• Morre José Luis Cutrale, presidente da gigante processadora de suco de laranja

    O empresário começou a trabalhar desde jovem com o pai no Mercado Municipal da Cantareira, em São Paulo e, posteriormente, ingressou na atividade de plantio e cultivo de laranjas

  • Billionaire project makes Nigeria’s urea gain traction in Brazil

    The war in Eastern Europe, the high costs of natural gas to produce nitrogen fertilizer in Europe, and the US$2.5 billion investments of the African billionaire Aliko Dangote, CEO of the Dangote group, to build a fertilizer complex "from scratch" in Nigeria have changed the picture of the list of ...

  • Mining Can Make Nigeria World’s Best Investment Destination – Adegbite

    The minister of Mines and Steel Development, Arc. Olamilekan Adegbite, has revealed that the enormous and abundant mineral resources spread across every part of the country has the potential to make the nation the “next best investment destination of the world, transform the economy, develop infrastructure and grow the Gross ...

  • Sin cambios en las trabas para exportar en la primera reunión entre Agricultura y los técnicos de la Mesa de Enlace

    El encuentro se dio tras el que mantuvieron el viernes pasado Sergio Massa y los dirigentes de la agrupación ruralista; el secretario Juan José Bahillo dijo que seguirá la veda para exportar siete cortes de carne y que en trigo y maíz se podría liberar más cupos si no se ...

  • Boundaries Between Nigeria, Neighbours ‘Artificial’, Says President’s Chief Of Staff

    The Chief of Staff (CoS) to President Muhammadu Buhari, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, has described the boundaries between Nigeria and her neighbouring countries as artificial. Gambari, who also described Buhari’s foreign policy as concentric, spoke on Monday at a reception he organised in honour of the two principal aides to the ...

  • ADM Energy Lifts 94,187 Barrels Of Crude From Aje Field

    ADM Energy, a natural resources investing company, has announced the completion of the 17th Lifting at the Aje Field, part of OML 113 offshore Nigeria. The Lifting totalled 94,187 barrels with a net share of 8,683 barrels to ADM, which equates to ADM’s profit interest of approximately 9.2 per cent. ...

  • ‘El-rufai Is Champion Of Gender Equality’

    The Commissioner of Human Services and Social Development, Hajiya Hafsat Mohammed Baba, has disclosed that Kaduna state is using the United Nations model of Male Engagement as Gender Champions for the promotion of gender equality. Hajiya Hafsat stated this at HE for SHE orientation workshop which was organized by UN ...

  • NDLEA Intercepts 1.1m Tramadol Tabs, Arrests 3 Suspects In Kaduna

    The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has uncovered 1,112,350 tablets of Tramadol (225mg and 100mg) weighing 38.3kg in Kaduna State.     Three suspects arrested in connection with the items are Saifullahi Sani, Salisu Nafi’u and Abdulrazaq Mamman, who were arrested in Zaria on Thursday, August 11, 2022.   ...

  • Ginger Farming For Export

    Last year, Nigeria exported ginger, either whole, dried or ground worth over N12 billion according to trade statistics released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). Despite this, the country as one of the largest producers of ginger is yet to optimize the comparative advantage of the product.   Ginger ...

  • El Gobierno dijo que va a “analizar” los planteos de la Mesa de Enlace, pero seguirá con el control a la exportación

    “No va a haber una liberación total”, expresó a LA NACION el secretario de Agricultura, Juan José Bahillo, respecto de un pedido de los dirigentes del campo por el trigo, el maíz y la carne

  • UN, NASS, NDLEA Seek Homegrown Solution To Drugs Abuse

    United Nations (UN), the National Assembly and the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have solicited for homegrown measures to curb drug abuse. In their submissions at a one-day National Summit organised by the National Assembly joint committee on Drugs and Narcotics in collaboration with National Association of Nigeria Drug ...

  • Be Firm In Discharging Your Duties, Federal Govt Orders New Correctional Officers

    The federal government has charged the newly commissioned officers of the Nigerian Correctional Service, to be firm and courageous in the discharge of their lawful duty. The government gave this charge when the ministerac of interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, who was the reviewing officer, spoke at the passing out parade ...

  • FirstBank Reopens Abuja Headquarters

    First Bank Limited has reopened its headquarters (Coomassie House) located at the Central Business District, Abuja. The office was on August 4, sealed by the FCT High Court Enforcement Unit over failure to comply with a garnishee order. A garnishee order is one of the options open to a judgment ...

  • Customs Seizes 12 Trucks Of Rice Worth N537.5m In 1 Month

    The Federal Operations Unit (Fou), Zone A, of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), yesterday, said it has Impounded 12 trucks of foreign parboiled rice smuggled into the country from neighboring Benin Republic. Speaking to journalists in Lagos, the acting Customs Area Controller (CAC), of the anti-smuggling unit of the service, ...

  • ‘Dala Inland Dry Port To Decongest Sea Ports’

    The  minister of Transport, Mu’azu Jaji Sambo has said that the declaration of Dala Inland Dry Port as port of origin and destination  in Kano  was part of the federal government’s  commitment to decongest existing  sea ports and extend Shipping business into the hinterland . He said yesterday the Dala ...

  • FCMB, Unilever Partner To Create 10,000 Jobs

    First City Monument Bank(FCMB) and Unilever have  partnered Psaltry International to empower 10,000 rural farmers The partnership will enhance the delivery of  Africa’s first cassava-based Sorbitol Factor. To this end, sorbitol factory, constructed by Psaltry International Limited (PIL) in partnership with FCMB and Unilever Nigeria, has been commissioned by the ...

  • Trans Saharan Gas Pipeline: A Turning Point For Nigeria’s Gas Export

    The recent Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, signed by Nigeria, Algeria and Niger Republic, to facilitate a 4,000-kilometer (2,500-mile) Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline (TSGP) has rekindled hope for export of Nigeria’s huge gas potentials. It is estimated that, once the $13 billion (€12.75 billion) pipeline is complete, it will transport up to ...

  • NAFDAC To Prosecute Erring Infant Formula Producers

    The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has cautioned infants formula producers to adhere strictly to NAFDAC laid down rules and regulations in the process of producing, marketing and sales of their products. The desk officer Breast Milk Substitute of Kaduna NAFDAC office, Mrs Rahila Maishanu ...

  • Nigeria: Forex Scarcity Dampens Foreign Portfolio Investment Inflows

    [Leadership] As the foreign exchange market continues to experience illiquidity amidst scarcity of the greenback at the official windows, foreign investors have continued to pull out of the Nigerian market as their participation in the equity market depreciated to 14.7 per cent.

  • NDLEA Arrests ‘Pastor’ With 3 Drums Of Mkpuru Mmiri In Akwa Ibom 

    The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a trans-border drug dealer, Pastor Anietie Okon Effiong, with three drums of crystal methamphetamine, locally called Mkpuru Mmiri. The consignment, believed to have been imported from India, weighing 90 kilograms and loaded into a commercial bus with registration number RSH 691XC at Ojuelegba ...

  • Money Matters: Investing In Corn For Backward Integration

    Following Nigeria’s recent economic recession, business emphasis has been shifted from the oil sector to other sectors with the aim of diversifying the economy. Evidence of this shift of emphasis is the government’s increased efforts to make the agricultural sector more productive and competitive through various loans, grants and programmes. ...