FG to curtail challenges in protecting critical national assets, infrastructure

By Abiodun Abegunde The Federal Government says it will address the challenges being faced in the protection of Critical National Assets and Infrastructure (CNAI). AVM Enabong Effiom, Director of CzNAI protection at the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA), said this on Tuesday in Lagos. Effiom spoke during aContinue Reading

How smuggling, policy lapses threaten Nigeria’s oilseed ecosystem   

    By Rukayat Moisemhe, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)       For decades, the Nigerian oilseed industry has quietly sustained rural livelihoods, supplied factories and supported household food security across the country.   The oil ecosystem, woven around palm oil, soybean and other oilseeds, links smallholder farmers, processors,Continue Reading

Alleged .5m debt: Court appoints interim administrator for Green Energy, Lekoil

By Sandra Umeh A Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered an interim administration for Green Energy International Ltd. and Lekoil Oil and Gas Investments Ltd. following their alleged failure to pay 25.5 million dollars debt. Justice Ambrose Allagoa also appointed Mr Chimezie  Ihekweazu (SAN), an accredited insolvency practitioner, asContinue Reading

Valentine’s Day:Heartbreak tunes top Nigerians’ playlists — Spotify

  By Joan Odafe Heartbreak tunes, more than love songs, have dominated Nigerians’ listening this Valentine’s season, according to a new data by Spotify.   The data shows playlists focused on longing, vulnerability, and emotional recovery.   In a statement on Friday in Lagos, Spotify’s Head of Music for Sub-SaharanContinue Reading

How smuggling, policy lapses threaten Nigeria’s oilseed ecosystem   

    By Rukayat Moisemhe   Stakeholders in the oilseed value chain on Wednesday in Lagos called for stronger regulation and institutional support for the sector to safeguard domestic production.   They made the call following the concerns by the Soyabean Association of Nigeria over health and economic implications ofContinue Reading

Expert tasks FG on food imports to protect farmers

By Rukayat Moisemhe The Federal Government has been urged to balance consumer protection with farmers’ sustainability by ensuring timely food imports, input subsidies expansion and price stabilisation mechanisms to secure investments across the agricultural value chain. An agriculture expert, Dr Fatai Afolabi, gave the advice at a forum organised byContinue Reading