Yemisi Izuora The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has called on the private sector and philanthropists to support the game of golf in order to raise the prize money and attract internationally-acclaimed golfers to play in Nigerian tournaments. The Minister, who made the call at the opening of the 2018 West African Golf Tour at the IBB International Golf and Country Club, Abuja, on Thursday, observed that the current prize money of $50,000 for both Lagos and Abuja tours will not attract top class professional golfers to Nigeria. He said countries stand to benefit greatly from sporting…
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Yemisi Izuora United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, a pan-African banking group and China Development Bank (CDB), the world’s largest development finance institution, on February 27, 2018 announced the signing of a letter of intent for $100 million seven-year to finance the development of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Africa. The $100 million loan will enhance UBA’s capacity to provide access to finance to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) across the 19 African countries where UBA currently operates. “We are excited to partner with China Development Bank (CDB), the Development Financial Institution of the Chinese Government,…
Joseph Bakare The Northern State Governors Forum Thursday commenced a meeting in Kaduna to discuss various security challenges in the region and the issue of restructuring. The Chairman of the Forum, Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno, said at the opening of the meeting that as elected representatives of the people, the governors must dispassionately address the crisis bedevilling the region. He stressed that it would be of great disservice to the people, if the crisis were politicised or given religious or tribal colorations. He said: “As elected leaders, it is our primary responsibility to take a hard and critical look at these conflicts…
Yemisi Izuora The Department of State Services, DSS in an effort to clamp Down on the media has arrested and detained Tony Ezimakor, the Independent Newspapers’ Abuja Bureau Chief, on Wednesday, holding to him for the second day running. Ezimakor had walked into DSS headquarters in Abuja about 10.30am on Wednesday to honour an invitation from the security agency. He was shunted from one office to the other on Wednesday and was asked to wait for a particular officer who was said to have been away from his office. The Independent management had made frantic efforts through its lawyer, Douglas…
Yemisi Izuora The global shift towards becoming a decarbonised economy has prompted Japan to get ahead of the renewables curve. The Japanese government has set an ambitious target of 160GW by 2030 – far outweighing baseload fuels such as coal and nuclear. Having identified solar photovoltaic (PV) as a highly competitive technology, government is piloting a utility-scale PV auction in two rounds. Bid rounds two and three are expected to open in August and November respectively, each for 250MW. Speaking at the World Smart Energy Week in Japan on Thursday, Takuya Yamazaki, from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry,…
Yemisi Izuora The Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Marine Engineering and Offshore Technology established by the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Ltd (SPDC)-operated joint venture at the Rivers State University (RSU) is set to open its doors to the pioneer students who are currently being screened in an elaborate admission process. More than 100 candidates had applied in response to newspaper advertisements, and the shortlisted ones are being screened and interviewed preparatory to commencement of studies in April. “We continue to thank NNPC and SPDC for being part of our success story at the university,” RSU Vice Chancellor,…
Yemisi Izuora The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has expressed its commitment towards providing the necessary assistance for Nigeria to attain competitive edge in non-oil sectors of the economy. Group Managing Director of the corporation, Dr. Maikanti Baru while delivering a goodwill message during the ‘NNPC Day’ at the 39th Kaduna International Trade Fair, in Kaduna, said, “NNPC is suited to providing the enabling environment for the Nation to optimise its commercial, industrial and agricultural potentials to attain competitive edge in these sectors. This is a commitment which we shall continue to abide by,” Dr. Baru stated. To further…
Yemisi Izuora The Children’s Developmental Center, CDC, has unveiled the Disability Awareness Ribbon with the support of the Lagos state government in commemoration in aid of the campaign for the Developmental Disability Awareness month. At the launch in Lagos key stakeholders in the Non Governmental Organizations, NGOs space called for action by government at all levels to provide the necessary support towards the upbringing of children with various forms of disabilities. They also expressed deep concern about the future of children with disabilities in the country where there is no clear cut policy their growth support plan and engagement…
Yemisi Izuora The Great Nigeria Insurance Plc has embarked on a pan-Nigeria radio campaign promoting the GNI Plc brand in the major local dialects highlighting the brand’s value proposition with the different products under the stable of the organisation. The campaign commenced within the first quarter, 2018. The initiative is to further compliment the positive media mention that the brand gathered with the on-going radio programs of two sponsored radio programs; the GNIONGOradio program on Traffic radio 96.1FM aired every Friday between 12:15pm and 12:30pm and theMultilingual Oga Driver radio program on Star101.5FM every Monday, Wednesday and Friday between 10:15am…
Yemisi Izuora The Enugu Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (ECCIMA) is set to host the 29th Enugu International Trade Fair expected to be the biggest so far. Apart from making it the biggest this time, the focal point during the event is significant attention and exposure the agriculture sector would receive. The chamber president Sir Emeka Udeze specifically assured that, “The Agricultural Sector will continue to receive attention in our specially designated area during the Fair aimed at boosting indulgence in Agricultural production and commercial farming, more so as it remains a critical sector towards our diversification efforts,…
