Poverty:
Africa’s Poverty Rate Drops to 43%, New W’Bank Report Reveals
A new World Bank report has put Africa’s poverty rate at 43% per
cent compared to a previous figure of 56 per cent.
Published in
Thisday Newspaper on Sunday, 18th October, 2015
Security:
#Terrorism, IG Seeks UN Assistance in Capacity Building
The Inspector General of Police (IG) Solomon Arase has solicited
the assistance of the United Nations (UN) in the area of capacity building in
combating terrorism in Nigeria.
Published in
Thisday Newspaper on Sunday, 18th October, 2015
#Standards:
World Standards Day: SON Takes Walk to Abuja, Kaduna, Awka
The nationwide activities organised by the Standard Organisation
of Nigeria (SON) to mark this year’s World Standards Day which began last
Wednesday with a rally in Lagos, tagged Walk Against Substandards, continued
Thursday with the Walk in Abuja, Kaduna and Awka. The rally was attended not
only by SON’s staff members but private sector stakeholders as well, with
captains of industry and other top company executives joining in the
sensitisation campaign trek.
Published in
Thisday Newspaper on Sunday, 18th October, 2015
#Energy:
NESG Lack of Independent Regulator Stifling Energy Sector Development
Against the backdrop of dwindling revenue from the oil sector,
experts in the sector have called on the Federal Government to set up an
independent regulatory body for the gas sector arguing that doing so will
attract investments into the midstream gas sector, shore up the country’s revenue
base and takes care of the issue of gas flaring.
Published in
Thisday Newspaper on Sunday, 18th October, 2015
#Health
#AIDS: Nigeria committed to eliminating AIDS by 2030
Nigeria is committed to ensuring a generation free of Acquired
Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) by 2030, going by pronouncements by key
officials of government at a side event at the 70th United Nations
General Assembly held at New York, United States (US). The theme was, ‘Ensuring
an AIDS – free generation by 2030: strengthening the means of implementation of
the sustainable development goals as a strategic imperative for success’.
Published in
Vanguard Newspaper on Sunday, 18th October, 2015
#SMEs: SMEs
to get interest free loan
Akwa Ibom is poised for greater economic productivity, as the
state government has concluded plans to give 1.000 operators of Small and
Medium Enterprises (SMEs) interest free loan for expansion. Unveiling the
plans, Governor Udom Emmanuel explained that the initiative was to boost
industrial activities and job creation. He stressed that giving SMEs access to
fund for projects will stimulate economic activities capable of creating
thousands of jobs for the people.
Published in
Vanguard Newspaper on Sunday, 18th October, 2015
#SME #ABUJA:
Chamber Launches Data Centre To Boost SMEs
The president of the Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Limited (ACCI), Mr. Tony Ejinkeonye, has said that the chamber has developed a
database to assist its members and other businesses benefit from global trends
in business development.
Published in
Guardian Newspaper on Sunday, 18th October, 2015
Industry
Pulse: FITC Honours Members, Unveils Website
The Managing Director of Financial Institutions Training Centre
(FITC), Dr. Mrs. Lucy Newman has unveiled the new website of the centre.
Speaking recently in Lagos at the award and dinner party organised for the bank
directors and other financial institutions at the centre Newman said will
continue to upgrade its innovation and quality service with new products.
Published in
Guardian Newspaper on Sunday, 18th October, 2015
#Grant #Funding:
Nigeria Start-up, FASMICRO Gets N10m Western Union, USAID Grant
For its innovation and economic impact, Nigeria-run start-up,
First Atlantic Semiconductors and Microelectronics (FAS-MICRO), has won a N10
million grant by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
and the Western Union Company in partnership with African Diaspora Marketplace
(ADM).
Published in
Guardian Newspaper on Sunday, 18th October, 2015
#Agric: AfDB
launches report plans on African women empowerment in agric
The African Development Bank (AfDB) said it would launch its
report plan on African women empowerment in agriculture to boots economic
development across the continent.
