Delta assures its support of inaugural Diaspora population’s business summit

Ben EguzozieNovember 26, 2020

Delta, an oil-rich state, with a gross domestic product economy in excess of $20.79 billion, has assured its Diaspora population of its full support for the forthcoming Diasporal business conference holding in Asaba, the state capital in December. The state’s Diasporans have listed areas of concern for their inaugural business summit to include: agriculture and […]

Eudora Pharmaceutical Industry: CSR on display

November 26, 2020

By Dikachi Franklin, in Owerri   Anadumije Dumebi Leoni, a pharmacist, and a drug manufacturer, is the chief executive officer of the Eudora Pharmaceutical Industry Limited, New Owerri, Imo State. According to Dumebi, Eudora Pharmaceutical produces, retails and distributes homoeopathic and herbal drugs, and other generic drugs in Nigeria and outside the country. Recently, she […]

Imo based Waltersmith’s 5,000-bpd refinery set to provide 500,000 oil downstream jobs

Ben EguzozieNovember 25, 2020

  Buhari orders NNPC, DPR to supply crude, condensate to modular refinery Breaks ground for plant’s 45,000bpd phases 2&3 With Shell’s 600mscf ANOH gas plant, Imo fast acquiring oil/gas hub status But state’s infrastructure worse-off, unemployment widening     Imo State-based 5,000 barrels per day (bpd) Waltersmith modular refinery looks set to provide 500,000 oil […]

Anambra State denies receiving N25bn DMO bond

Ben EguzozieNovember 20, 2020

  Declares state healthy with lowest unemployment at 13.1% against national 27.1% Signposts BudgIT’s best fiscal responsibility index   Anambra, Nigeria’s sub-national with impressive ratings in fiscal responsibility and model in governance by domestic and international assessors, said recent claims by some groups that it has received N25 billion bond from the Debt Management Office […]

Enugu domesticates food, nutrition policy to tackle widening poverty

Ben EguzozieNovember 11, 2020

  Nigeria’s poverty rate jumps 40% UNICEF: 7m children could face severe malnourishment 1-in-3 Nigerian children suffering chronic malnutrition Nigeria 6th world’s lowest in World Bank HCI Enugu mulls 6 months maternity leave for lactating mothers   Enugu State government is moving on with the domestication of the national policy on food and nutrition with […]

Enugu: 2000 rural farmers benefit from World Bank $750m Nigeria CARES programme

Chris IkosaNovember 11, 2020

  Aims to boost food production, stimulate rural economy To be replicated two other senatorial districts     At least 2,000 indigent and vulnerable rural farmers in Enugu State have received improved inputs for dry season farming under the World Bank-assisted Covid-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus, otherwise called the CARES programme. Findings by Business […]

Full Moon Hotels Owerri opens Spa Zone

November 11, 2020

By Dikachi Franklin, in Owerri     Owerri is the capital of Imo State and has been its cosmopolitan town since it was created in 1976, and now has 27 administrative structures or local government areas. It is also strategically situated that it could be reached from Port Harcourt, Enugu, Onitsha within two hours’ drive […]

Nigeria’s sub-regional Anambra building cargo-passenger airport to change air travels dynamics

Ben EguzozieNovember 3, 2020

  Terminal development without foreign loans To compete for passenger share with 17 big terminals, including nearby Asaba, Enugu, Owerri     Nigeria’s sub-regional, Anambra State’s incoming large cargo and passenger airport at Umuleri, Anambra East Local Council of the state, already adjudged as Nigeria’s second biggest airport after the Murtala Mohammed Airport (MMA), Lagos, […]

Nigeria’s seed council introduces disease resistant maize to Akwa Ibom farmers

October 29, 2020

Onome Amuge The National Agricultural Seed Council (NASC) under the aegis of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) has introduced a disease resistance maize variety known as Oba Super 13 to farmers in Akwa Ibom State. Mmoeyak Usua, regional director of the council, South-South zone, disclosed this during the 2020 Farmers’ Field […]

Anambra State sees return to normalcy, but N4.2trn economy still harried

October 27, 2020

Ben Eguzozie Anambra State government announced that ‘life has returned to normal’ in the state after the mayhem of last week which saw gangs attack law enforcement agents, burn down police stations, vandalize public buildings, extort monies from law-abiding citizens and make life generally difficult for the people. This followed from weeks of #EndSARS protests […]