Governor Ifeanyi Okowa has injected N8 billion sourced from the Central Bank of Nigeria into the Agro-Industrial Park project in Aboh-Ogwashi in Aniocha South Local Government Area. Mr Charles Aniagwu, the state Commissioner for Information, said this on Tuesday during an inspection tour of the project. He added that the project partners were also coming in with their resources to fund and develop the park. According to him, the agro-industrial park will be a catalyst for economic transformation in the state as it is a strong commitment of Okowa’s administration to grow a Delta economy not dependent on oil. Aniagwu…
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The National Health Insurance Scheme, NHIS, and Zamfara State Contributory Healthcare Management Agency, ZAMCHEMA, is set to accredit health facilities in the state. The accreditation is aimed at full commencement of service provision under the state contributory healthcare scheme, basic healthcare provision fund (BHCPF) and other programs to be implemented by the agency. ASHENWS reports that 147 primary healthcare centres across the 14 local government areas; 23 general hospitals and many registered private health facilities would be inspected by the teams. The commissioner of health, Yahaya Kanoma, represented by the permanent Secretary of the state ministry of health, Dr Habib…
The Nigerian Stock Exchange on Tuesday sustained positive posture, appreciating by 0.36 per cent due to buying interest on Dangote Cement and 26 stocks. Specifically, the All-Share Index increased by 145.17 points or 0.36 per cent to close at 40,295.95 against 40,150.78 on Monday. Similarly, the market capitalisation inched higher by N75 billion to close at N21.069 trillion from N20.994 trillion posted on Monday. The market gain was driven by price appreciation in medium and large capitalised stocks amongst which are; Dangote Cement, Ardova, NASCON Allied Industries, Dangote Sugar Refinery and May & Baker. Market closed breadth positive with 27…
Pfizer on Monday announced the appointment of Patrick van der Loo as Regional President for Africa and the Middle East (AfME) region. Patrick’s Pfizer experience spans more than 20 years in leadership roles with multiple successes across geographies. In his new role as Regional President for AfME, Patrick will lead commercial operations to bring scientific breakthroughs in vaccines, oncology, rare diseases, internal medicine, hospitals, and inflammation & immunology, to serve patients. “This year has made me even more grateful and proud to be part of Pfizer. The global pandemic has accentuated our purpose as a company and reinforced our commitment to…
By Tina George, Minna The Niger state Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Joel Dagwa has been posted to the FRSC Academy, Udi, Enugu state as its new Registrar.This is following the recent posting of Senior Officers in the Corps. The Corps Commander, Musa Mohammed will replace Dagwa as new sector commander. The outgoing Corps Commander also appealed to motorists to continue to respect traffic rules and regulations in the State while appreciating stakeholders in the state for making his stay worthwhile.
The North Central Governors Forum, has felicitated with the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan on his 62nd birthday. The forum’s chairman and governor of Niger state, Abubakar Sani Bello in a statement by the Chief Press Secretary, Mary Noel-Berje on Monday, described Senator Lawan as a seasoned educationist, progressive legislator and a good leader, who is contributing his quoter to the development of country. Sani-Bello said the celebrant’s good leadership qualities were not in doubt as it is obvious in the way he is piloting the affairs at the upper legislative Chamber. “Senator Lawan has been consistent in championing the enactment…
Commissioner of Police in Oyo State, Nwachukwu Enwonwu, has described the news making the rounds that the Command rejected suspects delivered to it by Amotekun operatives as false. The Command’s spokesman, CSP Olugbenga Fadeyi, quoted the commissioner in statement issued in Ibadan on Tuesday as saying that the news was an attempt to portray the police as uncooperative. The statement read: “the attention of the police command has been drawn to the news making the rounds about the refused admittance of robbery suspects brought into Mokola and Iyaganku Divisional detention facilities by Amotekun operatives. “The message was to create to…
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has lauded the efforts of a team of Nigerian professors and scientists investigating the effectiveness of Ivermectin drug in the treatment of COVID-19. Ivermectin is a medication used to treat many types of parasite infestations Osinbajo’s spokesman’ Laolu Akande, in a statement on Monday in Abuja, said the vice president was briefed by a team of scientists led by Prof. Femi Babalola, Principal investigator, and Prof. Chris Bode. Bode is the Chief Medical Director of Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH). The team, which is composed of Nigerian scholars at home and abroad, has also submitted its…
The Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities (SSANU) of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB) on Tuesday, began a three – day warning strike to back their demands from the Federal government. The members, who were armed with placards with various inscriptions marched from their secretariat round the campus, chanting solidarity songs to proclaim their grievances. Some of the inscriptions read: “Stop depriving us of our legitimate entitlements”, “We say no to academic headship of non-teaching units” and “Pay us our earned allowances” among others. Speaking with journalists, the chairman of the association, Mr Rotimi Fasunwon said it was…
Two persons suspected to be husband and wife were on Tuesday crushed to death in an accident involving a Toyota Camry car, Sino truck and a motorcycle around Odogbara, few metres from NNPC on the Sagamu-Ogijo road. Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, Spokesperson, Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE) in the state, confirmed the incident in Abeokuta. Akinbiyi said that the accident which occurred at 7:40am was caused by speeding, reckless riding and break failure on the part of the motorcycle that has no registration number. He stated that the motorcycle hit the Camry car marked FKY-733 GF at the rear, fell…