Enterprise Bank Limited has said it joined the league of global
organisations and financial institutions that are currently listed on Google
Maps.
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and local business information – including business locations, contact
information and driving directions.
Published in ThisDay
Newspaper on Monday, 11th February, 2013
Health: Yaro Warns
against Diversion of Drugs, Hospital Equipment
Kaduna State governor, Alhaji Mukhtar Yero Thursday warned against
diversion of drugs and hospital equipment meant for primary health centres in
the state, saying that anyone caught indulging in such corrupt and
retrogressive acts will be dealt with.
Speaking at the commissioning of drugs, consumables and
hospital equipment worth over N600 million donated by the Partnership for
Transforming of Health Systems, otherwise known as PATHS 2, Yero
also said he will hold officials of the state ministry of health responsible
for any foul play in the distribution of the items to the various health
centres.
Published in ThisDay
Newspaper on Monday, 11th February, 2013
With a new United Nations’ data indicating that Female Genital
Mutilation/Cutting(FGM/C) is becoming less prevalent and younger generation
becoming less vulnerable, UNICEF Executive Director, Anthony Lake described the
practice as deeply wrong and must be stopped to help millions of girls and
women lead healthier lives.
Data released on the International Day of Zero Tolerance of Female
Genital Mutilation/Cutting, shows that fewer girls are subjected to the
life-threatening practice of FGM/C
Published in ThisDay
Newspaper on Monday, 11th February, 2013
Investment:
Microsoft to invest N12bn in Nigeria
In a bid to accelerate the adoption
of smart phones, drive the growth of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and
create more jobs in Nigeria and other African countries, leading software
developer Microsoft has said it would invest N12 billion across the African
continent through the recently launched Microsoft 4Afrika initiative.
Published in
BusinessDay Newspaper on Monday, 11th February, 2013
Partnership:
U.S. company partners Nigeria firm to promote safety in Nigeria’s oil, gas
industry
Nigeria’s oil
and gas industry, especially the safety sub-sector, is about to experience a
slew of technological innovations in safety equipment with the entry of the
United States-based manufacturing firm, Redwing Shoe Company into the country
in collaboration with Future
Concerns Nigeria Limited, its
local partner. Redwing Shoe Company, a global leader in the manufacturing of
safety shoes and garments, recently opened an ultra-modern depot and office
complex in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial city.
Published in
BusinessDay Newspaper on Monday, 11th February, 2013
Education:
UBA Academy rolls out 93 fresh graduates
A new set of 93 management trainees have successfully
completed the third edition of the banking school programme of the UBA Academy
as part of the bank’s pre-requisite for gainful employment in the institution.
At
the colourful convocation ceremony held at the bank headquarters,the group
managing director/CEO, Phillips Oduoza described the banking school as a key
platform for gauging the human capital investment of the bank noting that
‘human capital investment’ remains UBA Plc’s biggest asset.
Published in
BusinessDay Newspaper on Monday, 11th February, 2013
Research:
Republicans, Democrats, process risk differently
A team of political scientists and neuroscientists has shown that
liberals and conservatives use different parts of the brain when they make
risky decisions, and these regions can be used to predict which political party
a person prefers.
The new study suggests that while genetics or parental influence
may play a significant role, being a Republican or Democrat changes how the
brain functions
Published
in Punch Newspaper on Tuesday, 12th February, 2013
Environment:
DESOPADEC flags off free health care in Patani
The Chairman of Delta State Oil-Producing Areas Development
Commission (DESOPADEC), Mr. Oritsuwa Kpogho, says the Commission is committed
to addressing health challenges of the rural communities in the state.
Speaking in Patani, Headquarters of Patani Local Government Area
of the state while flagging off the Free Medical Care of the interventionist
agency, the DESOPADEC boss said that all would be done to meet up with the
health challenges of the downtrodden in the rural communities of the state.
