The Vice President Prof Yemi osinbajo today met with Chairman of Innoson Group, Dr Innocent Chukwuma OFR and a delegation of Chinese investors led by Liu Baoju, a Deputy Minister of Communist Party of China in Shandong Province who is equally the Chairman of Shandong Broadcasting Group and Shandong... Read more
The Anambra State Commissioner for Agriculture, Afam Mbanefo, said on Monday that the state has reached self-sufficiency in rice production. Mr. Mbanefo made the disclosure at a Commodity Alliance Forum/Consultative meeting organised by the state Value Chain Development Programme (VCDP) in Awka. The commissioner recalled that the state government... Read more
Power: Ebonyi to purchase 5.5MW biomass plant
Nigeria October 23, 2016
Ebonyi State Government is to acquire 5.5-Megawatt biomass plant from Germany which would utilize rice husk and other available waste materials to generate electricity. Governor David Umahi, who made this known after inspecting two of the three state-owned rice modern mills on Tuesday, said the plant would arrive... Read more
Bayelsa government on Sunday, threatened to arrest and prosecute 2012 flood victims from the site of Bishop Dimeari Grammar School, (BDGS) Yenagoa, if they fail to comply with the its vacation order. The victims have severally lamented their flight as the flood intervention funds in excess of... Read more
Press Release – Vice President to receive Chinese Consortium Monday Innoson Group is partnering with a consortium of Chinese investors to pump in 1Billion US dollars into Nigeria’s information technology sector of the economy. This includes 400 million USD which will be invested in Nigeria’s DSO project Digital... Read more
About 52 civil society and community-based organisations have threatened to join forces with the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to intensify the campaign for Biafra’s self-determination if the federal government fails to release the detained leader of IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu. The groups insisted that restructuring Nigeria remain the best... Read more
Parents of 14 year old minor abducted in Bayelsa in August 2015 and taken to Kano where she was allegedly forced intoa marriage have berated her continued stay in Police protective custody. The Federal High Court Yenagoa, on Monday adjourned Ese Oruru’s abduction case to Dec. 8, 2016, The... Read more
From Dianabasi Effiong, Calabar An Environmentalist, Dr Odigha Odigha says Nigeria can lose more than $1bn on development grants from The United Nations Programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (UN-REDD). Odigha, a sustainable development campaigner, gave the warning in an interactive session with journalists in Calabar... Read more
The Central Naval Command (CNC) of Nigerian Navy has urged Niger Delta Communities to seize the window of ongoing dialogue to restore peace to the region. Rear Admiral Muhammed Garuba, Flag Officer Commanding (FOC), CNC made the call on Saturday at the flag off of a free medical... Read more
King Bubaraye Dakolo, Paramount Ruler of Ekpetiama community in Yenagoa, Bayelsa has blamed widespread pollution of the Niger Delta environment to weak regulatory framework. Dakolo expressed the view in his palace on Saturday during an advocacy visit by environmental rights group, Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN).... Read more
