About eleven indigenous companies have applied to the federal government asking for an extension in the tax holiday they have enjoyed for some years now. The argument is for the government to assist them to weather the current economic downturn in the country. Among these companies is Dangote Fertiliser Limited. This information is contained in…
The Premium Bread Makers Association of Nigeria, (PBAN) have denied using substandard or unwholesome ingredients. The Breadmakers made the denial following a recent report on the use of saccharin in bread production. PBAN President, Mr. Emmanuel Onuorah, in a statement on Thursday, said its members do not use substandard or unwholesome materials in their bakeries…
The Development Bank of Nigeria said it has provided N112bn loan to 11,859 businesses operating in the manufact uring and agricultural sectors of the economy. The DBN Managing Director, Tony Okpanachi gave this figure at its 4th DBN Annual Service Ambassadors Award ceremony, where he commended partnering banks for their contributions to facilitating access to…
Traders across the country have one month within which they are to bring down the prices of commodities. Failure to do that would result in prosecution. That is the order from the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC). The Executive Vice Chairman of FCCPC, Mr Tunji Bello, issued the order on Thursday at…
The Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi has disclosed that President Bola Tinubu mandated him and the Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Abubakar Kyari, to move Nigeria away from food insecurity and ensure that no Nigerian goes to bed hungry. Abdullahi stated this in Abuja at the…
The Senator representing Edo South Senatorial District, Neda Imasuen has distributed over 12,000 cocoa seedlings, 9,000 plantain suckers, herbicides and knapsack sprayers to farmers from across the seven Local Government Areas in his constituency. He also presented the farmers with financial support after a training on modern farming approaches. The exercise was coordinated by the…
The internally displaced persons who found themselves at the IDP camps because of one hostility or the other in Plateau state can now smile. This is because after much complaints and sufferings as a result of being forced out of their residential areas and farms and now having to leave on handouts, their cry appears…
Farmers in the federal capital territory, FCT were elated recently when they got ferliser from the authorities of the capital territory. The distribution exercise was handled by Federal Capital Territory Minister of State, Dr. Mariya Mahmoud, who kicked off the distribution of approximately 900 metric tonnes of 30 trucks of assorted fertilisers to the farmers….
The Project Coordination Office (PCO) of the Hydrocarbon Carbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP) said it has planted Over 810,726 mangrove seedlings in its first Phase of the Mangrove Restoration Project in Ogoniland. The PCO said it targets to restore 560 hectares of lost mangrove areas destroyed by oil extractive activities in Ogoniland. This was disclosed…
The Lagos State Government will on Sunday September 1 commence Phase 2 of the sale of selected food items, including rice, beans, garri, bread, eggs, tomatoes, pepper, tatashe, and onions at discounted rates. The food items will be sold at a discounted rate of 25 per cent aimed at alleviating the impact of rising food…
