The strategic Relationship between Nigeria and China will be further strengthened as Mr. Jiang Jianqing, Chairman of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) Limited, visits the country.

Seven out of ten Africans earn their living by farming. According to researchers, the market for milk, meat, and staple food crops like maize, banana, sorghum, rice and millet within Africa is estimated at USD$150 billion a year—far exceeding Africa’s market for internationally traded cash crops like coffee, tea, and flowers. A year of record high food prices presents a unique challenge and opportunity for Africa. To benefit, African farmers must produce more food, but more importantly, they must have access to markets to sell their harvests at prices that benefit farmers and consumers.

The President, All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), Dr Abdullahi Adamu, said on Thursday in Abuja that more than 90 million Nigerians were under the threat of food insecurity.

Drug hawkers in Kaduna have defiled the ban placed by NAFDAC by selling drugs in the open markets, investigations by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) has shown.

A flurry of cases on “mysterious” disappearance of funds from bank accounts will soon be in the courts as bank customers insist on refunds for monies that were released by the banks without their authorisation NAN has reported
According to NAN’s report Bank customers have been complaining of unauthorised huge draw downs on their accounts in the last one year.