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)...
A recent statement made by the Nigeria Finance Minister, Mrs. Zeinab Ahmed, on Politics Today on Channels Television that if the current Coronavirus pandemic, CONVID-19, is prolonged in containing, the economy may once again slip into another recession. The Honourable Minister was only being economical with the truth. The Minister...
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Alhaji Muhammad Sabo Nanono has reaffirmed the Federal Government’s commitment to boost food production, productivity in the dairy sub-sector, ensure food security and self-sufficiency in the country. Speaking during the opening ceremony of a Wider Stakeholders Engagement on National Dairy Policy held within...
The Federal Government has asserted that Dangote Fertiliser Limited is very important to the achievement of its Agricultural Transformation Agenda, aimed at boosting food security in the country. Besides, the construction of the Fertiliser plant has been fully completed and is set for commissioning in the next few months. The Minister...
29 year old Abubakar Bamai Musa, a thriving farmer from Yobe State has been appointed as National Coordinator of the Nigeria Young Farmers Network (NYFN). This was contained in a press statement signed by NYFN Publicity Secretrary, Usman Princess Soburat on Wednesday, January 26, 2022. TheFact Nigeria gathered that NYFN is...
Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) and lenders have welcomed the first disbursement of $200 million of a syndicated loan facility to boost cocoa productivity in the world’s second-largest producer. The occasion was marked by a ceremony held in Accra, Ghana on Tuesday 23 June, followed online by hundreds of observers across...
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...
Benoit Joseph Batieno was born and raised in a modest Burkinabe family whose patriarch was a soldier. As the son of a soldier, it is expected that he would have been at the forefront in a conventional battlefield, leading a revolution to keep the territorial sovereignty of Burkina Faso at...
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has entered into partnership with Hudson Consulting Company, an American based Agro-allied corporation, with a view to establishing a mega rice mill at Isampou, Ekeremor Local Government Area of Bayelsa state. NYSC Spokesman, Eddy Megwa disclosed the development in a statement issued on Monday,...
The Nasarawa State government is collaborating with the Rice Farmers Association, with plans already concluded to attract investment to the tune of N10bn, to assist rice farmers in the state, under the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) anchor borrowers scheme. Nasarawa State governor, Engineer Abdullahi Sule, disclosed this while flagging-off...