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August 30, 2022 No Responses

FG Releases N6.25b For Establishment Of Cattle Ranches In Katsina

Katsina State Deputy Governor, Alhaji Mannir Yakubu has disclosed that the Federal Government has released N6.25 billion for the establishment of cattle ranches in local government areas affected by banditry in the state. Yakubu, also Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural...

August 29, 2022 No Responses

Ecobank Nigeria Unveils Special Loans, Remittances Scheme

Ecobank Nigeria has unveiled a special scheme on Back2School loans and remittances for all its customers. Head, Consumer Banking, Ecobank Nigeria, Korede Demola-Adeniyi said the loan offerings have been developed based on the bank’s understanding...

August 29, 2022 No Responses

FRSC Probes Driver’s Alleged Murder Over Bribe

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has commenced investigations into the alleged killing of a driver at Umuikea Junction in the Isiala Ngwa South area of Abia State. The FRSC Abia Sector Commander, Mr Paul Ugwu, disclosed the development to...

August 29, 2022 No Responses

First Bank Defeats Mountain Of Fire, Wins Crown Elite Basketball Championship

First Bank Basketball Club of Lagos defeated their city rivals, Mountain of Fire Miracles (MFM), 44-27 to win the 2022 Crown Elite Basketball Championship in Lagos. The team was made to work their socks off from the first quarter down...

August 28, 2022 No Responses

World Bank Engages GBV Service Providers In Kaduna

The Kaduna State Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE), a World Bank-supported project, has engaged Gender-Based Violence (GBV) service providers, to provide health and psychosocial services to adolescent survivors. The Pr...

August 28, 2022 No Responses

Mikano Motors, Durojaiye Relief Foundation Strengthen Road Safety Partnership

By citybusinessnews@yahoo.com — Durojaiye Relief Foundation (DRF) in Partnership with Mikano Motors, recently in Lagos State, organized a road safety campaign aimed at sensitizing motorists and pedestrians on road safety tips and culture. According ...

August 28, 2022 No Responses

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Road Safety Awareness Campaign Organised By Durojaiye Relief Foundation (DRF) In Partnership with Mikano Motors, recently In Lagos State

August 27, 2022 No Responses

Qatar Woos Nigerian Migrant Workers

The State of Qatar has expressed its willingness to have more Nigerian component in its labour force. Mr Ahmad AL-Horr, Chargé d’Affaires of the Embassy of Qatar in Nigeria, said this when he visited the Minister of Labour and Employment,...

August 27, 2022 No Responses

Presco, GIZ, Others Back Edo Film Festival

Presco Plc, German Development Agency, The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ) and Phoenix, among others have pledged support for Edo State International Film Festival (ESIFF) scheduled to hold between September 1st and Septembe...

August 27, 2022 No Responses

Esan Youths Protest Bad Road, Urge FG To Urgently Fix Benin-Ekpoma-Auchi Road

A group under the aegis of the Esan Liberation Movement (ELM) has called on the Federal Government to as a matter of urgency fix the abandoned portions of the Benin-Ekpoma-Auchi road.In a statement signed by Prosper Iyere, Leader of Esan...

August 27, 2022 No Responses

Mental Health: Jela’s Development Initiatives Trains Educationists

Jela’s Development Initiatives, JDI, a nonprofit organisation, supported by TY Danjuma Foundation, has organised a three-day mental health awareness programme for teachers, counsellors, and administrators across four notable public secondary schools in the F...

August 27, 2022 No Responses

CBN Releases $265m To Settle Outstanding Ticket Sales

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN),on Friday, released the sum of 265 million dollars to airlines operating in the country to settle outstanding ticket sales. According to a statement issued by the Director, Corporate Communications Department of CBN, Mr Osita....

August 27, 2022 No Responses

Nigeria Partners Israel, Japan On Manufacturing Of Electric Vehicles

The Federal Government of Nigeria has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Israeli and Japanese companies to commence assembling and manufacturing environmentally friendly, green, electric and smart automobiles by 2023. The National Agency for Scie...

August 26, 2022 No Responses

Manufacturers Task CBN On FOREX Allocation

The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has called on the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to allocate more FOREX to manufacturers to allow for the importation of raw materials and machinery. Edo/Delta branch chairman of MAN, Dr Okwara Udensi, made th...