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April 26, 2018 No Responses

Edo Explains Agenda For 200, 000ha For Oil Palm Plantation, Council

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said his administration plans to earmark not less than 200,000 hectares of land for organised oil palm plantation to diversify the state’s economy and create jobs for its teeming youth population. Obaseki disclosed this...

April 25, 2018 No Responses

Buhari Condemns Killing Of Two Catholic Priests, 17 Worshippers

President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned killing of worshippers and priests at a church in Ukpor-Mbalom community in Gwer East Local Government Area of Benue, and vowed to apprehend those behind the ungodly act. The President, in a statement by...

April 25, 2018 No Responses

NIMASA Canvasses Sustainable Use of Ocean Resources

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has inaugurated Marine Litter Marshals to assist the Agency in ridding the oceans of unwanted waste materials that could cause environmental degradation and also impede safety of navigation on the...

April 24, 2018 No Responses

Okomu Oil Palm Explains Expansion Agenda, Support For Gelegele Seaport

Okomu Oil Palm Company Plc is to sustain ongoing expansion agenda, Managing Director, Mr. Graham Heferhas said. Already, the company has commissioned 11,400 hectare of oil palm plantation covering over 10 communities in Edo State. In a chat...

April 24, 2018 No Responses

Nigeria Condemns Killing Of Another Nigerian In South African

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Mrs Abike dabiri –Erewa on Mondaydescribed the killing of Clement Nwaogu, another Nigerian in Rustenburg, South Africa as unfortunate Dabiri-Erewa, in a statement in Abuja cond...

April 24, 2018 No Responses

NSE Signs Corporate Recycling MoU with RecyclePoints Limited

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with RecyclePoints Limited for the collection and recycling of waste materials generated at The Exchange’s offices. According to NSE, this initiative is also a demonstration ...

April 24, 2018 No Responses

Photo News

President/Chief Executive, Dangote Industries Limited, Aliko Dangote, (second left);Group Executive Director, Strategy, Portfolio Development and Capital Projects, Dangote Industries Limited, Devakumar V. G. Edwin (Left); Member of the Managing Board of Siemen...

April 23, 2018 No Responses

Nigeria’s External Reserves Hit $47.93b, Explains 17m Tax Payers’ Base

Nigeria’s Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun and the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele, explained on Sunday that the country’s positive growth outlook would be sustained. The Minister and the CBN Governor gave this as...

April 23, 2018 No Responses

Saraki Visits Female Sergeant-At-Arms Injured by Senate Invaders

President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, on Sunday, visited a female Sergeant-At-Arms, Mrs. Sandra Davou – injured on Wednesday as she and her colleagues struggled to stop thugs who invaded the Senate and stole its Mace. A statement by the...

April 23, 2018 No Responses

More Kenyans Dominate London Marathon

Kenyan runners have dominated this year’s London Marathon, with Eliud Kipchoge winning his third title, while Vivian Cheruiyot won the women’s race. Kipchoge finished in two hours, four minutes and 17 seconds in front of Ethiopia’s Tola Shura...

April 22, 2018 No Responses

Photo News

L-R: Permanent Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Finance, Dr. Mahmoud Isa-Dutse; Honourable Minister for Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun; Emir of Kano, HRH Alhaji Sanusi Lamido Sanusi and the Managing Director of Infrastructure Development for Africa, Mr. Jimoh ...

April 21, 2018 No Responses

Nigerian Appoints Committee On e-IPO

Nigeria is to adopt Electronic IPOs (e-IPO). Already, a committee comprising of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Nigeria Stock Exchange (NSE), Association of Issuing Houses of Nigeria (AIHN), Association of Stock Brokers (ASHON), Central Securitie...

April 21, 2018 No Responses

Photo News

The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun (right), with the Treasurer and Vice President of the World Bank, Arunma Oteh (left) and Deputy Secretary General of United Nations, Amina Mohammed, at a meeting on Friday, 20th April, 2018, where the...

April 20, 2018 No Responses

300 Cassava Researchers, Policy Makers For Cotonou Parley

Africa needs to double her cassava production to avert a major food crisis by 2050, says the Director for the Global Cassava Partnership for the 21st Century (GCP21), Dr. Claude Fauquet in Lagos. Addressing Journalists in Lagos, Dr. Fauquet...