An end to the incessant Farmers/ Herders clash seems to be in sight as the Federal Government through the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development flagged off the National Livestock Breed Improvement Programme (NALBIP). At the flagging off ceremony which held on Monday,15th in Kano State, the Minister, Alhaji...
About 300,000 metric tonnes of maize are soon to be released into the Nigerian market from strategic anchors under the Anchor Borrowers’ Programme (ABP) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), which watchers believe will reduce the current price of maize from N155,000 per metric tonne. The anticipated release follows...
The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) Governing Council has approved ninety-six (96) new Nigerian Industrial Standards for national use. The approval was given at the first meeting of the Council following the appointment of Mallam Farouk Salim as the Director General. TheFact Nigeria observed that these cut across Chemical Technology, Electrical/Electronics,...
The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has come out to exonerate itself from the Akoko-Edo road saga. This was contained in a communique signed by the ministry's Director Information, Mr. Theodore Ogaziechi and made available to the press over the weekend. TheFact Nigeria gathered that there had been a viral...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), in its bid to moderate and control the prices of maize in the Nigerian market, has approved the release of 50,000 metric metric tonnes of maize to 12 major producers, from strategic maize reserve (SMR) under the Anchor Borrowers’ Programme (ABP). The release of...
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Alhaji Muhammad Sabo Nanono has hinted that the ministry intended to turn the country into a global powerhouse in food production. He made this disclosure today, at the inauguration ceremony of the newly reconstituted Governing Council of the Nigeria Institute of Soil Science...
The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has justified why it awarded 30million naira for a mosque construction in Borno State. In a statement signed yesterday by Mr. Theodore Ogaziechi, the ministry's Director of Information, it said their attention was drawn to an online publication alleging that they (FMARD)...
Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), has cautioned that the outbreak of COVID-19 shouldn't lead to food crisis in Africa. President of AGRA, Dr Agnes Kalibata, who made this known yesterday in an article made available to journalists reiterated the need to make effort to ensure people have...
The Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has expressed satisfaction with the level of interests in agriculture and tremendous impacts which the sector has recorded in the country in the last six years. Emefiele while addressing journalists during an inspection tour of the palm plantation at Odighi village in Ovia...
Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum has hinted that his state was working towards export of cash crops and other farm products. Zulum disclosed this on his official X handle @GovBorno on Wednesday, March 20, 2024. According to his tweet, the Governor gave the hint during a visit to the Koiri...