The recently approved contract for the construction of Ajaokuta-Abuja-Kaduna-Kano Gas Pipeline project, dubbed AKK Pipeline, has started yielding early benefits with the commitment by NNPC to build power generating plants with combined capacity of 4600 megawatts in Abuja, Kaduna and Kano States. The NNPC’s Group Managing Director, Dr. Maikanti Baru, who disclosed this during a […]
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No fewer than 20,000 soybean and maize farmers in Kaduna Sate will benefit from “Feed the Future Nigeria and Nestlé Maize Quality Improvement Partnership (M-QIP)”. This is a new partnership programme between the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Nestlé Nigeria PLC, Volunteers for Economic Growth Alliance (VEGA) and VEGA Member Cultivating New Frontiers […]
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The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, has indefinitely shut down two of the nation’s three refineries due to increase in their operational costs and several maintenance issues. According to correspondence, a top official of the corporation said Kaduna and Warri refineries had been down since July and yet to resume production till date. “Kaduna refinery, […]
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About 21,780 out of 33,000 teachers failed the primary four test administered to test their competence by the Kaduna State government. The state is therefore shopping for 25,000 new teachers as one of the plans to restore dignity and quality to education. Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State unveiled the planned recruitment when he received […]
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With a combined foreign debt profile of $1.89 billion, Lagos, Kaduna and Edo have retained their spots as the states most exposed to foreign debts. As of June 2016, the three states had a combined foreign debt profile of $1.84 billion. Statistics obtained from the Debt Management Office in Abuja on Thursday showed that the […]
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On the basis of guidelines by the Debt Management Office on subnational borrowing, 23 states of the federation exceeded their borrowing limits in 2015, the Fiscal Responsibility Commission has said. In a report on the states and indebtedness, the FRC said Lagos, Kaduna, Cross River, Gombe, Ekiti, Edo, Ondo and Imo states had borrowed more […]
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The Bank of Industry (BoI) has disbursed loan in excess of ₦47 billion to support entrepreneurs in Kaduna State in the micro, small and medium enterprises, MSMEs, category, Managing Director of the bank, Mr. Olukayode Pitan, has said. Pitan, who disclosed this at a meeting with the Kaduna State governor, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, added that […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari today commissioned an integrated feed mill and Poultry valued at $150million in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The President was at the event with Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai, Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele; Minister of Agriculture, Mr Audu Ogbeh; Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II; and […]
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A hospital in Kaduna has announced it would render free surgeries for poor Nigerians to commemorate the return of President Muhammadu Buhari from London. Buhari had returned to Nigeria on Saturday after 104 days of medical vacation in London. His supporters had been trying to outdo one another while celebrating and thanking God for his […]
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Ethiopian Airlines is to commence scheduled flight services thrice a week to Kaduna in North Western Nigeria from August 1. The airline made the announcement in a statement signed by its Group Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Tewolde GebreMariam, in Lagos on Thursday. GebreMariam said the airline would operate the flights on Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays. […]
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The Corporate Affairs Commission on Monday announced the closure of the manual process for company registration in five states and the Federal Capital Territory. The announcement was made by the Registrar-General, CAC, Mr. Bello Mahmud, during a media briefing held at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja. Mahmud, who gave the states as Enugu, Kaduna, Kano, […]
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Access Bank has extended its Womenpreneur Business Workshop to Kaduna State in a bid to empower more female entrepreneurs across Nigeria. In a statement, the bank said: “To give the women in Kaduna a professional business capacity-building experience, Access Bank’s W Academy partnered with the Enterprise Development Centre (EDC), the Entrepreneurship arm of Lagos Business […]
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