The Lagos State Government will empower 300 Youth Agripreneurs and 400 pig farmers in the 2021 Agricultural Value Chains Empowerment Programme. The State Commissioner for Agriculture, Ms Abisola Olusanya, stated this at the sensitisation programme for beneficiaries of the empowerment…
The Plateau Value Chain Support Project is yielding results as the production capacity of potato farmers in the state has hit 960,000 metric tons annually. Mr Thomas Muopshin, the state Project Coordinator, made the disclosure in an interview with journalist…
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) after its 19th virtual meeting with members and non-OPEC members (ONOMM), announced a decision to adjust upward their overall production by 0.4mb/d on a monthly basis, starting August, 2021 until phasing out…
The Minister of Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, has said oil will not lose relevance in the future energy mix. He also said that the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC itself would continue to be a force to be reckoned…
The federal government of Nigeria has commissioned the first solar-powered electric vehicle charging station. The charging station, which falls under the Elective Vehicle Pilot Project is an initiative of the National Automotive Design and Development Agency (NADDC). The charging station…
By Owoleye Oluwakayode The Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA) has decried illegal development and encroachment on government land in Badagry division, stating that some ongoing developments are in deviance to the state’s physical planning law. To stop further development…
By Owoleye Oluwakayode The Special Adviser to the Lagos State Governor on Works and Infrastructure, Mrs. Aramide Adeyoye, has said that the Ikeja G.R.A Urban Regeneration Project would be completed within six months in order to reverse the environmental and…
By Owoleye Oluwakayode Acommittee comprising officials of the Federal and Ogun State Governments has been set up to create a developmental plan for the Lagos/Ibadan railway corridors as well as forestall illegal activities which may pose threats to commuters and…
By Kayode Tokede Naira at the Investors & Exporters Foreign Exchange (I& E FX) window on Monday gained by 0.31per cent and 0.58per cent against the Dollar and Pound Sterling closing at N411.67 and N560.79 respectively. The local currency inched…
By Kayode Tokede Analysts at CSL Research have expressed that rising insecurity in the country needs to be resolved as a first step in the quest for Nigeria’s sugar sufficiency. It was among others suggested by analysts at CSL research…
