Agriculture

Audu Ogbeh: Federal Govt targets 5% interest for agric loans

Chief Audu Ogbeh, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, said that the Federal Government would…

Iraq bans Nigeria’s poultry export

Iraq has extended a ban on imports of frozen and live poultry products to cover…

Local rice farmers and millers threaten to quit production

Funsho Balogun The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Audu Ogbeh has identified rice importation…

Japanese sushi boss pays N23million for one giant fish

A Japanese sushi boss paid more than US$117,000, about N23.3 million  Tuesday  for a giant…

Benue signs $1.6b MoU with firm for sugar plants

Nigeria's  Benue  State Government has signed a one billion pounds($1.6b) Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Trans-Sahara Consortium…

Nigerian banks budget N300b loan to SMEs, agric sector

The Bankers Committee said it had set a target of N300 billion to boost lending…

Nigeria’s cocoa grinders, hit by dollar scarcity, grind to a halt

Nigeria, already hit by low oil prices, faces a threat to its cocoa sector with…

Kogi Chamber of Commerce sets agenda for new governor

The Independent National Electoral Commission is still hours away from declaring the winner of Saturday's…

Chinese investors coming soon to Jigawa: Gov. Badaru

A Chinese company has indicated interest to invest about 120 million dollars in Jigawa for…

Boko Haram cripples hide and skin business

Some stakeholders in Borno state, north east Nigeria, have said that the Boko Haram insurgency…