Less than two months after a major crude oil spill occurred at Bukuma in Degema Local Government Area of Rivers State, another spill has been recorded at Ogale in Eleme Local Government Area of the state. The spills have impacted communities, Rivers and farmlands in four out of the 23 local government areas of the…
Indorama Eleme Petrochemicals Company Limited has begun an agricultural extension services programme in which young university graduates are recruited to educate local farmers about cropping and how to utilise fertilisers to boost their yields. The programme, which is also known as Indorama Agronomists Programme targets more than 500 small-scale and subsistence farmers in Rivers State…
Rivers State Governor, Mr. Siminalayi Fubara, has promised that the state government would provide the necessary financial support to enable the 45,000 metric tonnes capacity Rivers Cassava Processing Factory at Afam, Oyigbo Local Government Area expand its production lines.The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr. Nelson Chukwudi, said the governor made the promise after…
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has promised to provide support to the Cassava Processing Factory in Oyigbo Local Government Area to enable it build two more production lines and increase its output to meet demands of the market. The governor made the promise when he visited the factory to ascertain the state of facilities there…
The Southern Nigerian People’s Mandate (SNPM) has blamed the escalating prices of foodstuff in Nigeria on the failure of President Bola Tinubu to show leadership. In a reaction to the food price crisis in the country, the President and secretary of SNPM, Mr. Augustine Chukwudum and Mr. Segun Diya, said in a statement made available…
Rivers State Governor, Mr. Siminalayi Fubara is poised to rejuvenate agriculture in the state as part of his plans to boost government revenue, generate employment and support the manufacturing sector. The government has in this respect, allocated the sum of N20 billion to the sector in the 2024 budget, giving it the fourth highest sectoral…
Bob-Track Limited, an indigenous Nigerian firm based in Port Harcourt has unveiled a 120-horsepower tractor that is capable of performing multiple functions on the farm. The Chief Executive Officer of Bob-Track, Mr. Ibifiri Bobmanuel, said at the unveiling ceremony in Port Harcourt that the tractor was designed for African soils and farms and its work…
