Nigeria needs 8% growth rate to avert multidimensional poverty, says Rewane
The Chief Executive Officer of Financial Derivatives Company Limited, Bismarck Rewane, has warned that unless the economy grows by, at least, seven to eight per
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Insecurity undermining Nigeria’s agricultural sector – Don
Prof. Abdul-lateef Oladimeji, the Dean, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of Al-Hikma University, Ilorin, says insecurity is threatening the country’s agricultural sector. Oladimeji made
Govt spent N1.85tr on food import during border closure
Buhari’s economic adviser raises food security alarm Nigeria spent N1.85 trillion to import food for nine months during the closure of international land borders, President
Economists task FG on increased support for MSMEs
Some economists on Tuesday in Lagos urged the Federal Government to focus more attention on Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) as they remained the
We now depend on our wives to feed after losing everything — Traders at burnt Lagos plank market
Salaudeen Mogaji forced a smile but it didn’t conceal the gloom that has enveloped him in the past few days after his shop at a
MAN, agric stakeholders disagree over FG’s ban on forex for food import
Nigerian agriculture stakeholders yesterday faulted the Federal Government decision to exclude the food importers from accessing foreign exchange (forex) from the Central Bank of Nigeria
Don’t shut down small businesses, counsels Peterside
The founder of Stanbic IBTC Bank Plc, Atedo Peterside, has called on the government not to shut down small businesses in response to the second
Why Nigeria has many moribund agric equipment’
The Executive Director, National Centre for Agricultural Mechanisation (NCAM) Ilorin, Dr. Yomi Kasali has canvassed adequate inspection by the institution on agricultural equipment being imported
2021’ll be tough for food production supply — Lagos Govt.
Lagos State Commissioner for Agriculture, Abisola Olusanya, has called on farmers in the state to brace up to fill the expected gap in food supply
Five million farmers get N800m insurance claims from FG
No fewer than five million farmers across the nation who suffered various setbacks in their farms as a result of natural disasters have been paid
