The World Trade Organisation (WTO) in collaboration with the International Trade Centre (ITC) has announced Nigeria, Jordan, Mongolia, and the Dominican Republic as beneficiaries of the $50m Women Exporters in the Digital Economy (WEIDE) Fund. The WTO Director-General, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, said the initiative would provide funding, training, and market access to assist women entrepreneurs…
The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security (FMAFS), Abubakar Kyari launched a Technical Committee on Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises(MSME), and National Argo-Allied Commodities Cooperatives of Nigeria (NACCON). The committee has the mandate to facilitate the nation’s agricultural value chain, corporate Interactions, drives economic growth and creates job opportunities for Nigerian farmers. Speaking during the…
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) announced on Friday that Nigeria’s inflation rate continued its downward trajectory in July 2025, falling to 21.88 per cent. The statistics agency attributed the slowdown to the recent rebasing of the Consumer Price Index (CPI). The July 2025 inflation figure marks the fifth consecutive month of decline this year,…
Kaduna State, Uba Sani, has distributed free fertiliser to no fewer than 100,000 smallholder farmers, while also unveiling a crop risk insurance scheme aimed at shielding farmers from climate-related losses. The twin initiatives were flagged off on Saturday at Murtala Square, Kaduna, in a move the governor described as part of his administration’s “farmer-first policy”…
A bold step was taken on Wednesday by the Abia state government to improve the health and sanitation of the people of the state. This happened when the State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti commissioned the Abia Integrated Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (Wash) Accelerated Programme (IWAP). Attached to it was also a solar power project…
The report by the Nigeria Bureau of Statistics, NBS says that there was a considerable reduction in the food inflation in Nigeria last month compared with what was recorded same time last year. According to the report released earlier in the week, the food inflation rate in June 2025 was 21.97 percent on a year-on-year…
The Lagos State Government will on July 23 launch a N500bn Produce-for-Lagos Offtaker Guarantee Fund and Programme, aimed at boosting food security, reducing imports, and enhancing agricultural productivity across Nigeria. Commissioner for Agriculture and Food Systems, Ms. Abisola Olusanya, made the announcement on Monday. The initiative is expected to reduce post-harvest losses in participating states…
The Lagos State government is taking a bold step to address a multifaceted problem through a waste processing plant to be sited in the Epe area of the State. The Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Mr. Tokunbo Wahab, who announced this on Wednesday in Lagos said the project will cost $400 million. It is…
The wife of the Oyo State governor, Mrs. Tamunominini Makinde, has urged parents and guardians to embrace measles and rubella vaccines to stem childhood diseases. The governor’s wife made the call on Tuesday while flagging off a sensitisation programme on measles and rubella vaccination at the Local Government Training Centre, Ibadan. Makinde, accompanied by wives…
No fewer than nine people are believed to have lost their lives in what is said to be a fresh outbreak of diphtheria in Kaduna State. A breakdown of the casualties shows that there were three children and six adults. The Executive Secretary of Kaduna State Primary Healthcare Board, Dr Bello Jamoh, said the outbreak…