Published in
Business Hallmark Newspaper on Monday, 19th October, 2015
#Philanthropy:
NBC donates educational materials to schools
Nigerian Bottling Company (NBC) Limited has donated school kits
containing educational materials to 5,000 pupils under its ‘Back-To-School
Initiative across different public primary schools in Lagos, Kano, Abuja,
Onitsha, Okigwe and Asejire.
Published in
Business Hallmark Newspaper on Monday, 19th October, 2015
#CSI: NB’s
move to restore honour to teaching profession
At its zenith, the teaching profession was a dignified profession.
Although, teachers were not well-remunerated, they were a privileged class,
respected by students and valued by society until the educational sector became
sick and the profession, sicker. By the 80s and 90s, it moved from a calling to
a profession left for those who could not get better jobs.
Published in
Business Hallmark Newspaper on Monday, 19th October, 2015
#SME: Access
Bank, Airtel partner Yudala on Yuboss
Yudala, Nigeria’s first true composite online and offline retail
chain, has announced a landmark partnership agreement with foremost financial
institution, Access Bank Plc. and telecommunications giants Airtel on the
implementation of YUBOSS, an entrepreneurship scheme targeted at jobs and wealth
creation for Nigerians.
Published in
Business Hallmark Newspaper on Monday, 19th October, 2015
#Event:
Intel, CSR Children prepare girls for a scientific future
Continuing its global
campaign to bridge the gender gap in technology by promoting digital literacy
and equipping girls for careers in Science, Technology and Mathematics, the
world’s leading silicone innovator and semi-conductor manufacturer, Intel
recently partnered with a local child right advocacy group, Foundation for
Corporate Social Responsibility and Children’s Right (CSR Children) on a
symposium tagged “Preparing Girls for a Scientific Future”, in celebration of
this year’s International Day of the Girl Child.
Published in
Business Hallmark Newspaper on Monday, 19th October, 2015
#SME: GTBank
empowers Nigerian undergraduates with entrepreneurial skills
In a bid to promote
entrepreneurial culture, which according to experts is growing rapidly amongst
young Nigerians, foremost financial institution; Guaranty Trust Bank, will be
having a series of Master Classes targeted at budding undergraduates to provide
them with valuable knowledge, needed to enhance their commercial prospects.
Published in
Business Hallmark Newspaper on Monday, 19th October, 2015
#Housing: Analysts
warn Lagos faces grave housing deficit crisis
With its population estimated by the UN-Habitat at about 21
million people and growing, and no corresponding investment in housing,
analysts warn that Lagos, Nigeria’s economic hub may be headed for a crisis, unless
deliberate steps are taken to increase the state’s housing stock as a matter of
urgency.
Published in
Business Day Newspaper on Monday, 19th October, 2015
#Infrastructure
#Traffic: FG to begin construction of secend runway at Abuja airport
Five years after it
was stopped from being constructed over alleged inflation of cost and other
issues, the Federal Government may have resumed discussions on the construction
of a second runway at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.
Published in
Business Day Newspaper on Monday, 19th October, 2015
#IndustryPulse:
Total launches ‘Road Movie’ campaign as Africa footprint expands
Total is launching its
“Road Movie” ad campaign in Nigeria today, October 19. The campaign is designed
to bolster Total’s efforts to expend in fast growing Africa footprint and
achieve its goal of doubling its presence on the continent between 2012 and
2017
Published in
Business Day Newspaper on Monday, 19th October, 2015
#Energy: Power generation hits 4,600mw as Egbin rebounds with
813mw
Nigeria’s power
generation has began to be on the upward swing again by hitting 4,600 megawatts
(mw) after suffering some technical hitches that made it go down to about
3000mw few days ago.
Published in
Business Day Newspaper on Monday, 19th October, 2015
Energy: FPSO fabrication facility to start operations in gulf of
Guinea
In a significant
development for international oil companies (IOCs) operating in the Gulf of
Guinea, large scale and complex steel fabrication will now be offered in Nigeria
from a new purpose-built facility.
Published in
Business Day Newspaper on Monday, 19th October, 2015
#Event: Experts identify relevance of quality in business success
The success of businesses, institutions and economic
activity largely depends on recognition of quality in different levels of
operations.
