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NEMA: Another Flood Disaster Imminent Next Year, Says 2022 Warning Not Heeded
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) yesterday raised the alarm that there might be another devastating flooding in Nigeria next year if necessary precautions were not taken by government at…
Flood threatens N1.9tn CBN agric schemes, losses mount
The devastation caused by floods on hundreds of thousands of hectares of farmlands across the country currently poses a threat to the various agricultural schemes of the Central Bank of…
SDG: Allianz Earmarks N11m To Drive Youth Employment
L-R: Samuel Ohonusi, Chief Underwriting Officer; Adeolu Adewumi-Zer, MD/CEO; Kanma Ekpe, Marketing Transformation and Reputation Manager and Patience Ugboajah, Chief Customer Officer, all of Allianz Nigeria, at the 2022…
Emerging Economies Urged To Improve Food Production
By Ngozi Onyeakusi----The Federal Government has reiterated the need for countries with emerging economies to adopt measures geared toward addressing the difficulties they are facing in food production and improved…
CBN, Bankers’ Committee Hold Maiden Non-Oil Exports Summit
The maiden Summit on Non-Oil Exports under the Race to US$200 Billion in Foreign Exchange (FX) Repatriation (RT200) programme launched in February 2022 by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN),…
Palm Investment: Edo State calls For Regional Collaboration To Drive Growth
The Edo State Government has called for regional collaboration to drive investment into sustainable oil palm production in Nigeria, as part of strategies to lead the country’s industrialisation drive.…
A’Ibom Coconut Oil Refinery, To Produce 3,000 Jobs
By Ngozi Onyeakusi---The Akwa Ibom State Government has commissioned what its described as Africa’s first digital coconut oil refinery Commissioning the factory located in Ikot Akpan Okop village in Mkpat…
World Bank Group, IMF, WFP, WTO call for urgent coordinated action on Food Security
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala By Ngozi Onyeakusi---The Heads of the World Bank Group (WBG), International Monetary Fund (IMF), United Nations World Food Program (WFP), and World Trade Organisation (WTO) have called…
FG, World Bank inaugurate project to tackle environmental challenges
The Federal Government, in collaboration with World Bank, has launched the Agro-Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscapes (ACReSAL) Project, to address environmental challenges in Nigeria’s North. Alhaji Mohammed Abdullahi, Minister of…
Ogun State Ministry of Environment, Nestlé Nigeria, collaborate to mark 2022 World Water Day
L – R) Permanent Secretary, Bureau of Cabinet and Special Services, Alhaji Olanrewaju Saka; Permanent Secretary Ministry of Rural Development and Water Resource Ogun State; Mr Adetunji Kanimodo; Guest…