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Farmers in Nigeria have been urged to grow crops and other products based on guided industrial demands to reduce gluts, marketing challenges, gross importation, and capital flight, as well as to build resilient agriculture. Nigeria is…

Former Senate President, Bukola Saraki on Tuesday led a group of  Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftains to a closed-door meeting with former President Olusegun Obasanjo. Saraki arrived at the former president’s house in Abeokuta,…

The Executive Secretary of the Agricultural Research Council of Nigeria has called on the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to extend the Anchor Borrowers Program to graduates of the colleges of Agriculture in the country to enable them to…

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said it will implement 10 percent banking sector credit to the agriculture sector, by 2024. This is from the current four percent, indicating a six percent increase. CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele…

The Kebbi State Governor, Senator Abubakar Bagudu, has said Nigeria's investments in the Anchor Borrowers' Programme have been paying off, with the attendant multiplier effects on the economy and Nigeria's food security. Governor Bagudu…

As part of its efforts to “reform and sanitize” the red meat value chain, the Lagos state government has announced plans to engage “relevant stakeholders” across the state In a statement on Sunday, the State Commissioner for Agriculture,…

The Federal Government through the Central Bank of Nigeria’ (CBN) Anchor Borrowers’ Programme (ABP) has commenced the sale of 200,000 metric tonnes of paddy rice to 18 Nigerian millers. The CBN Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele, made this…

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) says it will not hesitate to apply appropriate sanctions on marketers engaged in hoarding of petroleum products in their outlets. Sarki Auwalu, Director, DPR, gave the warning in a statement…

Stakeholders have urged the Federal Government and others to invest more in the Liquefied Natural Gas, LNG, as it becomes obvious that other nations have left the nation behind with its 22 million tonnes, MT, yearly capacity.…

The Federal  Government, inaugurated a committee on enrollment of newly recruited civil servants on the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System, IPPIS, to checkmate employment irregularities perpetrated by officers in…