Governor Godswill Akpabio has called on Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria to consider building of drug manufacturing industry in Akwa Ibom State.

The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, says several oil-producing communities in Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers State have benefited from the 7-day free medical programme organized by the commission in conjunction with Global Hands Medical Foundation.

The Nigerian Agricultural Insurance Corporation (NAIC) has announced that it has insured crops and livestock in Cross River State to the tune of N2.7 billion. The Corporation also disclosed that it has paid N23.2 million claims to farmers in the state.

Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan has signed into law, ‘The Delta State Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency Bill’ to consolidate its micro credit activities targeted at the poor.

The Eastern Premier Feed Mills Company Limited, a subsidiary of Flour Mills of Nigeria, on Monday commissioned its $30 million ultra-modern integrated feed mill in Calabar to serve farmers in the South-South, South-East and North-Central regions of the country.

Contract for the Itigidi, Adadama and Igbo Ekureku water scheme in Abi Local Government Area which was initiated by erstwhile South Eastern State Government 42 years ago, has been signed between the Cross River State Government and Lilleker Brothers Nigeria Limited

Kula communities in Akuku-Toru Local Government Area of Rivers State, are now recipients of a multi-million naira project courtesy of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and Chevron Nigeria Ltd Joint Venture.

Shell will implement three projects worth nearly N2 billion to mark Nigeria’s centenary as the Anglo-Dutch oil giant identifies with the aspirations of the largest Black African country on the attainment of 100 years of modern nationhood.

TWO tertiary institutions in Abia state namely the State Polytechnic and College of Health Sciences and Management Technology and a secondary school - National High School, Azumini in Ukwa East LGA joined some others across the country to benefit from programmes

The Ondo State governor, Dr Olusegun Mimiko, has inaugurated the “Lakwa Vanguard”, a youth empowerment scheme initiated for the youth of the riverine communities of the state.