and the FCT in
Minna, Niger State.
The states are Niger, Kebbi, Zamfara and Sokoto.
The states are Niger, Kebbi, Zamfara and Sokoto.
Published in ThisDay
Newspaper on Friday, 23rd November, 2012
Environment ministry
extorts money from contractors - Reps
House of Representatives Committee on Environment on Thursday
accused top officials of the Ministry of Environment of allegedly extorting
money from contractors before they were given their contract documents.
The committee stated that many complainants had blamed the poor
implementation of capital projects by the ministry on the alleged extortion, as
contractors who objected to paying the money were reportedly delayed.
Published in Punch
Newspaper on Friday, 23rd November, 2012
CBN
to issue agency banking framework in December
The Central Bank of Nigeria has said it will issue the draft
framework of agency banking in December in a bid to increase the growth of
financial inclusion.
The CBN Governor, Mr. Lamido Sanusi, stated this on Thursday, at
the EfINA workshop.
Published in Punch
Newspaper on Friday, 23rd November, 2012
World
Bank wants FRSC replicated in other countries
The World Bank has urged other African countries to set up a road
safety agency similar to the Nigeria’s model.
The bank and the Sub-Saharan African Transport Programme at the
2012 road safety workshop held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, singled out the FRSC
as a role model, which other African countries should emulate.
Published in Punch
Newspaper on Friday, 23rd November, 2012
Euro zone
faces deepest downturn since 2009
The euro zone economy is on course for its weakest quarter
since the dark days of early 2009, according to business surveys that showed companies toiling
against shrinking order books in November.
Service
sector firms like banks and hotels that comprise the bulk of the economy fared particularly badly this month,
and laid off staff at a faster pace.
Published in Punch
Newspaper on Friday, 23rd November, 2012
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