Lagos State government has disclosed how it could generate about N50 billion yearly from instead of the current N10 billion being generated. The state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, said this at the maiden edition of the International Coconut Summit in Ikeja.

Nigeria researchers from Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka, Anambra State, have demonstrated the efficacy and safety of Syferol-IHP (blend of virgin coconut oil...

A director of First African Cocoanut Company, Mr. John-Bede Anthonio, has urged the Lagos State Parks and Gardens Agency (LASPARK) to plant coconut trees instead of ordinary ornamental trees.

Coconut oil is famous throughout the world not only as an edible oil or one for hair growth but also as an excellent massage oil and a moisturizer for the skin. Coconut oil is believed to protect the skin from the sun’s harmful rays, acts as a makeup remover, anti-aging oil etcetera but the skincare benefits of coconut oil may…

The global demand for coconuts and derivatives increased by over 500 per cent in the last five years, underscoring the huge economic potential yet to be explored by Nigeria, the Director of Lagos Coconut Development Authority, Mr Dapo Olakuleyin, has said. Olakuleyin said this while lamenting underproduction of coconuts during a seminar organized by First…

Coconuts, like many other perennial agricultural economic crops, are low capital-intensive, easy-to-do and life-long sources of steady income if done commercially in a plantation system.

In case you never knew or imagined that a cake could be baked using yam, then we're here to change that. This recipe combines fresh yam peelings and coconut for a delicious cake. Ingredients 450g fresh puna yam, peeled and grated 2 eggs, whisked 50g golden caster sugar ¼ tsp salt 100ml condensed milk 150ml…

A Cook Islands athlete set to compete at the Commonwealth Games has revealed her unorthodox method for learning shot put and discus -- she used to lob coconuts. Tereapii Tapoki, a police officer from Rarotonga, the largest of the 15 palm-fringed Pacific islands that make up the country, hit on the solution after finding throwing…

The Lagos State government through its Coconut Development Authority (LASCODA) has distributed coconut-processing equipment to processors in 12 Local Councils and Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs), as part of its empowerment programme in the coconut value chain. Special Adviser to the Governor on Food Security, Mr. Okanlawon Sanni who distributed the processing equipment to beneficiaries…

Picture this: cutting your fingers while trying to break a coconut or crying like a baby because of an onion. Sounds tough, right? Cooking can be a lot more fun when you spend less time in the kitchen peeling, grating, cracking open and whatnot (unless you find pleasure in all of these). These hacks will…

Coconut trees may go into extinction in Nigeria in the next 50 years, a coconut processor, Mr Muheammad Mustafa, has said, cautioning against its use as building materials substitute.

Every Nigerian state produces at least one or more distinctive agricultural by-products with great potential as livestock supplementary feed resources.