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Month: February 2018

efferentCARES Drives Cervical Cancer Screening , Treatment Program

Dedicated to improving health delivery through innovative solution across Nigeria and Africa , efferentCARES Initiative in partnership with Maternal and Childcare Centre Amuwo Odofin Festac provided free Cervical cancer screening to women at Amuwo Odofin and its environs. The three day cervical cancer screening and treatment program took place at the Maternal and Childcare Centre […]

NDIC STRENGTHENS PARTNERSHIP WITH ICPC FOR ZERO TOLERANCE ON CORRUPTION

PIX1: Members of the NDIC re-constituted Anti-Corruption and Transparency Unit (ACTU) being inaugurated by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related Offences Commission (ICPC) at the Corporation’s Head Office, Abuja PIX2: NDIC MD/CE, Umaru Ibrahim (4th from Left); representative of Ag. Chairman, ICPC, and Head, Anti-Corruption and Transparency Unit (ACTU), Mr. Justin Kuatsea (2nd Right); […]

Osinbajo inaugurates N4.1bn beverage plant, seeks foreign investments

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has called on multinational companies to create more job opportunities for Nigerians through sufficient investments in the country. The Vice President made the call on Thursday in Agbara, Ogun State, while inaugurating Nestle Nigeria’s Milo Ready-to-Drink beverage production plant, which costs N4.1bn. The new plant is part of the existing Agbara […]

Malaysia, importers move against Nigeria’s palm oil market

A report by Agro Nigeria has alleged that there is a conspiracy against Nigeria’s palm oil sector. The report specifically fingered the Malaysian government’s decision to suspend export taxes on crude palm oil for three months from January this year. The move, according to government sources in Kuala Lumpur, is aimed at reducing the CPO […]

Fuel scarcity: NNPC to import 100 million litres daily

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation on Thursday announced that it had programmed to bring in two cargoes of petrol per day for the rest of this month in order to boost supply and eradicate the fuel queues that had resurfaced in many cities across the country. It said each of the cargoes would carry 50 […]

$2.5bn foreign borrowing’ll not increase total debt – DMO

The planned borrowing of $2.5bn from foreign sources will not increase the nation’s total debt commitment, the Debt Management Office has assured Nigerians. The DMO, which gave the assurance in a statement made available to our correspondent in Abuja on Thursday, said the debt would rather save the country N64bn per annum because the money […]

Bolanle Ambode advocates for the eradication of female genital mutilation by 2030

The wife of the Governor of Lagos State, Mrs. Bolanle Ambode has expressed optimism that Female Genital Mutilation could be stamped out of Africa by 2030 . She observed that all individual and institutional stakeholders could work together towards achieving the objective. Speaking at a ceremony organised to mark this year’s International Day of Zero […]

Spending on infrastructure attracting new investments – Adeosun

The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, on Wednesday said the huge amount that the Federal Government was spending on infrastructure projects across the country was attracting fresh investments into the country. The minister stated this when a delegation of about 20 investors visited her at the headquarters of the finance ministry in Abuja to […]

Dana door incident: NCAA set up probe panel

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority says it has set up a four-man team to investigate the alleged incident involving Dana Air’s flight on Wednesday. A passenger had taken to Twitter to complain that the door of an aircraft belonging to the airline fell off upon landing in Abuja. The passenger, Ola Brown, with Twitter handle, […]

FG borrows $300m from Nigerians abroad

The Federal Government borrowed $300m from Nigerians in the Diaspora before it secured the approval of the National Assembly, the Debt Management Office indicated on Wednesday. The DMO gave this indication in a response to an enquiry by a non-governmental organisation, Social Action Nigeria. Social Action Nigeria had in a letter written to the DMO […]

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