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Agriculture

Arla Foods launches facility to boost milk production

Arla Foods, maker of Dano Milk, says it has inaugurated a state-of-the-art dairy farm in Kaduna State as part of the company’s efforts to ensure sustainable milk production in Nigeria. According to a statement, the farm, located in Damau village, Kubau Local Government Area, Kaduna State, was inaugurated on Thursday, May 25, 2023, by the Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai. The statement…
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Education

Wema Bank supports school with furniture

Wema Bank has said it donated chairs and tables to Isale Eko Grammar School, in Lagos State. A statement said the act was made possible through Wema Bank’s corporate social investment initiative, the “Salary for Love” campaign. It said Wema Bank’s employees…
Banking

CBN, varsity partner on eNaira

The Central Bank of Nigeria has partnered with Benson Idahosa University, Benin, Edo State, to deepen adoption of eNaira as a payment system and medium of exchange. Branch Controller, CBN, Benin, Michael Mbeze, stated this during a three-day training of students of the institution on the application of eNaira. Mbeze said that the eNaira, just like the physical Naira, was also an official legal…
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Markets

Why you should invest your money

In December 2022, the Director of the Bank Examination Department, the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation, Michael Oladele, revealed that N911bn had been lost to ‘get-rich-quick’ schemes in Nigeria over the last 23 years. While this figure may present the raw facts of…
Agriculture

FG unveils barite processing plant, plans import ban

In an effort to ban the importation of barite and promote its local production, the Federal Government, through the Ministry of Mines and Steel Development, has commissioned a barite processing plant in Cross River State. Speaking at the inauguration of the barite processing plant, the Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Olamilekan Adegbite, noted that its location in Ugaga, Cross State was…
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Fintech

5 things to know about new Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino

Elon Musk on Friday unveiled Linda Yaccarino as the new head of Twitter, the social media app he purchased from the founders in April 2022. After a series of live trials and errors on the app, Elon Musk on Thursday hinted that he had hired a Chief Executive Officer while he…
Brands & People

Foundation to empower 2000 students in Lagos

At least 2000 students from 12 Lagos State Government schools and seven private schools in the state will on Thursday participate in the second edition of the Lagos Children Empowerment Conference. A non-governmental organisation, Faith Iyowuna Ikekhide Foundation, disclosed this on Wednesday. The convener, Faith Ikekhide, said the conference with the theme, “Destiny Recovery” would be at…
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