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The Nation reports that the Abia State Agency for Community and Social Development Project [CSDP] has given out a total of N104.2 million to 35 communities from across the 17 local government areas of the state for different community-based developmental projects. According to The Nation, the projects, which range from markets, roads, VIP toilets, electricity, health centres, among others, are ...

Youth leaders in the Niger Delta on the platform of Niger Delta Ethnic Nationality Youth Leaders, have urged the Federal Government to urgently commence the construction of Gas Revolution Industrial Park, GRIP Project, Ogidigben, Delta State, Export Processing Zone, Cross River State, Brass Fertilizer Project in Bayelsa State and the Nigerian Maritime University, NMU, in Warri South-West Local Government Area in ...

The Vice President of Nigeria, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo said on Tuesday, that Nigeria is working with stakeholders to raise one trillion Naira to provide affordable housing for Nigerians. According to Vanguard, the vice president said this at the 22nd Nigerian Economic Summit (NES) in Abuja, when he chaired a Roundtable on Job Creation, Skills and Employment at the summit. Vanguard reports that he said ...

According to Vanguard, the Bank of Industry, BoI, has signed a $2 million agreement with the United Nations Development Programme, UNDP, to provide solar-powered electricity to no fewer than six communities in six states of the federation. Vanguard reports that, the Acting Managing Director of BoI, Mr Waheed Olagunju, while speaking at the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, ...

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said that despite the current economic recession, Nigeria’s future is bright, as the country diversifies its economy away from oil. According to Vanguard, while the Minister was speaking at a ceremony to mark the 2016 World Tourism Day in Eko Atlantic, the city that is being built on reclaimed land ...

According to the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, the Federal Government would use agriculture and solid minerals to tackle the current economic recession. Vanguard reports that, this came as Governor of Ogun State, Ibikunle Amosun said that oil has failed Nigeria. In addition, Vanguard reports that the Minister of Finance also said the country is already getting out of the ...

The National Assembly consultant on Projects Monitoring, Kayode Adegbayo, while speaking at Ogrute, Enugu Ezike, in Igbo-Eze North Local Government Council during the inspection tour of projects executed by the council, called on local governments in the country to embark on projects that would impact on the lives of the people at the grassroots. Vanguard reports that, Adegbayo said the call had become ...