For Nigeria to successfully transition to clean energy stakeholders must ensure a balanced, inclusive, and data-driven approach. This should also be backed up by a deliberate shift from linear energy use to circular systems that promote innovation, green jobs, and inclusive access. Those were the resolutions adopted by experts at a forum organised by Rite…
The initiative was to change the face of Agricultural practice by the Federal government, under the Renewed Hope Agricultural Mechanisation programme in order to make farming modern and attractive to youths, but unfortunately, seven months after the launching,the tractors are sitting pretty well at the premises of National Agricultural Seeds Council (NASC) in Sheda, along…
The federal government, as part of efforts to improve power supply and ease agriculture practice, has handed over the Ikere Gorge Dam to a private company, the Quaint Power and Infrastructure Nigeria Limited, under a public private partnership, PPP. The ceremony which was done on Friday at the Ikere community in the Iseyin local government…
It was celebration time at the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, FUNAB as the university held its 33rd convocation with exciting milestones. First, it churned out 104 first class graduates from different faculties and programmes, with Osiama Chinyere of the department of Food and Nutrition as the overall graduating students who finished her academic race…
Mrs. Angela Obi is a holder of National Certificate in Education, NCE, with which she taught for 25 years. Born in Lagos State where she attended primary and secondary schools at the Agege area of the state, she practiced farming on the side during the period of her public work life. A vegetable farmer, Obi…
Presco Plc has acquired 10,000 hectares of plantation assets across the Nsadop and Boki estates in Cross River State, in a move to significantly expand its production footprint and reinforce its leadership position in Nigeria’s palm oil industry. Announcing the transaction in a notice to NGX seen by the company described it as a major…
The Federal Government has given the green light for the development of the Bakassi Deep Seaport, a strategic project expected to strengthen Nigeria’s blue economy and maritime sector. The Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola, presented the project’s certificate of compliance to the Governor of Cross River State, Senator Bassey Otu, signaling a…
The Minister of State for Industry, Senator John Owan Enoh, has commenced a series of strategic inspections of sugar projects across the country. These strategic visits which began with the Lafiagi Sugar Company (LASUCO) in Kwara State, are in line with President Bola Tinubu’s directive to concerned officials for the acceleration of Nigeria’s attainment of…
Nigeria’s headline inflation rate declined to 14.45 per cent in November 2025, signalling a sustained moderation in price pressures and reinforcing expectations that recent monetary tightening and foreign exchange reforms by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) are beginning to yield results. The figure represents a 1.6 percentage-point drop from the 16.05 per cent recorded…
The Sokoto State Government has inaugurated a modern onion cold-storage facility as part of an effort to boost the state’s agricultural economy. The project, developed in partnership with the Ministry of Finance Incorporated, is designed to reduce post-harvest losses, increase storage capacity and enhance profitability for thousands of onion farmers in the region. Governor Ahmed…
