The Managing Director of the NNPC Foundation Ltd, Mrs. Emmanuella Arukwe, has reaffirmed the organisation’s commitment to empowering rural farmers and strengthening Nigeria’s food security through practical agricultural training and support. Arukwe said this at the official flag-off of the Vulnerable Farmers Training Programme for the North-East Zone in Potiskum, Yobe State. She said the…
The Zamfara State government, supported by the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), World Health Organisation (WHO), UNICEF, and other partners, has conducted a reactive oral cholera vaccination (OCV) campaign in six high-burden Local Government Areas (LGAs). The move, disclosed by WHO on Monday, was to contain the cholera outbreak in the state. The…
The NNPC Foundation, the corporate social responsibility arm of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), has launched a farmers’ training programme in Abuja aimed at curbing food insecurity and reducing dependence on food imports. The scheme, which targets 6,000 vulnerable farmers nationwide, officially kicked off in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Friday. According…
There is a deliberate effort to tackle the malaise of malaria in Lagos State. This is as the state government sets out to reduce its prevalence to less than one percent in the state. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu made this announcement on Thursday during the mid-term review of the Pathway to Malaria Pre-elimination and Digitisation Programme….
There are indications that the prices of food items in Nigeria will reduce further soon to ease the challenges of consumers in the country. This follows the step being taken by the Federal government through the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (FMAFS). The step involved efforts to reduce food prices, following President Bola Tinubu’s…
The revolution being initiated in agriculture is motivating many stakeholders to boost efforts at promoting agribusiness and food security in Nigeria. This is why Nigeria’s cash now, the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC Ltd has enlisted in efforts to strengthen Nigeria’s food security, stimulate economic empowerment, and promote national development. The corporation, through the NNPC…
….. INITIATIVE TO SAVE N30.5 TRILLION One of the major factors said to be responsible for the scarcity of food in Nigeria is the losses incurred after harvest. Over the years it has been either ignored or treated with levity. One embarrassing development is that it took foreign agencies to emphasise this problem…
Nigeria has secured a major breakthrough in its non-oil export drive as Niger State Governor Mohammed Bago announced a $100 million livestock offtake agreement with the Saudi Export and Import Bank to supply meat and related products to the Middle East. Bago, who made the disclosure at the First Bank Agric and Export Expo 2025…
The Federal Government on Tuesday launched a three-day validation workshop in Abuja to review the 2022–2024 Agricultural Joint Sector Review (JSR) reports and the 3rd National Agrifood Systems Investment Plan (NASIP) for 2025–2027, aimed at transforming the country’s agricultural sector. Declaring the event open at the Abuja Continental Hotel, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture…
The Federal Government has expressed concern over Nigeria’s poor performance in agricultural exports, lamenting that despite the sector’s huge contribution to the economy, it generates less than $400m annually in foreign exchange earnings. Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Abubakar Kyari, stated this in Lagos at the First Bank of Nigeria Ltd. 2025 Agric…
