The Nigerian Food Security Project awards ₦3.211 million in research grants to 25 final-year agriculture students at the University of Abuja.

The Sokoto State Government approves ₦1.65 billion for farm inputs and ₦1.61 billion for a civil servant motorcycle loan scheme.

The Africa Finance Corporation provides a $600m loan to Greenview Fertiliser Corp as part of Dangote's $7bn regional capacity expansion.

Minister Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi inaugurates a Technical Working Group in Abuja to stop the recurring export rejections of Nigerian farm commodities.

Governor Douye Diri urges Bayelsans to protect the Ijaw language and expand farming at the Ekpetiama Okolede New Yam Festival.

The government registers 45 Licensed Buying Companies through NAFCO to purchase excess maize and rice directly from local farmers.