The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has commissioned 100 MVA transformers at the 132/33KV Alimosho substation aimed to boost electricity supply to residents within Ikeja DisCo’s area of coverage.

Mr. U […]

The Surveillance Investigation and Monitoring (SIM) Unit of the Standards Organisation  of Nigeria (SON) has busted an electric cable cloning and faking syndicate located at the Alaba International Market in […]

As the rain-fed season begins across some agro-ecological zones of the country, Daily Trust examines the preparations so far by stakeholders to make inputs – most importantly fertilizer and quality seeds – […]

The chairman of the Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN), Zaria branch, has identified the activities of middlemen as the major obstacle that the Buhari- administration needs to address to achieve the rice […]

Seven Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) launched a new platform to enhance their collaboration on economic migration and forced displacement today on the margins of the IMF-World Bank Group Spring Meetings. […]

The woman who is set to become the seventh wife of South Africa’s ex-President Jacob Zuma has been forced to resign from her job at She Conquers, a non-governmental organisation, local media reports.  No […]

Farm mechanisation: The Federal Government has affirmed that efforts are been made to modernise the agricultural sector through farm mechanisation and use of Information Communication Technology (ICT) to target […]

Switzerland said it has returned all the money kept in the country by late Nigeria’s Head of State Gen. Sani Abacha, with 1.5 million dollars interest.

Amb. Pio Wennubst, Assistant Director-General and H […]

he value of horticulture production rose 41 per cent last year compared with 2017 on account of good prices. Market data from the Horticulture Department indicates overall sales rose from Sh216 billion in 2016 to […]

President Donald J. Trump has named Mississippi State University President Mark E. Keenum as chairman of the Board for International Food and Agriculture Development.
The university said the White House announced […]

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says no fewer than 59 million children in Africa are stunted while another 10 million are overweight.
The UN health agency also warned that Africa’s attempts to achieve health f […]

NIRSAL: The Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL) is advocating for a single digit break-even interest rate to borrowers in the agricultural and agribusiness sector of the […]

Sweet potato is tropical herbaceous plant which, by the nature of its temperature requirement, can be grown throughout Nigeria. States like Kaduna, Kano, Zamfara, and Sokoto in the North-west are currently leading […]

Joachim von Amsberg, AIIB Vice-President for Policy and Strategy, and Charles Boamah, African Development Bank Senior Vice-President, at the MoU signing ceremony in Washington, DC.

A Memorandum of Understanding […]

The European Investment Bank and the African Development Bank have agreed to support the creation of the new Development Bank of Nigeria to strengthen lending for business and agriculture investment in the […]

The third West African Forum for Climate and Clean Energy Financing (WAFCCEF-3) was held on Thursday, April 12 in the Babacar Ndiaye Auditorium at the African Development Bank in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. Repr […]