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Views: Visits 15 CBN The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has been commended for initiating the Anchor Borrowers’ Programme, which has helped smallholder maize farmers in the country to attain quality production and sustainable life. The National President of Maize Association of Nigeria, Dr Bello Abubakar, gave the commendation at the inauguration of the first National Maize Pyramid unveiling programme in Abuja recently. He said that maize farmers in the country were currently producing enough to meet up the demand for maize in Nigeria. READ ALSOAuto crash claims 2 l...

Nigeria boasts of 34 million hectares of arable land area, with about 6.5 million hectares for permanent crops. Little wonder, Agriculture serves as the country’s main driver of the economy after oil. But despite the goodies in the sector, the country imported wheat worth N2.2 trillion in the last four years.

ON THE GO Buhari to Nigerians: Pray against kidnapping, banditry, desperate quest for power President Muhammadu Buhari has urged Nigerians, irrespective of religious affiliation, to pray against kidnapping and banditry. Advertisement In recent times, there has been a spate of killings, kidnapping and banditry... OPL 245: UK court asks JP Morgan to disclose more documents on deal A British high court has asked JP Morgan Chase to disclose more documents to the federal government of Nigeria on the handling of funds involved in the oil prospecting licence... Transport ministry: ...

Banditry: Over 50,000 Hectares Of Farmland In Katsina Abandoned By Farmers, Masari Laments The emir urged the government to step up efforts to end banditry and kidnapping to protect farmers and other citizens. by SaharaReporters, New York May 07, 2021 The Governor of Katsina State, Aminu Masari, says farmers abandoned over 50,000 hectares of farmland in 2020 due to bandits' attacks. Masari stated this on Thursday in Katsina at the launch of the 2021 Maize Wet Season Farming and the first Maise Pyramid in Nigeria. The event was organised by the Maize Association of Nigeria in collaboration wi...

Views: Visits 7 Godwin Emefiele, CBN Governor. By Emma Ujah, Abuja Bureau Chief Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, has vowed to resist maize importation into the country. Emefiele, who stated this at the unveiling of the first maize pyramid and flag-off of the 2021 Maize wet season farming under the CBN-Maize Association of Nigeria, MAAN, Anchor Borrowers’ Programme, in Kastina, yesterday, also urged Nigerian youths to embrace agriculture, assuring that the bank was ready to support them in the sector. He said the CBN would resist att...