Ogun Partners CBN On Oil Palm Production

Ogun Partners CBN On Oil Palm Production

The Ogun Government is collaborating with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to boost oil palm production in the state. The State Commissioner for Agriculture, Dr Adeola Odedina, made this known during an inspection tour of Apoje Farm Settlement, where...
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FG Distributes Farm Inputs To Rice Farmers In Oyo

FG Distributes Farm Inputs To Rice Farmers In Oyo

The Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) Oyo state chapter, on Thursday received farm inputs through the Anchor Borrower Programme (ABP) of the Federal Government, coordinated by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The Oyo State RIFAN Chairman, Mr Samuel...
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Robbers Attack TVC, NTA Correspondents

Robbers Attack TVC, NTA Correspondents

Armed robbers on Thursday attacked Mr Godwin Agwam, Nasarawa State Correspondent of Television Continental (TVC) and Mrs Victoria Ojito of Nigeria Television Authority (NTA) in their residence at Sabon-Gari, Lafia. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that...
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Conoil, Arbico,Vitafoam Top Losers’ Table As Market Capitalisation Drop By N1b

Conoil, Arbico,Vitafoam Top Losers’ Table As Market Capitalisation Drop By N1b

Sentiments in the nation’s bourse weakened on Thursday, with the All-Share Index dropping by 0.01 per cent. Specifically, the All-Share Index (ASI) decreased by 1.51 points to close at 24,276.56 in contrast with 24,278.07 achieved on Wednesday. Accordingly, ...
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Kano Spends N8b On Scholarships, To Sponsor 1,000 Students To China

Kano Spends N8b On Scholarships, To Sponsor 1,000 Students To China

The Kano State Scholarship Board on Thursday said it spent over N8 billion on scholarships for Kano indigenes studying at home and abroad in the last five years. The Executive Secretary of the board, Alhaji Abubakar Zakari, disclosed this in...
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NNPC Increases Gas Supply To Power Sector By 19%

NNPC Increases Gas Supply To Power Sector By 19%

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC)  has announced an increase of 19.14 per cent in the average daily natural gas supply to power plants in April 2020. The Corporation disclosed this on its Monthly Financial and Operations Report (MFOR) for...
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NUPENG Pickets Variant Energy Over Alleged Anti-Labour Practices

NUPENG Pickets Variant Energy Over Alleged Anti-Labour Practices

The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) on Thursday picketed the Victoria Island, Lagos office of Variant Energy Services over anti labour practices. NUPENG Lagos Zonal Chairman, Tayo Aboyeji, explained that the patience and understandi...
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ECOWAS Court Gets Legal Instrument To Enforce Judgments In Ghana

ECOWAS Court Gets Legal Instrument To Enforce Judgments In Ghana

The ECOWAS Court of Justice has received the instrument designating Ghana’s Attorney-General and Minister for Justice as the Competent National Authority for the enforcement of the decisions of the court in the Republic of Ghana. A statement issued by the...
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Maersk Sells Containership For Green Recycling

Maersk Sells Containership For Green Recycling

Maersk, owner and operator of the world’s largest container shipping fleet, has sold a 9, 640 TEU containership Sine Maersk for demolition in Turkey. The 22-year-old containership has a market value of $ 11.69 million, according to the data from...
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Nigeria Arrests 116 Human Traffickers, Rescues 1,489 Victims In Four Years

Nigeria Arrests 116 Human Traffickers, Rescues 1,489 Victims In Four Years

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) on Thursday said the agency apprehended no fewer than 116 human traffickers and rescued 1,489 victims in four years. The Zonal Commander in charge of Kano, Mr Shehu Umar,...
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FRSC Secures Conviction Of 39 Traffic Offenders

FRSC Secures Conviction Of 39 Traffic Offenders

The Nasarawa State Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has secured the conviction of 39 traffic violators at a mobile court in Garaku, Kokona Local Government Area of the state. The Sector Commander, Mr Ahmed Mohammed explained in...
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Nigeria Explains Deregulation Of Oil Downstream Sector

Nigeria Explains Deregulation Of Oil Downstream Sector

The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva on Thursday aid the deregulation of the downstream oil sector was to ensure economic growth and development of the country. In a statement, Sylva explained that was unrealistic to continue...
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Anambra Generates N26.4b In 2019

Anambra Generates N26.4b In 2019

The Anambra state Government on Thursday said it realized N26.4 billion as Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) in 2019. Mr David Nzekwu,  Chairman of the State Internal Revenue Service, stated this while defending the agency’s financial transactions in 2...
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Access Bank To Acquire Zambian Bank

Access Bank To Acquire Zambian Bank

Access Bank Plc has announced plans for acquisition of 100 per cent of Cavmont Bank Limited, a Zambia-based financial institution. The bank disclosed this in a regulatory filing to the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) signed by Mr Sunday Ekwuochi, its...
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