State News Archives — Page 9 of 25

August 26, 2021 No Responses

Edo, BoI Unveil N2b MSME Fund, Target 50,000 Businesses

The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki and the Bank of Industry (BOI), on Thursday, unveiled a Micro Small and Medium Enterprise (MSME) development fund worth N2bn to support entrepreneurs in the state. The fund was launched during a citizens’...

August 26, 2021 No Responses

Gombe Earmarks N17b For Industrial Park

Gombe State Government has earmarked N17 billion for the construction of the Gombe Ultramodern Industrial Park, to promote medium and small-scale enterprises in the state. The State Governor, Alhaji Inuwa Yahaya, revealed this after a closed-door engagement wi...

August 20, 2021 No Responses

Buhari Approves Review Of 368 Grazing Reserves In 25 States

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved recommendations of a committee to review “with dispatch, 368 grazing sites, across 25 states in the country, and to determine the levels of encroachment.” Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s Senior Special Ass...

August 19, 2021 No Responses

School Feeding Programme Gulps N1.8b In Ondo

The Federal Government has spent over N1.8 billion on the National Home Grown School Feeding Programme (NHGSFP) in Ondo State in the last three years. A statement issued on Wednesday by Mrs Nneka Anibeze, the Special Assistant on Media to the...

August 18, 2021 No Responses

Osun Empowers 100 Livestock Farmers

The Osun government on Tuesday distributed day-old chicks to 100 livestock farmers to boost poultry farming in the state. Each of the farmers was given 2,000 chicks. At the distribution in Ede, Mr. Dayo Adewole, the Commissioner for Agriculture and Food...

August 10, 2021 No Responses

Edo Flags-Off Training For Information Officers, Media Practitioners, Others

Edo State Government has commenced a month-long training for Information Officers, Media Practitioners and Public Relations Officers under the employment of the state government. The training, aimed at upskilling the workers and equipping them with...

August 6, 2021 No Responses

Okowa Seeks Proper Monitoring Of Crude Oil Production

Governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa has called for proper monitoring of Nigeria’s crude oil production to ascertain the volume and ensure transparency and accountability in the oil and gas sector. Okowa made the call at the opening of a...

July 31, 2021 No Responses

Delta Proposes N425b Budget For 2022

Delta Government on Friday said it has proposed a total sum of N425 billion as the appropriation for year 2022, indicating that the budget would soon be transmitted to the State House of Assembly. The State Commissioner for Information, Mr...

July 19, 2021 No Responses

Edo To Issue 10,000 C-of-Os Yearly

The Edo State Government has concluded plans to acquire a mobile digital mapper, as part of efforts by the Governor Godwin Obaseki-led administration to improve land management in the state Managing Director, Edo State Geographic Information Servic...

July 14, 2021 No Responses

Edo Issues 6,500 C-of-Os In Three Years

Edo State Government has issued over 6,500 Certificates of Occupancy (C-of-O) in the last three years and digitized over 30,000 files carried on from the Midwest Region through Bendel and Edo State. Managing Director, Edo State Geographic Information Ser...

June 27, 2021 No Responses

Obaseki: Ologbo Modular Refinery Ready For Production

Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki says the modular refinery in Ologbo, Ikpoba – Okha Local Government Area (LGA) of the state was ready for production. Obaseki stated this shortly after he was conducted round the facility by the Managi...

June 3, 2021 No Responses

Akwa Ibom Distributes Rice Seedlings To Farmers

The Akwa Ibom State Government has empowered rice farmers with seedlings as the first planting season progresses to boost rice production. The Commissioner for Agriculture, Dr Glory Edet, who presented the seedlings to farmers in Uyo on Wednesday said th...

May 21, 2021 No Responses

Edo Lifts Ban On Logging In Forests

The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has lifted the ban on logging in Edo forests, but cautioned against illegal activities that would deplete the state’s forest reserves. The governor disclosed this during a meeting with stakeholders in the for...

May 2, 2021 No Responses

Ikpeazu Pledges To Completes Abia Dry Port

Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu has reiterated his commitment to deploy necessary resources to realise Dry Port project at Ntigha, near Umuahia. Ikpeazu renewed his resolve on Saturday when officials of the East Gate Inland Container Terminal Li...