Hon. Rotimi Amechi “Government must not be for one section of the Society.It must be for the rich and the poor,emphasizing the upliftment of the poor...”
A former commissioner in Rivers State, Hon Ogbonna Nwuke has described the involvement of Isrealis in the Rivers State Government’s $140 million farm initiative in Etche as a novel strategy that would engender revolution in the mode of farming in Etche land. Hon Nwuke, a two-time Commissioner under the administration of Governor Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi [...]
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said that the composite consumers price index CPI which measured inflation rate in the country fell to 11.9 per cent year-on-year as at February from the 12.6 per cent recorded in January. The NBS which disclosed this recently in its CPI report for February said the current inflation [...]
The Managing Director Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC), Ciro Antonio Pagano, has stated that the company’s Green River Project (GRP) has disbursed a total of N19 million to 35 farming co-operative societives and women/youth organisations in its operation area. Pagano who stated this on Saturday during the 16th edition of GRP annual farmers day celebration [...]
The Executive Director, Conservative Alliance, (CA) Ghana, Yaw Osei-Owusu has predicted that in the next 10 years, Nigeria will be the largest producer of Cocoa in the world, with the right incentives in place. Osei-Owusu who was speaking in Abuja at a one-day workshop on “greening the cocoa industry” organised by Global Environmental Facility and [...]
Farmers have expressed excitement over the recently announced $140 million farm initiative of the Rivers State Government in partnership with LG Group, an Isreali agro-allied company. The President, Etche Farmers Co-operative Union, Mr. Godwin Akandu said siting of the project in Etche popularly known as the food basket of the state was remarkable and would [...]
The consumption of vitamin A enhanaced cassava could help Nigeria reduce economic losses in Gross Domestic Product GDP that is estimated at about $1.5 billion says the Director General of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Dr. Nteranya Sanginga. Sangingaly stated this at a public presentation of pro-vitamin A varieties by the Nigeria government in [...]
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina has said that the current security challenges in the country would be overcome if the government invested in agriculture. The minister who stated this at a one-day meeting he held with Commissioners for Agriculture and Natural Resources of all the states of the federation and [...]
A community leader from Erema in the Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers State, Chief Dominic Williams, has called on workers to go into farming in order to positively face the challenges of retirement. Chief Williams who is also the Eze Umuokarakpo of Erema gave the charge last week in his country home. He said, [...]
Not satisfied with the theoretical aspect of rearing birds as taught by his agricultural science teacher, Master Moses Reuben decided to put what he learnt into practice. Reuben, a JSS 2 student of Comprehensive Community Secondary School Odiemerenyi in the Ahoada East Local Government Area of the state who spoke to our correspondent over the [...]
The Uwema of Emughan Clan in the Abua/Odual Local Government area of Rivers State, Thankyou N.W. Obagana IV has called on the state government on the need to support rural women in the various communities who cultivate the land on subsistence basis to earn a living. According to the Enughan Monarch, since the rural women [...]
