GOVERNOR Olusegun Mimiko has said that the sum of N2 billion has been earmarked for the development of its agro business projects across the state.

The African Development Bank (AFDB) says it is proposing an integrated project to tackle rural roads, erosion menace and waste management in the two Abia cities of Aba and Umuahia.

The Akwa Ibom State governor, Chief Godswill Akpabio, has revealed that the implementation of the tenets of good governance by his government is the secret behind the transformation of the state into an investors’ haven and a destination point for Nigerians,

THE National Council on Communication Technology (NCCT), constituted by the Federal Ministry of Communication Technology, has commenced its third regular meeting in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State.

The Imo State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), Mr. Yusuf Kolawole, has said that it would commence an aggressive media sensitisation for road users in the state to reduce the rate of carnage on the roads especially during the Yuletide period.

The Cross River State government has commenced the collation of data on agricultural cooperative societies in the state to facilitate their accessibility to loans and other incentives.

As part of its efforts to improve maternal and child health outcomes under Subsidy Re-Investment & Empowerment Programme (SURE-P) Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Project, the Abia state government has inaugurated an eight- man State Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) Steering Committee.

Bayelsa State Government has announced plans to develop a flood master plan in the State as part of measures to safeguard the environment and prevent the recurrence of the 2012 flood disaster.

The Federal Government has said that owing to its Backward Integration Policy, the country now has an installed capacity of 39.5 million metric tons of cement production. This was made known by President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday at the Line II Ground-Breaking ceremony of UNICEM Cement Factory, Mfamosing, Calabar, Cross River State.

The Edo State government has expressed the belief that its Youth Empowerment Scheme (YES) would not be scrapped after the present administration

Reports have established that the Central Bank of Nigeria has granted an Approval‐in‐Principle for the floating of the Development Bank of Nigeria (DBN) following a successful fund raising of over $1 billion from the World Bank, African Development Bank (AfDB), KfW of Germany and AfB of France.

The Cross State Government yesterday presented cheques worth N 497.28 million 8,129.84 through the state Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Management Project (CRS NEWMAP) to four contractors for erosion intervention within Calabar Municipality as a partnership between it and the World Bank