Philanthropy: Foundation partners club to empower indigent
women
A
non-governmental organisation, Change-A-Life Foundation, has partnered Lagos
Alliance Club International to empower indigent women and youths in Lagos.
The
gesture, according to a statement on Sunday by a director with CAL, Seki
Ayeyemi, involves provision of micro-finance grants/capital to start
self-sufficient and sustaining businesses.
Published in Punch
Newspaper on Monday, 14th January, 2013
BOI
to increase funding for women programmes
The
Bank of Industry has promised more resources for women empowerment programmes.
The Managing Director of the bank, Ms Evelyn Oputu, said this in
Abuja at the private sector interactive session with the United Nations Women
Under-Secretary General, Michelle Bachelete.
Published in Punch Newspaper
on Monday, 14th January, 2013
Diamond Bank
reiterates commitment to MSMEs
In
continuation of its support for Micro, Small and Medium Scale Enterprises in
Nigeria, Diamond Bank has said that, in partnership with the Enterprise
Development Centre, Pan African University, it is set to unveil the five
successful entrepreneurs in the final phase of the second edition of its
‘Building Entrepreneurs Today’ series.
The bank said on Friday that the entrepreneurs would be presented
at a ceremony scheduled to be held at Terra Kouture on Wednesday, January 16.
Published
in Punch Newspaper on Monday, 14th January, 2013
Investment: Banks to boost funding of agricultural sector
Deposit
Money Banks in the country have pledged to increase financing for the agricultural
sector, in a move considered to be a major step in ensuring the sustainable
development of the sector.
The
banks made the commitment through the Bankers’ Committee’s Sub-Committee on
Economic Development – at a special meeting of the BC, which was held in Lagos
on Saturday.
Published in Punch
Newspaper on Monday, 14th January, 2013
Agriculture: Bankers’
Committee Restates Commitment to Agric Sector Financing
Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) has once more given assurance to
support the rapid development of the agricultural sector.
The Bankers’ Committee's Sub-Committee on Economic Development, which said this in a statement at the end of a special meeting in Lagos at the weekend, said it would continue to increase financing for the agric sector to ensure sustainable growth and development.
Published in Vanguard
Newspaper on Monday, 14th January, 2013
Labour: Cement
manufacturers say massive job loss imminent over importation
Hundreds of thousands of working Nigerians may
soon join the saturated labour market, if feelers from the cement manufacturing
sub-sector are anything to go by, as more of the manufacturers are scaling down
production and significantly reducing their capacity as a result of glut in the
cement market.
Published in
BusinessDay Newspaper on Monday, 14th January, 2013
Research:
Minister says National Research Fund Underway
Plans
are underway to establish a standard National Research Fund with a view to
encouraging more local research in all sectors of the economy.
The
Research Fund when established would cover all the various research institutes
in the country.
Published in
BusinessDay Newspaper on Monday, 14th January, 2013
Nahcoaviance N2billion
warehouse places Nigeria as region cargo hub
The recently commissioned
N2 billion warehouse, the biggest in sub-saharan Africa, by the Nigerian
Aviation Handling Company Plc (Nahcoaviance) has positioned Nigeria as a
regional cargo hub.
The warehouse is designed to
handle up to 230,000 tonnes with cold rooms, freezers, hazardous/dangerous facilities
and equipped with bomb and explosive detectors and other highly automated
facilities that will enhance cargo operations.
Published in ThisDay Newspaper
on Monday, 14th January, 2013
Leadership: Dabiri –
Erewa leads delegation to India Diaspora Conference
Chairperson,
House of Representatives Committee on Diaspora Affairs, Rep Abike
Dabiri-Erewa, will today be at the head of the Nigeria delegation to the 11th
edition of India Diaspora day celebration holding in Kochi, India.
In
a statement in Abuja, the convention known as ``Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD)
2013 will be held in Kochi, India between January 7-9.
Published in ThisDay Newspaper
on Monday, 14th January, 2013
Labour:
NEMA Adopts New Strategy against Disaster
The National Emergency
Management Agency (NEMA) Sunday said it was intensifying the use of youth
volunteers and non-governmental organisations as part of its strategy to
tackle disasters in the country.
The agency’s Head of Public Relations, Mr. Yushau Shuaib, told THISDAY that the agency had embarked on the recruitment and training of more volunteers to help improve its capacity and readiness to respond to emergency situations in the rural areas.
Published in ThisDay Newspaper
on Monday, 14th January, 2013
Investment: We can’t
force banks to lend - CBN
Following lamentations by entrepreneurs and
small scale business owners on low lending activities by banks, the Central
Bank of Nigeria has said that it can’t force any Deposit Money Bank to lend to
customers.
Published in Punch Newspaper
on Tuesday, 15th January, 2013
Philanthropy: C’River acting governor’s wife showers cash,
gifts on motherless babies, aged
In
the spirit of Christmas, the wife of the Acting Governor Mrs. Glory Cobhams,
has visited hospitals, motherless babies homes and the elderly home in Calabar
and donated cash and other gift items.
