Agric Innovation: BUK, Dantata Foods Promote Carbon Trading
The Bayero University Kano Centre for Dryland Agriculture (CDA) and the African food giant, Dantata Foods and Allied Products Company Limited have agreed to promote the generation of carbon among small holder farmers in Nigeria through a...
Lagos State Govt Spends N20bn On Rice Mill
The lagos State Commissioner for Agriculture, Ms Bisola Olusanya, has on Thursday said about N20 billion has been spent on Imota Rice Mill in Ikorodu, which is at 85 per cent completion level.
She also said 250,000 jobs...
NERC Okays N756bn Investments For 11 Power Firms
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has approved N756.74 billion Capital Expenditure (CAPEX) for the 11 Distribution Companies (DisCos) for the next five years in their Performance Improvement Plan (PIP).
The projected investment directives were requested for by...
NIPC Grants Tax Relief To 17 Firms
The Nigeria Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC) has granted Pioneer Status Incentive (PSI) to 17 companies with a total capital investment of N99.45 billion in the first quarter of 2021.
NIPC’s Head of Incentives Administration Division, Uchenna Okonkwo, who stated...
At Iftar Dinner, Young Journalists Tasked on Objectivity, Positive Narratives in Reportage
Stakeholders have enjoined media practitioners, especially journalists, to uphold objectivity and strive to project positive narratives in their reportage.
These, they say, will aid the country's journey to peaceful coexistence and national development.
They made...
A Country That Is Bleeding, by Eric Teniola
On April 22 this year, the Minister of Defense, Major General Bashir Salihi Magashi (71) (rtd) was on the spot. He told State House correspondents that “Nigeria is bleeding”. During the media chat, he informed us all...
