Abia State deputy governor, Ikechukwu Emetu, has said the state’s cocoa production if properly harnessed, can sustain a chocolate factory. Emetu stated this yesterday when the state chapter of the Cocoa Farmers Association paid him a courtesy visit to his office in Umuahia, the state capital. He said the doors of the state were open to investors to come and …

Fire has destroyed no fewer than nine hectares of cocoa farms in Cross River State. The incident happened two days ago in Edor and Ogbagante Akparabong communities in Ikom LGA of the state. Ikom produces has the largest cocoa plantations in Cross River State Confirming the incident, one of the affected 19 cocoa farmers, Mr Richard Ndoma of Akparabong community …