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6 min read Nigeria is producing 10 times more maize yearly now than it did at independence in 1960, data from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) shows. But despite now being the second largest producer of the commodity in Africa, farmers are worried that cheaper maize imported from other African countries will crash the price in the country’s market and also limit their share of the larger African market. The USDA data also shows that Nigeria’s yearly nationa...

Dry Season Farming: Rice millers demand simplified conditions of CBN’s P-AADS On By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja As dry season farming commences, rice millers under the auspices of Rice Millers Association of Nigerian, RIMAN, Thursday, demanded simplified process of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN’s, Private Sector-led Accelerated Agriculture Development Scheme, P-AADS. In a chat with Vanguard, the National President, RIMAN, Peter Dama, said CBN should review its conditions that would encourage ef...

President Muhammadu Buhari The Peoples Democratic Party says the Buhari Presidency and the All Progressives Congress’s resort to diversionary attack on the PDP and churning out long epistles of lies and false performance claims will not save them from accounting for their atrocities in office. The PDP said this in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, on Tuesday. It said these antics will not save the APC and its indicted leaders from answering for atrocities whi...

,,,Emefiele: The passionate, patriotic Central Banker WHEN Godwin Emefiele assumed office as the tenth indigenous Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, in June 2014, he never equivocated about his desire to lead a Central Bank that spends its energies on building a resilient financial system that can serve the growth and development needs of the Nigeria economy. Coming to the table with almost three decades of banking experience, Emefiele unveiled a ten-point agenda, which spelt out his...

Views: Visits 21 One of the events that shaped 2020 in the solid mineral sector is the renewed call for the amendment of the Nigerian Minerals and Mining Act 2007, the Petroleum Act and related laws guiding natural resources management. This is as stakeholders alleged double standard by the federal government.    The demand for resource control was rife, as individuals and interest groups in the Niger Delta wanted an arrangement where the oil-producing states in the region would be a...

This is as stakeholders alleged double standard by the federal government.    The demand for resource control was rife, as individuals and interest groups in the Niger Delta wanted an arrangement where the oil-producing states in the region would be allowed to exploit their resources and pay taxes to the central government.    They claimed such an arrangement was most equitable, as the Federal Government seems to have given tacit approval to some states in the north to manage their mineral ...

By Kadiri Abdulrahman At the inception of the present regime on May 29, 2015, President Muhammadu Buhari expressed his intention to diversify the Nation’s economy and move it away from sole dependence on crude oil. Top on the government’s list of diversifiable alternatives was agriculture. Government’s intention was to ensure that the country developed the agriculture sector to a point where it will complement crude oil receipts with huge exportation of agricultural products. The idea was...

Top on the government’s list of diversifiable alternatives was agriculture. Government’s intention was to ensure that the country developed the agriculture sector to a point where it will complement crude oil receipts with huge exportation of agricultural products. The idea was for the country to boost agricultural production and for Nigeria to reverse its negative balance of payment on food. The first step, however, will be for the nation to achieve self sufficiency in food by, at least, ...

• As CBN remains adamant on boosting local production During the 2020 Yuletide, Miss Folakemi Ojo made frantic attempts to attract buyers to a rice store where she worked as a sales attendant, but none branched at the store within Daleko Market, a popular foodstuff marketplace located off Isolo-Oshodi Expressway, Lagos. She expressed frustration over her inability to make adequate sales, while the store was fully stocked with Nigerian rice in preparation for the festive period. The year had b...

ON THE GO Many Nigerians ‘unaware’ they can demand accountability from their reps Yemi Adamolekun, executive director of Enough is Enough (EiE) Nigeria, says many Nigerians haven’t realised that they can contact their representatives in the national assembly, let alone demand accountability. Advertisement Adamolekun... Lawan: Drug abuse has become a hazard we can’t ignore Senate President Ahmad Lawan says there is a need to improve on the fight against drug abuse in N...