Waltersmith, UNIDO, UNECA plan industrial park for Imo State
Dikachi Franklin
July 14, 2021
By Dikachi Franklin, in Owerri Waltersmith Petroman Nigeria Limited, an indigenous oil company and United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO), in collaboration with the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) will build an industrial park in Ohaji /Egbema local government area of Imo State. According to Chikezie Nwosu, the chief executive officer (CEO) […]
Downstream oil operators in Rivers get new safety guidelines from state’s energy ministry
Ben EguzozieJuly 14, 2021
DPR backs safety framework with MISTDO Collaborates with ACEP, RSU Given the recent spate of oil downstream incidents in the country, especially in Lagos which caused huge economic losses, and the need to avert similar occurrences in Rivers, a state that houses about 60 percent of facilities of Nigeria’s oil and gas industry, […]
Lifestyle Asset Hub’s social funding housing scheme delivers first set of houses to subscribers
Ben EguzozieJuly 7, 2021
Opens locations in Enugu, Owerri, Ibadan, Kano, Abuja, Lagos, Accra, Yaoundé Lifestyle Asset Hub, with its novel social funding scheme which provides houses for Nigerian workplace professionals, has begun delivering the first set of houses to early subscribers of the scheme. This was done in Port Harcourt, the nation’s oil hub, which, according to […]
Kwara health insurance agency partners PharmAccess to deliver IsDB-funded health scheme
Chris IkosaJuly 6, 2021
With a view to efficiently implement the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) funded health scheme known as Transform and Innovation Project, the Kwara State Health Insurance Agency (KSHIA), and PharmAccess Foundation have partnered to meet the yearning for increased healthcare service delivery in the state. Describing the initiative as one that would improve the working of […]
UK-Aid, Silvex International to train Jigawa farmer on smart agriculture
Adeola AjakaiyeJuly 6, 2021
By Adeola Ajakaiye, in Kano Rice farmers in Jigawa State have received a climate-smart training on system of rice intensification (SRI), a new approach to rice production that increases the crop productivity and reduces methane emissions by at least 22 percent to a maximum of 64 percent. The training was part of a tripartite […]
Kano adopts PPP arrangement in waste management
Adeola AjakaiyeJuly 6, 2021
By Adeola Ajakaiye, in Kano Kano State government has entered into a public private partnership agreement with Capegate Investment Company Limited in what is seen as a move to effectively manage the mounting waste products being generated in the state daily, in accordance with global best practice. Governor Abdullahi Ganduje made the disclosure, while […]
Kano, NNPC sign MoU on gas utilization from $2.8bn AKK project
Adeola AjakaiyeJuly 6, 2021
By Adeola Ajakaiye, in Kano The Kano State government has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on gas utilization as part of a move geared towards the actualization of the Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano (AKK) gas pipeline project. The MoU was sealed in the executive chamber of the Kano Government […]
NEPC highlights international market penetration strategy in Owerri
Dikachi FranklinJune 30, 2021
By Dikachi Franklin, in Owerri Scores of exporters, potential exporters, the Nigeria Customs Service, representatives of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), among others, attended a one-day workshop on penetration strategy into the international market, held at the event hall of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) Channel 12, Owerri, Imo State. The workshop, which […]
Imo’s new bureau to scrutinise global, national donor interventions
Dikachi FranklinJune 23, 2021
By Dikachi Franklin, in Owerri A bureau for donor agencies has been established in Imo State and it is called Imo State Bureau for Donor Agencies and has the full responsibility of oversight of all programmes that are linked to opportunities from the World Bank interventions, international grants, national donor programmes as well as […]
OCP Africa, Kaduna fertilizer plant, gets $1.4m fund from USAID Trade Hub
Adeola Ajakaiye, in KanoJune 22, 2021
By Adeola Ajakaiye, in Kano The USAID-funded West Africa Trade & Investment Hub (Trade Hub) has awarded a $1.4 million co-investment grant to OCP Africa Fertilizers Nigeria Limited (OCP Africa) to install modern blending equipment within its fertilizer blending plant facility under construction in Kaduna State, Nigeria. The blending equipment will help bridge the […]