Buhari: We’re Tackling Challenges Undermining Businesses, Investments President Muhammadu Buhari has urged entrepreneurs and investors to channel ideas and resources into areas of the economy that stimulate growth, with long-term effect on job creation and poverty reduction. The president, who stated this when he received Chairman...

Nigeria Losing N60b Yearly From Income Differential on Cocoa, Says CFAN ECONOMIC CONFIDENTIAL- President of the Cocoa Farmers’ Association of Nigeria (CFAN), Adeola Adegoke, has said the country is losing about N60 billion yearly as a result of refusal to collect Living Income Differential (LID)...

Digital Technology, Agriculture And The Increasing Population, by Inyene Ibanga   Agriculture is going through a revolution. As the world’s population estimates increase from seven billion to ten billion by 2050, the demand for food and agricultural produce will certainly continue to be on the ascendance. While...

Nigeria Secures $210m AfDB Loan To Boost Agriculture   The African Development Bank’s Board of Directors announced on Tuesday the approval of a $210m loan for Nigeria’s Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones, which it said would boost the agricultural sector. The AfDB said in a statement, “A $210m...

AfDB Okays $150m To Support Agriculture In Africa   The African Development Bank Group has approved a $150m facility for ETC Group Limited to address the working capital requirements for the company and its agriculture value chain development in a boost for smallholder farmers. The AfDB said...

Kogi’s Giant Leap In Agriculture, by Nafisah Bello In recent times I have developed an interest in my home state, Kogi especially on some notable giant strides in the security and economic sector. I have also come to a conclusion that any democratic government must...