Staco Insurance targets N8.5bn premium income
Staco Insurance plc has set in motion all strategies within the ethical limits to gross premium income of not less than N8.5 billion in the current year 2013, as against N6.7 billion generated in 2012.
Biotechnology ‘ll help improve yield varieties – Kebbi varsity VC
Vice Chancellor of Kebbi State University of Science and Technology, Aliero, Prof. Abdullahi Zuru, has said that the application of Biotechnology on agriculture would help in tackling the challenge of shrinking resources through improved yield varieties.
Nasarawa gets new SSG
Governor Umaru Al-Makura of Nasarawa State, has appointed Hajia Zainab Abdulmumini, as the new Secretary to the State Government, SSG.
Popular Hausa female musician, Hajia Sa’adatu Aliyu dies at 80
A renowned Hausa female singer, Hajiya Sa’adatu Aliyu, popularly known as ‘Barmani Choge,’ has died at the age of 80 in Funtua, Katsina State.
Shell empowers Bayelsa, Rivers youths with skills
The Anglo-Dutch oil giant, Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) has empowered 20 youths drawn from the disputed oil rich communities of Nembe in Bayelsa and Kula in Rivers State, with life-sustaining skills as part of measures aimed at boosting capacity and increasing wealth portfolio in the Niger Delta.
Beaming the light on small-scale mining
Small-scale and artisanal mining, a sector that governments and development agencies often see as only a problem, could be a source of sustainable livelihoods for millions of marginalised people, say researchers at the International Institute for Environment and Development, IIED.
