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1. The South-South States of Bayelsa, Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Edo and Delta, otherwise known as the BRACED states, have adopted a common education policy aimed at harmonising, standardising, improving and instituting quality education across the six states. 2. The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Mr. Olusegun Aganga has advised deposit money banks to develop programmes that would support the growth of micro, small and medium scale (MSMEs) so as to stimulate economic growth. 3. With ongoing efforts aimed at designing a successor development framework to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the United Nations has tasked political and civic leaders in Nigeria on the early and effective implementation of the post MDGs framework. 4. Reigning African youth champion, Divine Oduduru, one of the 34 athletes invited to camp for the African Junior Championships March 3-7 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia said his target is to dominate Africa in the upcoming sprints. 5. In its bid to promote healthier lifestyles and reduce absenteeism of pupils from school due to sickness, Dettol, an anti-germ health and hygiene brand from the Reckitt Benckiser has commenced fresh rounds of visit to schools to promote the benefits of hand hygiene. 6. The National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) has said it is determined to fund Nigerian universities with sellable programmes as it presently partners six varsities from the geo-political zones. NAICOM has also sponsored two PhD undergraduates to study Risk Management and Insurance in Utara University, Malaysia. 7. Barely two weeks after the first tranche of N18.2bn was disbursed to five power firms by the Central Bank of Nigeria, another set of 10 power distribution and generation companies were on Wednesday given a loan of N39.52bn to boost their operations. 8. The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation on Wednesday said it had engaged the services of in-house engineers to rehabilitate the country’s three ailing refineries at a cost of $550m (N99bn), down from the $1.6bn (N288bn) presented to it by foreign contractors. 9. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has disclosed that NAF­DAC in 2012 registered a total of 8,481 products, with packaged water (pure wa­ter) topping the list with 3,012. 10. The Federal Executive Council (FEC) presid­ed over by President Goodluck Jonathan, has approved eight draft bills for the establishment of new Federal Government agen­cies and authorities in the transport sector.  

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This article was first published on 12th February 2015

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