The Federal Government has commenced the distribution of more than 10 million bags of fertiliser under a new agricultural support programme targeting two million smallholder farmers across Nigeria. The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Abubakar Kyari, announced the initiative on Friday, July 17, 2026, during the flag-off ceremony in Zaria, Kaduna State. According…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has unveiled plans to transform Nigeria’s cocoa sector by expanding local processing, industrialisation and value addition to boost economic growth and increase foreign exchange earnings. Tinubu, represented by the Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Abubakar Kyari, disclosed this at the Cocoa Value Addition Summit 2026 in Abuja, with the…
Dr. Yemi Farounbi, OON, media administrator, teacher and diplomat gave this keynote address in Ibadan on Monday April 13, 2026, at the 70th post-humous birthday of Tunde Idowu, an ace broadcaster who died in 1994 during the eerie days of military dictatorship, when fuel scarcity compounded the public angst against the annulment of the June 12…
Deaconess Omolola Ashabi Elizabeth Sogbesan was buried at her residence in Ejigbo on March 27th 2026 after a service of songs the previous day at the same venue. She was born in the year 1948 to the family of Lay Reader Isaac Enilolobo Makinde and Mrs Suwebatu Aduke Enilolobo in Sojuolu Village in Ogun state….
The 61st Argungu Fishing and Cultural Festival in Kebbi State was spectacular not just because it is the first in a long while but because it is symbolic as the beginning of the end of insecurity in the country. That was the message by President Bola Tinubu who was the special guest of honour at…
Dr Adedayo Adeyemo, a staff of Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, is a non-Ruminant production specialist, basically poultry and rabbit. He has been involved in researches aimed at developing local content for the care of livestock, in order to improve quality animal in Nigeria. In this interview with Bushlink, conducted by Aderemi Oladipupo, Dr. Adeyemo…
It was celebration time at the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, FUNAB as the university held its 33rd convocation with exciting milestones. First, it churned out 104 first class graduates from different faculties and programmes, with Osiama Chinyere of the department of Food and Nutrition as the overall graduating students who finished her academic race…
Nigeria’s headline inflation rate declined to 14.45 per cent in November 2025, signalling a sustained moderation in price pressures and reinforcing expectations that recent monetary tightening and foreign exchange reforms by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) are beginning to yield results. The figure represents a 1.6 percentage-point drop from the 16.05 per cent recorded…
Nigeria’s economy sustained its recovery momentum in the third quarter of 2025, recording a real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth of 3.98 per cent, according to the latest policy brief by the Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprise (CPPE). Although slightly below the 4.3 per cent posted in the second quarter, the think tank…
The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), Nigerian Employers Consultative Association (NECA) and the Federal Ministry of France, have kicked against a proposed increase in excise duty on sugar sweetened products. Stakeholders at a public hearing at the Senate wing on Thursday, took divergent positions on moves to increase duty on carbonated Sugar Sweetened Beverages (SSB)…
