Abuja based Agri businessman Akomolafe Bankole is still in pains over the demolition of his poultry farm in Abuja by the Federation Capital Territory Development Authority. The poultry farm worth N150 million located in Lokogoma area in Abuja was demolished, according to him, without any form of notification. The demolition, which also resulted in the…
A sociocultural group in southeastern part of Nigeria, the Igbo Ekene Global Development Union, IEGDU has taken a bold step to sensitise Nigerians on the importance of climate-smart agriculture and sustainable agricultural practices in the country. The Union demonstrated this during its celebration of the 2024 National Indoor plant week. At the event, the President…
Next year will witness aggressive efforts at development in sugar project in Nigeria. This follows the pledge by the Executive Secretary of the National Sugar Development Council, Kamar Bakrin. He said his council has set 2025 as the year for intensified efforts towards sugar project development in the country. Bakrin made this declaration during a…
The House of Representatives member for the Mbaitoli/Ikeduru (Mbaike) Federal Constituency, Hon Akarachi Amadi has flagged off the distribution of over 800 bags of fertiliser to the 63 communities in his Mbaike constituents. This distribution took place at his Constituency Office in Owerri, the Imo state capital. In a statement issued by the Head of…
Soon the government at the federal and state levels will no longer need to go to any foreign company, putting pressure on the country’s foreign reserve to import tractors to the country. This is because by next year it will be possible to purchase tractors locally. The hope towards this end was raised by the…
The federal government has provided th Lagos state government the opportunity to take advantage of a partnership between them to boost efforts towards food security in the state. This came to th open recently when Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development presented Federal Government’s proposal on the provision of machines that were…
The federal government is leaving no stone untouched to accelerate efforts aimed at achieving food security in Nigeria. This assurance was given by Chief Uche Nnaji, Minister of Innovation, Science, and Technology in Abuja. He said that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda placed top priority on Agriculture and Food Security and good nutrition….
The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, (FMAFS) Abubakar Kyari has emphasised the importance of modern biotechnology in enhancing plant breeding. He was speaking at the Second International Conference of the Nigerian Plant Breeders Association (NPBA). Kyari represented by the Director Federal Department of Agriculture, Abubakar Abdullahi, said modern biotechnology has become a prominent process…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), through the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (FMAFS), has disbursed 70 trucks carrying 42,000 bags of fertilisers to Kwara state Farmers. The process supervised by the Senior Special Assistant to the governor on Community Development, Lawal Olohungbebe, said each farmer is entitled to at least three bags….
Leading maize producing states in the country would have to watch Cross River. The South South state is posing a challenge in that sector. The state government, not one of the ten leading maize producing states, is taking up the challenge by encouraging maize farmers with a mouth watering loan of N1 million each to…
