Agriculture Growing commercial usage reduces fruit wastage Editor Feb 11, 2015 Post-harvest losses of fruits such as mango, pawpaw, orange, guava, pineapple have gone down to about 25 percent…
Insurance Agric insurance carrier mulls capacity for penetration,… Editor Feb 11, 2015 Nigerian Agricultural Insurance Corporation (NAIC), Nigeria’s agric insurance carrier, is fostering stronger…
Oil & Gas Saudi’s cut Asia oil pricing to a record low Editor Feb 11, 2015 Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest crude exporter, cut pricing for March oil sales to Asia, signaling that they are…
Agriculture FG to develop dairy production zones Editor Feb 11, 2015 The establishment of dairy production zones with a view to operating a modern dairy system that would increase milk…
Oil & Gas Saipem gets $1.8 billion Kashagan contract Editor Feb 11, 2015 The North Caspian Operating Co. (NCOC) awarded Saipem a $1.8 billion engineering and construction contract to build…
Oil & Gas Statoil deepens spending cuts as declining oil price… Editor Feb 11, 2015 Statoil deepened cost cuts and halted dividend growth as Norway’s biggest energy company struggles to withstand a…
Breaking News FG launches youth entrepreneurship strategy Editor Feb 11, 2015 President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday launched the Youth Entrepreneurship Strategy (YES), an online portal serving…
Oil & Gas Dana Gas to use $60 million repaid by Egypt for local… Editor Feb 11, 2015 Dana Gas, the Middle East’s leading regional private sector natural gas company, has announced a number of major…
Oil & Gas Brent posts best two weeks since 1998 Editor Feb 11, 2015 Oil rallied again with benchmark Brent crude having its largest two-week gain in 17 years, as falling oil rig…
Agriculture FADAMA: 40,000 farmers to benefit N16m World bank relief… Editor Feb 10, 2015 No fewer than 40,000 peasant farmers in Borno will benefit from a N16 million World Bank relief fund to boost…