Commonwealth award: Trade expert applauds NCS over ‘Customs Cares’ initiative
By Cynthia Alo A trade expert, Okey Ibeke, has described the 2026 Commonwealth Gold Award conferred on the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) as a well-deserved recognition of its ‘Customs Cares’ initiative. In a statement made available to the media, Ibeke, who is the Principal Consultant of International Trade Advisory Services Ltd, noted that the award […]
Edo govt, Thrive Agric, MADE train 1000 bee farmers
The Edo State Government in collaboration with Thrive Agric and Market Development in the Niger-Delta (MADE) have trained over 1000 bee farmers across the state on techniques to increase productivity and profitability, with 40 of them getting N190,000 worth of start-up pack each.
CBN spends N146bn to support 849,480 rice farmers — Emefiele
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it spent N146 billion to support 849,480 wet and dry seasons rice farmers across the country. The CBN Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele, gave the details at a meeting with some state Governors in Abuja on Thursday. Emefiele said that the bank was working with other stakeholders to wage […]
Osun to create 25,000 new jobs through dairy project
The Osun Government is to create 25,000 new direct and indirect jobs through the dairy project development activities of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Mr Mudasiru Toogun, the former Osun Commissioner for Special Duties, has said. In a statement issued by Mrs Segilola Babalola, the Information Officer in the Ministry of Agriculture, Toogun was quoted […]
Patani Local Government flags off Agricultural revolution, establishes IDP camp for flood victims
By Akpokona Omafuaire, Warri THE Delta State Commissioner for Agriculture, Hon. Julius Egbedi yesterday flagged off the Patani Local Government Council Agricultural Revolution 2019. PLOGCAR was flagged off with a call on other Council Chairmen to emulate same. The program, a brainchild of Barr Perez Omoun, Patani Council boss had 200 persons smiling home with […]
Japanese govt donates 20 rice reapers,20 threshers to Nasarawa farmers
The Japanese government has donated 20 rice reapers and 20 rice threshers to small scale farmers in Awe, Obi and Keana Local Government Areas of Nasarawa State. Speaking in Azara, Awe LGA, the Ambassador of Japan to Nigeria, Yutaka Kikuta, said that the donation was under the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Project (GGP), […]
Ekiti farmers appeals to Gov. Fayemi for financial support
Adedeji Egbebi Some farmers in Ekiti North Senatorial District on Wednesday appealed to the state Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, to provide loans for them to enhance their agricultural production. The farmers, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ido-Osi, Oye, Ikole, and Moba local government areas, said that they needed tractors and […]
Don calls for private sector-driven food sufficiency regime
Professor Michael Ngadi, Director, Integrated Food and Bioprocess (IFB) programme, McGill University, Montreal, Canada. Ngadi made the assertion on Tuesday at the 20th International Conference and 40th Annual General Meeting of the Nigerian Institution of Agricultural Engineering (NIAE) hosted by Landmark University, Omu-Aran, Kwara. Ngadi, a Professor of Food and Bioprocess Engineering, said Nigeria’s […]
Kogi Government set to commission over N4 billion Rice mill factory
Kogi State Government is set to inaugurate a newly constructed over N4 billion rice mill factory with the capacity to produce 50 tonnes of rice per day. The State Governor Alhaji Yayaha Bello, disclosed this during an inspection tour to the factory site, at Omi Dam in Ejiba, Yagba West LGA of Kogi. ”In 2016, […]
Miyetti Allah boasts of enough cows, pastoralists to meet milk demand
…calls for more Mik collation centres, off-takers By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, MACBAN, Tuesday, boasted of having enough cows and pastoralists to meet milk demand in the country. This was stated by the National Secretary, MACBAN, Othman Ngelzarma, at a press briefing while reacting on how to […]
Obaseki’s agric reforms: Over 10,600ha under cultivation in Edo as 2000 farmers benefit from programmes
The Edo State Government has said it has over 10,600ha of land under cultivation in different parts of the state under its agricultural programmes benefitting not less than 2000 farmers distributed in the different farms in the three senatorial districts of the state. The State Government embarked on a multi-faceted agricultural development scheme backed […]
Group urges FG to pay more attention to agriculture
Hajiya Halima Njobadi, the Director-General, LUGAVO Cooperatives, a nonprofit organisation, on Tuesday appealed to the Federal Government not to pay lip service to agriculture in order to achieve sustainable food security. Njobadi, who made the appeal in Abuja, decried the attitude of civil servants in the Ministry of Agriculture to farmers that come to […]
GOMBE : Aerial control of migratory pest to resume on Wednesday
The Gombe State Government says aerial control of migratory pests in the state would resume on Wednesday. Mr. Umar Malala, Director of Produce and Pest Control Services in the state’s Ministry of Agriculture disclosed this in Gombe on Tuesday. Malala said the exercise was halted as a result of a technical problem adding that […]
CBN supports cultivation of 2,000 hectares out-grower farms in Borno
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), on Sunday, said it had supported the cultivation of 2,000 hectares out-grower farms in Borno to produce improved variety seedlings and accelerate paddy rice production. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the seeds nurseries were established at Dusuman and Zabalmari villages in Konduga Local Government Area of […]
Ganduje receives report on RUGA settlements, says project on course
Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State says the state government is determined to implement the RUGA project, meant to resettle herdsmen and boost economic activities. Ganduje stated this on Saturday in Kano while receiving the report on the establishment of Ruga and Milk Market in Kano State. According to him, apart from tackling insecurity, the […]
Government should adopt direct contact approach in assisting farmers — AFAN
Mr. Moses Oladipupo, the Deputy Chairman of All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN) in Osun chapter, has called for a direct contact approach from the government when assisting and dealing with farmers. Oladipupo made the call on Saturday on the backdrop of government programmes not getting to real farmers. According to Oladipupo, majority […]
