Philanthropy:
CCNN donates 2,600 Bags of Cement to Communities
The Cement Company of Nigeria has donated
2,600 bags of cement worth over N5 million to 90 communities in Wamakko Local
Government Area of Sokoto State.
Published in ThisDay
Newspaper on Sunday, 22nd June 2014
Philanthropy:
RCCG Province gives Free Medical Assistance
Recently, the Redeemed Christian Church of
God organised a medical out-reach within Asuje neighbourhood of Alagbado.
Published in The
Guardian Newspaper on Sunday, 22nd June 2014
MDGs:
15 Akwa Ibom Councils gets N5b
The
Presidency through the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) has churned out N5b
to 15 local councils in Akwa Ibom State, as part of efforts to tackle poverty
and unemployment.
Published in The Guardian
Newspaper on Sunday, 22nd June 2014
Education:
NLNG Signs $2bn Agreement with 6 Nigerian Universities
The Nigeria Liquified Natural Gas (NLNG)
Ltd., weekend signed $22 million Memondandum of Agreemen with six Nigerian
Universities.
Published in
BusinessDay Newspaper on Monday, 23rd June 2014
Investment:
Abia Investment in Education to endanger Economic Development
Developing the education sector is top
priority of the Governoor, Theodore Orji, led administration in Abia State and
providing conducive environment for learning.
Published in
BusinessDay Newspaper on Monday, 23rd June 2014
ICT:
Deloitte Technology Fast50 Africa Programme launched.
Professional services firm, Deloitte has
launched the Deloitte Technology Fast50 Africa Programme to recognise technological
innovation on the continent.
Published in
BusinessDay Newspaper on Monday, 23rd June 2014
Security:
Vigilante group seeks Government Support in Crime Fighting
Against the backdrop of the current security
challenges in the country, Vigilante Group of Nigeria, Cross River Command has
restated its commitment to join hands with other law enforcement agents in the
state to fight crime.
Published in
BusinessDay Newspaper on Monday, 23rd June 2014
Empowerment:
ASBON to train entrepreneurs, seeks to create 10,000 businesses
With
the growing need for evolution of more small businesses to drive job creation
and inclusive growth in the country, the Association of Small Business Owners
of Nigeria (ASBON) has finalised plans to empower aspiring and existing entrepreneurs
in a training and empowerment workshop ahead of its forthcoming National Small
Business Week.
Published in
BusinessDay Newspaper on Monday, 23rd June 2014
May
& Baker in Growth Spurt buoyed by Facility Upgrade
The upgrade of manufacturing facilities
to meeting the World Health Organisation (WHO) pre-qualification standard will
stimulate or spur growth of Nigeria’s bellwether drug maker May and Baker as
multinational firms jostle to use the company’s state of the art facilities.
Published in BusinessDay
Newspaper on Monday, 23rd June 2014
Energy:
Bresson partners Aggreko on 250mw of Electricity
Pioneer Independent Power
Producer, Bresson as Nigeria Limited, has signed a 250mw power generation
agreement with Emergency Power Conglomerate (Aggreko) to bolster power supply
in the country.
Published in
BusinessDay Newspaper on Monday, 23rd June 2014
Industry
Pulse: FBN Capital shines at EMEA Finance, Africa Investor Awards
Leading
Nigerian Investment Bank and Asset Management firm, FBNCapital Limited, has
once again been acknowledged by EMEA Finance Magazine for its remarkable
efforts in the successful financing of projects in the Oil & Gas and
Telecommunications industries.
Published in ThisDay
Newspaper on Monday, 23rd June 2014
ICT:
MainOne Enhances Metro Fibre Connectivity in Lagos
MainOne has hosted business
concerns in Lagos to a breakfast forum aimed at showcasing its metro fibre
connectivity solutions for increased productivity and improved business
profitability.
Published in ThisDay Newspaper
on Monday, 23rd June 2014
Industry
Pulse: Ayere bags Best Male Investment Entrepreneur Award
Founder, Dunn Loren Merrifield Mr. Sonnie Ayere has been
named best male entrepreneur – Investment services in Africa by the
International Business Star Quality Award.
