Empowerment:
SURE-P GIS trains 100 Graduates in Edo
The
Graduate Internship Scheme, GIS, component of the Subsidy Reinvestment and
Empowerment Programme has trained 100 interns and 10 firms in Edo State.
Published
in Vanguard Newspaper on Sunday, 14th December, 2014
Survey:
36.9 Nigerians Excluded from Financial System
Findings from the EFInA access to financial services in Nigeria 2014
survey has revealed that 36.9 million adults, representing 39.5 per cent of the
population are financially excluded.
Published
in ThisDay Newspaper on Monday, 15th December, 2014
Agriculture:
FG to save N128bn, create three million jobs from Cassava Bread Policy
The Director-General,
Federal Institute of Industrial Research, FIIR, Oshodi, Dr. Gloria Elemo
yesterday disclosed that Federal Government would save up to N128bn annually
from the 10 per cent cassava flour inclusion policy in the production of bread.
Published
in ThisDay Newspaper on Monday, 15th December, 2014
Report:
AfDB Launches Flagship African Development Report
On Tuesday, December 16, the African
Development Bank launches the 2014 edition of its flagship publication the African
Development Report on the theme “Regional Integration for Inclusive
Growth”.
Africa’s regional integration has been a
key economic and political aspiration since the independence decade of the
1960s. It is also an important pillar for the work of the African Development
Bank, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary as Africa’s premier development
finance institution in 2014.
Published
in ThisDay Newspaper on Monday, 15th December, 2014
Education:
FG doubles education budget in 4 years
The Federal Government doubled its budget
for the nation’s education sector within four years, Minister of Education,
Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau, said this in Abuja, yesterday while unveiled new
government’s plan aimed at rapidly transforming the nation’s education system.
Published in The Punch Newspaper on Tuesday, 16th
December 2014
UNODC, NAPTIP, NIS launch Campaign against
Human Traffickers, others
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime in
collaboration with the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in
Persons and other related Matters and Nigeria Migration Service will today kick
off a three-day workshop aimed at curtailing trafficking in person and
smuggling of migrants.
Published in The Punch Newspaper on Tuesday, 16th
December 2014
Partnership: Afrinvest, Ghanaian Investment
bank partner for expansion
Afrinvest (West Africa) Limited, a Nigeria-based wealth
advisory firm, has entered into a partnership agreement with Serengeti Capital
Limited of Ghana to further expand its business portfolio and strengthen its
capacity to execute transactions within the West African investment market.
Published in The Punch Newspaper on Tuesday, 16th
December 2014
Agriculture: Forum Seeks To Rave-Up Nigeria’s Cocoa Supply
Although cocoa production account for only 0.3
per cent of Nigeria’s agricultural Gross Domestic Product (GDP), it has
remained the main agricultural export commodity for the nation.
Published
in The Punch Newspaper on Wednesday, 17th December 2014
The Federal Government has pledged to
protect the economy from any external shock that might arise from the global
drop in oil prices. Government also warned that it would not allow mischief
makers it described as “merchants of fear” to distort facts about the economy
in order to sow seed of hopelessness to Nigerians.
Published
in The Punch Newspaper on Wednesday, 17th December 2014
Award: Gbeneol bags UN award for youth empowerment
The
Senior Special
Assistant to the President on Millennium Development Goals, Dr. Precious
Kalamba Gbeneol has bagged a UN award for leading the line in the efforts to
empower the youths in the country.
Published
in The Punch Newspaper on Wednesday, 17th December 2014
The Infrastructure Bank Plc (TIB) has sealed
a pact with Gemfonds of UK and Madrid-based investment banking firm- Sigrun,
for a $500 million Nigeria-focused Infrastructure Fund.
Published
in Vanguard Newspaper on Thursday, 18th December 2014
The Nigeria Postal Service sector may have
added about N289.7 billion to the economy within the last four years.
Published
in The Nation Newspaper on Thursday, 18th December 2014
The unsteady crude oil prices has again
drawn the attention of major stakeholders in the petroleum sector, who
advocated a critical need to re-order the economic priorities of the nation, to
ensure a sustainable growth.
Published
in Vanguard Newspaper on Thursday, 18th December 2014
Energy:
Nigeria Employs Satellitte to Chase $1bn Gas Flaring
Nigeria
has started using a satellite tracking system to help it bring in more than $1
billion a year in fines which it could charge for illegal gas flaring.
Published in ThisDay Newspaper on Friday, 19th December
2014
Environment:
Lawmakers fine Shell $4bn for 2011 Bonga Oil Spill
Nigeria's
National Assembly said on Wednesday oil major Shell should pay $3.96 billion
for a 2011 spill at its offshore Bonga oilfield in the latest assessment of
damage to the environment.
Published in ThisDay Newspaper on Friday, 19th December 2014
Published in ThisDay Newspaper on Friday, 19th December 2014
Economy: Nigeria requires $113bn to revamp 3 critical
sectors of economy – BPE boss
The Director General
of the Bureau of Public Enterprises, BPE, Mr. Benjamin Dikki says Nigeria
requires fresh injection of about $113 billion in six years for the development
of three critical sectors of the nation’s economy, namely Oil and Gas, Power
and Transport.
Published in ThisDay Newspaper on Friday, 19th December
2014
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