Polaris Bank’s Corporate Social Responsibilities (CSR), tree planting initiative commenced on Monday, July 1, at the Tai Solarin University of Education (TASUED), Ijagun, Ijebu Ode, Ogun State. The Bank is partnering the Nigeria Conservation Foundation (NCF) on land restoration through tree planting initiative. Chris Ofikulu, Executive Director, Polaris Bank while speaking at the event said…
Hajia Salamatu Garba, Executive Director, Women Farmers Advancement Network, WOFAN has disclosed her association’s move to present Draft Agricultural Extension Revitalization Bill to the Chairman, Senate Committee on Agriculture due to the raging food crises in the country. The bill is basically to ensure sustainability of food security across the country, hence agricultural extension system…
Senator Dr. Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi, Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Security has revealed the importance of the data gathered from the census, stating that the information would support evidence-based policy and decision-making across various sectors of the economy. It will also enhance the linkage with the President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope agenda in…
Investigation has shown that farmers in Nigeria are more comfortable taking loan facilities from cooperative societies than taking advantage of similar opportunity in the commercial banks in the country. This was discovered by the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS. The Bureau got this from a joint research it did with the Federal Ministry of Budget…
There are fears that efforts by the government at the federal and state levels may be frustrated by terror elements who attack farmers and deny them access to their farms. There was a recent development in Niger state, where bandits seized farmlands of about four villages and also displaced about 600 people. The villages are…
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) at the unveiling of the National Agricultural Sample Census(NASC) 2022 in Abuja has disclosed that Nigeria has about 40.2 million agricultural households and that out of the 91 per cent of agricultural households that cultivated crops, 35 per cent practised only crop cultivation while 48 per cent reported raising…
Michelle Corzine, Director of Economic Growth, Agriculture and Power of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has disclosed that her government has given grants worth $26.6 million to 33 companies in Nigeria. She said that the gesture was aimed at helping to resolve the food insecurity in the country. She spoke at a…
Lagos State Government through its ministry of Health has warned the general public to avoid unregulated and unregistered beverages to prevent ingesting contaminated drinks. Prof. Akin Abayomi, Lagos State Commissioner for Health during a state multi-agency news briefing and update on the cholera outbreak in Lagos said that history taken from the no fewer than…
Have you noticed a hike in the price of eggs of late? Were you thinking that the prices might come down soon? There are indications that consumers may have to live with the hike for some time to come. This is because the factors that created the hike in price do not appear to have…
In a bid to cushion the effect of hardship and the food crises in the country, the Federal Government has donated 70 trucks of fertilisers to support farmers, agricultural activities in Kano state. In a statement released by Malam Sunusi Bature, Director- General, Media and Publicity it was made known that Kabir Yusuf, Kano State…