Published in
Business Day Newspaper on Monday, 19th October, 2015
#MSMEs:
Abia to access N19.8bn “BoI State MSME Fund” to support leather, garment
sectors
Abia State Government
has expressed interest to access the Bank of Industry (BoI) N19.8 billion Micro
small and Medium Enterprises Matching fund to assist the finished leather and
garment sectors in the State, BusinessDay has gathered.
Published in
Business Day Newspaper on Monday, 19th October, 2015
#IndustryPulse:
AXA Mansard insurance gets top industry rating on legal, Financial expertise
AXA Mansard Insurance
Plc, a world-wide leader in insurance and asset management, with 161,000
employees serving 103 million clients in 59 countries, has recently won two
separate awards in the insurance categories in recognition of its performances.
Published in
Business Day Newspaper on Monday, 19th October, 2015
#Technology
#Insecurity: Experts advocate deployment of drones
Surveyors under the auspices of the Nigerian Institution of
Surveyors (NIS) and security experts including Ade Abolurin, retired
commandant-general, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have
tasked President Muhammadu Buhari on the use of drones and effective mapping
system in fighting insurgency and other forms of insecurity especially around
the border areas.
Published in
Business Day Newspaper on Monday, 19th October, 2015
#Gender: LCCI
urges female entrepreneurs to embrace new technologies, mentorship
For a young business woman to be a 21st century
entrepreneur, she must be ready to build business without borders, according to
the women group of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI).
Published in
Business Day Newspaper on Monday, 19th October, 2015
#MSMEs
#IndustryPulse: FCMB wins award for supporting SMEs
First City Monument
Bank (FCMB) has clinched the award of the ‘Most Outstanding SMEs Friendly and
Sponsorship Commercial Bank of the Year’.
Published in
Business Day Newspaper on Monday, 19th October, 2015
Environment: Floor sacks three Rivers communities
At least, 2,000 people have been displaced from
three communities in Ahoada West Local Government Area of Rivers State by
flooding after a downpour on Saturday.
Published in
Punch Newspaper on Tuesday, 20th October, 2015
#Health: 800 women die daily of preventable causes
The Director, Maternal
and Child Survival Programme, Dr. Koki Agarwal, has said that 800 women die
from preventable causes each day in the world.
Agarwal spoke at the Journalist
Education Workshop organised by the United Nations Children Fund at the Global
Maternal and Newborn Health Conference in New Mexico City, Mexico on Sunday.
Published in
Punch Newspaper on Tuesday, 20th October, 2015
#IndustryPulse: NSE restructures legal department,
council secretariat
The Nigeria Stock
Exchange has announced the restructuring of its legal department and council
secretaries for greater efficiency.
Published in
Punch Newspaper on Tuesday, 20th October, 2015
#IndustryPulse:
UAC Foods appoints Chidi Okoro as MD
The Board of UAC Foods
Limited on Monday announced the appointment of Mr. Chidi Okoro as the Managing
Director of the company.
Published in
Punch Newspaper on Tuesday, 20th October, 2015
#MSMEs: SMEs can’t access N520bn CBN fund – MAN
The Manufacturers
Association of Nigeria has lamented the inability of Small and Medium-scale
Enterprises in the South-East and South-South to access the N520bn provided by
the Central Bank of Nigeria to boost small businesses in the country.
Published in
Punch Newspaper on Tuesday, 20th October, 2015
#MSMEs: Fidelity
Bank restates commitment to SMEs growth
The Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Fidelity Bank
Plc, Mr. Nnamdi Okonkwo, says the nation’s fledging Small and Medium
Enterprises sector can play a critical role in diversifying the monolithic
economy if properly positioned.
Published in
Punch Newspaper on Tuesday, 20th October, 2015
#Investment
: Diamond Bank, Hyundai renew vehicle finance pact
HYUNDAI Motors Nigeria has signed an agreement with Diamond Bank
Plc to offer credit facility to feet buyers of the Korean brand of vehicle.
Published in
Punch Newspaper on Tuesday, 20th October, 2015
#Technology:
Telecoms firms develop new model to improve services
Telecommunications companies have resolved to begin the
implementation of Telco 2.0, a new multi-purpose business model that enhance
the growth of businesses by enabling them to access data services without
network challenges.
