The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Dele Alake, has announced the approval of an N2.5bn from the Bank of Industry. The financial relief aims to ease funding access for Indigenous miners. Alake in a statement by the Special Assistant on Media, Segun Tomori, said the decision was resolved after a three-hour meeting with mining…
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) initiated an enforcement action against Fabsi Table Water in Kubwa, Abuja, following a consumer complaint alleging consumption of expired sachet water containing microbes. A subsequent investigation uncovered significant violations of consumer protection regulations. Thr FCCPC said in a statement that Fabsi Table Water failed to provide crucial…
Without prejudice to the report of a decline in inflation in the country, and an attendant decrease in the prices of food in some parts of thgw country, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC has warned Nigerians to beware of the kind of food they buy for consumption. The agency…
Consumers in some states in the northern and the southern part of the north are yet to feel the impact of the reported downward in inflation in the month of July. So, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Borno, Sokoto and Enugu States led the country as the most expensive states to live in…
The Oyo state government has approved N500m incentives to support young entrepreneurs in the state’s agricultural sector. The move is part of an ongoing effort to drive economic recovery and growth in the state known for its dominance in cassava and tobacco cultivation. This was disclosed by Acting Governor Bayo Lawal, during an executive council…
Farmers, particularly the youth in their midst, practising in Rivers State have a reason to celebrate. The Rivers State government has decided to give support to farmers in the areas of farm inputs and a credit scheme. The Commissioner for Agriculture and Irrigation Development, Rivers State, Johnson A. Ebokpo, revealed the provision of 108 medium-sized…
Though a marginal difference, a drop in inflation, according to reports last month raises hope of better days ahead. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said the July 2024 headline inflation eased to 33.40 per cent, the first drop since President Bola Tinubu’s assumption into power. This shows that inflation fell marginally by 0.79…
The outbreak of Mpox, formerly Monkey pox, has been declared a public emergency. The declaration was made by the Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC). This follows the report of outbreak of the disease in different countries around the continent of Africa. The head, Africa CDC, Jean Kaseya in an online media…
There is great gain in tourism beyond the fun derived by tourists. That gain can be exploited by the government as part of national development. This is what a leading tourism media expert, Mr. Ayo Omotosho has asked the federal government to do in efforts to diversify the economy. He made the appeal in Abuja…
A lecturer at the Ekiti State University (EKSU) Ado-Ekiti, Professor Oyebode Famiwole, has suggested a panacea for the food insecurity ravaging the country. He has, therefore, called on the government at all levels to make agricultural science a compulsory subject for students in junior classes and all science students in all public and private secondary…
