…and business banking services, alongside offerings in areas such as health, education, agriculture and renewable energy.What graduates should know before accepting a bank jobThese estimates provide a useful starting point for comparing potential employers, but candidates should establish whether a quoted salary is gros…

…infrastructure recorded the largest increase, alongside substantial spending on housing, agriculture and other economic investments. The report quoted Mathew Verghis, the World Bank Country Director for Nigeria, as saying that increased revenues provided the opportunity to improve infrastructure, education, healthcare,…

…grew 4.2% in the first half of 2026, up from 3.9% in 2025, driven mainly by services and agriculture, while inflation is projected to ease to around 12% by 2028 from around 15%, the World Bank said The bank said sub-Saharan Africa’s economy remained resilient despite geopolitical tensions, climate shocks, declining dev…

…surplus in the first half of 2025 to a N56.13bn deficit in H1 2026, according to agriculture and trade experts. Recent foreign trade data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed that agricultural exports fell by 33.28 per cent, or N985.14bn, to N1.98tn in H1 2026 from N2.96tn in H1 2025. Agricultural imports fell…

…that young Nigerians were already developing businesses and products in areas including agriculture, agro-processing, fashion and textiles, technology, creative industries and digital services. However, she said many of these businesses were yet to take advantage of export opportunities because of limited knowledge of…

…the gap between education, skills and employment, while Produce Nigeria would focus on agriculture, manufacturing and services. Invest Nigeria would examine ways of attracting productive capital through policy predictability and investor confidence, while Scale Nigeria would seek to make states engines of production ra…

…farmers’ groups and relevant government agencies to train farmers on climate-smart agriculture and help them cope with increasingly uncertain weather conditions. Okafor also urged the government to address the rising cost of agricultural inputs, saying farmers were currently facing a situation where inputs were expensi…

…is only responsible for processed and semi-processed food items, while the Ministry of Agriculture handles the broader food supply chain.She also stated that Nigerians "do not read," framing consumer illiteracy as part of the problem.PAY ATTENTION: From breaking news to viral moments. Follow Legit.ng on Instagram!Actre…

…for regulating raw, fresh market produce-attributing that oversight to the Ministry of Agriculture. Instead, she clarified that NAFDAC's jurisdiction strictly covers processed and semi-processed food items. Reacting to the Director-General's assertions via social media, Njoku rejected the narrative that consumer illite…

…to access formal credit,” Obegolu said. He also called for increased financing for agriculture, manufacturing, trade, technology and export-oriented businesses, noting that high operating costs and limited access to capital continued to constrain businesses. According to him, targeted financing, credit guarantees and i…

The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Abubakar Kyari, has commiserated with President Bola Tinubu and the Nigerian Air Force over the crash of a Nigerian Air Force ATR-42 aircraft near a naval base in Igbokoda, Ondo State. In a statement he personally issued on Tuesday, Kyari also expressed condolences…

…regulation of fresh food products is not within the powers of NAFDAC but the Ministry of Agriculture. According to Professor Adeyeye, NAFDAC only regulates processed and semi-processed food items. In her words''Nigerians are very ignorant, We don't read, We don't understand. From farm to fork, there are many organizati…

…responsibilities and the division of duties between the agency and the Ministry of Agriculture. “First of all, we are ignorant in this country. We are very ignorant. We don’t—we don’t read. We don’t understand,” she said. She explained that food safety regulation involved several government agencies “from farm to fork”…

…businesses, workers who acquire skills, farmers who move from subsistence to commercial agriculture, and young people who find dignified employment rather than queuing for speculative offerings. The Dangote Refinery is a national asset of genuine significance. But it should not be used as a substitute for the harder, s…

…recovery in economic activity, buoyed by sustained expansions in the Services and Agriculture sectors and improved performance in the Industry sector.” The post Economic recovery accelerates as Sept PMI rises to 53 points appeared first on Vanguard News.

By Gabriel Ewepu ABUJA — Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Abubakar Kyari, has condemned the killing of 15 farmers in Marte Local Government Area of Borno State by suspected terrorists, describing the attack as a threat to Nigeria’s food security. Kyari, in a statement on Sunday, said the victims were…

…reduce soil erosion.See more Punch stories on Google.Add Punch on Google The Food and Agriculture Organisation’s Global Forest Resources Assessment 2025 reported that global deforestation averaged 10.9 million hectares annually between 2015 and 2025, down from 17.6 million hectares per year between 1990 and 2000. The r…

…Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda. Prof. Ademola Adenle, Senior Special Adviser on Agriculture and Innovation to the Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Saturday while reviewing achievements in the sector. NAN reports that NAGS-AP is a fl…

…School, Kuru, from 1983 to 1986, obtaining his WASC/SC in 1986. His first degree was in Agriculture Dangut studied at the University of Agriculture, Makurdi, Benue State, where he obtained a Bachelor of Agriculture degree in Animal Production in 1991. His academic background is largely rooted in agriculture and animal…

…Nigeria’s desire to deepen cooperation with Spain in renewable energy, infrastructure, agriculture, technology and the creative industries. He also urged Nigerians living in Spain to uphold values that would strengthen the country’s image and promote closer relations between both nations. “To the Nigerian community her…

…direct employees and more than 157,200 indirect jobs sustained across sectors such as agriculture, logistics, retail, hospitality, and distribution. The study found that for every job the company created directly, it supported an additional 53 jobs elsewhere in the economy, reflecting the multiplier effect of its opera…

…Ministries of Environment, Works, Water Resources, Lands and Physical Planning, Health, Agriculture and Local Government Affairs, as well as the Osun Waste Management Authority and Osun State Emergency Management Agency, to undertake a coordinated assessment of the affected communities. He directed OSEMA to establish a…

…for sustained growth.The group also cited investments in roads, rail, power, housing and agriculture as further reasons to seek continuity under the current administration, arguing that the reforms needed more time to mature and deliver tangible benefits to ordinary Nigerians.Mobilisation plans for the northOriri said…

…food security, increase exports and move the country from subsistence to commercial agriculture. They made the call at the two-day symposium and exhibition held by Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry, LCCI, in Lagos. According to them, industrialisation would create opportunities in packaging, marketing and logistic…

…He added that the government is expanding mortgage finance to boost housing and jobs. On agriculture, Akume said the World Bank has approved a $500 million credit for the Nigeria Sustainable Agricultural Value-Chains for Growth (AGROW) project. “This initiative will raise smallholder productivity, strengthen value chai…