State News – Page 27 – City Business News

April 22, 2020 No Responses

NAFDAC Shuts Down Yoghurt Factory

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) Borno State office has shutdown an illegal facility engaged in the production of unregistered yoghurt. The information was disclosed in a statement signed by the state Acting Coordinator, Mr...

April 21, 2020 No Responses

Fish Farmers Seek Govt’s Intervention Against Price Hike

The Kwara Fish Farmers Association has warned that the price of fish may rise soon if Governnment fails to give Foreign Exchange to importers. The acting chairman of the association in the state, Mr Buhari Sulyman gave the warning in...

April 20, 2020 No Responses

Cross River Test-Runs Cable-Car

In a bid to revive the Obudu Ranch Resort, the Government of Cross River has carried out repairs and maintenance of the cable-car at the resort. Mr Bobby Ekpeyong, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Obudu Ranch Resort, during...

April 18, 2020 No Responses

South West Shut Borders

As part of measures to curtail the spread of COVID-19, Governors of the South West States of Nigeria on Friday resolved to shut all entry points to the region The six States in the zone are Lagos, Ogun, Oyo, Ekiti,...

April 3, 2020 No Responses

Orient Group CEO Tasks Anambra Billionaires On Landmark Medical Facility

An industrialist, Mr Godwin Ezeemo, has charged affluent people in Anambra to come together and build a landmark medical facility to confront the current COVID-19 medical emergency.Speaking with reporters at his country home in Umuchu, near Awka on Friday, Eze...

April 2, 2020 No Responses

Sokoto Lauds DPR On Fuel Availability

Sokoto State Government on Thursday commended Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) over fuel availability in the state and warned marketers against selling products above regulated price.Alhaji Chika Umar, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Commerce made the ...

March 31, 2020 No Responses

Kaigama Seeks Support For New Archbishop Of Jos

The Metropolitan Archbishop of Abuja Catholic Archdiocese, Most Rev. Ignatius Kaigama, has urged the government of Plateau, Catholic faithful and all citizens of the state to support the new Archbishop of Jos, Most Rev. Mathew Audu.Kaigama, who is the immediat...

March 18, 2020 No Responses

Navy Intercepts Cameroon-Bound 204 Drums of Diesel

A patrol team of the Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) Victory in Calabar, Cross River,has intercepted 204 drums of illegally refined diesel being smuggled to Cameroon.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the team also arrested four s...

March 17, 2020 No Responses

Akeredolu To Inaugurate Jimoh Ibrahim’s Varsity

Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State will, on March 21, inaugurate University of Fortune, established by a business mogul, Chief Jimoh Ibrahim.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the new institution is located at Igbotako in Okitipupa Local G...

March 17, 2020 No Responses

Jollof Rice Takes Centre Stage As VASCORP, RIFAN Explain Support For Junior Chef Competition In Kano

Winners have emerged in the just concluded Indigenous Rice Junior Chef Competition in Kano State.The cooking competition for kids aged between 12 to 15 years was organised by the Kano chapter of Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) and supported...

March 12, 2020 No Responses

Nigerian Navy Impounds 94,800 Litres Of AGO

The Nigerian Navy Forward Operating Base (FOB) at Ibaka, Mbo Local Government Area, Akwa Ibom, has seized 94, 800 litres of illegal Automative Gas Oil (AGO) at Agbani Offshore in Rivers.Captain Peter Yilme, the Commanding Officer of FOB, stated this...

March 9, 2020 No Responses

Commissioner: Hot Weather In Niger Helping To Keep Coronavirus At Bay

The Niger State Commissioner for Health, Dr Muhammad Makusidi, has described the hot weather condition in the state as a positive development capable of keeping coronavirus at bay.Makusidi, who disclosed this at a press conference in Minna on Monday, said...

March 9, 2020 No Responses

Aminu Ado Bayero Emerges New Kano Emir

Governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Ganduje has approved the appointment of Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero, as the 15th Emir of Kano.Until his new appointment, Bayero was the Emir of Bichi.The Secretary to the state government, Alhaji Usman Alhaji made the...

March 5, 2020 No Responses

NPA To Coastal Communities: Stop Dumping Waste In Waterways

The Calabar Port Manager, Mrs Marie Asien, on Thursday called on communities along coastlines in the state to stop dumping waste into the waterways.Asien, who spoke at a sensitisation campaign on waste management and prevention of marine litters in Calabar,...