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- 21 Feb 2020
Procter & Gamble Partners Kebbi State Program on Infant Mortality Reduction
Procter & Gamble, is supporting the Kebbi State Government with over 1 million Pampers® diapers to reduce infant mortality and increase immunization rate in Kebbi state. This initiative will also…
- 1 Jun 2022
ATCON Sets June 9 for its Conference on Actualization of National Broadband Target of 70%
The Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON) has announced Thursday, June 9, 2022 as date for one of its flagship events – National Strategic Mobilization for the Actualization…
- 30 Dec 2020
USAID Partners WACOT Rice on N5b Deal to Boost Rice Production in Kebbi State
WACOT Rice Limited’s (WRL) strategy to become West Africa’s leading rice producer got a massive boost from the USAID-funded West Africa Trade and Investment Hub (WATIH). The Nigerian based subsidiary…
- 17 Mar 2022
Kebbi Ministry Trains SME Associations on Leveraging ICT
The Kebbi State Ministry of Information and Communication Technology has trained the members of the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), on leveraging the use of ICT. While declaring open the one-day…
- 26 Feb 2018
Ekeh Urges FG to Grant Tax Concessions to Save Tech Sector
Leo Stan Ekeh, serial digital entrepreneur and chairman of Zinox Group has charged the Federal Government to seriously consider extending exceptional tax concessions to the technology sector as a…
- 20 May 2015
PDP, APC Govs Unite Against Jonathan, Asks FG to Account for $20Bn Oil Money
The Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) has asked , Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, coordinating minister of the Economy and minister of Finance, to account for $20 billion oil revenue. The governors insisted…
- 11 Oct 2017
Kebbi Earmarks N900m for Digitization of State TV, Radio
The Kebbi Government has earmarked N900 million for the digitization of the state radio and television stations, a government statement said on Wednesday. The statement signed by Abubakar Dakingari,…
- 30 Jan 2022
WACOT to Complete 120,000-ton Rice Mill Expansion Project in 15 Months
WACOT Rice Nigeria Limited, a subsidiary of Tropical General Investments (TGI) Group, has disclosed that the ongoing expansion of its 120,000-ton rice mill in Argungu, Kebbi State, would be completed…
- 30 Jan 2022
WACOT Rice to Complete Expansion of 120,000-ton Mill in 15 months
WACOT Rice Nigeria Limited, a subsidiary of Tropical General Investments (TGI) Group, has disclosed that the ongoing expansion of its 120,000-ton rice mill in Argungu, Kebbi State, would be completed…
- 28 Oct 2018
Elumelu at TEF Says Entrepreneurship is the Key to Unlocking Economic Development
5,000 African entrepreneurs, private and public sector leaders and the broader entrepreneurship ecosystem convened in Lagos on Thursday, October 25, 2018 for the annual Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF)…
- 6 Oct 2013
512 Muslim Pilgrims Escape Death as Air Tragedy is Averted
A major air disaster was averted yesterday in Sokoto as a Boeing 747 belonging to Kabo Air Limited lost two of its tyres while landing at the Sir Abubakar III International Airport, Sokoto. This is…
- 16 May 2015
Ex-Governors Have N172Bn Cases of Fraud- Punch
Saturday Punch has revealed that over N172 billion fraud cases are pending against some senators-elect who were formerly governors. Over 15 ex-governors won senate seats in the March 28 election with…
- 2 Feb 2022
Fidelity Bank Finances Ultra-Modern Rice Milling Factory
Mr. Godwin Emefiele, Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has joined Mrs. Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe, Managing Director of Fidelity Bank Plc, and a host of dignitaries including two state governors…
- 15 Jun 2020
GBfoods Completes N20 Billion Tomato Processing Factory in Kebbi
GBfoods, a global leader in culinary product manufacturing, in partnership with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Kebbi State Government and the Emirate of Yauri recently built a N20 billion tomato…
- 8 Oct 2023
