The federal government has offered to partner the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in the training of agricultural workers. The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Audu Ogbeh, made the proposal at the valedictory project of Market II in Nigeria. Market II was a development programme funded by USAID since 2012 to assist […]
Edo State chapter, All Farmers Association of Nigeria, (AFAN), has appealed to the Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources to allocate prepared farm slot to its members at the Sobe Farm Settlement and other farm settlements across the three senatorial district as directed by Governor Godwin Obaseki. The Chairman, Edo AFAN, Chief Emmanuel Odigie, made […]
The Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, on Monday revealed that the Muhammadu Buhari administration begged Agriculture Minister, Audu Ogbeh, to join the government. Mr. Osinbajo made this remark at the Nigerian Initiative for Economic Development held at the Banquet Hall, State House, Abuja. The acting president, while unveiling the potentials in the Nigerian economy, said apart […]
— Victims seek govt intervention An estimated sum of the N100m Youth Agricultural Entrepreneurship Programme (YAGEP) farms were yesterday destroyed by heavy down pour of flood in Ndokwa West Local Government area of Delta state. It was reliably gathered that the farms were encased in pool of water that blighted the prospect of bumper harvest, […]
The Federal Government plans to build Nigeria Heritage Cities in Jeddah, Houston and other cities across the globe that have huge Nigerian populations to serve as one-stop hub for Nigerian foods and products. Speaking in Abuja yesterday, during a luncheon organised to receive a delegation from the Nigeria Initiative for Economic Development, the Executive Director […]
Niger State Governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello has re-energized his desire and determination to make the state a hub for both local and international investors in agricultural value-chain and other areas as he opened linkages at a Business Roundtable organized by African Caribbean Business Council of Greater Philadelphia (ACDBC) in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United State. According […]
A Grade 1 Area Court in Karu, Abuja, on Tuesday sentenced Ajayi Adetona, 45, to three months imprisonment for trespassing into a farm and stole maize. The convict, who lives at Kugbo, was arraigned on a two-count charge of criminal trespass and theft, punishable under Sections 348 and 287 of the Penal Code. Adetona, however, […]
Osun State government has concluded plans to collaborate with the Nepal khadya Bank Limited on scientific agriculture to boost agricultural activities in the state and also create jobs for unemployed youths through a programme tagged ‘Agropreneur’ in Nigeria. The Chairman and Managing Director of the Nepal khadya Bank Limited, Mr Ram Raja Shrestha stated this […]
The Ogun government on Monday explained why it approached the World Bank to secure a $350 million loan. The state Commissioner for Budget and planning, Mrs Aderenle Adesina, and her counterparts in Ministries of Education, Agriculture and Commerce and Industry at a press conference in Abeokuta, also dismissed claims that the House of Representatives Committee […]
Tony Ejinkeonye is the president of Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry and national vice-president of the Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA). In this interview with BusinessDay’s HARRISON EDEH, the business leader gives his thought on viable economic models that can support Nigeria’s industrialisation and revenue diversification. The federal […]
The Nigeria Government is to revive six fertilizer blending plants before the end of the year, through the Infrastructure Unit of its Sovereign Wealth Fund. The Managing Director of Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA), Mr Uche Orji disclosed this on Monday in Abuja when the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed paid him […]
The 2550 hectares of land secured for farming activities by the Kwara State government under its Off-takers Demand Driven Agriculture (ODDA) scheme have been oversubscribed by youth farmers in the State. The State Commissioner for Agriculture, Bamidele Adegoke, who disclosed this in Ilorin, expressed delight that more youth are showing interest in agriculture. He added […]
Keen to receive the Acting President Yemi Osinbanjo in Taraba State on Thursday, Governor Darius Dickson Ishaku at the weekend flagged off the construction of Wukari-Tsokundi road in the ancient Wukari local government area. The 30-kilometre road contract, awarded to a Chinese firm, Wiz China Worldwide Limited, costs N5.8 billion and is expected to be […]
Nestlé Nigeria’s says it is using its Sorghum and Millet in the Sahel (SMS) Project to improve livelihoods across the communities in which the company operates, a top official has said. Nestle’s Corporate Communications and Public Affairs Manager, Victoria N’dee Uwadoka, made the assertion while reviewing some farmers visit to the company’s factory at Agbara […]
An upsurge in commodity prices has pushed up the earnings of Okomu Oil Palm Company Plc as the firm continues to focus on cost containment with a view to bolstering margins. For the first six months through June 2017, Okomu Oil Plc’s net income surged by 73.53 percent to N6.23 billion from N3.59 billion earned […]