Sarah Chinaza

DEFORESTATION: FEDERAL GOVERNMENT GAVE 260,000 TREE SEEDLINGS FOR DISTRIBUTION TO FARMERS IN KWARA STATE

About 9,000 farmers in Kwara state have received a total of 260,000 tree seedlings to improve the environment, food nutrients, erosion control, and income generation, among others. The distribution was anchored by One Acre Fund Nigeria, a non-governmental organisation, as an effort to address the increase in cases of deforestation recently. Speaking during the free…

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DEFORESTATION: RIVERS STATE GOVERNMENT SIGNS AGREEMENT WITH FIRM, MOVES TO PROTECT 170,000 HECTARES OF MANGROVE FOREST

There are indications that state governments are beginning to take proactive measures towards enrolling in the global effort to fight deforestation in the country. That will also be some cheerful news to farmers who will not face limitations as to where to market their products in the international market. This effort appears to be a…

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ONE OF NIGERIA’S OLD COCOA PROCESSING FIRMS HEADING FOR BANKRUPTCY WITH N16.9 BILLION LIABILITY

One of Nigeria’s oldest cocoa processing companies, FTN Cocoa Processors Plc incorporated appears headed for bankruptcy, as its liability is said to have exceeded its assets. The company, which was established in 1991 as Fantastic Abiola Nigeria Limited, but was later re-christened Fantastic Traders Nigeria Limited on August 26, 1998. The company’s core activities are…

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