Special Adviser to the President and Coordinator of Presidential Livestock Reform, Professor Attahiru Jega, has described the modernisation of the nation’s livestock sector as a national imperative.

The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) has developed a draft curriculum aimed at enhancing the production, handling, and marketing of raw hides and skins in Ethiopia.The ...

Shell Companies in Nigeria (SCiN) have been commended for their impressive exhibition at the 24th Nigeria Oil and Gas (NOG) ...

The number of skins and hides collected this year exceeded 7.4 million, 1.4% increase against 7.3 million, according to the PTA estimates. Eid-ul-Adha 2025: trade peaks at Asia’s largest cattle ...

Pakistan became a primary trading partner of China for animal hides after the African Union banned the same in February last year.

Skin-lightening is a multi-billion-dollar industry and impacts many women, and men, around the world. Within the African context, women in Nigeria use skin-whitening products the most: according ...

Skin lightening products represent a major global industry, with sales projected to nearly double to $15.7 billion by 2030. In Africa, nowhere is the practice more prevalent than in Nigeria.

Skin-whitening or lightening, also known as bleaching in Nigeria, is used in different parts of the world for cosmetic reasons, though these often have deep cultural roots.

03/21/2025 Nigeria's textile production was once a vibrant, booming sector and a key part of its economy. But the industry has since been brought to its knees by cheap imports from China.

The 10th edition of agrofood & plastprintpack Nigeria is set to welcome top diplomats and trade representatives, reinforcing its position as a credible platform for fostering international ...

'Nigeria has a vast livestock population, providing immense opportunities in the leather industry. However, discrepancies in production and consumption data remain a challenge,' Imam noted.

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Skin whitening is a major industry around the world, including in the U.S., but it is endemic in Nigeria, Africa's most populous country.