SERAP Drags Akpabio, 9 Other Ex-Govs to Court Over Collection of Salaries, Pensions
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio and nine other former governors in the 10th Senate over their collection of…
- 25 Apr 2016
Forex Scarcity Good for Nigeria- CBN
The current scarcity of foreign exchange confronting the country has been described as a good riddance for the Nigerian economy because local production of various essential goods are now being given…
- 5 Feb 2024
Airtel Named Telecommunications Company of the Year
Airtel Nigeria has been named the ’Telecoms Company of the Year’ by one of the renowned news organizations in Nigeria, the New Telegraph newspapers. The award was presented at the annual New…
- 11 Jan 2010
Adenuga Bags Silverbird’s Man of the Year Award
Dr. Mike Adenuga Jr. (CON), chairman Globacom Limited has won the 2009 Silverbird Man of the Year Award. He polled over 75 percent of the votes sent in by text messaging. Dr. Adenuga was nominated…
- 7 Jun 2020
Fidelity Bank Donates Covid-19 Isolation Centre to Anambra State
Consistent with its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) objectives, Fidelity Bank Plc has handed over a 50-bed capacity isolation centre at Ekwulobia General Hospital to the Anambra State…
- 26 Jul 2010
Gov Obi Lauds MTN Foundation
Mr. Peter Obi, executive Governor of Anambra State, has officially commissioned a state-of-the-art haemodialysis centre donated to the General Hospital, Onitsha, by the MTN Nigeria Foundation (MTNF).…
- 28 Sept 2022
Union Bank, Firm Partner on Financial Inclusion Drive
Union Bank in its commitment to driving financial inclusion in Nigeria, has partnered with WACOT Rice Limited, a rice processing company, to financially include 6,000 local small-scale farmers in…
- 25 May 2021
WACOT Rice to Create 60,000 Jobs through Argungu Project
WACOT Rice Limited, a subsidiary of TGI Group which is based in Argungu, Kebbi State, will create 60,000 jobs across Nigeria and West Africa through its partnership with the USAID on the rice…
- 16 Sept 2019
2019 Argungu Polo Tournament Wraps Up, As Fayrouz Supports The Cultural Fete
As part of the events leading up to the 2020 edition of the Argungu Fishing Festival, a special polo tournament was organized by the Kebbi State Government in partnership with Fayrouz. The premium…
- 26 May 2016
Shittu Commiserates Ayuba’s Family, Eulogises Former Minister
Barrister Adebayo Shittu, minister of Communications, has commiserated with the family of late Gen. Tanko Ayuba over the death of the former Minister of Communications who passed on Wednesday,…
- 20 Dec 2020
Panic as CBN Revokes Licenses of 42 Microfinance Banks
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)has revoked the licenses of 42 microfinance banks in the country and has subsequently closed them with many depositors apprehensive. Mr. Godwin Emefiele, CBN governor The…
- 20 Oct 2023
300 Entrepreneurs to Receive N90m Grant as MTN Foundation Closes ICT and Business Skills Training
Three hundred young entrepreneurs are set to receive N90m in equipment grants from the MTN Foundation, following the conclusion of the sixth phase of the ICT and Business Skills training. The…
- 4 Mar 2016
Dangote, Others Acquire Peugeot Plant
Governor Nasir El-Rufa’i of Kaduna state on Friday said that the state government, Bank of Industry, business tycoon Aliko Dangote and some states will acquire the Peugeot Automobile Nigeria Ltd…
- 17 Sept 2014
Lamido Absent as PDP Govs Endorse Jonathan as Sole Candidate
Sule Lamido, governor of Jigawa state and a presidential aspirant, was absent yesterday as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum endorsed President Goodluck Jonathan as sole candidate…
- 17 Sept 2015
Plane Crash Averted in Kebbi
What would have resulted in a terrible plane accident, involving no fewer than 500 intending pilgrims from Kebbi State to Mecca, was averted yesterday. It was gathered that the aircraft with…
- 17 Mar 2016
Dangote, States Bids for Peugeot Nigeria Stake
Aliko Dangote, Africa's richest man, has teamed up with two Nigerian states to bid for a majority stake in Peugeot Automobile Nigeria (PAN) Limited, a local joint venture with the French automaker,…