Published in
Punch Newspaper on Tuesday, 20th October, 2015
Memorandum
of Understanding: USPF, LRCN train 220 on e-Libraries’ management
The Universal Service Provision Fund of the Federal Ministry of
Communications Technology and the Librarians’ Registration Council of Nigeria
have trained 220 Nigerians on effective management of e-libraries in the
Country.
The training was part of the Memorandum of Understanding signed by
the two organisations as a strategy to make the e-libraries sustainable.
Published in
Punch Newspaper on Tuesday, 20th October, 2015
#IndustryPulse:
NIPOST honours workers, customers
The Lagos Mainland Territory of Nigeria Postal Service has
honoured two of its customers, six of its staff and Chidera Ifinta, a third
place winner of 2015 UPU Letter Writing Competition for young people.
Published in
Punch Newspaper on Tuesday, 20th October, 2015
Stakeholder
Engagement: Leprosy inmates protest shortfall in allowances
OVER 500 inmates of the Leprosy Rehabilitation Camp in Eku,
Ethiope East Local Government Area of Delta State, yesterday stormed Asaba, the
State Capital to protest alleged shortfall in their monthly stipends from the
state government.
Published in
Daily Sun Newspaper on Tuesday, 20th October, 2015
#CSR: Etisalat
holds career counselling for students
ETISALAT Nigeria in partnership with the Lagos Empowerment &
Resource Network (LEARN), recently organised a career counselling programme for
students from selected public schools in Lagos State. The programme was part of
its support for the development of the nation’s education sector.
Published in
Daily Sun Newspaper on Tuesday, 20th October, 2015
#Philanthropy:
Turkish School Foundation brings relief to less privileged
The Nigerian Turkish International College (NTIC) Foundation has
distributed packs of meat to orphans and widows in more than 20 states, as part
of this year’s Salah celebration.
Published in
Daily Sun Newspaper on Tuesday, 20th October, 2015
Health: NYSC
gives free medical services to 66 Rivers Communities
Recently the National Youth Services Corps (NYSC) members in
Rivers State carried out medical outreach, they gave free medical care people
in some rural communities. The exercise was simultaneously carried out in other
parts of the country.
Published in
Daily Sun Newspaper on Tuesday, 20th October, 2015
Stakeholder
Engagement: Ndokwa youths tackle Agip over electricity supply
Youths from Ndokwa ethnic nationality in Delta State, have vowed
to shut down the installations of Agip oil, should the oil firm fail to step
down its Independent Power Plant (IPP) and supply electricity to three local
government areas that make up the nationality.
Published in
Daily Sun Newspaper on Tuesday, 20th October, 2015
#Power: ‘Improved
power key to business growth’
SPEAKERS at a recent seminar in Lagos have reemphasised the need
for improved power supply in the country, maintaining that its availability was
key to a robust economy. They tasked both the nation and power companies to
come up with innovation to help investors get maximum return on their
investments.
Published in
Daily Sun Newspaper on Tuesday, 20th October, 2015
#MSMEs: First
Bank urges women-led SMEs to pay tax
FIRSTBANK Nigeria Plc, through its sustainability Centre, has
called on Women-led Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to take the issue of
paying taxes seriously to ensure business sustainability.
Published in
Daily Sun Newspaper on Tuesday, 20th October, 2015
#Infrastructure:
N600b Calabar-Katsina-Ala highway’ll boost economy
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari was yesterday at Obung Village, Netim
Clam in Akampa Local Government Area of Cross River State to perform the
ground-braking for the construction of a 260-kilometre Super Highway to link
Calabar, the Cross River State capital with the northern part of the country.
Published in
Nation Newspaper on Wednesday, 21th October, 2015
#Health
#Ebola: Health ministry to set up survival clinic
The Federal Ministry of Health has concluded arrangement to
establish Ebola survival clinic.
The essence of the initiative, according to its Permanent
Secretary, Linus Awute, was to address issue of relapse in survival.
He revealed that the ministry would continue active surveillance
with Port Health Services at the points of entry.