Published in ThisDay
Newspaper on Monday, 23rd June 2014
Industry
Pulse: Bloomberg Appoints Freeman MD Media for Europe, USA
Bloomberg Media Group CEO Justin B.
Smith today announced that Adam Freeman has been appointed as the first Managing
Director of Bloomberg Media for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, responsible
for leading Bloomberg’s multi-platform media operation – web, mobile,
television, digital video, print magazines and live events – across the
regions.
Published
in ThisDay Newspaper on Monday, 23rd June 2014
Skill Acquisition:
Fashola’s wife tasks widows on Skill Acquisition
Wife
of the Lagos State Governor, Mrs. Abimbola Fashola, has urged widows to acquire
set skills that will ensure that they live independent lives.
Published
in The Punch Newspaper on Tuesday, 24th June 2014
Monetary Policy: Nigerian Bank Grants States Waiver
to Implement Cashless Policy
The Central
Bank of Nigeria has granted one year waiver on withdrawal charges for both
individual and corporate accounts in 30 out of the country’s 36 states,
following the take-off of cashless policy.
Published
in The Punch Newspaper on Tuesday, 24th June 2014
Education: Lagos School Deploys
E-Learning Technology to Boost Education
A private
primary school in Lagos State, Saint Saviour's School, Ebute-Metta, has
deployed e-learning technology to provide quality education to the pupils of
the school.
Published
in The Punch Newspaper on Tuesday, 24th June 2014
Philanthropy:
Honeywell Donates to Orphanage
Honeywell Flour Mills Plc has
reiterated its commitment to positively impact on humanity by giving back to
the society.
Published in The Nation Newspaper on Wednesday, 11th June
2014
Energy:
Dangote generates 262mw electricity to run factories
To
effectively run its factories on steady power supply and key into the Federal
Government gas to power projects, Dangote Group has taken advantage of the
nation’s abundant gas reserve of over 180 trillion scf by currently generating
about 262 megawatts electricity.
Published in The
Nation Newspaper on Wednesday, 26th June 2014
Health:
Ebola gets worse in West Africa
The World Health Organisation
warned last Wednesday that the epidemic caused by the deadly Ebola Virus in
West Africa, which had seemed to be waning, has recently taken a turn for the
worse.
Published in The Nation Newspaper on Wednesday, 26th June
2014
Health:
Seven die in Liberia’s Ebola outbreak
The
deadly Ebola virus has killed seven people in Liberia's capital, Monrovia,
health officials have said.
Published in The Guardian Newspaper on Wednesday, 26th June
2014
Industry Pulse: Jonathan appoints new PTDF Boss
President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday appointed
Olufemi Ajayi as the Executive Secretary of the Petroleum Technology
Development Fund (PTDF).
Ajayi
is from Ekiti State and until this new appointment, he was the Director-General
of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).
Published in Daily
Independent Newspaper on Thursday, 27th June 2014
Fund: Nigeria to
Benefit from N15.55 Billion Dutch Growth Fund
Nigeria
is one of the countries to benefit from the Netherlands' N15.55 billion (about
700 million Euro) Growth Fund to be launched in July, the Netherlands Minister
of Foreign Trade and Development Co-operation, Ms. Lilianne Ploumen, has said.
Published in Daily
Independent Newspaper on Thursday, 27th June 2014
Mobile Data: Over 87,000 subscribers port in 10 months – NCC
Latest official
statistics released the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) Wednesday,
indicate that more than 87, 887 telephone lines ported from one network to
another in the first 10 months of the launch of the Mobile Number Portability
(MNP) scheme in the country.
Published in Daily
Independent Newspaper on Thursday, 27th June 2014
Empowerment: Katsina trains 5,000 at Youth Craft Village
As part
of effort to reduce unemployment, Katsina State government has trained over
5,000 youths in different skills.
