30 results
- 16 Jun 2016
NITDA, Agric Ministry to Launch E-Agriculture Portal
Chief Audu Ogbe, minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, has commended the management of the National Information Technology Development Agency, (NITDA) for developing an agricultural portal…
- 20 Dec 2019
Minister Commissions Research Farm @BUK
Alhaji Muhammad Sabo Nanono, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, has commissioned a modern teaching and research farm at the Centre for Dryland Agriculture (CDA), Bayero University…
- 21 Apr 2020
Lockdown: Minister Says Job, Income Losses Loom
Sabo Nanono, minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, has said that the restriction in movement of people and goods is beginning to impact on Nigeria’s food supply chain and may lead to job and…
- 15 Dec 2019
FG Expalins Why BOA is Distressed
Malam Sabo Nanono, minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, has said that the Bank of Agriculture (BOA) was still in distress because no concrete effort was made to recapitalise it in spite of…
- 31 Aug 2015
Adesina Commences Tenure as AfDB President Today
Akinwumi Adesina, the former Nigerian Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, will be sworn in as president of the African Development Bank today September 1, 2015. August 31 was the last full…
- 11 Jan 2018
Minister Fights NBS over Job Losses Figures
Chief Audu Ogbeh, minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, has picked holes in the recently released third quarter report of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), indicating that over four…
- 11 Apr 2018
BOA, Suntrust Bank Ink Agreement to Provide Better Deals for Farmers
Chief Audu Ogbeh Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development has described the partnership between SunTrust Ltd and the BOA as a welcome development since most commercial banks are wary to offer…
- 24 Mar 2014
Why Airtel Unveiled Exclusive Club for Elite Customers-Ogunsanya
Mr. Segun Ogunsanya, managing director and chief executive officer, Airtel Nigeria, said that the exclusive club for elite customers was unveiled based on Aitel’s mandate to exceed customerss…
- 11 Sept 2016
FG Says Bag of Rice May Sell for N40,000 by December
Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development, has warned that if that if Nigerians failed to produce some of the items being imported, before December the price…
- 18 Feb 2013
Phone-for-Farmers Slides Into New Storms
Opinion Last December, Ibukun Odusote, permanent secretary, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, saw a need to let Nigerians know what impressive work her ministry was doing.…
- 13 Mar 2013
ANMFIN Backs N60Bn Mobile Phones to Farmers Project
Association of Non-bank Micro-Finance Institutions in Nigeria (ANMFIN) has thrown its weight behind the federal government’s proposal of supplying farmers with mobile phones worth N60 billion,…
- 9 Oct 2020
FG Sets to Partner with Private Sector to Bolster Agricultural Sector
Efforts to boost growth in the agricultural sector have been ramped up by the federal government of Nigeria, together with the private sector, in a bid to assure food security for the future. …
- 15 Apr 2016
Nigeria, Arla Foods Intensify Talks on Development of Dairy Sector in Nigeria
Following the recent meeting between Mr. Lars Loekke Rasmussen, Prime Minister of Denmark, and President Muhammadu Buhari, a high-powered Nigerian delegation from the Federal Ministry of Agriculture…
- 25 Jul 2014
Agric Ministry @ #NCSEnugu2014, Seeks IT Experts Support
Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) has identified the information and communication (ICT) professionals as critical stakeholders in achieving the nation’s…
- 24 Nov 2020
NITDA Canvases for Adoption of Digital Technology to Boost Agriculture
"Building a vibrant Digital Agriculture sector that leverages on digital technologies and innovations has become imperative as the population of Nigeria continues to grow with large demographic of…
- 2 Nov 2025
Reps Propose N3,500 Daily Wage for Unskilled Labour
House of Representatives is considering a bill seeking to promote sustainable rural development, reduce poverty, and enhance the livelihoods of Nigerians living in agrarian communities. Titled “The…
- 4 Jul 2014
FG Says There is No GMO Foods in Nigeria
Federal government has denied the presence of Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) foods in Nigeria, allaying the fears of positive effects of using atomic energy to ensure food security and…
- 22 Jun 2016
Union Dicon Plc to Replace Cargill in $100m Alape Investment
The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) has agreed that Union Dicon Salt Plc will replace Cargill as the core investor in the $100m Alape Staple Crop Processing Zone in Kogi…
- 9 May 2025
Minister Seeks Digital Tech Adoption to Improve Agriculture, Boost Food Security
The Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Bosun Tijani, has called for the urgent adoption of digital technology in Nigeria’s agricultural sector to boost food production, curb…
- 9 Jul 2020
Nigeria Develops Diagnostic Kit for COVID-19
Nigeria’s efforts at developing solution to the challenge of non-availability and high cost of coronavirus diagnostic kits have finally paid off with the development of RNASwift Extraction kit. This…
- 14 Jul 2014
BoI Strategises to Increase SMEs’ Access to Loans
Worried by inability of SMEs to access its loans as a result of badly presented applications, the Bank of Industry (BoI), at the weekend unfolded plans to partner Business Support firms (BSFs)…
- 11 Mar 2013
Okere, CWG Boss to Speak @ Economist’s Nigeria Summit
Mr. Austin Okere, founder and CEO of the Computer Warehouse Group, a Pan African Systems Integrator with annual revenue of over $120m shall be speaking at the Economist’s Nigeria Summit 2013 on March…
- 31 May 2022
FG Orders Hunters, Bushmeat Sellers to Stop Business over Monkeypox
Federal government has rolled out strict measures to contain the spread of monkeypox in the country as the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) reported 21 cases of the disease. Dr Mohammad…
- 5 Sept 2019
World Bank Says Nigeria Dying Slowly, FG Claims Everything is Okay
World Bank Thursday said that Nigeria was dying slowly and tragically living on borrowed time due to the perennial neglect of the agricultural sector and relying heavily on crude oil that belongs to…
- 21 Sept 2012
FG to Distribute 10m Phones to Farmers
The federal government has concluded plans to distribute 10 million phones to farmers across the country, as part of efforts at expanding and enhancing the success of the ongoing electronic wallet…
- 9 Jan 2020
Ecobank Opens up N70Bn Agricultural Financing Scheme
Ecobank Nigeria has announced an Agriculture Businesses Finance Scheme where it plans to disburse additional loan of N70 billion for practitioners in different value chains of Agriculture within the…
- 10 Jan 2020
Ecobank Opens up Financing Scheme, to Host Biggest Agric-Business, Food Summit
Ecobank Nigeria has announced an Agriculture Businesses Finance Scheme where it plans to disburse additional loan of N70 Billion for practitioners in different value chains of Agriculture within the…
- 4 Mar 2024
How New UK Funding for Tech Entrepreneurs will Boost Livelihoods in Developing Countries
Andrew Mitchell, UK's Development Minister has announced new UK funding for innovative mobile phone technology will help change lives in developing countries around the world. He noted that…
- 28 Sept 2020
ATCON Reaffirms Date for National Dialogue on telecoms and ICT
The Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON) has enjoined its entire stakeholders to take note of the new date for the National Dialogue on Telecommunications and ICT Sector in…
- 4 Mar 2024
UK’s New Tech Entrepreneurs Funding to Boost Livelihoods in the World’s Developing Countries
New UK funding for innovative mobile phone technology will help change lives in developing countries around the world, Development Minister Andrew Mitchell has announced. Harnessing AI technology to…