Published in
Nation Newspaper on Wednesday, 21th October, 2015
#MSMEs NDIC:
Poor funding stalling MSMEs’ growth
The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has linked the
challenges of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) to their poor
funding.
It said inadequate funding of MSMEs remained a major challenge,
adding that as at June 30, deposits mobilised by the 936 microfinance bank
stood at N173.3 billion.
Published in
Nation Newspaper on Wednesday, 21th October, 2015
Stakeholder Engagement:
Shareholders force board change at Prestige Assurance
The Indian chairman of board of directors of prestige Assurance
has stepped down and a new Nigerian chairman appointed following demand by
shareholders for a Nigerian chairman for the board of the insurance company.
Published in
Nation Newspaper on Wednesday, 21th October, 2015
#CSR: Foundation
trains 2,000 women on skills
There was excitement among the inhabitants of the ancient city of
Badagry as the came out in droves to receive training in various skills. The
Prime Women Builders Foundation of Nigeria (PWOBFON) had visited the town with
its empowerment programme.
Published in
Nation Newspaper on Wednesday, 21th October, 2015
#Infrastructure
#CSR: Firm inaugurates school infrastructure
Nigeria Breweries has officially inaugurated the infrastructure
facilities it re-constructed at Dedeke Memorial Girl’s Primary School in
Surulere, Lagos State, even as Surelere Local government Area also donated
stationary to the school.
Published in
Nation Newspaper on Wednesday, 21th October, 2015
Industry
Pulse #Awards: CHI Limited wins 2015 customer service award
CHI Limited, the makers of Chivita, Hollandia, Capri Sonne and
SuperBite range of products, has won this year’s Nigeria Customer Service
Excellence Award for being the best Customer Service Company in the Beverage
sector.
Published in
Nation Newspaper on Wednesday, 21th October, 2015
Health: Nigeria
celebrates first anniversary of Ebola-free declaration
ONE year after Nigeria was declared Ebola-free by the World Health
Organization (WHO), the country yesterday rolled out the drums to celebrate
what could have turned out a national disaster.
Published in
Guardian Newspaper on Wednesday, 21th October, 2015
#Environment:
Four feared dead as flood sacks five communities
At least four persons are feared dead, about 60 houses submerged
and property worth millions of naira destroyed in five communities in the
riverine area of Oguta Local Council of Imo State, as a result of flooding.
Published in
Guardian Newspaper on Wednesday, 21th October, 2015
#Education: Aisha
Buhari, UNICEF want improved girl-child education
Wife of the President, Aisha Buhari and the United Nations
Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have advocated support for legislation against child
marriage and promotion of girl-child education for the country’s 20 million
young women.
Published in
Guardian Newspaper on Wednesday, 21th October, 2015
#Health: Mothers
advised on exclusive breastfeeding
SAVE The Children International in collaboration with Lagos State
Government and Reckitt-Benkiser (RB) have called on the private sector to join
the campaign of mothers breastfeeding their babies exclusively for six months.
Published in
Guardian Newspaper on Wednesday, 21th October, 2015
#ICT: Mobile
money payments hit N815 billion
The snail-paced mobile money operations have finally hit the
N815.46 billion and 76, 852, 409 marks in total value and volume of
transactions respectively, with 24, 389,263 subscriber-base as at September
2015.
Published in
Guardian Newspaper on Wednesday, 21th October, 2015
#Technology
#IoT: African countries urged to embrace new technologies
For African countries to become more competitive and not play
catch ups, the various governments have been urged to as a matter of urgency,
leapfrog to the new technologies, especially the Internet of Things (IoT) that
has become the new form of disruption in the global technology world.
Published in
Guardian Newspaper on Wednesday, 21th October, 2015
#MoU: NITDA, firm sign MoU for smart city innovation hub
The National Information Technology and Development Agency (NITDA)
has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the development of the
SmartCity Innovation Hub in Lekki, Lagos.
Published in
Guardian Newspaper on Wednesday, 21th October, 2015
#Power: Eko
Disco earmarks N50bn for prepaid metering scheme
The Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) has unveiled
plans to expend about N50 billion to meet the prepaid metering requirement of
its network in the next three years.
