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The House of Representatives on Wednesday queried the National Biosafety Management Agency over alleged importation of 70,000 tons of Genetically Modified maize by Olam foods. The House also directed the agency to submit the list of companies importing GMOs into the country as well as confirm the allegation. The directive was given at the public […]
Cattle dealers in Benue say their business is on the verge of collapse because of the anti-open grazing law, which comes into effect on Wednesday. Some officials of the Cattle Dealers Association of Nigeria made the claim, while speaking with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Makurdi on Wednesday. They said that the law failed […]
It’s all about packaging. This fruit seller was spotted wearing a suit while carrying out his business in Yola, Adamawa state. Bernard Kaigama, who had an encounter with him – revealed that the well dressed trader packages himself in such manner because he admires the way bankers dress. Below is what Bernard shared on Facebook. […]
Eight thousand fingerlings were stocked Tuesday in 17 tanks based in Tchimanha cooperative in Cacongo municipality’s Mpuela locality, northern Cabinda province, to promote aquaculture in rural community. The Project is jointly sponsored by Cabinda Port Company, Ministry of Fisheries and Banco Sol. During the ceremony, the CEO of Cabinda Port Company, Manuel Nazareth Neto, also […]
Equities trading activities on the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) finished the 10 months of the year on the positive trajectory with a record of N3.448 trillion. Also, investors gained N44 billion from their investments in stocks for the month of October. Market players, while being optimistic, have described the market performance as […]
Hajiya Aina’u Ibrahim, Gender Officer, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Office in Jigawa, has called for the introduction of more gender policies to boost the productivity of women in agriculture. Ibrahim made the call while speaking with journalists in Dutse on Wednesday. She noted that women constituted 70 per cent of the labour force […]
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Audu Ogbeh, has disclosed of plans by some investors from United Kingdom (U.K.) to come and train exporters of agricultural produce on the international standard for exporting their produce to forestall rejection. Ogbeh, who decried the rejection of agricultural produce at the international market as one too many, […]
Nigeria plans to build a 65 billion liters/year biofuel plant to boost supply of clean fuels in the country, state-owned Nigerian National Petroleum Corp. said Wednesday. NNPC signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Southwest Ondo state government to build the project, which will use cassava as a feedstock. NNPC group managing director Maikanti Baru […]
My father did not want me in agriculture because he was a poor farmer— AfDB President, Adesina When he was ushered into the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines, Iowa, last week, for the conferment of the 2017 World Food Prize award , Dr. Akinwumi Adesina received a standing ovation from international leaders, policy makers, […]
Flour Mills of Nigeria plans to sell shares via a rights issue to cut debt as it registers a N70 billion ($223 million) bond programme to refinance short-term loans, the firm said on Wednesday. Several Nigerian companies have tapped capital markets this year to shore up their balance sheets after a currency crisis in 2015 […]
The Executive Vice Chairman of the Brass Fertilizer and Petrochemical Company Limited, Chief Ben Okoye, wednesday said the N$3.6 billion fertilizer plant project is expected to generate 15,000 jobs during the construction phase and 5,000 permanent employment opportunities, when completed. Okoye spoke while receiving the Certificate of Occupancy (C of O) for the land allocated […]
Tilapia, commonly known as engege is one of the oldest types of fish in Uganda. It is affordable, with each costing between Shs5,000 and Shs10,000 and can be cooked and enjoyed in different ways. Moreen Arinda loves cooking tilapia and when she cannot cook it herself, she eats it at her favourite restaurant in Kampala. […]
Uganda and Kenya are among eight African countries that will pilot a savannah cultivation programme that seeks to double agricultural production. The pilot phase of the programme dubbed “Transformation of the African Savannah Initiative” begins in November and targets some two million hectares of savannah. The programme will initially be rolled out in Ghana before […]
The African Development Bank has denied as untrue reports that it called off loans it granted to Nigeria. The AfBD had in November, 2016, approved a $600million loan to support Nigeria’s efforts to cope with macroeconomic and fiscal shocks that arose from the massive decline in price of crude oil. In a statement, yesterday, AfDB’s […]
The Yobe Government on Tuesday appealed to the Federal Ministry of Agriculture to develop 5,000 hectares of land it received from the state to establish the proposed grazing reserve. Dr Mustapha Gaidam, the Manager of Yobe Pilot Development Programme, made the call in an interview in Damaturu. He said that Yobe Government donated 5,000 hectares […]