Environment: Borno State, Nigeria
partners China on Irrigation
The
China Agricultural Company (CHAC) is supplying 50 units of centre pivot
irrigation equipment for installations in the three senatorial districts of
Borno State to harness agricultural resources and facilitate job creation.
Published in ThisDay
Newspaper on Monday, 8th July, 2013
Sustainable
Development: CBN tasks SMEs on N200 billion finance scheme
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has reiterated its support
towards the development of the real sector, especially the Small and Medium
Scale Enterprises (SMEs), urging them to embrace the N200 billion SMEs
Guarantee Scheme Fund
Published in
BusinessDay Newspaper on Monday, 8th July, 2013
Philanthropy: Church gives back
to the society
Over
200 men, women and children in Idiroko area of Ikorodu, Lagos State smiled home
after receiving a package, including food stuff, medication, house hood needs
and many more, from the Fountain of Living Water Church
Published in
BusinessDay Newspaper on Monday, 8th July, 2013
Investment: Nigeria, China sign
deal on financial co-operation, others
President Goodluck Jonathan and his Chinese
Counterpart, Xi Jinping, yesterday, presided over the signing of five
agreements to boost financial, trade, economic, technical and cultural
relations between Nigeria and China.
Published in Vanguard Newspaper
on Tuesday, 9th July, 2013
Environment: ‘If you sustain your
environment, it will sustain you’
The knowledge of health, safety and environment is no longer
the practice of only adults or engineers working in factories or in
construction companies as the consciousness has been transferred to students as
well.
Published in Vanguard Newspaper
on Tuesday, 9th July, 2013
Education: FG
decries negative perception of degrees awarded by Nigerian varsities
The Federal Government has lamented the negative perception
foreign bodies have on degrees awarded in Nigeria due to the incessant strikes
by unions in universities and polytechnics and advised the unions to embrace
dialogue as a more protective alternative
to strike.
Published in Vanguard Newspaper
on Tuesday, 9th July, 2013
Education:
Vital courses to technological development missing in curricula
The Director, Avial International Consult Limited, Mrs Bola
Agunbiade has stated that vital courses that can contribute to technological
leap are either not offered in Nigerian education curricular or lack local
technology to have an optimized study or learning impact
Published in Vanguard Newspaper
on Tuesday, 9th July, 2013
Education:
World Bank lauds Ogun State on Education Standards in Nigeria
The 22 per cent allocation of Ogun State budget to the development
of education has been lauded by the World Bank, describing it as the right step
in the right direction.
Published in Vanguard Newspaper
on Tuesday, 9th July, 2013
Security: Delta,
police partner to reduce crime in Nigeria
Delta
State Government and the state police command have agreed to explore the
infrastructure development going on in the state, especially the construction
of roads, as means to improve security and reduce crime.
Published in Daily
Independent Newspaper on Tuesday, 9th July, 2013
Security: Raising the
bar of security consciousness in Lekki, Lagos
The
importance of security to a country’s development cannot be over emphasised. In
fact, a nation can only develop in an atmosphere of peace and order, experts
have observed
Published in Daily
Independent Newspaper on Tuesday, 9th July, 2013
Agriculture: Fish
farmers to benefit from GES programme in 2014
Fishermen
and aquaculture practitioners will benefit from the Growth Enhancement Support
Scheme (GES) of the agricultural transformation agenda in 2014, an official has
said.
Published in BusinessDay
Newspaper on Wednesday, 10th July, 2013
Infrastructure: FG restates commitment to partner
states in management of roads
Mike
Onolememen, minister of works, has reiterated Federal Government’s commitment
to collaborate with state governments to develop and manage federal roads
within their vicinities
Published in BusinessDay
Newspaper on Wednesday, 10th July, 2013
Empowerment: Addressing skill gap through youth empowerment programme
Skill gap among the youth population in Nigeria has been
adduced as one of the major challenges that could hinder the country’s
development process.
Published in BusinessDay
Newspaper on Wednesday, 10th July, 2013
Inauguration:
Fashola commissions clean energy programme
Governor
Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, has commissioned a new clean energy
programme, tagged Eko Gas, and the Ejire Flagship Primary Health Care, PHC
centre to improve the standard of living in the state.
Published in Vanguard
Newspaper on Wednesday, 10th July, 2013
Climate Change:
‘Food Wastage, Price increase responsible for Climate Change’
Climate
change is about the poorest, most vulnerable and food insecure people. Most of
the food-insecure communities in heavily populated developing countries suffer
from extreme weather events and environmental degradation.
Published in ThisDay
Newspaper on Thursday, 11th July, 2013
Health: Nigeria
Leads the World in Number of Children Contracting HIV
Health
experts say government must do more to stop the trend. Nigeria has the highest
number of children contracting the Human Immunodeficiency Virus, HIV, in the
world, the latest report by the United Nations has shown.
Published in ThisDay Newspaper
on Thursday, 11th July, 2013
Insecurity: Canada
lends support to Nigeria’s Anti-Terrorism Campaign
“Canada
stands with the people of Nigeria, and we support Nigeria in its efforts to
combat terrorism,” the statement said.
Cooter
described the attack on school children as barbaric, noting that it
“demonstrates that the attackers have no moral reference points but are simply
vicious thugs driven by a thirst for violence.”
Published in National
Mirror Newspaper on Friday, 12th July, 2013
Labour: Salaries
take N3.5million out of N4.5billion Allocation in Abia State
Salaries and wages of workforce in Abia state is
eating N3.5 billion out of about N4.5 billion monthly state allocation from the
federation account, Governor Theodore Orji of Abia state has said.
Lamenting the daunting financial encumbrances the
state government faces in maintaining the state service, Orji said the problem
is further compounded by the parastatals which are supposed to be self
sustaining but depend largely on government subvention, making it difficult for
the state government to maintain these parastatals.
Published in National
Mirror Newspaper on Friday, 12th July, 2013
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