Published in
Guardian Newspaper on Wednesday, 21th October, 2015
#Environment:
Nigeria hit by 1,879 cases of oil spill in 2 years - NOSDRA
Nigeria has witnessed 1,879 cases of oil spill in the Niger-Delta
since January 2014, the National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency,
NOSDRA, has reported.
Published in
Guardian Newspaper on Wednesday, 21th October, 2015
#Energy: Global
renewable energy firms to invest in Nigeria, other nations
International renewable energy, RE, power developers are looking
to invest in Africa as a result of the continued success of the South African
Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme, REIPPPP, and
the global decline in RE technology cost.
Published in
Guardian Newspaper on Wednesday, 21th October, 2015
#CSR: Agip empowers
1,256 farmers in 120 communities
Chairman of Eni Companies in Nigeria, Mr. Ciro Antonio Pagano and
the Managing Director of Nigerian Agip Oil Company, NAOC, Mr. Massimo Insulla,
say NAOC has so far assisted over 1,256 farmers with inputs and services
delivery.
Published in
Guardian Newspaper on Wednesday, 21th October, 2015
#Education: World
Bank-assisted schools’ projects rotting away in Lagos
The intension was noble. Besides providing additional classrooms
for students of the schools who sit in overcrowded classrooms, the structures
were also meant to be modern facilities that make learning convenient and
appealing. However, five years after the projects were scheduled for
completion, they are all abandoned. The completion date was 2010. His is five
years after.
Published in
Guardian Newspaper on Wednesday, 21th October, 2015
#IndustryPulse:
NIMASA PRO gets award
The Head of Public Relations of the Nigeria Maritime
Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Hajia Lami Tumaka has emerged the winner
of the most outstanding maritime Industry Image Maker in the 6th
National Evergreen Maritime Merit Award.
Published in
Guardian Newspaper on Wednesday, 21th October, 2015
#IndustryPulse:
Prof Yakubu Emerges INEC Chairman
Professor Mahmood Yakubu, yesterday became the new chairman of the
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Yakubu, a former chairman of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund
(TETFUND), hails from Bauchi State.
Published in
Leadership Newspaper on Thursday, 22th October, 2015
#Economy: FG
To Create $25bn Fund To Avoid Recession – Osinbajo
The federal government is planning to create a $25 billion fund
through public and private sector financing with the aim of modernising
infrastructure and avoiding a recession, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo revealed
yesterday.
Published in
Leadership Newspaper on Thursday, 22th October, 2015
#SDGs: Private
Sector, MDAs, Individuals To Contribute Funds – FG
As the Sustainable Development Agenda (SDGs) take effect on 1st
January, 2016, the director/secretary of programme, Office of the Senior
Special Assistant to the President on MDGs (OSSAP-MDGs), Ochapa Ogenyi, has
said that the office would not rely 100 percent on government budgeting for
financing of the SDGs projects.
Published in
Leadership Newspaper on Thursday, 22th October, 2015
#Infrastructure:
Lagos Seals Defaulting Construction, Manufacturing Coys
The Lagos State Safety Commission on Wednesday sealed more
construction and manufacturing companies that did not meet minimum safety
standard of the state.
Published in
Leadership Newspaper on Thursday, 22th October, 2015
#Energy: OTL
Seeks New Business Direction For Downstream Oil Sector
The Oil Trading and Logistics Africa (OTL) Downstream conference
is seeking way to promote healthy business ethics and investment in the
country’s downstream oil sector.
Published in
Leadership Newspaper on Thursday, 22th October, 2015
#CSR: KENON
Oil And Gas Expand CSR Platform
As part of its repositioning strategy in the company’s Corporate
Social Responsibility (CSR) outputs, the group managing director of Kenon Oil
Dr. Ikechukwu Okogbue, has said that the company intends to use several
platforms to expand its CSR.
Published in
Leadership Newspaper on Thursday, 22th October, 2015
#Energy: Oando
Promotes Rail Products’ Distribution, Invests $1bn For Expansion
Indigenous oil firm, Oando Marketing has commenced significant
downstream expansion exercise that would help in facilitating petroleum
products reception and distribution across the country.
