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FEC Approves N22b For NCDMB Conference Hostel Facility
July 7, 2022 No Responses

FEC Approves N22b For NCDMB Conference Hostel Facility

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved N22 billion for the construction of a conference hostel facility for the Nigeria Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB).  The facility is to be located opposite the NCDMB building in Yenegoa, the capital...
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SAAF Pledges To Make Benue Oil Palm Hub
July 7, 2022 No Responses

SAAF Pledges To Make Benue Oil Palm Hub

The Director of Agriculture Services, Sir Alex Addingi Foundation (SAAF), Mr Sam Agwa, has pledged the commitment of the foundation to make Benue an oil palm hub. Agwa made the promise during the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between...
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DMO Lists N250b Sovereign Sukuk on NSE, FMDQ
July 6, 2022 No Responses

DMO Lists N250b Sovereign Sukuk on NSE, FMDQ

The Debt Management Office (DMO) has listed N250 billion Sovereign Sukuk on the Nigerian Exchange (NSE) Limited and the FMDQ Securities Exchange. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the N250 billion Sovereign Sukuk was issued in December 2021. ....
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Agric, Fashion Entrepreneurs, Others Emerge Winners of Unity Bank N10m Corpreneurship Challenge Grant
July 5, 2022 No Responses

Agric, Fashion Entrepreneurs, Others Emerge Winners of Unity Bank N10m Corpreneurship Challenge Grant

Unity Bank Plc has doled out a N10 million business grant to 30 corps members who emerged the winners of the eighth edition of its flagship Entrepreneurship Development Initiative, known as Corpreneurship Challenge.  The winners emerged after a busin...
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Stakeholders Task FG On Rejection Of Nigeria’s Agric Export
July 4, 2022 No Responses

Stakeholders Task FG On Rejection Of Nigeria’s Agric Export

Stakeholders in the agriculture sector have appealed to the Federal Government to support farmers in addressing the rejection of Nigeria’s agricultural produce in the international market.  Some of the stakeholders who spoke with the News Agency of Nige...
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PDP Faults Planned BRT Fare Hike In Lagos, Wants Reversal
July 4, 2022 No Responses

PDP Faults Planned BRT Fare Hike In Lagos, Wants Reversal

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State has faulted the proposed increase in the fare for Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) across various routes in the state, urging the reversal of the plan.  The Lagos State Publicity Secretary of the...
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Customs Onne Port Command Generates N115.26b In Six Months
July 4, 2022 No Responses

Customs Onne Port Command Generates N115.26b In Six Months

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Port Harcourt Area ll Command, Onne Port generated N115.26 billion between January and June 2022.  A statement issued by the spokesperson for the command, Mrs Ifeoma Ojekwu, quoted the Customs Area Controller, Mr Au...
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NEPC Trains 45 Newly Registered Non-Oil Exporters 
July 2, 2022 No Responses

NEPC Trains 45 Newly Registered Non-Oil Exporters 

The Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) on Friday trained 45 newly registered non-oil exporters in  Enugu State on export procedures documentation, certification and other needs.  The Assistant Director, NEPC, Mrs Ngozi Ibe, said that ...
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Apapa Customs Command Generates N522.4bn In Six Months
July 2, 2022 No Responses

Apapa Customs Command Generates N522.4bn In Six Months

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Apapa Area Command, has generated N522.4 billion in the first half of 2022. The Area Controller, Comptroller Malanta Yusuf, made this known at a news conference in Lagos on Friday.  Yusuf said that the figure...
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COVID-19: Nigeria Confirms 332 New Cases 
July 1, 2022 No Responses

COVID-19: Nigeria Confirms 332 New Cases 

Nigeria’s commercial capital city, Lagos State, is driving Nigeria’s latest COVID-19 surge as the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 332 additional infections between June 25 and June 29, 2022.  The NCDC made this known via its of...
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Sterling Bank Emerges Best Financial Institution As ACGSF Rewards Farmers
July 1, 2022 No Responses

Sterling Bank Emerges Best Financial Institution As ACGSF Rewards Farmers

Sterling Bank was on Thursday named Best Participating Financial Institution for 2021 at the Agriculture Credit Guarantee Scheme Fund (ACGSF).  The ACGSF,  in an event in Abuja, also rewarded three Agriculture entrepreneurs who took loans and repaid ...
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Heirs Insurance Sponsors $30,000 Tony Elumelu Storytellers Fund 
July 1, 2022 No Responses

Heirs Insurance Sponsors $30,000 Tony Elumelu Storytellers Fund 

Africa No Filter, a donor collaborative working to transform stereotypical narratives of Africa has launched the Tony Elumelu Storytellers Fund of $30,000 sponsored by Hiers Insurance and Hiers Life Assurance for journalists and artistes.  A statemen...
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Buhari Reappoints Oniha As DG, DMO
July 1, 2022 No Responses

Buhari Reappoints Oniha As DG, DMO

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the renewal of the appointment of Patience Oniha as the Director-General of the Debt Management Office (DMO) for the second term of five years.  Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s media aide, who confirmed this in...
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Sanwo-Olu Approves Increase In BRT Fares 
July 1, 2022 No Responses

Sanwo-Olu Approves Increase In BRT Fares 

Lagos State Governor, Babajida Sanwo-Olu has approved an N100 increase in fares of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) on all routes. A statement issued on Wednesday by the spokesperson for Lagos State Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA), Kolawole Ojelabi, ...
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