Category: News

200,000 Farmers In Kano, Cross River, Others To Benefit From Agric Scheme
November 22, 2020 No Responses

200,000 Farmers In Kano, Cross River, Others To Benefit From Agric Scheme

Over 200,000 farmers are to be engaged in Pioneering Regenerative Agriculture projects introduced by Dantata foods in partnership with the Foreign and Commonwealth Development Office of the British Government under its Agricultural sector intervention LINKS Project.  Sanusi Bature, the General...
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Transport Ministers Meet Over Regional Maritime Bank
November 22, 2020 No Responses

Transport Ministers Meet Over Regional Maritime Bank

The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has met his West and Central Africa counterparts to deliberate on the establishment of a Maritime Bank.  A statement issued by Amaechi’s Media Assistant, Taiye Elebiyo-Edeni, explained that the Mi...
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Fashola Orders Trailers To Vacate Lagos-Ibadan Expressway
November 22, 2020 No Responses

Fashola Orders Trailers To Vacate Lagos-Ibadan Expressway

The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, on Saturday directed trailers parking indiscriminately at Ogere section of the Lagos-Ibadan expressway to immediately vacate the area to give way for ongoing construction works.  Fashola, who undert...
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Buhari Commiserates With Ndoma-Egba Over Wife’s Death
November 21, 2020 No Responses

Buhari Commiserates With Ndoma-Egba Over Wife’s Death

President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with Sen. Victor Ndoma-Egba and members of his family on the sudden and tragic death of his wife, Mrs Amaka Ndoma-Egba. The president’s condolence message is contained in a statement released by his Special Adviser...
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Bayelsa Begins Training For 3,000 CBN Agric Loan Beneficiaries
November 20, 2020 No Responses

Bayelsa Begins Training For 3,000 CBN Agric Loan Beneficiaries

Some 3,000 youths and women, who are beneficiaries of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Agricultural Loan Scheme in Bayelsa State  on Thursday commenced entrepreneurship  trainings. The programme, under the Accelerated Agricu...
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Enugu Begins Yellow Fever Vaccination
November 20, 2020 No Responses

Enugu Begins Yellow Fever Vaccination

Enugu State Government has started mass vaccination against yellow fever in three council areas where it confirmed an outbreak, targetting at least 922,463 residents. Dr George Ugwu, the Executive Secretary of the Enugu State Primary Health Care Development Ag...
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Yobe, AG Vision Seal N2.8b Potiskum Truck Transit Park Contract
November 19, 2020 No Responses

Yobe, AG Vision Seal N2.8b Potiskum Truck Transit Park Contract

Yobe State Government has signed N2.8 billion contract with AG Vision Nig. Ltd. for construction of Potiskum Truck Transit Park. The State Commissioner of Commerce, Industry and Tourism, Alhaji Barma Shettima, made the disclosure ...
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Customs Intercepts 624 Bags Of Rice, 214 Kegs Of Petrol
November 19, 2020 No Responses

Customs Intercepts 624 Bags Of Rice, 214 Kegs Of Petrol

The Oyo/Osun Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted a total of 624 bags of foreign  rice of 50kg each and 214 kegs of petrol of 25kg each. The command’s Area Comptroller,  Mrs Uche Ngozi, explained on Thursday&n...
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Katsina Presents N282.7b Budget For 2021
November 19, 2020 No Responses

Katsina Presents N282.7b Budget For 2021

Katsina State Governor,  Aminu Masari  on Wednesday presented a budget proposal of N282.7 billion for 2021 fiscal year to the state House of Assembly for consideration. Masari, while presenting the appropriation bill christened “Budget of...
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Sterling Bank Unveils Single-Digit Agribusiness Facility For Women, Youths
November 19, 2020 No Responses

Sterling Bank Unveils Single-Digit Agribusiness Facility For Women, Youths

Sterling Bank Plc on Wednesday launched a new product, Sterling Women and Youths in Agriculture Finance code (SWAY-AgFin), to provide low-cost financing at single-digit rates to young men and women entrepreneurs in the agribusiness value chain across the count...
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FG, States, LGCs Share N604b For October
November 19, 2020 No Responses

FG, States, LGCs Share N604b For October

The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mr Aliyu Ahmed, on Wednesday said the three tiers of government shared N604.004 billion as federation allocation for October. Ahmed said this in a statement issued by Mr Hassan Do...
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Prices Of Foodstuffs Soar In Kano, Sokoto, Down In Katsina, Kebbi
November 17, 2020 No Responses

Prices Of Foodstuffs Soar In Kano, Sokoto, Down In Katsina, Kebbi

Notwithstanding the commencement of the harvest season, prices of foodstuffs have gone up about 40 to 60 per cent in Kano, Sokoto and Kaduna states, a market survey by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) has revealed.  However, in Katsina...
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China Exempts 97 Per Cent Of Burkinabe Products From Customs Duties
November 17, 2020 No Responses

China Exempts 97 Per Cent Of Burkinabe Products From Customs Duties

The Chinese embassy in Burkina Faso has presented a mechanism for exempting 97 per cent of products of Burkinabe origin from customs duties, in order to “boost trade cooperation” by increasing the volume of exports to its market, according to off...
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Ondo Inaugurates Joint Committee To Boost Revenue
November 17, 2020 No Responses

Ondo Inaugurates Joint Committee To Boost Revenue

The Ondo State Internal Revenue Service (ODIRS) on Monday in Akure inaugurated a Joint State Revenue Committee to boost revenue generation. The joint committee is made up of ODRIS chair and the chairmen of the 18 local government  councils in...
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