Indigent Rivers boy on Total E&P’s CDY wins Cambridge outstanding learner 2020
Ben Eguzozie
July 7, 2020
An educational support initiative, Catch Dem Young (CDY), championed by oil exploration and production company, Total E&P Nigeria, has made global footprints as one of its beneficiaries, Holy Destiny Ike, has emerged winner of the 2020 Cambridge International (Outstanding) Learner’s Award. The CDY initiative was designed by Total E&P Nigeriaf or indigent children from mainly […]
Ekiti State, UNOPS, SHS sign $2bn deal to build 50,000 affordable homes in 10 years
Businessam StaffJuly 1, 2020
A deal that will see the building of 50,000 affordable homes over a ten year period in Ekiti State has been signed between the government of the state, SHS Holdings and UNOPS. A statement announcing the deal and made available to Business A.M. explained that all of the new affordable homes to be built will […]
NNPC/Seplat partnership builds 200-bed infectious diseases medical centre for SE in Imo
Dikachi FranklinJune 24, 2020
By Dikachi Franklin, in Owerri Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and its joint venture partner, Seplat Petroleum, have begun the construction of a 200-bed infectious diseases medical centre for the South East zone. Imo State University Teaching Hospital (IMSUTH) Orlu, which is hosting the facility, is said to be the choice of NNPC and Seplat. […]
N78.9bn FG refund deepens rift between Rivers’ main rival political parties
Ben EguzozieJune 23, 2020
…tiff costs state N355bn, economy strained further by Covid-19 pandemic …unemployment rising with debts The recent refunds by the federal government of a total N148.14 billion to five states which undertook repairs of federal roads in their domains, is now a source of bitter tussle among the two main political parties in Rivers State – […]
NAOC JV commissions medical centre in Delta State to support effort against COVID-19
Ben EguzozieJune 18, 2020
…completed 405 projects in 4 states in 8 years Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) and its joint venture partners, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and Oando Oil Limited, have commissioned temporary medical centre in Asaba, Delta State to contribute to the fight against COVID-19 pandemic. The facility was inaugurated in the presence of Delta […]
Excitement rules Cross River over N18.39bn FG refunds, amid state’s financial strain
Ben EguzozieJune 4, 2020
Ben Eguzozie, in Port Harcourt Cross River people and their governor, Ben Ayade, appear quite excited over N18.39 billion approved by an inter-ministerial committee to be refunded the ‘weakest sister’ of oil region states. Comments from the state’s governor, Ayade and other state officials are that of excitement and a relief from mounting financial strain […]
World Bank, AfDB, inaugurate $550m solar off-grid power plants to serve 30,000 MSMEs, 300,000 households in Bayelsa
Ben EguzozieJune 4, 2020
…targets universities, teaching hospitals in Nigeria Global money lender, the World Bank and African Development Bank (AfDB), in collaboration with the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) under the Nigeria Electrification Project (NEP), have commissioned multiple solar off-grid power plants, with a total capacity of 134.64 kilowatts (kW) in communities in Bayelsa State. The project, which comes […]
Rivers reviews 2020 budget 48% to N300.370bn
Ben EguzozieMay 29, 2020
…also reviews MTEF Rivers state government, like the national government, Nigeria, has undertaken a 48 percent downward review of its 2020 state budget. The budget has moved from the initial N530.813 billion (530,813,357,619.00) to N300.370 billion (300,370,071,183.00). The state government said the move is in line with the present economic realities occasioned by the novel […]
Akwa Ibom-run airliner, Ibom Air, ramps up operations with fourth aircraft acquisition
Ben EguzozieMay 21, 2020
Akwa Ibom State is carefully ramping up an aviation business it began nearly four years ago, with increase in its aircraft fleet in a bid to capture a bigger share of Nigeria’s much-unharnessed industry. The government run airlines company, Ibom Air, has taken delivery of a fourth aircraft, a 90-seater CRJ900 bombardier, thereby expanding the […]
Imo joins Ekiti to slash RoW telecoms charges to N145 as Uzodimma signs executive order
Omobayo AzeezMay 21, 2020
By Omobayo Azeez Imo State, a subnational in the Eastern part of the Nigeran federation, Wednesday joined Ekiti State in the southwest, to slash the controversial Right of Way (RoW) charges for telecommunication companies in the country. Hope Uzodimma, the state governor, signed an executive order that will now see the charges for RoW in […]
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