Finance Ministry gets query over N2.8 billion unaccounted service wide votes

March 22, 2021

Zainab Iwayemi   The Senate Committee on Public Accounts (SCPAs) has asked the Federal Ministry of Finance to account for N2.8 billion service wide votes it collected from the Federation Account for estacodes and other allowances for representing Nigeria during the internationally organized annual board meetings, conferences and workshops in 2018. Mathew Urhoghide, the Chairman of the SCPAs, […]

Eko Disco assures free prepaid meter installations as mass distribution kicks off

March 22, 2021

Onome Amuge   Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) has encouraged customers without prepaid meters to apply forthwith, pledging to deliver and install the meters immediately in the on-going National Mass Metering Programme (NMMP), an initiative of the federal government in partnership with electricity distribution companies aimed at bridging the metering gap in the country. In […]

Wike, Nigerian state governor, berates government’s $1.5bn Port Harcourt Refinery rehabilitation approval

March 19, 2021

…Said the statement ought to be ‘release,’ not ‘approval’ …That it only smacks of election transition period politics   Ben Eguzozie, in Port Harcourt   Governor of oil-rich Rivers State, Nyesom Wike has berated the Nigerian federal government’s recent approval of $1.5 billion to rehabilitate the Port Harcourt Refinery, the country’s biggest refiner with combined […]

France eager to invest in education, agriculture in Nigeria’s South-East

March 18, 2021

…Abia governor said state ready for business collaboration …Pasquier, French ambassador, was earlier in Imo   Ben Eguzozie, in Port Harcourt   France, Europe’s third largest economy after Germany and United Kingdom, in its more targeted investment in specific areas, is to unveil investments in education and agricultural sectors in Nigeria’s South-East region, an area […]

Smart City Sweden supports waste management in Nigeria’s Nasarawa state

March 17, 2021

Mike Ochonma Business Editor   Nasarawa State, in the North central region of Nigeria, wants to reduce its landfills and to achieve this, the local government is implementing a waste-to-energy and recycling project in Karu town. The project is now receiving financial support from the Swedish government through its export platform Smart City Sweden. According […]

Cross River solicits inclusion in FAO’s $65m agriculture fund

March 15, 2021

Onome Amuge  The Cross River State government has made a case for its involvement in the $65 million agricultural intervention fund proposed by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) towards the provision of financial aid and technical expertise to bolster the growth of the agricultural value chain across major agriculture-oriented states in the […]

Yam farmers, marketers kick against unlawful, multiple taxation

Online EditorMarch 9, 2021

Onome Amuge   The National Association of Yam Farmers, Processors and Marketers has registered its displeasure over cases of illegal levies and numerous taxation imposed on members, notably in major markets of Benue State. The association lamented that the situation has led to a decrease in the number of businessmen and potential dealers in the […]