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UN Food Agency said high food prices persist in the developing world and 31 countries need emergency assistance.
Ekiti State Governor, Segun Oni has appealed to the Federal Government to pay more attention to federal roads in the state, adding that good road network is the bedrock of his administration's revolutionary efforts.
Nestle Nigeria Plc has donated N15 million to the University of Agriculture Abeokuta to boost the Soybean Popularization Project and Farm Family Health Initiative for farmers in the South West part of the country. The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Nestle Mr. Martin Woolnough said for a company to have long term business success, it must simultaneously create value for farmers ...
The Kano state government is placing more emphasis on the private sector in its business and developmental policies and programs, according to the state commissioner for Commerce, Industry and Tourism, Alhaji Ahmed Yakasai
Determined to deliver its mandate to the motoring public, the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA) has threatened to sanction contractors handling various road maintenance projects whose jobs fail within six months of completion.
Plans are underway by the Federal Government to establish additional 15 international stock routes across the north eastern states with a view to check mating the frequent clashes between farmers and pastoralists especially at border areas.
The Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) and the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) have asked the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to explain why the country pays $545 million monthly on the Joint Venture Cash Call (JVC) only to get lesser returns.
Diamond Bank said its offering window of opportunities for customers to acquire choice Peugeot cars without paying any interests on the principal.
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has concluded arrangements with the Directorate of Road Traffic Services (DRTS) to introduce a road tax policy in Abuja. This is to ensure that adequate revenue is generated to maintain all existing roads in the city.
Dangote Group of Companies says it has invested additional N25 billion into the Savannah Sugar Company in Numan, Adamawa State.
Trade Union Congress (TUC) sources yesterday revealed to Daily Trust that the union declined a meeting with the Federal Government's team this week to discuss government's plans to deregulate the downstream petroleum sector.
Kano state governor, Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau, at the weekend, called on the Federal Government to create a special agency where the benefits of the subsidy removed from the petroleum sector as a resultof deregulation is used for delivery of democracy dividends to Nigerians like what happened during the military era.
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) said it had concluded arrangements with the Directorate of Road Traffic Services (DRTS) to introduce a road tax policy in Abuja.
Ekiti State government, weekend, disbursed N175 million as housing and car loans to 165 local government workers across the 16 local government councils in the state.
Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Mr. Osita Chidoka, has said the nation's quest to become one of the 20 leading economies in the world by the year 2020 may be threatened by road accidents.
Enugu State Housing Development Corporation (ESHDC) has refuted a recent report by the Central Bank (CBN) that the corporation is owing unserviced loan to Bank PHB running to the tune of N1.76 billion.
Standard and Poor's has assigned its 'B' long-term credit rating to Rivers State, indicating a stable outlook. With this development, Rivers State has become the first state to be rated by Standard and Poor's.
Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Idris Legbo Kutigi, has blamed the unending crisis in the judiciary occasioned by the strike of the judiciary workers on the governors of the 36 states who he said have refused to implement the recommendation of the National Judicial Council (NJC).
House of Representatives has blamed the deplorable state offederal roads on a wrong budget cycle punctuated by delays in presentation and passage of the Appropriation Act every year.
A team of senators of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, led by its president, David Mark, has visited erosion sites in Imo state to ascertain the rate of damage of the menace.
Ekiti State government has attributed current delay in the payment of salaries of civil servants in the state, to the April/May re-run governorship election in the state.
AS controversy continues to trail government planned deregulation of the downstream sector of the nation's petroleum industry, Labour Writers Association of Nigeria (LAWAN) has called for a time frame to end importation of petroleum products into the country.
THE Minister of State for Information and Communications, Alhaji Ikra Aliyu Bilbis penultimate Thursday encouraged African countries to open up their Telecommunications market to local and international operators in order to build capacity and give more access to their people.
Links Telkom has connected the Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries' (MFM) Prayer City along Lagos - Ibadan Express Road to its telecommunication network and in the process ensuring that the sprawling city now enjoys an integrated telecommunications solution that covers voice, video and data.
GOVERNOR Sullivan Chime of Enugu State has described Globacom as a friendly network. The governor made the comment at the opening of the second Gloworld shop in Enugu, the state capital.
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