Within
the next two years, Lagos, Africa’s fastest growing city, will be the world’s
fifth largest megacity. With current projections, Lagos will take the positon
after Tokyo, Japan.
Published in The
Guardian Newspaper on Sunday, 10th March, 2013
Agriculture: NOVOS
Agro to run Community Index
Novus
Agro Nigeria Limited formerly Esoko Nigeria, a mobile/internet based
Agricultural Market Information Service Solution is poised to provide timely
and accurate market intelligence services to farmers, agro-processors, NGO’s
and other interested commercial groups.
Published in The
Guardian Newspaper on Sunday, 10th March, 2013
Education: ‘FG
Committed to Education for All (EFA)’
The Federal Government has reiterated its
commitment to the goal of Education for All (EFA).
President Goodluck Jonathan made this known
yesterday at the national flag-off instructional materials to basic education
institutions in the country held in Uyo, the Akwa-Ibom State Capital.
Published in ThisDay
Newspaper on Monday, 11th March, 2013
AS part of its intervention in Nigeria’s healthcare delivery
system, the World Bank has earmarked $170 million as grant for Primary Health
Care (PHC) pilot projects in the three states of Ondo, Adamawa and Nasarawa.
Published in ThisDay
Newspaper on Monday, 11th March, 2013
Empowerment: SEC
Canvasses Women Empowerment
The
Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) has called for financial and economic
empowerment for women to enable them face social and cultural challenges.
Published in ThisDay
Newspaper on Monday, 11th March, 2013
Philanthropy: NGO
Commits $10,000 to equipping school equipment
A
United States – based Non Governmental Organisation (NGO), Curefo Reading
Foundation, has entered into a partnership with Akaeze Development Centre to
equip the library of Ubegu Primary School Library in Ebonyi State with books
and reading materials worth $10,000.
Published in ThisDay
Newspaper on Monday, 11th March, 2013
Sustainability:
UNICEF unveils plans for child survival in 10 states
The
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has unveiled priority areas to boost
child survival in 2013 saying it would focus on quality education,
strengthening immunization, water and sanitation, prevention of mother to child
transmission of HIV/AIDS as well as the protection of the rights of children.
Published in The
BusinessDay Newspaper on Monday, 11th March, 2013
Education:
No more automatic promotion
The African
Development Bank (AfDB) and the Investment and Development Bank of the Economic
Community of West African States (BIDC) signed a grant agreement amounting to
$950,000 to strengthen the BIDC institutional capacities.
Published in Daily Sun
Newspaper on Tuesday, 12th March, 2013
Partnership: LSG partners
RIM to develop Lagos apps lab
In
order to build a Blackberry applications laboratory, Lagos State Innovation
Advisory Council ha signed a letter of Intent outlining its intention for
Research in Motion, owners of blackberry.
Published in Daily Sun
Newspaper on Tuesday, 12th March, 2013
Aids &
Assistance: Coca-Cola, IFC Support Women Entrepreneurs
Coca-Cola
and International Finance Corporation have announced a $100 million (appx sh8.5
billion), three-year joint initiative to provide access to finance for women
entrepreneurs in Eurasia and Africa.
Published in Daily Sun
Newspaper on Tuesday, 12th March, 2013
Sustainable Development: Sanusi
seeks all-sector reforms for sustainable development
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mallam Lamido
Sanusi, has called for the overhaul and audit of all the sectors of the
economy, to actualise the government’s transformation agenda on a transparent
profile.
Published in Daily Sun
Newspaper on Tuesday, 12th March, 2013
Health: ‘Over
50,000 babies born HIV positive yearly’
A
report on efforts at eliminating new HIV infections among children which was
released in Abuja yesterday puts the number of babies born with HIV in the
country between 50,000 and 100,000 yearly.
Published in The
Guardian Newspaper on Wednesday, 13th March, 2013
Agriculture: Cocoa
processors seek protectionist policy for local products
As
the Federal Government prepares to adopt a policy to boost consumption of
made-in-Nigeria products, Cocoa Processors Association of Nigeria (COPAN), has
called on the administration to adopt a consumption policy model, like that of
Ghana and Brazil, to boost cocoa consumption in the country.
