Kwara State Governor, Mr. Abdulfatah Ahmed, has said that he will consolidate on the achievements of his predecessor, Senator Bukola Saraki, by adopting and redefining his people-oriented policies.
The Chairman of Accion Microfinance Bank, Mr. Patrick Akinwutan, has urged microfinance operators to invest in staff training so as to ensure that they are properly grounded on the rudiments of microfinancing.
Over 3,000 adults in Nigeria and five other African countries in sub-Saharan Africa who are receiving antiretroviral treatment (ART) are currently being monitored under a new project called PharmAccess Africa Studies to Evaluate Resistance (PASER).
As part of measures aimed at averting the distortion of Yenagoa master plan the Bayelsa Capital City Development Authority (CCDA) is collaborating with the Nigerian Institute of Town Planners (NITP) to fast track the infrastructural, socio-economic developmental programmes of the state.
Determined to participate in the facilities management of Assets Management Corporation of Nigeria, AMCON, the Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers, NIESV through its subsidiary, the NIESV Learning Centre, NLC, last week, organised a two-day training programme to update the skills of estate surveyors to handle the multi-billion Naira jobs.
Immediate past National President of the Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture – (NACCIMA), Dr Simon Chukwuemeka Okolo has challenged newly inaugurated leaders in the country to increase health care financing in their respective domains to ensure the good health of their people for enhanced economic activities and growth of their economy.
Nestle Nigeria Plc has rewarded the overall winner of the 2011 Maggi Cook for Mama competition, Miss Ochonogor Deborah Adaeze of Government Secondary School, Byszhin, Abuja with N500, 000.
NOT less than 70 per cent of children in Nigeria do not have their births registered, says the United Nations Education Fund (UNICEF).
Financial analysts have predicted a lull in the corporate bond market for the remaining part of the year 2011.
A quiet little squeak from a ceiling fan can become annoying and aggravating. This noise can also be a warning of serious troubles, so don’t ignore it. A report in http://www.wikihow.com gives the following tip on how to repair a squeaking fan.
The Quantity Surveyors Registration Board of Nigeria, QSRBN, has called on the Federal Government to urgently reduce import duties on building and construction materials being imported into the country, if it is determined to achieve the dream of infrastructural transformation of the country.
In its effort to reinforce and improve the capacity and reliability of its transmission grid network, the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, has commissioned eight new 60MVA, 132/33kV Power Transformers, installed in various transmission stations nationwide.
The 3rd Triennial National Delegates Conference of PENGASSAN, the umbrella union of senior staff in Nigeria’s oil and gas industry has lauded Total Upstream Compnies in Nigeria for its examplary conduct.
The value of investment on the Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE, dipped last week by N12.01 billion, as the indices for measuring the performance of listed equities, the market capitalization and all-share index both dipped by 0.15 per cent each.
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