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President Muhammadu Buhari has given a directive to raise funds to support agriculture and industry at a single digit interest rate. The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Audu Ogbeh states this at the NACCIMA/NIRSAL agribusiness conference held yesterday in Abuja. Stressing the...

Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Audu Ogbeh, has stated that the Federal Government did not ban the importation of agricultural produce including rice. He clarified that all the federal government did was to put measures in place to checkmate the smuggling of rice into the...

The federal government has raised the alarm on the rising demand for beef in the country, vis-a-vis its availability, saying the gap could lead to the scarcity of beef and dairy products in the country. The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, at a meeting with...

The prices of yam in Benue State have increases by 100 per cent since the Federal Government began exportation of the commodity to the United Kingdom within the past three weeks. Farmers and traders in yam communities in the state are delighted at the development as most of them now confidently...

This article by Financial Nigeria dissect the key reasons why current government policy of increasing Yam export without any value added could be a disaster for Nigeria. Here are the key points mentioned by Martins Hile, editor, Financial Nigeria magazine - The yam export programme negate...

Federal government is set to export 72 metric tonnes of yam to Europe and the United States today as part of efforts to diversify the economy. In a major diversification breakthrough, the minister Of Agriculture, Audu Ogbeh, announced yesterday that the Federal Executive Council (FEC) has...

The Minister of Agriculture, Audu Ogbeh has listed two reasons why locally produced rice is more expensive than foreign ones. Mr. Ogbeh stated this on Tuesday while responding to questions at a Town Hall meeting in Abuja, He said one of the major reasons was that most of the imported rice was...

The Peoples Republic of China is ready to lend Nigeria $4.5 billion to boost local agriculture. The loan is to enable Nigeria purchase farming tools including tractors, bulldozers, graders, irrigation pumps, amongst others. This was made known on Tuesday in Abuja by Audu Ogbeh, Nigeria’s...

Audu Ogbeh, Nigeria's Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development today said a lot of Nigerians are not eating well but feeding on poisons. Ogbeh made the comment at the re-inauguration of an Inter-Ministerial Agricultural/Nutrition Working Group in Abuja. Ogbeh noted that many Nigerians...

Federal government has approved 701 billion Naira payment assurance for power generating companies in Nigeria. The fund, kept by the Central Bank of Nigeria, is to enhance evacuation of power by the Transmission Company of Nigeria to the various power distribution companies in the country...

Minister of Agriculture, Chief Audu Ogbeh on Thursday revealed that officers and men of the Nigeria Police, Army and the Nigeria Customs Service at road blocks in the country are responsible for the skyrocketing prices of food items. The Minister, who stated this while appearing before the...

The Federal Government has adopted some measures to reduce the price of food items in the country. Minister of Agriculture, Audu Ogbeh stated this on Wednesday while addressing State House correspondents at the end of the meeting of the Federal Executive Council, FEC. Mr. Ogbeh said the task...

Nigeria’s Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Audu Ogbe, has claimed that Boko Haram is using components of fertilizer to make bombs and other explosives, which is the reason for the increase in price. He was speaking on Tuesday, at a Special Town Hall Meeting for Youths...

Some of the ministers of President Muhammadu Buhari have been able to make a mark in the 'Change administration' of APC-led federal government For over a year plus, here are 7 Ministers we feel earned the pass mark for the 2016 year in review. 1. Amina Mohammed – Minister of Environment Amina...

The Federal Government has dispelled fears that the country is at risk of an impending famine, disclosing that adequate measures have already been taken to avert a possible outbreak of famine in the country. It disclosed that security measures have been adopted to check violent attacks on...

The Federal Government has stated that it would start naming and shaming individuals and agencies involved in the exportation of substandard agricultural produce and other non-oil commodities. It stated that the activities of such persons had made European countries to ban the importation of...

Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Chief Audu Ogbeh has condemned the lending rate being charged by banks in Nigeria, warning that with the development, it may be a good business ground for cocaine dealer. Ogbeh spoke in Abuja at the 2016 Annual Conference of the Business and...

Nigeria's Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Audu Ogbeh today said that the country is ready to welcome its citizens who will flee Donald Trump's USA. Speaking to State House correspondents after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting in Abuja, Ogbeh said, “I’m in a bit of...

The National Economic Council (NEC), on Tuesday in Abuja, expressed optimism that the nation would experience bumper harvest this year which would force down the prices of foodstuff. Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo, spoke at a joint news briefing with Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo and...

The Hon. Minister of Agriculture and Rural development – Chief Audu Ogbeh has dismissed news report quoting him as saying ‘Nigerians eat too much rice, that’s why it is expensive’. “This is totally false, misleading and a sheer display of irresponsible journalism, reckless sensationalism...