Agriculture Manufaturing

World Bank’s Senior Agriculture Economist, Adetunji Oredipe, says Nigeria’s neglect of the agricultural sector has cost the country about $10 billion annually. He spoke on Thursday in a keynote address at the 2- day Agriculture Summit…
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The Central Bank of Nigeria has released a total of N607.87bn credit to selected Deposit Money Banks to disburse for 587 agricultural projects, latest figures from the CBN have shown. In its most recent economic report, the apex bank…
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The German Government, with support from the Bill and Mellinda Gates Foundation, has provided two million Euros for implementation of the second phase of the Competitive African Rice Initiative (CARI) in the country. The Programme…
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The federal government’s drive to diversify the economy by developing the agricultural sector will be boosted when the Dangote Fertilizer Plant becomes operational. It has been said that the country will be saving a whopping $500…
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President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, yesterday advocated the review of federal government’s agricultural policies to pave way for economic viability in the country. The richest man in Africa, who spoke at a forum organised by…
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The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), has said that it would support ongoing initiative by the Federal Government to diversify the nation’s economy through agriculture by providing the much needed fulcrum for the attainment…
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Nigeria has overtaken Egypt as the largest rice producer in Africa, Director-General,Africa Rice Center, Benin Republic, Dr Harold Roy-Macauley has said . Roy-Macauley, told The Nation that Nigeria is now the largest rice producer…
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–By Yange Ikyaa Despite its inheritance of 116 ongoing and abandoned irrigation and water projects from the past governments in 2015, as well as a debt liability of N89 billion, the Muhammadu Buhari-led administration is leaving no…
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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has disclosed that Nigeria is currently developing the oil palm sector to take over from crude oil as number one income earner. Just as it is leading in the crude oil sector, Akwa Ibom State, has been…
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Following its maiden Monetary Policy Committee meeting for 2019, the Central Bank of Nigeria, injected the sum of $289.76 million and 38.70 million Chinese Yuan to boost the foreign market. The CBN Director of Corporate Communications,…
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