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President Tinubu’s Reforms Working for Nigeria’s Development – Speaker Abbas
The Speaker of the House of Representatives Rt. Hon. Abbas Tajudeen, has said that the reforms introduced by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, since he assumed office, have been working for Nigeria's development.
Speaker…
Abia Govt to Set Up Modern Cattle Ranch, Partners Private Investors, Inaugurates C’tee
Governor Dr Alex Otti of Abia State has expressed his administration’s readiness to partner Barn Holding Group, a premiere agribusiness conglomerate to establish a large-scale livestock and dairy development project in the State.
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FG Begins Payment to Agro-dealers After FACTSHEET Report on $134M AfDB Agric Programme
The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security and the at the National Agricultural Growth Scheme – Agro-Pocket (NAGS-AP) have resumed payments to Nigerian agro-input suppliers for their over one year due payments after FACTSHEET…
EXCLUSIVE: Fraud Rocks AfDB Funded $134 million Agric Programme, NAGS-AP
Agricultural input suppliers in Nigeria have raised the alarm over the “apparent diversion of funds” meant for payment to agro-input suppliers by some senior government officials at the National Agricultural Growth Scheme – Agro-Pocket…
FG Roles Out Programme to Reverse Annual N3.5trillion Post-harvest Loss in Agric Sector
The federal government has revealed that Nigeria loses over N3.5 trillion to post-harvest loses in the agriculture sector annually.
The minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Abubakar Kyari made the disclosure in Senagal…
Nigeria, OIC Seal Pact to Empower 10 Million Women in Agriculture
By Glory Mfoniso
Nigeria, has signed a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to empower 10 million women across the agricultural value chain to deepen collaboration and…
Abia Partners RRIN for Rubber Production to Expand State’s Economy
The Government of Abia State has announced its readiness to partner with the Rubber Research Institute of Nigeria (RRIN) to tap into rubber production as a part of the state’s larger plan to advance its economy.
Governor Alex…
Why I Sponsored Motion to Probe Exclusion of Southeast from N380 billion Irrigation Project- Sen Ken…
Senator Kenneth Emeka Eze, the lawmaker representing Ebonyi Central in the Senate has explained that the exclusion of the Southeast geopolitical zone from the implementation of the N380 billion Renewed Hope Infrastructure Development Fund…
Tinubu Appoints Yazid Danfulani as MD of Nigerian Agricultural Insurance Corporation
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the appointment of Yazid Shehu Umar Danfulani as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Agricultural Insurance Corporation (NAIC).
The appointment was formally…
Reps Back Bill to Establish Agricultural Economics Institute
The House of Representatives has passed through second reading a bill seeking for an act to establish Nigerian Institute of Agricultural and Applied Economics to regulate, control and determine the standard of knowledge to be…