South East, left out in federal government’s agriculture plans
Saby Elemba
May 1, 2023
By Saby Elemba, in Owerri VITUS AYO ENWEREM, chairman, All Farmers Association (AFAN), Imo State, in this brief interview with Business A.M., tells SABY ELEMBA that the South East has conveniently been forgotten by the federal government in all its agriculture programmes How much has the All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), Imo State, […]
Traders to benefit as ISAMATA, Imo, FMB plan housing estate
Saby ElembaApril 10, 2023
By Saby Elemba, in Owerri The Imo State Amalgamated Markets and Traders Association (ISAMATA), the Imo State government and the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria are collaborating to build a housing estate for traders who have for a long time been hit by acute shortage of accommodation. The estate, to be called […]
Imo talks up dredging Orashi River for international seaport
Saby ElembaApril 10, 2023
By Saby Elemba, in Owerri Investors, business enthusiasts as well as the people of Imo State are upbeat over the state government and its partners’ plans to construct an international seaport with measures already in place to dredge Orashi River and turn it into an international seaport. The dredging of the Orashi […]
Port Harcourt adds another flyover as Julius Berger delivers to Wike on schedule
Business a.m.April 10, 2023
By Business A.M. Mgbuoba/Ozuoba, Ada George Road junction flyover The city of Port Harcourt added another flyover bridge to its infrastructural capital following the commissioning of the Mgbuoba/Ozuoba and Ada-George Junction flyover bridge built by Julius Berger in the capital of Rivers State, one of Nigeria’s main oil producing states, by special guest of […]
Multipurpose coop society charges youths on farming
Saby ElembaFebruary 13, 2023
By Saby Elemba In order to boost food security in the South East region of Nigeria, Austin Nnadozie-JustCorn Multipurpose Agro-Geo Cooperative Society, an agriculture enthusiastic group, is challenging youths, young farmers, as well as those with a mindset to take farming as their occupation, to register with the cooperative society and partake in the vast […]
Edo, EP20 Nigeria seal N2.83bn deal to set up 3-in-1 recycling plant
Olivia NnoromNovember 28, 2022
By Olivia Nnorom The Edo State government and EP20 Nigeria Ltd have entered into a partnership to set up a 3-in-1 recycling plant as part of the government’s efforts to ensure proper waste management in the state. The plant, when fully operational, will recycle plastics and other waste materials and also handle the incineration […]
$500m Abia agro-park to create 20,000 jobs, boost food sufficiency
business AMNovember 25, 2022
By Business AM A $500 million agricultural industrial park is being planned for construction in Abia State from January 2023. To be built by Power Construction Corporation of China (PowerChina), a Chinese Government-owned Global Fortune 500 Company, the project is being facilitated by Orji Uzor Kalu, a former governor of Abia State and a senator, through SWIBER […]
Ogun seeks N30bn loan from private investors to fund cargo airport
Cynthia EzekweNovember 22, 2022
By Cynthia Ezekwe Ogun State government is seeking to raise N30 billion in new debt capital from private investors to fund the state’s agric-based cargo airport. The government has opened an application list for private investors to subscribe to a N30 billion five-year bond under a special purpose vehicle known as BOFT Infrastructure SPV Limited, […]
business AMNovember 11, 2022
Our unique services stand us out from the rest, says Futoa Hotel GM Mbakwe Michael is the secretary of the Nigeria Hotel Association (NHA), Imo State chapter, and general manager of Futoa Hotel Plaza, Ihiagwa, Owerri. In this interview, he tells SABY ELEMBA what makes the hotel tick and why customers cannot stop coming back. Can you walk us through Futoa Hotel […]
Rivers releases N78bn projects sum in wind-down of N483bn budget
Maduabuchi EfegadiNovember 7, 2022
BY MADUABUCHI EFEGADI Includes N26bn cancer, cardiovascular facility Rivers, Nigeria’s oil-rich state and unarguably one of the country’s big spending subnationals, has released N78 billion to complete a series of projects strewn across the state, as it begins to spend down its N483.17 billion 2022 budget. Approval for the money came from the state’s executive […]