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The Enugu State government, during the weekend, launched N2.1 billion rural development projects in all the 17 local councils. The Guardian reports that the exercise took place simultaneously at the various project sites across the state with government officials performing the functions. According to The Guardian, the state Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi who performed the ceremony at Udi local council said his ...

The Nation reports that Dangote Industries Limited (DIL) has bought Twister B.V., a company headquartered in the Netherlands delivering reliable, high-yield and robust solutions in natural gas processing and separation to the upstream and midstream oil and gas sectors. Twister’s unique separation capabilities are designed for augmenting production and streamlining processes, to capitalise on high-yield gas processing for maximising revenues. Based ...

Delta State Government has made it known, yesterday, that it may be compelled to evict residents of the 5,000 houses allegedly built on government land in the core Area II in the Asaba metropolis at the expiration of the 90 days given to property owners in the affected area to regularise their documents. Vanguard reports that the Chairman of the Land Regularisation ...

The Minister of Water Resources, Suleiman Adamu, made it known that the Federal Government might re-design some portions of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway that are susceptible to flooding. According to The Guardian, while the Minister was speaking in Abuja yesterday at the opening of the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) national conference, he said the low level of some portions of the expressway ...

Some residents of Lagos State have lauded the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) and the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, for improved power supply. The residents gave their commendation in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Lagos. According to NAN, a resident of Abesan Estate, Ipaja, Mr. Bola Ogun, ...

President Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday, tasked the private sector operators in the country, to take the lead in the efforts at resuscitating the nation’s ailing economy, saying they hold the key to quick economic recovery. According to National Mirror, the president, who spoke at the 44th Annual General Meeting of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) held in Abuja, and attended by lawmakers and members of the Organised Private Sectors (OPS), enjoined 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 ...

The Nation reports that Lagos state Governor Akinwunmi Ambode said yesterday that the prevailing economic recession offers a viable opportunity for the country to harness the potentials of other sectors. He identified tourism as one of the critical sectors that can revitalise the economy. The governor, who spoke at the commemoration of this year’s edition of the World Tourism Day, ...

The Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research (NISER) has called for timely release of funds to boost operations of micro, small and medium scale enterprises (MSMEs), in order to reduce the effects of recession. NISER also suggested the removal of all obstacles to loans through advocacy and sensitisation. According to The Guardian, while Dr. Babatunde Ekundayo of the Surveillance and ...

According to the Commissioner for Agriculture, Mustapha Gajirima, the increasing population of Queala birds in Nguru, Ngeji and Ngalda wetlands is threatening bumper harvests in five local government areas of Yobe. Gajirima told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Damaturu that the birds were threatening rice and millet plantations in Nguru, Jakusko, Bade, Karasuwa and Fika Local Government ...