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The Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola, has said there is need for immediate rehabilitation of the critical infrastructure at the Apapa and Tin-Can Island ports. Speaking after a tour of the Apapa and Tin-Can Island ports led by the managing director, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Mohammed Bello-Koko, …

Bose Adelakun | The Gombe State House of Assembly has postponed the screening of 17 commissioner nominees appointed by Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya over the two-day warning strike embarked on Tuesday by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC). Recall that the Assembly had earlier slated Tuesday to begin the screening five …

IN a bid to achieve food security in Nigeria, the Fisheries Cooperative Federation of Nigeria, FCFN, has demanded the creation of a national Task Force on fisheries so as to strengthen the organizational capacities and participation of fishing communities in the policy formulation and implementation processes. In the agenda submitted …

At the backdrop of significant presence in the African fish output level, the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has indicated that the current local fish production in Nigeria is still inadequate to meet the demands of the domestic consumption. This is also despite the Anchor Borrower Programme, ABP, funding assistance …