AGRICULTURE

  The Federal Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Cuba on food security and agriculture advancement. The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Abubakar Kyari, signed the MoU on behalf of Nigeria on the sidelines of the G77 + China Leaders’ Summit in Havana, Cuba. According to...

  The Federal Government has secured $163 million loan from the African Development Bank (AfDB) to bolster wheat production in Nigeria. Vice President Kashim Shettima made this announcement during his visit to Argungu, Kebbi State, as part of a condolence trip to the family of the late Sheikh Abubakar Giro...

  President Bola Tinubu has welcomed an investment of $520 million in specialised agro-processing zones by the African Development Bank (AfDB). He praised the President of the multilateral institution, Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina, for further opening up the economy for investments that provide job opportunities and poverty reduction. In a statement...

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has promised  to review the naira redesign policy of his predecessor. Tinubu made the promise in his inaugural address delivered at the Eagle Square, Abuja on Monday. He also said both new and old currency notes would be treated as legal tender. According to him, “Monetary...

  Poultry farmers in Southwest on Thursday begged the Federal Government and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to save their business from total collapse. They lamented the Federal Government’s naira redesign policy has brought untold hardship on them and their investments across the nation, particularly in the Southwest. Speaking...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it has disbursed N12.65 billion to farmers under its Anchor Borrowers’ programme (ABP) in the first two months of 2023. The CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, made this known on Tuesday in Abuja while reading the communiqué issued at the end of the 290th...

The Poultry Farmers Association of Nigeria (PFAN) says its members have lost more than N30 billion worth of eggs due to the lingering cash scarcity in the country. In a statement on Friday, Sunday Onallo-Akpa, National President of PFAN, lamented that the poultry industry was on the verge of total...

    Ecobank Nigeria Limited said it is partnering with the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), to train and also provide support services to 16,000 Nigerian youths on wealth creation through agriculture. The training is targeted at young Nigerians between the ages of 18-40 years and will cover key...

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State on Friday expressed his delight that a Southerner, Bola Tinubu, emerged Nigeria’s next president after the 2023 election held last Saturday. Wike spoke in Oyo State where he was invited by his ally, Governor Seyi Makinde, to commission a project, Wike said: “I am...

  AFDB, IsDB, IFAD partner with FG Kano, Imo, Kaduna, Cross River, Kwara, Oyo, Ogun & FCT benefit in first phase VP receives Islamic Development Bank President at Presidential Villa   With the launch of the Special Agro-industrial Processing Zone (SAPZ) programme, Nigeria can, in less than a decade, banish...