Employs over 600 Nigerians, hopes to get govt support By Gabriel Ewepu – Keffi This was made known by the National Coordinator and Managing Director, NFGCS, Retson Tedheke, while briefing journalists on the journey and progress made so far on the cooperative’s 3, 500 hectares of land sitting in a village called Ga’ate, in Sabon […]

By Peter Duru – Makurdi Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state yesterday impounded a herd of cattle roaming the streets at Iniongun in the Wadata area of Makurdi town in violation of the open grazing prohibition law of the state. The Governor who ran into the over 150 herds while inspecting the areas of the […]

By Chioma Onuegbu – Uyo Managing Director, Greenwell Technologies, Fertilizer blending factory located in Abak local government area of Akwa Ibom state, Mr. Johnny Udo has disclosed that he spends N1.4 million monthly on diesel to keep the company running. Udo who disclosed this yesterday when members of Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria Union of […]

As 774 LGAs to get agric service centres soon By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja Federal Government woos investors to establish agricultural equipment assemblies in the country to boost mechanization of the agricultural sector towards greater participation in food production across various value chains. This was disclosed by the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mohammed […]

The Onion Producers and Marketers Association of Nigeria (OPMAN) said on Monday that the country could generate about $420 million (about N151 billion) annually from onion cultivation. OPMAN’s Secretary-General, Mr. Aliyu Maitasamu, said this at the 2019 General Assembly of Regional Observatory of Onion Sector in West and Central Africa, in Sokoto. According to him, […]