Rivers wants NIMASA’s cabotage department back to state
BEN EGUZOZIEMay 19, 2021
…Lauds NIMASA’s Blue Economy launch to end Nigeria’s mono-economy status …Asks agency to lap on state’s Sea School to train seafarers Ben Eguzozie, in Port Harcourt Rivers, Nigerian oil-rich sub-national asks the leadership of the country’s maritime regulatory body, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) to return its Cabotage Services Department […]
Uzodimma signs into law bills on security land matters
Dikachi FranklinMay 18, 2021
Dikachi Franklin, Owerri Hope Uzodimma, Governor of Imo State on Tuesday signed into law two Executive Bills passed by the Imo State House of Assembly on security and land matters. The Bills are – “A bill for a law to establish Imo State Security Organization to assist in maintaining Law and Order […]
Ogoni clean-up: Wike, Nigerian gov. asks HYPREP, Fed agency, to relocate hqtrs to area
BEN EGUZOZIEMay 18, 2021
…As environmentalists say agency lacks capacity for project’s magnitude Ben Eguzozie, in Port Harcourt Nigeria’s effort to clean up Ogoni land, an oil producing area with the worst form of spill in history, since June 2016, refuses to come clean of controversies amid continued privation of the harried area. Hydrocarbon Pollution […]
Nebo rekindles Igbo spirit of venture capital amid economic challenges
BEN EGUZOZIEMay 13, 2021
…As Enugu-Mmaku launches transportation revolving capital Ben Eguzozie, in Port Harcourt It is regarded by some as the ‘venture capital of Africa’, the Igbo mentorship and apprenticeship system is one of the finest examples of the African spirit of community, sharing and enterprise. According to some, to combat youth unemployment, host an […]
Uburu Amaka, non-profit body, trains 50 Ebonyi youths on agric tech, vows to reduce youth unemployment
BEN EGUZOZIEMay 12, 2021
Ben Eguzozie, in Port Harcourt Uburu Amaka, a non-profit initiative by Uburu Amaka Humanitarian Organization, to engage youths, has trained some 50 young people from Uburu in Ohaozara Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, on agricultural technology, with specialty in poultry, a move it says can increase yields by 300 per […]
Rivers says recovered fishing trawlers to boost agriculture
BEN EGUZOZIEMay 12, 2021
…As panellists want Nigeria to secure farmers for food security Ben Eguzozie, in Port Harcourt Rivers State Government has said the recently recovered fishing trawlers will boost agriculture in the state, the state commissioner for agriculture, Fred Kpakol, said. He said the State government has recovered two out of the […]
Nnewi, Nigerian ‘small town of the superrich’, readies events for 20th NCCIMA meet, investiture
BEN EGUZOZIEMay 10, 2021
Ben Eguzozie, in Port Harcourt Nnewi, the Nigerian ‘small town for the super-rich’, according to Forbes, which had grown mainly by private investment efforts of its businessmen, with little or no help from government, has readied events to mark the 20th annual general meeting of the town’s Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and […]
Imo satchet water manufacturers begin strike over high cost of materials
Dikachi FranklinMay 5, 2021
* With 100 percent increase per sachet By Dikachi Franklin, Owerri Manufacturers of sachet water in Imo State have commenced an indefinite strike consequent upon high cost of procuring raw materials. The association arising from their meeting held last week, Friday had impressed it on the manufacturers in the State to immediately embark on a […]
Delta ramps up effort on agro-industrial park to boost agricultural value-chain
BEN EGUZOZIEApril 29, 2021
…Project to engage in value-addition processing Ben Eguzozie, in Port Harcourt Delta State is off with an Agro-Industrial Park that would drive value-addition in agriculture in the state. The state government, the main developer of the project, sited in Ogwashi-Uku, Aniocha South local council of the state, said it would greatly […]
FG trains 40 rice farmers in Edo State on value-addition, a feature lacking among many Nigerian producers
BEN EGUZOZIEApril 28, 2021
…Gives out farming inputs for improved produce …US Dept of Agric expected Nigeria’s rice import to rise 9% in 2020 Ben Eguzozie, in Port Harcourt The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) has trained 40 rice farmers in Edo State on rice value-addition, a feature grossly lacking among many […]