Cocoa farm row sparks feud in Cross River
Ani Bassey A demonstration cocoa farm on the premises of the Cross River Broadcasting Corporation (CRBC) has become the centre of a public dispute between a former state adviser and the station’s management. The farm was set up during the…
Nigeria targets N350 bn from cashew exports in 2023
Earned N176.4 bn in 2022 Sopuruchi Onwuka Nigeria works on plans to double its cashew nuts export in year, projecting the commodity as one of the leading non oil exports in the government’s economic diversification drive. Export data available at…
BoI declares support for MARKET ACCESS for MSMEs events
Bank of Industry has declared support for the Market Access for MSMEs 2023, the major national convergence for last mile players and all stakeholders in the Nigerian downstream economic activities. Industry journal, MSMEs Today, declared in a statement that the…
NLNG, LCCI promote sustainable food security in Nigeria
Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG), in partnership with the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), on Wednesday presented the joint-winning works of The Nigeria Prize for Science (2022) to industry players in an effort to push agricultural innovations that can…
Ukraine decrees $24.3 m food aid to Nigeria, others
Despite suffering crushing blows in the lingering Russian invasion of the country, the government of Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine has decided to send up to 125,000 tons of wheat or corn as humanitarian aid to four countries in Africa and…
Flood: Atiku tasks Buhari on relief fund
Sopuruchi Onwuka Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has called on the curling government controlled by the All Progress Congress (APC) to quickly establish a flood relief fund to maintain a steady intervention in flood…
Flood, banditry, inflation menace Nigerians with starvation
Sopuruchi Onwuka The prediction of hunger which has formed a consistent warning since the occupation of the farming communities of the country has been amplified by the prevailing spate of flood incidents that submerged vast farmland and wiped hopes of…
NLNG 2022 prizes: The Obasanjo phenomenon
Sopuruchi Onwuka The choice of former President Olusegun Obasanjo to present the 2022 Nigerian Prize for Literature to winners amplifies the key messages and joint ambitions of the 2022 Nigeria Prize for Science and the Nigeria Prize for Literature respectively….
International doctors warn of starvation in besieged northwest
Nigeria faces worsening malnutrition in the northwest due to insecurity, high food prices and the impact of climate change, Medicines Sans Frontiers (MSF) said on Tuesday, calling for the region to be included in United Nations funding plans next year….
Factors that stoke runaway inflation in Nigeria
Sopuruchi Onwuka Rising insecurity at fishing hubs in the northern parts of the country is compounded by Ukrainian export holdup and rising petrol prices to push Nigeria’s inflation to pre-2005 highs, amplifying how Putin’s war decisions aggravated Buhari’s bad policies…
