Tag: promote
U-18 badminton competition will promote grassroots development – Haastrup
LAGOS - Bayo Hasstrup, the organiser of the 2nd Omolara Babalola-Hasstrup Memorial U-18 Badminton Championships, on Thursday expressed the hope that the competition would...
FAO seeks improved policy implementation to promote agriculture
ABUJA - The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has attributed the slow pace of agricultural development in Africa to poor implementation of policies.
The FAO...
Group wants women entrepreneurs exploit linkages to promote businesses
LAGOS - The Women Group of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) on Friday promised to teach women entrepreneurs how to exploit...
NRA to promote, demote referees to enhance better officiating
ILORIN - The President of Nigeria Referees Association (NRA), Ahmed Maude, on Sunday said any referee whose performance was adjudged to be below expectations...
GM promoters promote poverty and dependency in Africa
By Nnimmo Bassey
The recent article, GM scaremongering in Africa is disarming the fight against poverty, published in the Guardian’s PovertyMatters Blog on 21 July...
NAN, UNESCO will collaborate to promote literacy in Northern Nigeria
ABUJA - The Managing Director of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Mr Ima Niboro, said on Friday that the agency would work closely...
Cleric urges artists/entertainers to use arts to promote morals
LAGOS - Monsignor Gabriel Osu, Director of Social Communications, Catholic Archdiocese of Lagos, on Sunday urged artistes and entertainers to utilise the performing arts...
Don urges FG to promote cultural heritage
IBADAN - Prof. Philip Ogundeji of the Faculty of Arts, University of Ibadan, on Friday urged the Federal Government to help sustain the nation's...
Organisation stresses need to teach children to read early to promote...
BWARI - Mrs Oly Sanni, Director of Afrigrowth Foundation, an NGO, on Friday stressed the need to teach children to imbibe reading culture to...
Shippers boss urges government to promote exports
PORT HARCOURT - Mr Offon Udofia, the President of Rivers/Bayelsa Shippers Association (RIBASA), on Tuesday urged the Federal Government to engender programmes that would...
RMAFC urges stakeholders’ collaboration to promote investment
ABUJA - The Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) on Monday in Abuja urged collaboration among all stakeholders in promoting investment in all...
Group urges FG to promote local content policy in ICT
LAGOS - The Nigeria Internet Group (NIG) on Wednesday urged the Federal Government to promote the inclusion of local content policy in the Information,...
-Board partners council to promote 814 indigenous products globally
ABUJA - The National Board for Technology Incubation (NBTI) says it will partner with the Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) to promote Nigerian products...
FG promises to promote use of Internet in institutions
ABUJA - The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Office, Abuja, on Wednesday said the Federal Government was committed to promoting the use of Internet in...
UN official urges Nigerians to use sports to promote moral values
ABUJA - Dr Bilali Camara, the Country Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), on Friday urged Nigerians to use sports...
Promote national integration, Ajimobi urges NYSC members
SEYIN - Gov. Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State on Tuesday admonished NYSC members to contribute their quota toward promoting unity and national integration.
Ajimobi made the...
I spend my money to promote supporters club, says Oladipo
LAGOS - Dr Rafiu Oladipo, the President-General of the Nigerian Football and Other Sports Supporters Club, has said that he spent his personal money...
Export Agency To Promote Economic Integration With ‘Ghana Market’
To promote indigenous products and boost intra-Africa trade, the Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA), has revealed plans to establish a “Ghana Market” in Nigeria’s...
Wamakko pledges partnership to promote accountability
SOKOTO - Gov. Aliyu Wamakko of Sokoto State said he was willing to partner with organisations to promote transparency and accountability in his administration.
He...