In a bid to boost the Nigerian Sugar Industry, BUA Group has signed a pact with the Federal Government till 2023 and is committed to developing two sugar estates in Kwara and Kogi states as part of its contribution to strengthening the local sugar industry. Already, BUA’s 300million dollars investment in its subsidiary, Lafiagi Sugar Company (LASUCO), is one of the largest private-led investments in that region of the country. When it becomes fully functional, BUA Group’s $300million investment in the 20, 000 hectares Lafiagi Sugar Estate which covers a sugar plantation, sugar mill, refinery and ethanol plant and is expected to produce about 1.5 million metric tonnes of raw sugar annually, 25million litres of ethanol, generate 35megawatts of electricity and create employment opportunities for over 15,000 people directly and indirectly.
The Peoples Democratic Party has called on the authorities of the Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, to release the names and pictures of the schoolgirls abducted by the Boko Haram insurgents on April 14, 2014. The National Women Leader of the PDP, Dr. Kema Chikwe, made the comment while conducting a PDP Women’s prayer session for the unity of the country in Abuja on Monday. Chikwe said the issue of the kidnapped girls had raised a number of questions which had not been answered. She said the abduction of the schoolgirls had left the hearts of the womenfolk not only broken but also bleeding. She said women would continue to intensify prayers for the Boko Haram scourge, terrorism, insurgency and kidnapping to be brought to an end in the country. “We need a peaceful and united Nigeria. We as women of Nigeria, as mothers will intensify our prayers for the end of Boko Haram, end of kidnapping, release of the Chibok girls, end of terrorism and insurgency in so...
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