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Nigeria Must Return to Agriculture for Economic Sustainability, FG Insists
President Muhammadu Buhari has said Nigerians must return to agriculture in order to become a self-sustaining nation. Buhari who spoke recently on a national television, said agriculture could sustain the…
Gombe Dry Season Wheat Farming: FG Expresses Satisfaction With Progress Made
The Federal Government, through the National Agricultural Land Development Authority, NALDA, has expressed satisfaction with the level of progress recorded so far in Dry Season Wheat Production in Gombe…
Agric sector incurs N1.7tn trade deficit in nine months
The agricultural sector recorded a trade deficit of between January and September this year, as exports stood at while imports rose to The latest National Bureau of Statistics’ foreign…
Senate Approves President Buhari’s $6.1bn Loan Request
The Nigerian Senate has approved a loan request of $ billion by President Muhammadu Buhari. The $ billion request which is equivalent to about trillion naira was approved following the…
Sterling Bank partners StearsData to publish Agric Industry Report 2021
By Ngozi Onyeakusi--- Sterling Bank Plc, in partnership with StearsData, has released an in-depth report for the agriculture sector in Nigeria. The report titled Agriculture Industry Report 2021 provides the…
CBN, farmers set to reduce price of rice
The Central Bank of Nigeria and the Rice farmers Association of Nigeria have concluded plans to distribute 27,000 metric tonnes of rice paddies directly to millers nationwide on Thursday, to…
Governor Diri kicks against open grazing in Bayelsa
By Ngozi Onyeakusi--- The Governor of Bayelsa State, governor Douye Diri has said that there are no grazing routes in the state. He made this known while responding to questions…
Dangote fertiliser hits Nigeria market with 120 trucks per day
Dangote Dangote Urea fertiliser is now on sales nationwide and it currently pushes out a minimum of 120 trucks per day across the country. Group Executive Director, (Strategy, Capital Projects…
Inflation, hunger loom over fresh strike by food sellers
The Amalgamated Union of Food Stuff and Cattle Dealers of Nigeria (AFUCDN) has threatened to cut the supply of foodstuff nationwide if insecurity is not addressed by the Federal Government.…
CBN Set To Drive Investment In Cotton, Textile Industry
By Ngozi Onyeakusi--- The Governor of the Central Bank (CBN), Godwin Emefiele has assured the apex banks .support to drive investments in the cotton, textile, and garment (CTG) sub-sector of the…
