The GSC Agronomy Manager, Mr M. Venkat, said they had 120 varieties in their germplasm, but they didn’t have this particular variety in their field and that they discovered that this variety has a higher yield than most of the ones they have
“Again, Mr Speaker, Unilever Ghana, which has for a very long time been producing its famous Lipton tea in Ghana, has stopped its tea production here. Unilever has relocated its tea production to Nigeria.” The Minority Leader in Parliament, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, disclosed this, following President Akufo-Addo’s 2024 State of the Nation address presented…
The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), says: ” Effective from Monday, April 22, 2024, a policy will be implemented regarding access to the port terminals for designated export trucks.” NPA, in the statement, said: ” “All designated export trucks will now have only 72 hours to access the designated terminal after leaving the Export Processing Terminal,…
▪︎UGC image credit: Arise News TV SHAREHOLDERS, Customers, investors, and other stakeholders of First Bank of Nigeria (FBN) and that of General Hydrocarbons Ltd, are waiting for the outcome of a $225.8m loan disputes between the two companies. General Hydrocarbons Limited and First Bank of Nigeria Limited are currently at the Federal High Court in…
Energy experts say manufacturers in Nigeria should make a deliberate shift from dependence on power supply from the national grids to wind, hydro, solar and other renewable energy sources, for energy security in the sector. The energy experts- Sanusi Garba, the Chairman of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC); Sunday Oduntan, the Managing Director, of…
Women in Out-of-Home Advertising Network (WOHAN) forum ended with calls on the industry’s operators to shun outdated assumptions about women’s limitations in leadership, science, and politics and other local stereotypes that confine Nigerian women to domestic roles. Held recently in Lagos, the forum themed ‘Breaking the Myths’, highlighted a deliberate attempt at dismantling enduring myths…
The House of Representatives Committee on Petroleum Resources (Downstream) has called for the dismissal and arrest of the World Bank official responsible for the April 7, 2026 Nigeria Development Update, which recommended the reinstatement of petroleum import licences. The Committee Chairman, Hon. (Barr.) Ikenga Ugochinyere Ikeagwuonu,described the recommendation as a reckless move capable of undermining…
Trump is back in the Oval Office – and the long tradition of presidential redecoration is underway. In redecorating, the president symbolizes their goals for the coming four years by putting their own personal spin on the room. Trump’s creative licence shows itself in a red valet button, used by the president to request a…
The 2500m² platform is capable of analysing and processing CO₂ and other emissions from the cement industry. Its ‘plug-and-play’ architecture accommodates different carbon capture systems that can be connected to Holcim’s Martres-Tolosane plant.
WTO’s Goods Trade Barometer has shown that world merchandise trade volume rose 1.1% quarter-on-quarter and 3.3% year-on-year, on a seasonally adjusted basis, in the third quarter of 2024. This marks the fourth consecutive quarter of moderate trade expansion. By comparison, merchandise trade in current US dollar terms was up 4.3% year-on-year in Q3. This represents…
