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…
The Abia State Governor Dr Alex Otti has urged the 300 beneficiaries of the State-sponsored Modern Agricultural Skills and Practices Training Programme at CSS Integrated Farms, Nasarawa State, to pass down the knowledge and skills acquired to others on their return to the state. Governor Otti during the issuing of certificates to the beneficiaries and…
President Bola Tinubu on Thursday approved the National Construction and Household Support Programme aimed at boosting agricultural productivity, strengthening the economy, and providing immediate economic relief for Nigerian households. The programme announced during the National Economic Council (NEC) meeting, noted that all financial allocations and infrastructure projects across all geo-political zones in the country were…
KABIYESI: Good morning, everyone, you are all welcome back, today is the last working day,and first meeting, after “My Report”. There is no gainsaying that a year has passed, since I mounted the stool or throne of my political forebears, the report we gave, when we were accounting for our stewardship would have been better…
Minister of Environment, Balarabe Abbas Lawal has disclosed that the Federal Government has invested in climate-smart agriculture to enhance food production in the country. He was speaking at a high-level event on ‘Partnering to Scale up Climate Actions in Fragile and Conflict Affected Situations – Zooming in on Food Security’, which was held in the…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has warned Nigerians against the illegal distribution, and sale of a falsified brand of Ginny non-dairy creamer products. According to NAFDAC, non-dairy creamer is a concoction of many food additives known as coffee creamer or whitener. It is used in food as a substitute…
Residents of some states in the federation have been warned to watch out for heavy rain and exercise caution from moving around during the rains and after retirement. The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) issued the warning, suggesting that would be an anticipated moderate to heavy rainfall over parts of Taraba, Adamawa, Benue, Rivers, Akwa Ibom,…
The federal government is working with the Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) to recover 350,000 hectares of degraded land in the north for agriculture. The project is part of the Action Against Desertification (AAD) initiative which aims to support the implementation of the FAO Agro-Climatic Resilience for the Semi-Arid Landscapes (ACRESAL)…
