In a new move designed to reduce price and ease logistics inherent in the purchase of its products, the management of Dangote Cement Plc has signed a pact with foremost e-commerce platform, Jumia Nigeria, to offer for sale its cement to customers online. At the unveiling of the deal in Lagos,
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The Governor of Edo State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has approved 150 hectares of land and N100million seed capital for the 150 Libyan returnees and victims of human trafficking, who completed a skills acquisition training at the Edo Agricultural Development Programme (ADP) office in Benin City, the Edo State capital. Obaseki, who
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Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product, GDP, grew in third quarter of 2017 by 1.40 per cent in real terms, the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, said on Monday. In a report titled ‘Nigeria Gross Domestic Product Report’, the NBS noted that the development represents the second consecutive positive growth since the emergence
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Business mogul and Chairman of the Appeal Fund Raising Committee for victims of fire incidents in Kano markets, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, Monday in Kano presented a cheque of N500 million to the committee as he redeemed his pledge to help alleviate the suffering of the traders. According to the state Governor,
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Unity Bank, One of Nigeria’s leading commercial bank is one of the key players in promoting agribusiness in the country, boosting the sector with the intervention schemes to the tune of N24 billion. The bank said in a statement that its commitment towards participating in the on-lending schemes was borne out
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By CHRIS EKEKE Eminent Nigerians who gathered at the recent symposium of The Osasu Show in Abuja, have unanimously called for the urgent diversification of the Nigerian economy. In a communiqué issued at the end of the symposium with the theme: “The New Economy and Its Impact on the Less Privileged Citizens,” the stakeholders also took
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By Daniel Jones Akwa Ibom State government has embarked on massive cultivation of cassava, with a view to reducing high cost of garri in the state. The commissioner for Agriculture and Food Sufficiency, Dr Uduak Charles Udo-inyang made this known while speaking with journalists in Uyo. According to him massive cultivation of cassava has been done
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-ANIETIE UDOBIT The food and beverage company, Nestle Nigeria has restated its commitment to support young people by boosting youth entrepreneurship and inspiring the talented ones through providing training and job opportunities. The company’s Corporate Communications and Public Affairs Manager, Victoria Uwadoka, restated the commitment in a statement on Sunday in Lagos,
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-ANIETIE UDOBIT The North African country, bordering the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea, Morocco seeks to expand its influence in West Africa by joining the economic union ECOWAS. But Nigeria is reluctant to see Morocco join as it stands to lose power. Morocco's King Mohammed VI is making his country's membership application
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By SUNDAY AGBO, ABAKALIKI The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Value Chain Development Programme (VCDP) says it is targeting to inject N5billion into the economy of Ebonyi state in 2017. The State Programme Coordinator (SPC), Mr. Sunday Ituma, said this at Ezillo, Ishiellu Local Government Area of the state during the
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