Published in ThisDay Newspaper
on Tuesday, 15th January, 2013
Agriculture: Flooding
will lead to high crop yields in coastal areas – Hon. Ugbuku
Erstwhile
Special Adviser to Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan on Local Government and
Chieftaincy Affairs, Hon. Mike Ugbuku, has the recent flood that swept across
some states in the federation as a blessing in disguise.
Published in ThisDay Newspaper
on Tuesday, 15th January, 2013
Health: LASUCOM
Provost calls for compulsory health insurance scheme
Provost, Lagos State University College of
Medicine (LASUCOM), and professor of Community Health and Primary Health Care,
Olumuyiwa Omotola Odusanya has called on Nigerian government to properly harness
the affairs of Nigeria Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) as it could be the
pathway to achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC).
Published in ThisDay Newspaper
on Tuesday, 15th January, 2013
Labour: NDE trains 80
unemployed graduates in Jigawa
The
National Directorate of Employment has expended N1.472 million for the training
of 80 unemployed graduates in modern agriculture in Jigawa State.
Published in Guardian Newspaper
on Wednesday, 16th January, 2013
Investment:
NEXIM Bank, miners plan strategic framework for investments
The
Nigerian Export Import Bank (NEXIM) and the Miners’ Association of Nigeria have
unfolded plan to evolve a strategic framework that would ensure better
structure and sustainable investment inflow into solid mineral sector.
According
to a statement from the bank’s Corporate Communication Department, the plan was
essentially a gesture by the association’s patrons to ensure mutual cooperation
with NEXIM as a follow-up to the interactive business forum organised by it in
conjunction with the Federal Ministry of Mines and Steel Development.
Published in Guardian Newspaper
on Wednesday, 16th January, 2013
Technology: Nigeria
needs more infrastructure ti drive broadband growth
To
drive broadband usage in Nigeria in 2013, operators have been charged on the
need to invest more in infrastructure that will ensure that bandwidth capacity
at the shores are fully utilised.
Published in Guardian Newspaper
on Wednesday, 16th January, 2013
Infrastructures: FG to
use ICT, phones to provide health information to women, children
Federal
Ministry of Health is partnering with stakeholders to use Information and
Communication Technology (ICT) to ensure that pregnant women and children get
health information when and where they need it.
Published in Daily
Independent Newspaper on Thursday, 17th January, 2013
Sustainability: World
Bank urges developing countries to safeguard economic growth
Developing
countries have been urged to focus on raising the growth potential of their
economies, while strengthening buffers to deal with risks from the Euro Area
and fiscal policy in the United States, says the world Bank in the newly
released Global Economic Prospects (GEP) report.
Published in Daily
Independent Newspaper on Thursday, 17th January, 2013
Empowerment: Amosun’s Wife
Empowers Women
Wife
of the Governor of Ogun State, Mrs Olufunso Amosun in collaboration with the
Nigerian Bottling Company, has empowered 50 women with Coca-Cola Kiosks to
assist them earn a living and boost their standard of living.
Published in This Day Newspaper
on Friday, 18th January, 2013
Labour: NGO Checks Unemployment
among Youths
In
order to reduce the spate of unemployment among the youths; the Oluyole
socio-cultural group of Ibadan indigenes based in Lagos, recently disclosed
plans to work in conjunction with the Oyo State Government
Published in This Day Newspaper
on Friday, 18th January, 2013
Corporate Governance:
Federal Government Inaugurates Committee on National Code of Corporate
Governance
The
Federal Government yesterday inaugurated the Steering Committee that will
develop the country’s National Code of Corporate Governance.
Published in This Day Newspaper
on Friday, 18th January, 2013
MDGs: Nigeria lags
Behind, says Sambo
The
Vice-President, Namadi Sambo, has confirmed that the country is off the mark
towards the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) targets by
2015 deadline.
Published in This Day Newspaper
on Friday, 18th January, 2013
Philanthropy: Hyundai
donates to orphanages, homes
Hyundai
Motors Nigeria last week restated its commitment to the socio-economic welfare
of the less privilege with the donation of hundreds of thousands of mosquitoes’
repellent supplies to orphanages and psychiatric homes in Nigeria to commemorate
the 2012 anti-malaria campaign, which seeks to stem the scourge of malaria
parasites.
Published in Daily
Independent Newspaper on Friday, 18th January, 2013
Partnership: F.G,
USAID sign MOU to boost bank lending to agric sector
The
Federal Government and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) which is aimed at boosting
banks’ lending to the agricultural sector of the economy.
Published in Daily
Independent Newspaper on Friday, 18th January, 2013
Philanthropy:
Flour Mills donates N200m, food items to food victims
Flour
Mills of Nigeria Plc has donated N200m for the welfare of the victims of the
2012 national flood disaster.
The
Milling Manager of the company, Mr. Solomon Obichukwu, stated this on Friday at
the Government House, Awka where the company delivered a trailer-load of relief
materials to the flood victims in Anambra State.
Published in Daily
Independent Newspaper on Friday, 18th January, 2013
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