By Nefishetu Yakubu Daikin Middle East and Africa company has announced the launch of its first Proshop in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, in partnership with Integrated Home Concepts Limited (IHCL), to showcase advanced air conditioners. Daikin is a leading global innovator and provider of advanced, high-quality air conditioning, heating, ventilation, andContinue Reading
By Oluwatope Lawanson/Florence Onuegbu The Lagos State Government said on Wednesday that it would end food wastage in the state by 2024. Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State made this known in Ikeja, during the swearing-in of the new cabinet members of 37 commissioners and special advisers. Sanwo-Olu said thatContinue Reading
By Lucy Ogalue The Director-General of Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN), Mr Olawale Fasanya, has reiterated Federal Government’s desire to boost women owned businesses in the country. Fasanya said this at the opening of “Meet With the CEO” in collaboration with International Labour Organisation (ILO), inContinue Reading
By Segun Giwa A socio-political group, Ondo State Conscience Movement (OCM) has said it would tour the 203 wards in the state to stimulate participation and voter education in the state. The Chairman of the Group, Mr Shalom Olaseni, said in a statement on Wednesday that the tour would beContinue Reading
By Peter Okolie The Labour Party (LP) in Imo has inaugurated a 481-member campaign council to strategise and spearhead its campaign for the Nov. 11 governorship poll. Performing the ceremony in Owerri, its state Chairman, Mr Callistus Ihejiagwa, urged the members not to joke about the “fierce urgency” to rescueContinue Reading
By Kadiri Abdulrahman The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) says it is in collaboration talks with the Customs Service of neighbouring Republic of Benin to improve trade relations between both countries. The Acting Comptroller General of Nigeria Customs, Mr Adewale Adeniyi, made this known on Tuesday in Abuja, during a two-dayContinue Reading
By Oluwafunke Ishola The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has called for urgent action to accelerate the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN-SDGs) and reduce maternal and child mortality. This was contained in the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation seventh annual Goalkeepers Report released on Tuesday. The News Agency ofContinue Reading
By Perpetua Onuegbu Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Mr Ahmed Dangiwa, says the ministry is collaborating with the National Population Commission (NPC) to produce verifiable and credible data on the actual number of Nigeria’s housing deficit. Dangiwa disclosed this at a meeting with a delegation of NPC led byContinue Reading
By Fatima Mohammed-Lawal The Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) has urged the Federal Government to resuscitate its four oil refineries and make them operational. Mr Peters Adeyemi, the General Secretary of NASU, made the call on Monday during an interview with newsmen on the sidelines ofContinue Reading
By Angela Atabo The Labour Party (LP) has appointed Rep. Tochukwu Okere as the chairman of its Imo governorship campaign council, ahead of the Nov. 11 poll. Chief Chime Nzeribe, the Director-General of the Sen. Athan Achonu Campaign Organisation said this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. Nzeribe saidContinue Reading