The
Special Adviser on Science and Technology, Alhaji Sulieman Nuhu Kuki, at a
press briefing on Monday, said all the trained youths received kits and amount
of money to set up businesses.
Published in Daily
Independent Newspaper on Thursday, 27th June 2014
Partnership: NDDC to partner private firms in execution of Projects
In a determined effort to prevent the rampant cases of abandoned
projects in the oil producing states, the Niger Delta Development Commission
(NDDC) has perfected an enduring arrangement with multinational firms and
corporate organisations in the country to ensure proper execution of
developmental projects in the area by contractors.
Published in Daily Independent Newspaper on Thursday,
27th June 2014
Partnership: NOA partners NGO to organise Voter Education in Anambra
A voter education project to be
sponsored by the National Orientation Agency (NOA) in partnership with Charity
Ezeemo Trust kicks off today in 21 local government areas of Anambra State.
Published in Daily Independent Newspaper on Thursday,
27th June 2014
Statistics: Mobile platform reveals low knowledge on new born deaths
in Nigeria
Statistics from the Demographic Health Survey (DHS) have shown that
every one hour, 30 babies die somewhere in Nigeria. Put concisely, at the end
of each day, not less than 700 newborn babies die in Nigeria, a figure that is
equivalent to two jumbo jet crashes with no survivors every day but unknown to
most Nigerians.
Published in Daily Independent Newspaper on Thursday,
27th June 2014
ICT: Sterling Bank launches Online Micro-Credit
Sterling Bank Plc in collaboration with BINCOM ICT
has introduced a ‘Social Lender Scheme’ for its customers on social media.
Published in Daily Independent Newspaper on Thursday,
27th June 2014
Economic Projection: World Bank lowers Economic Projection
The World Bank on Wednesday called on developing countries to
speed up their efforts and invest more in domestic structural reforms if they
are to achieve a broad-based economic growth necessary to end extreme poverty
in their domain.
Published in Vanguard Newspaper on Thursday, 27th June
2014
Economic Growth: Chevron boosts donation in Nigeria to improve Local
Economy
Chevron Corp plans to nearly
double its donation to Nigerian social projects over the next five years, part
of a choreographed plan to improve the local economy and bolster the company’s
supply chain in the African country, its second-largest source of crude oil
Published in Vanguard Newspaper on Thursday, 27th June
2014
Aid and
Assistance: 100 patients to benefit from Lagos fee reconstructive surgery
No
fewer than 100 patients with cleft lip and palate, a congenital facial
deformity that leaves a gap or split in either the upper lip or roof of the
mouth, would benefit from nine-day reconstructive surgery exercise organised by
Lagos State Government through its Ministry of Health in partnership with
Rotary International District 9110 and United States of America-based
non-governmental organisation (NGO), Alliance for Smile.
Published in Daily
Newswatch Newspaper on Friday, 28th June 2014
Agriculture:
100,000 farmers benefit from GES-tap Scheme
Not less than 100,000 farmers have benefited in the FCT 2014
Growth Enhancement Support scheme Touch and Pay (GES-tap) for the rainy season
farming, the FCT Administration has said.
Published in Daily Newswatch
Newspaper on Friday, 28th June 2014
Agriculture:
IFDC moves to check Agro-Dealers
The International Fertiliser Development Centre (IFDC) said it had introduced receipt and stock inventory to check the excesses of agro-dealers in the fertiliser distribution.
Published in Daily Newswatch Newspaper on
Friday, 28th June 2014
Education:
FG to promote standard for IT Education
The newly developed National Standards for
Information Technology Education would soon be implemented for the teaching and
learning of Information technology at the basic school level.
Published in Daily
Newswatch Newspaper on Friday, 28th June 2014
ENVIRONMENT:
Shell engages 500 youths to protect pipelines in Ogoni
Shell
Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) has engaged 500 youths in an experiment to
protect pipelines delivering crude to Bonny through the volatile Ogoni areas.
Published in BusinessDay
Newspaper on Friday, 28th June 2014