Published in The
Guardian Newspaper on Wednesday, 13th March, 2013
Health:
UNFPA to support repair, rehabilitation of Fistula patients
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) would, in 2013
continue to provide support to the repair and rehabilitation of Fistula
patients in Nigeria.
Published in Daily
Independent Newspaper on Thursday, 14th March, 2013
Philanthropy: Obi
presents N100m to Schools
Governor
Peter Obi on Monday presented cheque worth N100 million to schools in Anambra
State for provision of infrastructure.
Published in Daily
Independent Newspaper on Thursday, 14th March, 2013
Philanthropy:
Rojenny gets N30m lifeline
The
gale of revival of moribund public institutions in Anambra State on Monday
reached Rojenny Sports Complex at Oba in Idemili South Local Government Area
when Governor Peter Obi presented a cheque of N30 million for the resuscitation
of the collapsed Rojenny sports complex.
Published in Daily
Independent Newspaper on Thursday, 14th March, 2013
ICT/Agriculture:
Glo partners Microfone to provide phones for farmers, artisans
Telecommunication
giant, Globacom, on Wednesday said it signed a Memorandum of Understanding
(MoU) with Microfone Telecom Nigeria Limited, a subsidiary of Nigeria Capital
Development Fund, to provide cost effective telephones to farmers, artisans and
traders operating in the rural areas.
Published in Daily
Independent Newspaper on Thursday, 14th March, 2013
Climate
Change: Lagos shops for N27bn to protect shorelines
Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos,
yesterday, said the State needed N27 billion for the protection of shorelines
in the next three years as part of measures to find a lasting solution to the
frequent ocean surge in the state.
Published in Vanguard
Newspaper on Thursday, 14th March, 2013
Philanthropy: NPA
MD donates security devices to port police command
Demonstrating his unalloyed commitment to the provision of
efficient ports service in a safe, secure and customer-friendly environment,
the Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Mallam Habib
Abdullahi, recently donated some security devices to the Ports Authority Police
Command (PAPC).
Published in Vanguard
Newspaper on Thursday, 14th March, 2013
Agriculture:
Nigeria’s Cocoa Export hits 280% annually
The Minister of Trade and Investment, Olusegun
Aganga has disclosed that Nigeria realised about $900m from the export of cocoa
and cocoa products in 2012.
Published in Vanguard
Newspaper on Thursday, 14th March, 2013
Agriculture: FG to Reopen NYSC Farms Nationwide
The Federal Government said on Thursday that it
would reopen National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) farms in each state of the
federation.
Published in Vanguard
Newspaper on Thursday, 14th March, 2013
Philanthropy: Jumia gives kids food, hope
In giving back to the community, Nigeria’s
leading online retailer, Jumia, carried out a CSR initiative named ‘Jumia Feeds
Lagos’ last Sunday involving 500 volunteers.
Published in National
Mirror Newspaper on Friday, 15th March, 2013
Health:
319 children living with HIV in Benue
The Executive Secretary of the Benue State Action Committee
against Aids (BENSACA), Mrs. Ashi Wende, has disclosed that over 319,000
children are living with HIV/AIDS in the state.
Wende who
disclosed this Thursday at a one-day training of media practitioners on
HIV/AIDS in Makurdi, disclosed further that "over 708,640 adults are also
living with the virus in the state”.
Published in National
Mirror Newspaper on Friday, 15th March, 2013
Health:
Jonathan re-affirms commitment to Polio Eradication
President Goodluck Jonathan Thursday reiterated
that the federal government was committed to eradicating of polio from
country before the end of his
Published
in National Mirror Newspaper on Friday, 15th March, 2013
Health: Malaria,
Diarrhoea Responsible for Children's Death in Nigeria
Malaria, diarrhoea and pneumonia have been identified as the three
main diseases responsible for infant and child mortality in the country.
Published
in National Mirror Newspaper on Friday, 15th March, 2013
Labour:
City and Guilds partners Kwara govt on skill acquisition
The
world over, unemployment has become a major headache to many leaders and their
governments. In Nigeria, gainful employment for the teeming youths and
graduates of various tertiary institutions, has defied many solutions. This
development has and continues to constitute a security threat.
Published
in National Mirror Newspaper on Friday, 15th March, 2013
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