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Fed Govt seeks collaboration on food security, nutrition
The federal government has called on relevant stakeholders to join forces with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to provide enough food within the shortest possible time to force down food prices and…
WASCA Introduces Nigerian-Canadian Coffee Exchange Corridor
WASCA (West African Specialty Coffee Association) has announced the establishment of the Nigerian-Canadian Coffee Exchange Corridor, a groundbreaking initiative that aims to strengthen bilateral trade between Nigeria and Canada and…
U.S. Removes Export Duty On Cocoa, Others From Nigeria
By Ngozi Onyeakusi---As part of the its incentives to boost Nigerian economy, the United States has announced the removal of export duties on cocoa and some other produce from Nigeria…
ThriveAgric empowers over 500,000 smallholder farmers to scale food production in Africa
Produces over million MT of grains in one year Leading agricultural technology company, ThriveAgric, has today released its 2022 Impact Report reiterating the company's mission to build the largest…
NCC-CSIRT Urges Adoption of Two-Factor Authentication as Somnia Ransomware Targets Telegram Accounts
NCC logo By Ngozi Onyeakusi---In response to the discovery of a new attack that compromises victims’ VPN (Virtual Private Network) accounts to compromise messaging app, Telegram, the Nigerian Communications Commission's…
Nestlé partners Africa Food Prize to strengthen food security, climate change resilience
By Ngozi Onyeakusi---Nestlé said it is partnering the Africa Food Prize to help accelerate the transformation of food systems in Africa, as a way of strengthening the continent’s food security…
NEMA: Another Flood Disaster Imminent Next Year, Says 2022 Warning Not Heeded
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) yesterday raised the alarm that there might be another devastating flooding in Nigeria next year if necessary precautions were not taken by government at…
Flood threatens N1.9tn CBN agric schemes, losses mount
The devastation caused by floods on hundreds of thousands of hectares of farmlands across the country currently poses a threat to the various agricultural schemes of the Central Bank of…
SDG: Allianz Earmarks N11m To Drive Youth Employment
L-R: Samuel Ohonusi, Chief Underwriting Officer; Adeolu Adewumi-Zer, MD/CEO; Kanma Ekpe, Marketing Transformation and Reputation Manager and Patience Ugboajah, Chief Customer Officer, all of Allianz Nigeria, at the 2022…
Emerging Economies Urged To Improve Food Production
By Ngozi Onyeakusi----The Federal Government has reiterated the need for countries with emerging economies to adopt measures geared toward addressing the difficulties they are facing in food production and improved…