Food security: Lagos grants N16m loan to farmers
… distributes farming tools
THE Lagos State Government has presented N16 million loan facility to five farmers’ cooperative societies and distributed various farming tools to over 200 farming households in Lagos, aimed at boosting food production in the state.
Audit c’ttees should challenge managements’ conclusion
Audit Committee members should not accept management’s assertions and statements but ask probing questions and challenge their conclusions.
FG seeks collaboration with NCS in agricultural sector
THE Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, yesterday sought for closer collaboration with the Nigeria Computer Science, NCS, to transform the sector.
Commissioner urges women to reject child marriage
Delta State Commissioner for Women Affairs, Community and Social Development, Mrs. Betty Efekodha, has faulted child marriage in all its ramifications.
Panic as lunatic sets fuel truck ablaze in Bayelsa
Workers of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Mega Filling Station along the Sani Abacha Expressway in the Bayelsa State capital and customers who stopped by to refuel their vehicles were reportedly thrown into panic, Tuesday, following a failed attempt by a deranged man to set a fuel tanker ablaze.
World Bank empowers 110 Ebonyi communities
ABAKALIKI – Ebonyi State Community and Social Development Agency, EB-CSDA, a World Bank-assisted project, yesterday disclosed that 110 communities in the 13 local government areas had so far benefitted from the scheme since it started operation in the state in April 2009.
Okpe indigene raises alarm over abandoned road project
An indigene of Jeddo town in Okpe Local Government Area of Delta State, Chief Dickson Obirenfoju, has appealed to the state government to ensure the speedy completion of the Jeddo/Ohorie Road project, which he said had been abandoned by successive administrations.
African troops thwart Islamist Shebab attack in south Somali port
African troops in Somalia said they thwarted an attack Thursday by Islamist Shebab fighters on their base in the southern port city of Kismayo.
eTranzact partners MoneyGram on money transfer
As part of its support for the cashless initiative by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, eTranzact International Plc, a quoted company on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) has signed an agreement with MoneyGram on money transfer via mobile phone.
Sainfeit: Beating Eagles will be beautiful
Malawi’s Flames coach Tom Saintfiet has sounded confident that his charges have got all what it takes to defeat the Super Eagles and progress for the 2014 Brazil World Cup.
Thailand to help Nigeria in rice, cassava production
…trade to hit $3bn
Thailand is to assist Nigeria to improve the local production of rice so as to reduce the importation of the commodity and to add value to cassava production.
