Fear of armed cattle herders hit prices of agricultural produce in Enugu
BEN EGUZOZIEApril 23, 2021
…Some food stuffs see 300% price jump, aligning March 18.17% CPI Ben Eguzozie, in Port Harcourt Investigations carried out by our newspaper across some local markets in Enugu State indicate that fear by famers of herdsmen attacks in their farms has spiralled rise in the prices of local food items in the […]
Aba, Nigerian leather, garments and allied products hub, inaugurates multi-million-naira industrial cluster
BEN EGUZOZIEApril 14, 2021
…Complex to house 15,000 shops …To produce 1,500 different garments daily Ben Eguzozie, in Port Harcourt The move to get Aba, Nigeria’s south-eastern commercial city noted for small and medium-scale creative leather and garments products, and fabrication of industrial tools, as an organized industrial city began with Governor Okezie Ikpeazu breaking […]
Nigeria’s oil-rich Rivers set to inaugurate cassava processing factory
BEN EGUZOZIEApril 14, 2021
…3,000 farmers to be immediate off-takers …Shell part owner of plant …Nigeria, though crop’s global leader, still records low yields per hectare Ben Eguzozie, in Port Harcourt Nigerian oil-rich sub-national, Rivers State, is set to inaugurate a cassava processing plant in May, which will have 3,000 farmers as immediate off-takers. The company […]
IFAD, FG eye Imo State to site special agro-industrial processing zone project
Dikachi FranklinApril 13, 2021
Dikachi Franklin Owerri Hope of unemployment reduction is building up in Imo State and signals for job opportunities are rife with the coming of the African Development Bank (AFDB), International Fund for African Development(IFAD) in collaboration with the Federal Government of Nigeria to build Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zone Project in Okigwe in Imo State. […]
Imo holds over 200 trillion cubic feet gas deposits – Sylva
Dikachi FranklinApril 13, 2021
*NGEP committed to take 100 million Nigerians out of poverty *2020-2030 decade of gas Dikachi Franklin Owerri Serious efforts are being made to take out 100 million Nigerians out of the poverty level before the next decade, the federal government reiterated this commitment through the federal ministry of petroleum resources during a two day national […]
PDP governors seeks new revenue formular for states, local governments
BEN EGUZOZIEApril 12, 2021
…Warn Nigeria on brink of ‘failed state …Want power devolved via restructuring of country …Want security architecture decentralized …Call for transparency in NNPC Ben Eguzozie, in Port Harcourt Nigerian state governors elected on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), the main opposition political party, after a joint meeting in Makurdi, Benue […]
Delta ready with resources for take-off of three new varsities – Okowa
BEN EGUZOZIEApril 9, 2021
…But the N384bn 2021 budget didn’t capture them …Education allocated N23.55bn in the budget Ben Eguzozie, in Port Harcourt Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa said the state administration was fully prepared with resources and facilities to take-off three newly created universities in the state. The varsities were recently approved by the […]
UCCIMA, SECCIMA, NEPC ask South-East SMEs to access N50bn export development
BEN EGUZOZIEApril 7, 2021
…Say non-oil sector strategic for economy diversification, support 10m persons …Experts advise EDF administration should be transparent Ben Eguzozie, in Port Harcourt The Umuahia Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (UCCIMA) along with South East Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (SECCIMA) and the Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) […]
Calabar Port comes alive with first export of cocoa to US, in 30 years
Ben Eguzozie in Port HarcourtApril 2, 2021
Ben Eguzozie, in Port Harcourt Calabar Port, one of the seven that make up the much-idled Eastern Ports, came alive for the first time in over 30 years in export of goods. The port sent out its first consignment of 7,000 metric tonnes of cocoa to the U.S. The Eastern Ports are: Port […]
Infra-Cross, Cross River’s miniature of Nigeria Infra-Co, moves to fast-track state’s infrastructure, bolster local content
BEN EGUZOZIE, in Port HarcourtMarch 31, 2021
…But development experts worry state’s ‘signature projects’ unrealized as time ticks away Ben Eguzozie, in Port Harcourt Cross River says Infra-Cross, its infrastructure company, a miniature of the Nigeria infrastructure firm, Infra-Co, is a concerted and deliberate policy blueprint to aggressively develop the state’s manpower and technical know-how. It said, since […]