In its bid to empower over 15,000 youths by 2019, the management of Nigerian Bottling Company (NBC) Limited has just concluded a 3-day workshop in Benin, Edo State where it trained over 1,000 youths in a bid to improve their fortunes and create viable business opportunities for them. Speaking, the Edo state Governor, Mr. Godwin […]
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About 300 farmers in Edo State are gearing up for a training programme on farm mechanisation organised by the Edo State Chapter of the Nigeria Cassava Growers Association in conjunction with the Dizengoff Nigeria, an agricultural technology company. Farmers cultivating cassava. AGRA is working to improve the lots of cassava farmers in Africa. Special Adviser […]
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An automobile manufacturer, Volkswagen, has expressed its desire to expand its operations to Nigeria and deepen investment in Africa. The Chief Executive Officer, Volkswagen South Africa, Thomas Schaefer, stated this at the Edo Automotive Investment Forum held in Benin on Thursday. Schaefer explained that the automotive industry was playing an important role in South Africa’s […]
Read More The management of non-alcoholic beverage giant, Nigerian Bottling Company Limited, said it recently concluded a three-day workshop in Benin, Edo State where it engaged over 1,000 youths in a bid to improve their fortunes and create viable opportunities for growth. This, it said in a statement, was in furtherance of its commitment to empower over […]
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The Edo State Government and the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) have agreed to join forces to bring about transformation-al change in cassava production, with a proposal for development of a 50,000 hectare farm project in the state. Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki revealed his administration’s plan to work with IITA after he gave […]
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Development experts predicate a robust and sustainable relationship with the World Bank and its development partners on a regime of strict adherence to rules and terms guiding the execution of developmental projects, transparency, accountability and a preference for projects that can pull the largest number of people out of poverty, as against frivolous political projects. […]
Read More The prevailing investment-friendly environment in Edo State, resulting from a series of reforms embarked upon by the Godwin Obaseki administration, to open up the state to private sector investment is impacting on air transportation, stretching airlines to their limit. Figures obtained from a publication by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), entitled ‘Transport Fare Watch […]
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Chairman, First Bank of Nigeria, Mrs. Ibukun Awosika, has charged youths in Edo State to take advantage of funding opportunities, especially low-interest credit facilities, to grow their businesses and contribute to the development drive of the state government. Awosika, who was a guest speaker at a two-day workshop for entrepreneurs and small and medium enterprises […]
Read More The Edo Government said on Friday it has reduced the state 2017 budget to ₦127.92 billion from ₦153. 9 billion earlier estimated. The decision was taken by the state executive council and communicated through a statement issued by the state Commissioner for Communication and Orientation, Mr. Paul Ohonbamu. The statement said after careful deliberation and […]
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Vice president, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has inaugurated the Edo Fertilizer Plant and Chemical Company Limited, a public, private venture which has the capacity to produce about 60,000 metric tonnes of fertilizer per annum. The Vice president who was accompanied by the ministers of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh; and Industry, Trade and Investment, […]
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First City Monument Bank (FCMB) has opened a Flexx Hub at the University of Benin (UNIBEN) in Edo State. The Hub is a mini branch where basic banking transactions can be carried out, while also serving as an exclusive banking arena for FCMB’s customers who hold its youth account, known as Flexx. This is the […]
Read MoreEdo State Government has launched the pilot scheme of the Agripreneurship Programme in Sobe, Owan West Local Government area of Edo state as part of its efforts to create more than 200,000 jobs within the next four years. “We are doing a thousand hectres here, we expect that we are going to have among those […]
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