Chairman, Green Energy International Ltd., Prof. Anthony Adegbulugbe, has said marginal oil field producers in Africa must leverage unique opportunities in the oil and gas business to survive. Adegbulugbe, who spoke at the African Marginal & Independent Oil and Gas Producers Conference, in London, argued
Farmers have lauded the Federal Government of Nigeria over the collateral free loans it offered to a large number of them. Vegetable farmers in Iyana-Iba Local Council Development Area, Lagos, who benefitted from the ongoing Federal Government TraderMoni scheme, expressed gratitude to the government for
Soni Daniel, Northern Region Editor The Speaker Office of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, on Wednesday released pictures of expired rice donated by the Chinese government to the National Emergency Management Agency for onward distribution to internally displaced persons in Nigeria.
Although, there are about 645 million people without electricity in Africa, with about 90 million Nigerians affected, the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has said the Federal Government is doing everything possible to reverse the trend in Nigeria. Fashola, at a post-event
Commodity prices have been relatively flat since October. However, a tentative agreement of N30,000 between labor and the government on a minimum wage averted a shutdown strike. The wider implications of a wage settlement on the aggregate disposable income of Nigerians is that demand for
The National Agricultural Export Board (NAEB) says giving coffee growers plenty and essential support, including fertilizers and pesticides as well as helping revive collapsed cooperatives, are part of a grand scheme to boost production in the country. This comes following recent and encouraging market developments,
The JOBS of more than 2,000 RioZim employees were left hanging in the balance Wednesday after gold producer suspended operations at three of its mines. The company blamed foreign currency shortages for the development and has since indicated it is considering legal action against the
Why is Corn Valuable? Corn, also known as maize, is a cereal grain native to Central America. It is a source of food for humans and animals, as well as being a key ingredient in fuel production. Ancient farmers in the region that is now
China is likely to boost imports from African countries as it seeks new sources of commodities in the wake of a trade war with the United States, a senior executive of Standard Chartered Bank in China said. Trade links between the Asian economic powerhouse and
The fund was for a total 568 projects. In addition, a total of N499.22 million was guaranteed to 4,172 farmers under the Agricultural Credit Guarantee Scheme (ACGS) in August 2018. The amount represented a respective increase of 32.9 per cent and 7.8 per cent above