Airtel Nigeria has introduced new mouth-watering data offers.The New Airtel Data Plan of 2GB for N200 and 6GB for N500.This offer is coming after Globacom put the rest of the network on their toes. Although the new airtel offer can only work on 2G network but still rocks well.How to …
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Social Intervention programme,not Welfare-Osinbajo
Nigeria’s Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said the Federal Government’s social intervention programme was not a welfare scheme that gives handouts to the poor but the largest single dedicated provision for social investment in the country. He said this in his address at the launch of the Strategy Framework/Source Book …
Read More »Nigeria leads African countries in livestock ownership -Ogbeh
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Audu Ogbeh, yesterday June 2nd, released details of the 2011 National Agricultural Sample Survey, which shows an estimated number of livestock in the country. At a news conference in Abuja, Ogbeh said the 2011 census on Nigeria’s livestock showed that the country had an …
Read More »NEITI audit uncovers N2.23trillion lost, unremitted revenues by NNPC in 2013
The long-awaited Nigeria oil and gas as well as the solid minerals sectors 2013 audit reports by the Nigerian Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, NEITI, was officially unveiled in Abuja on Monday. The Minister of Solid Minerals and Chairman, NEITI Board, Kayode Fayemi, who unveiled the report, said the document contained …
Read More »Calabar Carnival: Okhma wins marketing rights
After a series of presentations by several marketing companies seeking to handle The Calabar Carnival account, Cross River State carnival commission, the agency responsible for overseeing the annual Calabar Carnival, have announced Okhma Global Limited, a marketing consulting based in Lagos, as Lead Marketing company for the carnival. Their responsibilities …
Read More »Berger Paints promises growth as Fx scarcity reduced Q1 profit
Berger Paints Nigeria Plc. has promised their shareholders improved returns on their investments by the end of the year despite the drop in their financial performance for the first quarter (Q1) ended March 31, 2016 to foreign exchange scarcity (FX). The Premier paints company in Nigeria said it is hopeful …
Read More »Governors seek access to $3.2 billion World Bank fund
Governors of Nigeria’s 36 states are seeking to access about $3.2 billion from the World Bank to curtail the fiscal challenge faced across the states, the governors’ forum has said. The revelation was made on Thursday morning by some of the governors after their meeting at the Banquet Hall of …
Read More »Social investment, govt palliatives will boost employment opportunities – FG
The Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, office of the Vice President, Mr. Laolu Akande has stated that more than 8 million Nigerians would benefit from the diverse social investment programmes in the 2016 budget spending in terms of job opportunities as well as would be a ready-made palliative …
Read More »FG needs $700m to upgrade refineries – Kachikwu
The Minister of State for Petroleum, Dr Ibe Kachikwu, said on Saturday that the Federal Government needed 700 million dollars to upgrade its refineries to produce at maximum capacities. Kachikwu, who is also the Group Managing Director of NNPC, disclosed this while speaking with newsmen during the re-inauguration of …
Read More »FG set to begin repairs on Apapa-Oshodi expressway, other roads
The Federal Controller of Works, Lagos, Mr Godwin Eke, said on Sunday that the Federal Government was set to begin rehabilitation of the Apapa-Oshodi Expressway and other federal roads in Lagos. Eke told newsmen while inspecting the highway that construction giant Julius Berger had submitted cost estimates for the repairs …
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