Akwa Ibom State Governor, Umo Eno, has presented twelve thousand (12,000) bags of fertilizer and improved seedlings for distribution to farmers across the state. The governor made the presentation while flagging off the 2024 second planting season in Uruan Local Government Area, as part of events marking the 37th anniversary of the state’s creation. According…
Commendations have started flowing in for the decision of the federal government to suspend import duties on some food items brought into the country. The first, and perhaps very important of such, came from the Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture, (NACCIMA). A statement by the president of NACCIMA, Mr. Dele…
Nigeria may be looking at importing milk and coffee from Uganda very soon, if the assurance given there by former President Olusegun Obasanjo is anything to go by. If that happens, it will mark a significant step toward strengthening economic ties between the two African nations. Though in the area of coffee it will also…
The Benue State Governor, Fr. Hyacinth Iormem Alia, has said the state would embrace the gesture of any willing person or organisation that wants to invest in thw agriculture there. The governor spoke when he received the Member, House of Lords, United Kingdom, Baroness Sandip Verma, who paid him a courtesy visit at the Government…
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…
Special Adviser to the President on Economic Matters, Tope Fasua, has said that the strategy of floating the naira made local goods cheaper and e-commerce lucrative. Fasua made the assertion in an interview on Arise Tv. He said the decision of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to float the naira was strategic. In June…
United African Company (UAC) said it raised prices of its product by an average of 100 per cent because of inflation and to boost the firm’s profit margin. The Group Managing Director of UAC, Fola Aiyesimoju said the upward review was based on average 75 per cent to 100 percent. The GMD disclosed these during…
In a bid to revolutionize agriculture in Nigeria, the Nigerian Women for Agriculture Progressive and Development Initiative (NWAPDI) has launched FarmAssure, a cutting-edge technology platform designed to enhance efficiency and productivity in farming. According to Farmer Omolara Svensson, NWAPDI’s national coordinator, the organization is committed to empowering grassroots farmers with cutting-edge tools. “We can’t stay…
At the ongoing 2024 US-Africa Business Summit in Dallas, United State of America, Abiodun Abayomi Oyebanji, governor, Ekiti State Governor and Niyi John Olajide, Chairman of Cavista Holdings, (owners of Agbeyewa Farms Limited) signed multi-billion Naira Memorandum of Understanding to establish a state-of-the-art cassava farm of over 100,000 hectares in the State. Olajide Chairman of…
KABIYESI: Good morning Ashiwaju, are you surprised that I sent for you? I salute you, the reason I sent for you is this , I thank God that we are all alive today, it is just by His grace, nothing more. Some hours from now, it will be a year that I ascended the…