Published in Vanguard Newspaper
on Tuesday, 12th February,
2013
Electricity:
Bayelsa approves N4bn for Rural Electricity
Communities in the hinterland of Bayelsa State will soon enjoy
power supply as the state government has approved N4 billion for rural
electrification.
The
state Commissioner for Energy, Mr. Francis Ikio, disclosed this in Yenagoa
while conducting newsmen round project sites in the state.
Published in Vanguard Newspaper
on Tuesday, 12th February,
2013
ICT:
Lagos drums support for software development in Nigeria
Recognising the huge revenue accruable to the nation’s economy,
Lagos State government has drummed support for the growth of the sub-sector.
Speaking
through the ministry of Science and Technology at the weekend in Lagos, the
state declared that software development remained under - tapped in the
country.
Published in Vanguard Newspaper
on Tuesday, 12th February,
2013
Partnership:
Ekiti partners IBM on e-governance
Ekiti State
Government has entered into an agreement with International Business Machines
(IBM) which would see the software vendor provide ICT solutions to the State
Government, the State University and the Civil Society on areas such as Smart
Governance, Citizen Information Management System and e-school projects.
According
to ThisDay, IBM experts arrived the state over the weekend, and would work with
officials of the Nigerian state in different sectors of the state for the next
one month.
Published
in The Guardian Newspaper on Wednesday, 13th February, 2013
Infrastructure: NACCIMA wants govt to
boost infrastructure with foreign reserves
The
Director-General, Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce Industry Mines
and Agriculture (NACCIMA), Dr. John Osemede, has urged the Federal Government
to invest a part of Nigeria’s foreign reserve on infrastructure.
Osemede, who gave this advice at a News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)
forum on Thursday in Lagos, explained that the reserve should be invested on
critical infrastructure of the economy.
Published
in The Guardian Newspaper on Wednesday, 13th February, 2013
ESSO Exploration and Production Nigeria Limited (EEPNL), operator
of Oil Mining Lease 133, has received approval from the Nigerian National
Petroleum Corporation to award three engineering, procurement and construction
(EPC) contracts for Erha North Phase II project.
According
to the General Manager, Public & Government Affairs, Paul Arinze, in a
statement, Wednesday, the EPC awards represent a significant milestone in
the development of Erha North Phase II and demonstrate continued cooperation
between Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation and EEPNL to grow the business
and support the Nigerian government in meeting national goals.
Published
in The Guardian Newspaper on Wednesday, 13th February, 2013
ICT: Subscribers
spend N2.14tn on phone calls, others
United States’ technology giant microsoft Corporation
yesterday unvieled a package of $12 billion for Africa in the next three years
to empower youths on the continent.
Published
in Punch Newspaper on Thursday, 14th February, 2013
Environment:
FG asks NIMET to take precautionary measures
Following the flooding that wreaked havoc in 28 states of the
federation in 2012, the Federal Government has directed the Nigerian
Metrological Agency to put precautionary measures in place to prevent
recurrence this year.
The Director-General, NIMET, Dr. Anthony Anuforom, disclosed this
in an interview with journalists at the opening of a three-day national
conference on the application of metrological information in weather disaster
risk reduction and socio-economic planning, which opened in Abuja on Wednesday.
Published in Punch Newspaper on Thursday, 14th February, 2013
Empowerment:
Intel engages NYSC in Technology, Entrepreneurship
As part of its
commitment to Nation Building, leading technology company, Intel has set out on
a value-adding initiative to train Youth Corp Members in technology and
entrepreneurship.
The
one-week free training is the first of several that will stretch across other
states of the federation with Lagos proposed for the pilot phase.
Published in Punch Newspaper on Thursday, 14th February, 2013
MDGs: Ebonyi releases
N300m for MDGs projects in three councils
Ebonyi
state government has released N300 million for the scale up of the Millennium
Development Goals programmes in three local government council in the state.
