DELTA State Governor, Senator (Dr.) Ifeanyi Okowa on Friday called for more investments in agricultural development to curb rising food insufficiency in Nigeria. The governor who is also Vice-Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), made the call after inspecting the Oil Palm Plantation and Refinery under construction at Akwukwu-Igbo, Oshimili North Local Government […]
Delta State Governor and Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa (3rd left); being conducted round the Delta Leisure Park and Film Village by the project consultant, Arc. Kester Ifeadi (2nd right) when he( the Governor) inspected the level of work on the facility in Asaba on Friday .With […]
THE National Broadcast Commission, NBC has temporarily suspended the shutdown of the indebted Broadcast stations. This was contained in a statement issued on Friday and signed by the Director General of the Commission, Balarabe Ilelah The suspension it said was sequel to a follow-up meeting held with Executives of the Broadcasting Organisations of Nigeria (BON), […]
BARRING any last-minute change, Nigeria will commence assemblage and manufacturing of environmentally friendly, green, electric and smart automobiles by 2023. Already, the Federal Government of Nigeria through the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), has signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, with Israeli and Japanese companies for the commencement of the project. Speaking […]
THE Federal Government, yesterday, blamed those it described as economic saboteurs for the vandalisation of crude oil facilities in Niger Delta region. Director-General, National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency, NOSDRA, Mr. Idris Musa, who stated this in Abuja, accused unnamed businessmen of masterminding the attack on oil pipelines for pecuniary gains. He said the […]
GOVERNOR Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State, yesterday, commissioned a multi-million dollar packaging films plant in the state, with a charge to companies operating in the state to engage more Corporate Social Responsibility programmes. Speaking at the commissioning ceremony of Flex Films Africa PVT Limited along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway, Abiodun charged the company to contribute its […]
INTERNATIONALBreweries Plc (IBPlc) has indicated that it is evolving strategies to sustain the positive earnings it achieved in 2021 as well as grow its share of the beer market. The chairman, HRH Nnaemeka Achebe, gave the hint at the company’s 45th Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Lagos, saying that IBPlc has continued to grow its […]
THE National Chairman, Donkey Dealers Association, Mr Dike Ifeanyi, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to take urgent steps towards safeguarding their N60 billion investment in donkey business through proper regulation. Ifeanyi made the call at a news conference organised by a Coalition of Civil Society Organisations on Monday, in Abuja. He alleged that smuggling […]
PAY television company, Metrodigital Limited, has commended the Federal Government for ending the monopoly of broadcast rights by major pay-TV operators in Nigeria. The company’s Managing Director, Ifeanyi Nwafor, gave the commendation during a news conference in Port Harcourt, describing the move as a major victory for fair competition and consumer protection in the country’s […]