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The Premium Times Centre for Investigative Journalism (PTCIJ) has called for applications for participation in a special Agricultural Journalism Training Programme. The three-day Masterclass, which is the first of its kind in Nigeria, is designed to equip journalists and communication specialists with the knowledge and tools required for putting issues in Agriculture in perspective, as […]
The National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency, NESREA, has expressed satisfaction with the commitment of Notore Chemical Industries Plc in Onne, Rivers State, to environmental standards and control. This came as the company also unveiled its certification by the International Standards Organisation to be ISO 9001:2015 compliant. Addressing journalists at the Notore plant in […]
Civil Society Organisations in Edo State, under the umbrella of Coalition for Protection of the Environment, recently staged a protest against land grabbing and deforestation. Adibe Emenyonu who was there, reports Bose Eruanga is a peasant farmer from Uzalla, Owan West Local Government Area of Edo State. Eruanga, as a widow with six children depends […]
Mr Suffyan Koroma, Food and Agriculture Organisation Country Representative to Nigeria, has said that the organisation will organise a livestock development conference in August to address challenges in the sector. Koroma made the disclosure when he presented his letter of commission to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Geoffrey Onyeama, in Abuja on Tuesday. He […]
The reported approval given to some companies to import maize will crash the price locally and make its production unprofitable, farmers across the country have said. The local farmers’ fears were premised on the alarm raised by Katsina State Governor Aminu Masari and Senator Adamu Aliero last week that a ship laden with 50,000 tons […]
The federal government through the ministry of agricultural and rural development has expressed the desire to ensure Nigeria establishes 15 specialised universities of Agriculture in the next few years. This, according to the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Alhaji Bukar Hassan “is aimed at bridging the gap of having the current 3 Universities meeting the […]
The African Chicken Genetics Gains (ACGG) has said it intends to transform smallholder chicken production into commercially viable enterprise with active private sector engagement that empowers rural women. Speaking at a press conference in Lagos, Funso Sonaiya, principal investigator of ACGG, disclosed that the project, which was a product of science and innovation, had produced […]
Niger State Governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello has called on investors in the United States and other part of the world to explore opportunities available in the state in the areas of agriculture, solid mineral infrastructure, sports and tourism. Governor Sani Bello stated this at Niger State Business Roundtable organized by African Caribbean Business Council […]
In a bid to enhance agricultural education and upgrade their standard of learning , the Minister of Agriculture, Audu Ogbeh, has directed the governing Councils of all Federal Universities of Agriculture, to ensure that every student in their institution must own viable farmlands on campus from 200-level till graduation. Ogbeh who gave the directive during […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]