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Footprint to Africa, an Abuja-based investor advisory firm and financial news company, has attracted foreign direct investments (FDI) to Nigeria and four other African countries worth over N1.5 billion, where it has partnerships. The investments are six projects in the oil and gas, agriculture and tourism sectors in Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Mozambique and Kenya. […]
Plans are in top gear by the Nigeria Agricultural Quarantine Service (NAQS) to get the European Union EU lift its ban on exportation of beans from Nigeria to its member countries. The Coordinating Director of the agency, Dr. Vincent Isegbe, who disclosed this at the opening of a two- day training workshop on Plant Health […]
Three industry groups representing U.S. grain and ethanol producers urged the White House and U.S. trade officials this week to prioritize industry complaints against China over import duties on U.S. ethanol and distiller’s dried grains (DDGS) animal feed. China last month increased punitive tariffs on imports of U.S. DDGS and ethanol, leading to the cancellation […]
Commodity Price Between February 3, — February 9, 2017 Market Commodity Wholesale Retail Last Week Variance Measure Price(N) Measure Price(N) P/Kg(N) W(N) R(N) W(N) R(N) Aba Main Market, Abia State. Garri (White) 100Kg 19,000 Paint Bucket 600 207 19,833 643 -833 -43 Groundnut (Edible) 100Kg 47,000 Paint Bucket […]
The Federal Government has adopted some measures to reduce the price of food items in the country. Minister of Agriculture, Chief Audu Ogbeh, disclosed this yesterday while addressing State House correspondents at the end of the Federal Executive Council, FEC meeting. The Council had last week set up a task force to advise the government […]
The remains of a policeman reported missing, following a clash with herdsmen dressed in police uniform on Sunday at Ohoror community, Delta State, was, Tuesday, discovered by locals in the community. The Sunday clash between the police team and herdsmen was the second in two weeks following an earlier clash, which occurred on January 23. […]
Dr Ajibayo Oyebade, the Coordinator of Ondo State Cocoa Revolution Project, has commended Adekunle Ajasin University in Akungba Akoko (AAUA) for its 10,000 cocoa seedling nursery. Oyebade make the commendation on Wednesday when his team visited the AAUA cocoa nursery. He said that the visit was to inspect the cocoa nursery and to expand the […]
…moves to attract investors into tomato production The federal government has approved measures to force down the prices of food in the market. The minister of Agriculture, Audu Ogbeh disclosed this to State House Correspondents after the federal executive meeting presided over by Acting President Yemi Osinbajo at the Presidential Villa. LEADERSHIP recalls that the […]
Thirty six communities in Jigawa state have lost their farmlands covering 12,000 hectares to a Chinese company for sugarcane plantation. The state government gave the farmlands to Messrs Lee Group- based in Kano for N2.1 billion. The state government has confirmed most of the issues at stake to Daily Trust. However it failed to address […]
The Federal Government has adopted measures to bring down prices of food items in the country, Agriculture Minister Audu Ogbeh has said. The minister stated that “There is really no starvation in the land.” The minister disclosed this to State House correspondents on Wednesday after the Federal Executive Council meeting chaired by Acting President Yemi […]
Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai in Niger State has commenced production of Cashew Juice, an official of the institution said on Wednesday. Prof. Mohammed Yakubu, Deputy Vice Chancellor of the institution told the News Agency Nigeria (NAN) in Lapai that the university has a small plant run by its Department of Food Science and Technology. […]
No fewer than 17,000 farmers at least, have benefitted from the loans scheme of the Osun Quick Impact Intervention Programme (QUIIP) as part of the comprehensive program of the Rauf Aregbesola administration to boost agriculture. A set of 77 farmers’ cooperative groups benefited under the QUIIP I while another set of 419 farmers’ cooperative groups […]
The Lagos State Employment Trust Fund (LSETF) is a N25 billion Fund established by the state government to power SME and improve the skills of entrepreneurs, with a view to helping Lagos residents create a thriving SME economy. Specifically, the Fund was established by the Lagos State Employment Trust Fund Law 2016 to serve as […]
The governor, state of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola earlier today held an interactive session with osun farmers from across the state to find ways to improve on current agricultural practices in the state. Aregbesola was in company of his deputy, Otunba Grace Titi Laoye-Tomori, the chief of staff the the governor, Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola and […]
Reacting, on behalf of the Jigawa State Government, the Deputy Governor, Barrister Ibrahim Hassan Hadejia said the 12,000 hectares which was initially given to Mr. Lee Group was inherited from the previous administration. He said although they have promised to halt the project during the 2013 campaigns, they have to review their stance “having realized […]