Published in Daily Independent Newspaper on Thursday, 14th February, 2013
Health:
DESOPADEC healthcare beneficiaries hail Uduaghan
People of Ethiope West Local Government Area of the Delta State who
benefited from the services and gesture of the Urhobo Commissioners in
DESOPADEC extended their appreciation to the state Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Eweta
Uduaghan, and Dr. Henry Ofa JP; for bringing free healthcare services to
their door steps.
Coordinator
of the programme, Dr. Irikefe Umukoro, and some other health personnel employed
by DESOPADEC for the programme also commended the governor and the Urhobo
commissioners on the board of DESOPADEC for the gesture, appealing that the
programme should be sustained for more patients who could not afford medical
bills to benefit from the initiative of Dr. Ofa and his colleagues from the
Urhobo nation on the DESOPADEC board.
Published in Daily Independent Newspaper on Thursday, 14th February, 2013
Environment: Benue
communities struggle to regain life
The road to recovery for most of the communities
in Benue state that were affected by the deadly floods of last year may still
be farther as they now battle several challenges that are direct consequences
of the floods.
Published in Daily Independent Newspaper on Thursday, 14th February, 2013
Security:
FG Beefs up Security around Polio Workers
The Minister of State for Health, Dr. Muhammad Ali
Pate, on Thursday disclosed that the Federal Government had given special
priority to the security of polio vaccinators and all other health workers
across the country.
Also on Thursday, Kano State Government stated that
it had donated the sum of N500,000 each to the families of the 10 health
workers, who were killed recently by unknown gunmen and N250,000 to four
others, who sustained varying degrees of injuries during the attack.
Published in ThisDay
Newspaper on Friday, 15th February, 2013
Health:
US Embassy Outlines Condition for Baby Delivery in America
Contrary to the widely held notions in the polity
that to deliver a baby in the United States, a pregnant woman has to conceal
her pregnancy during her visa interview and while entering the US, or she has
to travel before her pregnancy starts to show, the US Embassy has clarified
that it is okay to decide to have a baby in the country.
This is against the backdrop of the practise where some Nigerians deliberately lie during visa interviews in their bid to secure automatic US citizenship for their children.
Published in ThisDay
Newspaper on Friday, 15th February, 2013
Labour: DPR seals
off seven filling stations in Rivers
The National Union of Air Transport
Employees (NUATE) and Air Transport Service Senior Staff Association
(ATSSSAN) have given the Nigeria Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) 14 days
ultimatum to pay the workers the enhanced salary scheme or they would ground
their services in the agency.
But NAMA has said that a committee had been set up to look into the grey areas of the new condition of service with the labour leaders in order to have acceptable document for the benefit of the workers and the agency’s management.
Published in ThisDay Newspaper on Friday,
15th February, 2013
Education:
Sultan, Alaafin urge reintroduction of history in schools
Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar and the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba
Lamidi Adeyemi III, have called for the reintroduction of History in schools
and the preservation of the nation’s culture. They spoke on Thursday when the
Sultan visited the Alaafin in his palace in Oyo town.
The decision of the Federal Government to remove History from the
nation’s educational curriculum, they said, was wrong and uncalled for.
Published in Punch Newspaper on Friday,
15th February, 2013
MDGs:
Govt. needs N360bn to meet water supply target
For the country to meet its Millennium Development Goal of
adequate water supply by 2015, the government will need to expend N360bn
annually on development projects in the sector, the Minister of Water
Resources, Mrs. Sarah Ochekpe, has said.
According to her, the sum will be needed annually for the next
three to five years to meet the nation’s water supply and sanitation needs.
Published in Punch Newspaper on Friday,
15th February, 2013
Sustainability:
Guiness restates commitment to Sustainable Development
In a bid to ensure sustainable human capital
development through education, Guinness Nigeria Plc has reiterated its commitment
to giving back to its host communities.
This was made known by the Director of Corporate Relations,
Guinness Nigeria, Mr. Sesan Sobowale, during the presentation of scholarships
to 10 beneficiaries of a comprehensive technical training programme at the
Institute for Industrial Technology, Lagos.
Published in Punch Newspaper on Friday,
15th February, 2013
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