ESOPP phase 2
10 May 2024
The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has unveiled plans for launch of the second phase of the state’s Oil Palm Programme (ESOPP), with an additional 47,000 hectares to be allocated to new and prospective oil palm investors.
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The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) says it is introducing a special intervention to address incessant power failure in tertiary institutions across the country. Chairman, Board of Trustees of TETFund, Aminu Masari, disclosed this on Wednesday in Abuja, while inaugurating the steering committee for Alternative Energy Solution Initiative in tertiary Institutions Masari said the initiative…
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It was perhaps not the welcome Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin had hoped for on an annual US trip to mark Saint Patrick's Day -- a dressing down from Donald Trump on trade and tariffs. "We do have a massive deficit with Ireland," the US president said in answer to the very first question he…
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In a well-coordinated operation on Tuesday, March 11, 2025, troops of Sub-Sector 4, Operation FANSAN YAMMA successfully neutralised three Violent Extremists and Insurgents (VEIs) in an ambush at an area near Ngwagi Hill, Gwagwada Community, off the Kaduna - Abuja highway in Chikun LGA of Kaduna State. According to Acting Deputy Director of Army Public…
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Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke, on Wednesday, said 42,000 pupils and students of public primary and secondary schools have received corrective eyeglasses free of charge from the government. Adeleke made this known in Osogbo, the state capital, on Wednesday during the presentation of corrective glasses with the distribution of free medical equipment to Osun…
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The Ogun Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE) has advised companies to regular re-train their drivers for road safety. Mr Adekunle Ajibade, the Ogun South-West Zonal Commander of TRACE, gave the advice while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Ota. Ajibade reacted on an accident that involved a truck loaded…
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Rivers State Governor Sir Siminalayi Fubara has explained that he was denied access to the Assembly Quarters to present the 2025 Appropriation Bill. Fubara disclosed this during the inauguration of the Bori Zonal Hospital in Khana Local Government Area of the State on Wednesday. The governor emphasised that, in complying with the Supreme Court judgment,…
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The Federal Capital Territory Internal Revenue Service (FCT-IRS) has urged all residents in the territory to file their Annual Income Returns before the deadline of March 31, 2025. In a statement issued on Wednesday, FCT-IRS stated that the filing of annual returns of income from all sources is mandatory for all taxpayers, including those in…
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The Federal Ministry of Works has clarified that the Otedola Bridge in Lagos remains structurally sound and is not under any threat. The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos, Mrs Olukorede Kesha, made the clarification following a gas tanker fire incident on Tuesday night. Kesha, who visited the scene on Wednesday morning, confirmed that the…
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The Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Ahmed Dangiwa, says the Federal Government will create an online application for skilled workers and artisans. Dangiwa made this known in a statement signed by Salisu Haiba, the Director of Press and Public Relations, in Abuja on Wednesday. He spoke after receiving the Senior Special Assistant to the…
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Elder Statesman, Chief Chekwas Okorie, said on Wednesday that the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has suffered grievously, restating his appeal to President Bola Tinubu to facilitate his release and the release of other prisoners of conscience in the country from further incarceration. He stated that since 2015, Kanu…