AfDB Begins Disbursement of $540 million for SAPZs Initiative African Development Bank (ADfB) has commenced the first phase of the disbursement of $540 million Agro-Industrial Funds for the development of Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones (SAPZs) in the country. The Senior Special Adviser on Industrialization to the...

Tinubu Committed to Transforming Economy from Oil Dependence to Agriculture, Technology - SGF By Nafisat Bello The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume, has said the present administration is poised to transform the country's oil dependent economy into vibrant agriculture and technology driven...

Nigeria Spends Over $500m On Dairy Imports Annually, Says Obaseki   The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said the nation spends about $500m annually on dairy product imports. As a result, he said the country needed to refocus on agriculture and production to drive economic...

e-Naira: Taking Agriculture in Nigeria to New Technological Heights, by Abdulrahman Abdulraheem   Agriculture in Nigeria has an interesting history. A history of ups and downs. Long before the discovery of oil and gas in commercial quantity, from the precolonial and colonial days to the First...

Buhari; Time to Cut to Size Our Greedy Farmers, by Haruna Abdullahi Haruspice Buhari; Time to Cut to Size Our Greedy Farmers By Haruspice In this clime, it is difficult to have an equal society, those at the top are doing everything possible to remain there, while...

New Dawn For Nigeria’s Agriculture With Special Agro-industrial Processing Zones, By Fredrick Nwabufo   Nigeria is a country that has been dependent of oil for much of its 62 years as an independent nation. However, it is by and large an agricultural nation. In fact, there...