Linking Partners for Niger Delta Development

March 24, 2015

Addax Petroleum Trains Rural Farmers on Cassava Production

After two weeks of intensive training, thirty two farmers, from rural oil bearing communities in Akwa Ibom, Imo and Rivers states where Addax Petroleum Nigeria Limited has its operations, received a new lease of life as their farming skills
March 24, 2015

Nigeria’s FG launches Development Bank to help MSMEs

Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan has launched the Development Bank of Nigeria. The Bank is to tackle the challenge of access to finance by Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in Nigeria and will take off with a seed capital of $1.5 billion.
March 23, 2015

Cross River trains workers on social media

The Cross River State Government has organized a training programme for selected workers on the importance, use and management of social media. The programme was organised through the Communication Technology Development Department (CTDD) of the governor’s office.
March 20, 2015

57 Niger Delta Communities to Benefit from FG’s Water Project

No fewer than 57 communities in five states in the Niger Delta Region are to benefit from the Federal Government’s community water project. The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Dr Steve Oru, who disclosed this recently said the benefitting communities were in Imo, Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Ondo and Delta states.
March 17, 2015

Mobil trains 62 women on food production in Akwa Ibom

As part of its Corporate Social Responsibility, Mobil Producing Nigeria (MPN) has facilitated a four-day capacity building workshop for 62 Akwa Ibom women. The training has as its theme: Enhancing Local Food Production Beyond Subsistence: the case of oil palm refining, cassava, plantain, yam and corn.
March 17, 2015

Abia State Government Commissions Health Facilities

In order to improve the health care sector in the state, the Abia state governor, Theodore Orji has commissioned a mother and child ward as well as the administrative complex his government built at the Abia State University Teaching Hospital (ABSUTH).