Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, Comptroller General, Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has auctioned Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol seized by its operatives in Yola, Adamawa State at the rate of ₦630 per litre, noting the seizures underscore the persistent nature of the challenge and the necessity of continued vigilance and action.Adeniyi, who was represented by Olaniyi…
Ebonyi State Governor, Rt Honourable Francis Nwifuru, has launched the disbursement of N300m grants to 100 beneficiaries of the State Government’s Agricultural Empowerment Programme. The beneficiaries underwent intensive training at Masters Skills Training Centre, Agbani, Enugu State and were deemed qualified for the grants. The governor, represented by his Deputy, Princess Patricia Onyemaechi Obila , …
Propelled to address the environmental effect of deforestation, the Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Sen. Abubakar Kyari on Wednesday inaugurated the National Task Force (NTF) on the European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR). This is part of the last ditch efforts to prevent the economy from the backlash that may occur as a result of…
A former President of the Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture, NACCIMA, Chief George Udagba, has enjoined the Niger Delta Chamber of Commerce, Industry Mines and Agriculture, NDCCITMA, to establish vocational training centres in the Niger Delta region. Udagba, who made the appeal during the NDCCITMA sensitization programme in Umuahia, Abia…
Agriculture is one of the sectors that will benefit from an agreed collaborative effort between Nigeria and Turkey. The Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines, and Agriculture (NACCIMA) and Nigeria Türkiye Business Council (NTBC) are putting things in place to ensure that the two countries work together to boost development in the sector…
Nigeria is not the only country asking the European Union to reconsider its decision to ban the importation of Cocoa into member-nations from December 30, 2024. Some other countries have joined in the move to have the EU shift the deadline. The European Union’s Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) has imposed the deadline for failure to comply…
The Bank of Industry (BoI) has introduced a mobile application to provide real-time monitoring of food prices across eight states in Nigeria. In an announcement on Thursday, BoI stated that the app, ‘Pricesense.ng,’ also has a web version, allowing users to track wholesale and retail prices of essential food items such as rice, beans, tomatoes,…
As part of moves toward addressing Nigeria’s flood-related challenges, the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr. Wale Edun, on Wednesday, held an inaugural meeting of the Inter-Ministerial Technical Committee on the Evaluation of Dams. The meeting was chaired by the Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Engineer Joseph Utsev. At the…
The Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy, Taiwo Oyedele, has attributed the delay to fixing standard custom import duties on the fluctuation of the country’s exchange rate. Oyedele In a statement signed on Tuesday, said the 2023 reenacted Customs Act mandates a market-driven exchange rate. This too impacts on the imported food items….
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo in a two-day workshop will facilitate an agricultural transformative initiative through the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB)-funded Kano State Agro Pastoral Development Project (KSADP). The collaborated workshop, organised by the Sasakawa Africa Association (SAA) and the Kano State Government is themed “Agricultural Transformation and What Works: Reflections from the Crop Value Chain…
