A female Cleric and Agriculturalist, Bishop Deborah Macfoy Akachukwu, has tasked the government at all levels to as a matter of urgency design a robust and realistic strategic plan for the nation’s Agricultural sector. She said that no amount of food importation into the country would tackle hardship and other problems affecting the people in…
A multinational company, Nigeria Backbone Infrastructure Limited (BINL), wants to partner with willing business concerns that will be ready to align with its dream to invest in Nigeria’s economy within the next 22 years. The company said it is targeting an investment of about $172billion to develop Nigeria’s mineral resources, energy, agriculture, housing, and transportation…
Olam International Limited, a leading food and Agri business company has announced that it is giving 87 indigent students in Nasarawa State, in the North Central geo-political zone of Nigeria, scholarships to study in thw university. It says the gesture is part of the company’s Seed for the Future, SFTF initiative, a corporate social responsibility…
Governor Bassey Otu of Cross River State has received commendation for the Civil society groups in the Niger Delta region. They are happy about the decision of his government to halt mining activities in the state, with a purpose to stopping ecological harm and unwholesome practices by artisanal and industrial miners. Executive Director Health of…
In the light of the biting inflation, poverty and high cost of food items, the House of Representatives is making moves to encourage the government of President Bola Tinubu to re-introduce the school feeding programme started by the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari. It has, therefore , made a call to the President Tinubu…
In no distant time one major source of revenue apart from crude oil sale will be gold. This will be the result of a proposed legislation in the Senate, which seeks to increase the country’s foreign reserve assets to 30% from the present four percent earlier celebrated by the ministry of solid minerals. The Senate…
Nigerians who have been agitating for a crash in the prices of staple food may have to endure for more time. Senator Abubakar Kyari, minister of Agriculture and Food Security said the target of the federal government is to have a series of policies and programmes put in place to yield fruits in six months…
The Abia State Government, through the Commissioner for Information and Culture Prince Okey, has announced the prescription of street trading in the state. The decision was taken to address the spate of insecurity and vandalism activities in public schools. Okay while briefing journalists in the state capital, Umuahia, after the State executive council meeting urged…
The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (FMAFS) and the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) are in talks for partnerships to harness opportunities locked in the agricultural sector to boost food security. The Minister FMAFS, Senator Abubakar Kyari disclosed this when the NSE President, Mrs Margaret Oguntala, led a delegation to his office in…
There are indications that the prices of food items that have been going up since last year may nose dive soon. This follows a bold step by the federal government on Monday to prioritise a crash in the prices of food items above revenue drive. The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (FMAFS), on…
