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Agriculture Project: The technical team manager of the Youth Opportunity Project at Liberia Agency for Community Empowerment (LACE) has disclosed that his agency has begun the recruitment of 15,000 young people to benefit from job opportunities across the country.
Cocoa Farmers yesterday predicted low output this year due to various factors that have not been addressed by the Federal Government.
The Benin Owena River Basin Authority (BORBA) plans to construct a dam in Auchi to boost irrigation, Managing Director of the authority, Dr. Saliu Ahmed said yesterday.
The Anambra State Ministry of Agriculture, Mechanization, Processing and Export has assured farmers in the state of adequate infrastructure and facilities for improved production yields and bumper harvests.
President Muhammadu Buhari in his New Year address said his administration will ban the importation of rice into the country in this year.
The Bank of Agriculture (BOA) has disbursed over N1.4 billion in Kogi State since inception in 1972.BOA Managing Director Kabir Muhammed Adamu made this known during the inauguration of its branch in Okene, Kogi Central.
Kogi State will work hard to generate at least 15 percent of its income from the agricultural sector in 2018, Governor Yahaya Bello has said.
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Mr. Godwin Emefiele yesterday said the country’s foreign reserve had risen to $35.2 billion from $23 billion in October last year. Emefiele spoke at the 47th Convocation of the University of Nigeria Nsukka, UNN, in Enugu State. The theme of his lecture was “A mind set […]
As the National Assembly brainstormed on the 2018 budget proposals of the federal government, there are indications that it may be of immense benefits to the companies under the Agricultural, Building Material, Construction, Power, Manufacturing sector on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE). Capital market analysts said these sectors would benefit much from the federal government’s […]
The President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government has assured that as Nigeria’s economy continues to improve, prices of food items will soon “tumble.” Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed said Nigerians will soon begin to feel the impact of the country’s improved economy in their daily lives. Speaking in Lagos, Mohammed highlighted how the Federal […]
The Speaker, Benue Assembly, Mr. Terkimbi Ikyange, says the Anti-Open Grazing Law, which comes into effect in the state on Nov. 1, will be fully implemented and enforced. Ikyange gave the assurance on Tuesday when members of the Strict Movement against Ravages in Tiv Land (SMART-Land) visited him in Makurdi. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) […]
The Cross River Government on Monday launched the first phase of the nursery of one million cocoa seedlings in Akim/Osomba communities in Akamkpa Local Government Area. Gov. Ben Ayade, who was represented at the ceremony by his Special Adviser on Cocoa Development, Mr Oscar Ofuka, said that the project was part of his administration’s efforts […]
The Synergos Nigeria, an NGO, says it has trained 40 stakeholders in the agriculture sector with the essential agricultural commodity marketing knowledge and skills. The Field Manager of the organisation, Mr Victor Adejoh, said this on Monday at the Training Workshop on Agricultural Commodities and Export in Abuja. Adejoh, who said the workshop aimed at […]
The Nigeria Air Force has expressed its readiness to partner the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to roll out agricultural programmes to engage ‘barrack boys and girls’ so that they do not engage in activities that will pose security threat to the society. The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar disclosed […]
Stakeholders in the livestock sub-sector has been charged on prioritising standards in production to guarantee earning of foreign exchange. The President, Animal Science Association of Nigeria (ASAN), Mr Taiwo Adeoye, gave the charge recently at the the sixth Annual General Meeting with the theme: ‘Sustainable Livestock Production for National Development’ and to mark the 10th […]