Nigeria Loses $1.2bn Daily To Oil Thieves – Prof Eshett

The former deputy vice chancellor, University of Science and Technology, Owerri, Prof Ebong Thomas Eshett has disclosed that Nigeria was losing about 400,000 barrels per day to oil thieves and vandals which is approximately $1.2 billion.This is even as he called on President Muhammadu Buhari to declare a state of emergency in the ailing power sector saying that steady power supply had remained...

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D’banj Speaks On New Album, Agriculture and Marriage

Let’s start with celebrating your birthday – 35 years – how does that make you feel? To be 35 and for what God is doing in my own life, I feel so happy. If I can remember this my first birthday I have celebrated. I am not used to celebrating, except for people who throw me surprise birthdays. Every day is like Christmas for us, every day is like birthday for us. When it’s come to my own kind of...

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‘Nigeria Spends $1.5bn Annually on Importation of Tomato Products’

  To benefit from new high-yield tomato seeds  By George Okoh in Makurdi Director General and CEO of the Raw Material and Research and Development Council (RMRDC) Dr. Husaini Ibrahim, has revealed that Nigeria spends around $1.5 billion annually on tomato products importation from China and other parts of the world. Ibrahim said such imports were unsustainable following the economic...

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Nigerian Catfish Farmers Can Save The Nigerian Economy, But Does Our Govt Care?

Developing nations of the world depend mainly on the primary sectors of the economy which basically are mining and agriculture. The situation in Nigeria is not different, only that the majority of Nigeria’s working population depends on agriculture more than mining. Agriculture is the most important sector of Nigeria’s economy, and research shows that about 70% of Nigeria’s...

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Community Supported Agriculture: Connecting consumers, farms

 With rural farmers facing the challenge of accessing profitable markets, experts say Community Supported Agriculture (CSA), an arrangement in which members pay for produce upfront at the beginning of the farming season, should be adopted. CSA provides needed fund for farmers and ensures affordable fresh food for consumers, DANIEL ESSIET reports. Some farmers have started  tapping into...

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Agriculture Remains Largest Employer of Labour - Dangote

Lagos — President and chairman of the newly inaugurated Nigeria Agricbusiness Group (NABG), Alhaji Sani Dangote, has affirmed that agriculture remains the largest employer of labour, and so the private sector must put its acts together to engage with government. Dangote stated this during the inauguration of NABG attended by farmer associations, input dealers, representatives of finance and ...

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