As part of its sustained determination to boost food production in Ondo State, the state government has concluded arrangements for the commencement of operations at the newly_resuscitated Perfect Integrated Food Industry at Arigidi_Akoko in Akoko North West Area of the state.

The Kwara State Deputy Governor, Chief Joel Ogundeji, has urged governments at all levels to invest in agriculture to improve Nigeria’s economic well_being and solve the food security problem.

The Kano State Government has so far spent more than N4.8 billion on its rice development projects, the Commissioner for Projects Monitoring and Evaluation, Alhaji Ibrahim Garba, has said.

The Rivers State Government has concluded plans to establish a 10,000_hectare oil palm estate in Bori in Khana local government area of the state, Gov. Chibuike Amaechi said on Monday.

NATIONAL President of Nigerian Veterinary Medical Association (NVMA), Dr. Charles C. Ibe has said globalisation has made diseases moved with ease owing to breakdown of international geo-political barriers, even as he explained that 60 per cent of known infectious diseases are common to human and animals, while 75 per cent of recent emerging and re-emerging human diseases has strong link with animals and 80 per cent of the pathogens that could potentially be used in bioterrorism are zoonotic.

Managing Director of Cotecna Destination Inspection Limited, Alhaji Tayo Yahaya Rabiu, has emphasised the importance of quality and specialized training to the overall success of Destination Inspection (DI) and smooth trade facilitation at the nation’s ports.

Managing Director, Nigerian Port Authority (NPA) Malam Abdul Salam Mohammed has said that the impression created of the Authority by retirees and serving employees as a “bottomless pit and sea never dry” must change if the organisation must progress.

The proposed strike called by the leadership of the Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) which was expected to ground port activities by Wednesday was Monday averted by the Minister of Transport, Yususf Sulaiman, who flew into Lagos meet with the leadership of the Association.

THE Federal Government may revise its decision to introduce the controversial Cargo Tracking Note (CTN) Levy following petitions against the levy just as the House of Representative Committee on Marine Transport has summoned the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) following petitions against the project.

The Maritime Industry Advocacy Initiative (MAIN) has given kudos to the House of Representatives; especially its committee on marine transport for making steady progress with the maritime sector bills that are at various stages of passage at the legislature.

An indigenous player in the Nigerian maritime and aviation sectors, Sifax Group has announced major restructuring in its management cadre; a development which saw its group Managing Director, Dr Taiwo Afolabi being elevated to the status of Group Executive Vice Chairman.

The URDG has gained increasing worldwide acceptance over the years and it apply to hundreds of billions of dollars of demand guarantees securing monetary and performance obligations in a wide array of international and domestic contracts.

An Adamawa High Court presided over by Justice Bamare Bansi, has ordered the Bureau for Public Enterprise (BPE) to pay Adamawa revenue board N73.71 million as tax. The sum was tax that accrued to Savanah Sugar Company, Numan, in Adamawa between 2002 and 2008 when BPE bought over the company and later resold it to Dangote Group of Companies.