At the end of the first quarter of this year the records show that Nigeria Customs and Excise recorded an increase in receipts from agriculture exports at the Onne Port, in Rivers State by over 17 percent, in comaprison to the same period in 2024. The Port Harcourt command of the NCS said the sector…
The cotton sector in agriculture will soon get the necessary support from the federal government. This is with a purpose to boost the sector and ensure the creation of about 1.4 million jobs from there every year. this assurance was given by the Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, (FMAFS) Senator Abubakar Kyari. The minister…
The Federal Government is establishing mechanised commercial farms and livestock operations in ten universities. The project will be handled under the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) 2025 intervention. Speaking while inaugurating the five-member Committee on Agricultural Commercial Farms Evaluation, Chairman, TETFund Board of Trustees, Hon. Aminu Bello Masari, explained that the beneficiary institutions must meet…
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has implored residents of the state, and Nigerians in general, to allow the positive effect of naira gain against the dollar show in their business activities by reducing the prices of goods and services in the country. The governor spoke at the combined special prayers organized for President Bola…
The Quality, Health, Safety, Environment, and Sustainability, QHSES Leadership Academy, a tuition-free social innovation institution accredited by the American Council of Training and Development and certified to ISO 9001:2015 standards has donated food items and safety instruments to Heritage Homes, one of the orphanage homes in Lagos to mark its first Safetainability Day. QHSES Leadership…
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission has dismissed claims that it plans to regulate the prices of food items and other commodities in the Nigerian market. It clarified that its recent directives are solely aimed at curbing exploitative practices and maintaining a competitive marketplace in a statement by its Director, Special Duties and Strategic…
Jigawa state governor, Umar Namadi has approved the release of the total sum of N315.5 million to 15,775 flood victims presently in the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps across 20 affected local government areas in the state. The governor disclosed in Kiyawa, Kiyawa town headquarters of Kiyawa local government area in the state while flagging…
The Director-General of the National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA), Matthew Adepoju, has called on the federal government to end illegal mining activities in Abuja. Adepoju said this in response to the earth tremor experienced in the Mpape, Maitama, Gishiri and Katampe areas of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The Director-General of the Nigerian…
It was time for harvest, and farmers had been busy on the farm, after months of labour. In a particular farm settlement in Ogun State, the community had become used to farmers coming in, some with vehicles, to move harvested products to the market or the buyers besieging the area to buy agricultural products. So,…
Vice President Kashim Shettima has disclosed the Federal Government readiness to tackle food inflation in the country by establishing a National Commodity Board. In tackling price volatility, the board will be given the mandate to assess and regulate food prices as well as maintain a strategic food reserve for stabilizing prices of crucial grains and…
