Cotton Farmers Urge FG To Sustain Anchor Borrowers Programme

Cotton Farmers Urge FG To Sustain Anchor Borrowers Programme

Cotton Farmers in Bauchi State on Saturday called on the Federal Government to encourage cotton farming by sustaining the Anchor Borrowers’ Programme (ABP) in the country.  The cotton farmers, who spoke in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN),...
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Lagos Disburses N1.56b As Grants To 3,673 Businesses

Lagos Disburses N1.56b As Grants To 3,673 Businesses

Lagos State Government through the state Employment Trust Fund has supported 3,673 businesses with the sum of N1.56 billion as grants.  Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State made this known at the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI)/Lagos Economic....
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NCC Deploys 84 IT Projects To Support Persons With Disabilities,

NCC Deploys 84 IT Projects To Support Persons With Disabilities,

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has deployed 84 assistive Information Technology projects at different locations in Nigeria to support people with special needs while supporting policies that enable disadvantaged members of the society to liv...
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JBS ELDERLY FOUNDATION EXTENDS OPERATION TO NORTHERN NIGERIA

JBS ELDERLY FOUNDATION EXTENDS OPERATION TO NORTHERN NIGERIA

In keeping with her vision to provide the basic necessities of living for underprivileged elderly people in Sub-Saharan Africa, starting from Nigeria, JBS Elderly Health and Wellbeing Foundation Africa has added yet another state to the number of states it...
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Ecobank Reiterates Support For Creative Industry

Ecobank Reiterates Support For Creative Industry

The Managing Director and Regional Executive, Ecobank Nigeria Limited, Bolaji Lawal has assured that the Bank will continue to provide a platform for harnessing and powering the creative industry in Nigeria. The Managing Director made this pledge at the Photog...
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FG Disburses N100b To Indigenous Pharmaceutical Manufacturers

FG Disburses N100b To Indigenous Pharmaceutical Manufacturers

The Federal Government has disbursed N100 billion to indigenous pharmaceutical manufacturers and healthcare investors as loans to expand their capital base, and boost local production of medicines and medical consumables.  President Muhammadu Buhari annou...
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Stallion Motors Reiterates Support For NAJA Training

Stallion Motors Reiterates Support For NAJA Training

The management of Stallion Motors Limited, Nigeria’s leading automobile assembler, has described its support for the just concluded Nigeria Auto Journalists’ Annual Training Workshop as an initiative aimed at the development of the nation’s economy via t...
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Group Drums Support For Umana To Salvage NDDC

Group Drums Support For Umana To Salvage NDDC

Movement for the Survival of Izon Ethnic Nationality in the Niger Delta (MOSIEND), on Sunday, commended the appointment of Chief Okon Umana as the new Minister of Niger Delta Affairs.  National President of MOSIEND, Mr Kenedy Tonjo-West, told the News...
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NIMASA Donates Educational Materials to Physically Challenged Students In Cross  River

NIMASA Donates Educational Materials to Physically Challenged Students In Cross  River

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, (NIMASA) has donated educational materials to the Special Education Centre Primary and Secondary School, Calabar, Cross River State Items donated included computers, printers, whiteboards, school bags, te...
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FirstBank Gets $150m From Afreximbank To Support Businesses

FirstBank Gets $150m From Afreximbank To Support Businesses

African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has disbursed $150 million to First Bank of Nigeria under it’s Pandemic Trade Impact Mitigation Facility (PATIMFA).  Group Head, Marketing and Corporate Communications, FirstBank, Mrs Folake Ani-Mumuney, in a stateme...
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Host Community Applauds Presco’s Transparency, Support  

Host Community Applauds Presco’s Transparency, Support  

By Moses Ebosele, ebosele@hotmail.com — Elders and Leaders of Evbuekpen Community, Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area of Edo State, have commended the Managing Director of Presco Plc, Mr Felix Nwabuko for running an inclusive administration which has giv...
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APPEALS Project Supports 1,142 Food Marketers With Haulage Facilities 

APPEALS Project Supports 1,142 Food Marketers With Haulage Facilities 

As part of measures to ease the transportation of farm produce across the three senatorial districts of Kogi State, the State Coordination Office of the Agro-Processing, Productivity Enhancement and Livelihood Improvement Support Project (APPEALS), has fa...
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Osinbajo Drums Support For FIRS Digitisation Agenda 

Osinbajo Drums Support For FIRS Digitisation Agenda 

By Moses Ebosele, ebosele@hotmail.com  — The Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (CITN) has been urged to support the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) in its drive towards full digitalisation of tax administrative processes.  V...
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UN Sec-Gen Seeks International Support For Borno

UN Sec-Gen Seeks International Support For Borno

The UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, has urged the international community to support humanitarian action in Borno, currently recovering from insurgency. Gutteres made the call on Tuesday in Maiduguri while rounding off his visit to the state where he i...
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