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Nigeria needs to create 19m jobs annually to tackle unemployment, says PEAC

By Onome Amuge   Nigeria needs to create 19 million jobs annually in order to narrow the widening unemployment deficit…

Fertilizer FX ban: Sacrifice towards self sufficiency

Onome Amuge The production of food for consumption is an indispensable activity necessary for the sustenance of human life. Food…

Ellah Lakes, Pure Flour Mills sign 5000mt cassava supply agreement

Charles Abuede Ellah Lakes Plc has signed a produce offtake agreement with Pure Flour Mills Limited (PFM), a subsidiary of…

Nigerian Cocoa: Troubled on different fronts

Onome Amuge Farmers, stakeholders on production plunge Nigeria’s leading agricultural export and cash crop, cocoa, has suffered a major setback…

AfDB back as top-tier partner of AGRA, sponsors 10th green revolution forum

Ben Eguzozie, with wire copy  The African Development Bank (AfDB) has returned as a top-tier partner of the African Green…

Ellah Lakes pushes expansion plan, IMC Plantations acquisition in sight

Charles Abuede Barely 15 months after the full acquisition of Telluria Farms in 2019, Ellah Lakes Plc, Nigeria’s leading oil…