Published in
Leadership Newspaper on Thursday, 22th October, 2015
#Safety: SON
Warn Nigerians On Dangers of Substandard Goods
As part of its effort to increase consumer awareness on the
hazardous impact of substandard goods on lives of people and property, the
Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) penultimate week in Lagos, conducted a
sensitisation programme to commemorate the 2015 edition of World Standards Day
Published in
Leadership Newspaper on Thursday, 22th October, 2015
#Philanthropy:
Niger Gov’s Wife Decries Increase In Cancer Cases, Offer Free Cancer Screening
The wife of the Niger State governor, Dr. Amina Abubakar Bello,
has decried the increase in cases of cancer in Nigeria even as she gave a
panacea for the prevention of breast cancer among women in the country.
Published in
Leadership Newspaper on Thursday, 22th October, 2015
#Environment:
Flood kills 53, displaces 100,420 in 11 states
The National Orientation Agency (NOA) said yesterday that 53
people died while 100,420 were displaced across 11 states in the 2015 flood
disasters.
Published in
Daily Trust Newspaper on Thursday, 22th October, 2015
#Philanthropy:
Institution donates relief materials to IDPs
The institute of Peace Conflict Resolution (IPCR) has donated some
relief materials to the Gwoza and Bama Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp
in Durumi I Abuja.
Published in
Daily Trust Newspaper on Thursday, 22th October, 2015
#Environment
#Agriculture: Jigawa loses 125,000 tons of rice to flood
About 40 percent of rice farms in Jigawa State have been washed
away by the recent flood disaster.
This was revealed yesterday by the chairman of the state chapter
of All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN) Alhaji Yandutse, while speaking
with Daily Trust on phone.
Published in
Daily Trust Newspaper on Thursday, 22th October, 2015
#Environment:
CBN guarantees over N300m agric credits in Kano
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Kano branch has revealed that under
its development activities in the state, a total of 2,295 loans amounting to
N371,273,000 were guaranteed farmers in the state last year.
Published in
Daily Trust Newspaper on Thursday, 22th October, 2015
#Industry
Pulse: FCT NURTW inaugurates new executives
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) branch of the National Union
of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), during the week inaugurated its newly
elected executives who are to pilot the affairs of the union for the next four
years.
Published in
Daily Trust Newspaper on Thursday, 22th October, 2015
#Investment:
Concessionaire Boosts Trade with N29 Billion
One of the concessionaires in the nation’s seaports, West Africa
Container Terminal (WACT) has enhanced trade in Nigeria with an investment of
N29 billion.
Published in
Thisday Newspaper on Friday, 23th October, 2015
#Philanthropy:
GE Donates $1m to Displaced Children, Mothers in Borno
A leading technology and infrastructure company, General Electric
(GE) has made a donation of $1million to United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
to support the humanitarian needs of displaced children in Borno State. UNICEF
is supporting internally displaced persons (IDPs) in both host communities and
IDPs camps across Nigeria to provide urgently needed healthcare to children and
their mothers.
Published in
Thisday Newspaper on Friday, 23th October, 2015
#Philanthropy:
Free Medical Rhapsody Excites Abia Community
The Amaekpu Community in Abia State, were recently hosted to a
free medical rhapsody, where they were treated by the officers of Nigeria Army
Medical Corps attached to the 14 Brigade of the force located in Ohafia, Abia
State.
Published in
Thisday Newspaper on Friday, 23th October, 2015
#Agriculture:
BoI tasks indigenous firms on investments in agro-allied sector
As part of measures to aid the realisation of government’s
diversification agenda, the Bank of Industry (BoI) has tasked indigenous firms
on the need to raise their stakes in the country’s agro-allied sector.
Published in
Guardian Newspaper on Friday, 23th October, 2015
#MSMEs: BA
unveils online business programme for SMEs
BRITISH Airways has introduced online business programme for Small
and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) called On-Business, aimed at providing extra
travel services at affordable fares for such Iine of enterprises in order to
encourage them to grow.
Published in
Guardian Newspaper on Friday, 23th October, 2015
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