FG maps 500,000 MSMEs to drive industrial growth, competitiveness
…Disburses over N600bn through BoI to support business By Yinka Kolawole The Federal Government has captured more than 500,000 Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in a national database as part of efforts to strengthen industrial development, improve policy planning and enhance Nigeria’s competitiveness in regional and global trade. This is even as over N600 billion has […]
Onitsha traders protest illegal levy
By Enyim Enyim Onitsha – Onitsha traders in Ose Okwuodu market have protested the imposition of N500 levy by the new market executive, recently installed by the Anambra state government. The traders in a peaceful protest marched through the major streets of Onitsha. Mr R. L O Fidelis, who led the protest said, they were […]
Sosan, Akingbola, Onosode for Odunaike memorial lecture
By Sam Eyoboka Lagos – AS part of its corporate social responsibility of ex-raying, anatomising, analysing and proffering solutions to the various challenges facing Nigeria, the Foursquare Gospel Church will today hold its annual Samuel Odunaike Memorial Lecture 2009 and Leadership Foundation Dinner. The theme of the programme scheduled for the Sheraton Hotel and Towers […]
Group demands release of detained BRT workers
By Ifunanya Okafor Lagos – CAMPAIGN for Democratic Workers Rights (CDWR) has called on the Lagos State government, authorities of the Lagos State Police Command and Lagbus Assest Management Limited to release the remaining five of the seven BRT workers arrested on Monday during a strike and protest over improved conditions of service. The group […]
Oil workers seek guided deregulation of downstream
By Victor Ahiuma-Young Lagos-The two unions in the nation’s petroleum industry, the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) and Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), have petitioned the Federal Government, lamenting that their position on government planned deregulation of the downstream oil industry had unfortunately been interpreted by […]
No amount of blackmail can deter me – Ohakim
By Chidi Nkwopara Owerri – Imo State Governor, Chief Ikedi Ohakim, has said that no amount of blackmail or falsehood will deter him from accomplishing his administration’s set goals for the people of the state. Ohakim stated this while addressing Imo political stakeholders at the Banquet Hall of Government House, Owerri. “It is most unfortunate […]
