President of the Dangote Group, Alhaji, Aliko Dangote, has announced that the Dangote Sugar Refinery (DSR) Plc is significantly scaling up its investment in the sugar sub-sector in line with the requirement of the Nigeria Sugar Master plan (NSMP). Speaking at the Flag off Ceremony of the 2022/2023 Crushing Season and Outgrower Scheme Awards in Numan, Adamawa State, Dangote said ... Read More »
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Oyo Govt approves construction of Magistrate Court, Police Station at Olomi Correctional Centre in Ibadan
…to renovate Simeon Adebo Staff Development Centre …approves promotion of 1,629 workers Oyo State Government, on Tuesday, approved the award of the contract for the construction of a Magistrate Court and a Police Station at the Olomi Correctional Centre, Ibadan. The projects which will be delivered through the Alternative Project Funding Approach (APFA) is expected to be completed in six ... Read More »
LAGOS MARKET LEADERS MEET SANWO-OLU, PLEDGE SUPPORT FOR APC
•Governor approves business grant for 100 traders in each market Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has extended his ongoing political consultation to markets and community of traders across the State. The Governor, on Tuesday, met with all market leaders in Lagos under the aegis of Association of Commodity Market Women and Men of Nigeria. The meeting was held at the ... Read More »
Humanitarian minister blames finance minister for N206bn budget padding
The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development, Sadiya Farouq, has blamed the Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, for adding N206bn to the humanitarian ministry’s budget. Farouq, who appeared before the Senate Committee on Special Duties on Monday to defend the 2023 budget, claimed that the ministry requested some projects for the North East Development Commission and the ... Read More »
Child defilement: Trial of Lagos medical doctor Femi Olaleye stalled
The absence of a medical director, Femi Olaleye, alleged to have defiled a 16-year-old girl stalled his arraignment at Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court on Monday. Olaleye was to be arraigned for the alleged defilement of a 16-year-old girl (name withheld). The State Counsel, Mr Oluwagbenga Alagbe, informed the court when the case was called informed the court ... Read More »
Abiodun: Ogun, NNPC to reconstruct Ogijo-Sagamu Road
…unveils 4-km Oba Erinwole Road, Sagamu The Ogun State governor, Dapo Abiodun, has disclosed the readiness of its administration to collaborate with Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to reconstruct the dilapidated Ogijo-Sagamu Road. Abiodun, who made this disclosure on Monday at the official inauguration of the 4-kilometre Oba Erinwole Road in Sagamu Local Government Area of the state, said that ... Read More »
2022: Dangote Industries Wins FMDQ Largest Corporate Lodgment Award
…As Dangote Cement named Most Trusted Brand of the Year In a blaze of honour, the Pan-African conglomerate, Dangote Industries Limited (DIL) and its Africa’s leading cement manufacturer subsidiary, Dangote Cement Plc were adjudged the Largest Corporate Bond lodgment on FMDQ in gold category and the 2022 Most Trusted Brand of the Year respectively. On the back of the Largest ... Read More »
LASG URGES WORLD BANK TO EXTEND APPEALS PROJECT
…8,000 Farmers Benefited From Project In Five Years, Says Commissioner …Presents Compensation Cheques To Beneficiaries Over Farm Produce Loss Following the positive impact of the Agro-processing, Productivity Enhancement and Livelihood Improvement Support (APPEALS) Project on farmers’ productivity in the State, Lagos State Government has appealed to the World Bank for an extension of the project. The request was made by ... Read More »
2023: Atiku In Gombe, Promises To Revive Dam To Generate Electricity, Enhance Trade
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar has promised to revive Dadin Kowa Dam to generate light for the country when elected in the forthcoming election. Speaking at the PDP Presidential campaign rally in Gombe, Atiku said all the roads linking Gombe to Adamawa with Borno, with Bauchi, with Yobe will be reconstructed for the purposes ... Read More »
Wike promises ‘logistics support’ for NNPP’s Kwankwaso’s campaign
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state has promised to provide ‘logistics support’ for the campaign of the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, Rabiu Kwankwaso. Wike made this promise at the commissioning of the Mgbutanwo Internal Roads in Emohua Local Government Area of the state. The Rivers governor, who had invited the NNPP presidential candidate, described Kwankwaso ... Read More »