Sasakawa : Women Farmers Commend NGO for Provision of Seedlings, Training

AgricultureBusinessNewsNigeriaSasakawa : Women Farmers Commend NGO for Provision of Seedlings, Training

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)December 6, 2020

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent ______ Women farmers in Maiganga Community in Gombe state, have commended Sasakawa Africa Association (SAA), a Non Governmental Organisation for providing them with improved soybeans seedlings while also training them on soybean processing. Speaking  in Maiganga community, Akko Local Government Area of Gombe state, the farmers were appreciative for the gesture. Magdalene Isiaku, a soybeans farmer said “ I am very happy today because I am now richer after harvest...

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FG Approves N3000 to N6000 for Lagos-Ibadan Train Charges

BusinessNewsNigeriaFG Approves N3000 to N6000 for Lagos-Ibadan Train Charges

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)December 5, 2020

The Federal Government has said that the charges on the new Lagos-Ibadan rail standard gauge would be between N3000 to N6000. The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, disclosed this during an inauguration of the Governing Council of the Chartered Institute of Transport Administration of Nigeria (CIOTA) in Abuja on Friday. The new train would begin operation by January, 2021. The minister said, “I have received the mandate of President Muhammadu Buhari to inaugurate the Lagos/Ibadan...

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Governor Mohammed Distributes 655 Keke Napep (Okada), 154 Commercial Motor Vehicles

BusinessJobsNewsGovernor Mohammed Distributes 655 Keke Napep (Okada), 154 Commercial Motor Vehicles

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)December 4, 2020

By Hassan Umar Shallpella, News Correspondent _____ To improve transportation system in Bauchi State, Governor Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed has distributed 655 units of Keke Napep under the second phase of the initiative and 154 units of commercial motor vehicles for the improvement of transport system in the state. Presenting Keke and the vehicles to the beneficiaries in Bauchi, the governor said the exercise was part of his administration’s readiness to give citizens the opportunity to...

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New Vehicle Loading Terminal Open In Yola Town

EconomyInfrastructureNewsNew Vehicle Loading Terminal Open In Yola Town

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)December 4, 2020

By Hassan Umar Shallpella, News Correspondent ____ In its effort to expand the loading terminals, the Adamawa State Transport Board operators of “Sunshine Express” has open a new terminal in Yola town loading passengers from Yola to Jalingo, Abuja, Kano, Bauchi, Jos among others. Commissioning the terminal, Adamawa State Commissioner for Transport Adamawa State Alhaji Mustapha Jika said the terminal is aim at boosting the transportation activities in the state He called on residents of...

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FEC Approves N487m for Automation of Federal Mortgage Bank

BusinessMoneyNewsFEC Approves N487m for Automation of Federal Mortgage Bank

PilotnewsDecember 3, 2020

The Federal Executive Council presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari has approved N487 million for the procurement of a banking application software for the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria. Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, made the disclosure at the end of the meeting of the Council in Abuja on Wednesday. Fashola expressed the hope that the introduction of the software would boost the efficiency of the mortgage bank, in line with modern banking...

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FG to Sanction Discos Selling Meters

BusinessInfrastructurePowerFG to Sanction Discos Selling Meters

PilotnewsDecember 3, 2020

The Federal Government has said it would sanction any electricity distribution company or its representatives selling meters or asking Nigerians to pay money to get the item. The Special Adviser to the President on Infrastructure, Mr. Ahmed Zakari, gave the warning at a stakeholders’ engagement on electricity tariff, organised by the FGN/NLC-TUC Ad-hoc Committee. Zakari said, “We have made it clear through the regulator’s direct order as well as the intervention from the Ministry of...

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Bauchi State Mandates Public Officials To Declare Their Assets

JobsNewsNigeriaBauchi State Mandates Public Officials To Declare Their Assets

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)December 3, 2020

By Hassan Umar Shallpella, News Correspondent Public officers in Bauchi state have been mandated to declare their assets in line with the provision of Code of Conduct Bureau so as to guard against the wrath of the law. Governor Bala Mohammed gave the directive Tuesday while declaring open a two day workshop on “Strict compliance with assets declaration and Code of Conduct for public officers and career civil servants” in the state held at Command...

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Adamawa State Government To Patronize Local Contractors

BusinessInfrastructureNewsRural DevelopmentAdamawa State Government To Patronize Local Contractors

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)December 3, 2020

By Hassan Umar Shallpella, News Correspondent Adamawa State Government has restated its commitment to support and patronize indigenous contractors for the socio-economic growth and development of the state. Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri made this known when the state leadership of the Indigenous Consultants and Contractors Forum paid him a courtesy call at the Government House, Yola Wednesday. “The present administration will continue to promote the use of local content in the state and accords the...

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Collapsed Electricity Grid Now Restored — TCN boss

BusinessNewsPowerCollapsed Electricity Grid Now Restored — TCN boss

PilotnewsDecember 2, 2020

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) says it has restored the collapsed electricity grid system across the country. The Acting Managing Director of TCN, Mr Sule Abdulaziz, made this known while addressing newsmen in Abuja on Wednesday. Abdulaziz said the system which collapsed on Sunday evening was restored within 40 minutes of the incident. He explained that the company immediately went into action and stabilised the system in Abuja, before other parts of the country....

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Medical Director Tasks Doctors on Brain Drain

EducationJobsNewsNigeriaMedical Director Tasks Doctors on Brain Drain

PilotnewsDecember 2, 2020

The Medical Director, Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Abuja, Prof. Saad Ahmed, has advised medical practitioners who had benefited from government’s investment in the health sector to reconsider their decisions to leave Nigeria for practice in other countries. Ahmed gave the advice at the Annual General Meeting and scientific conference of the Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), FMC Jabi Chapter, in Abuja. He said that the rate at which the country was losing its professional healthcare...

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