The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in collaboration with Sokoto State Government, has launched a state-of-the-art Digital Village and commissioned a modern Nutrition Warehouse in Sokoto aimed at uplifting Almajiri children and out-of-school adolescent girls. The Digital Village, located at the Sultan Maccido Institute in Sokoto, is designed to provide digital literacy, vocational training, entrepreneurial…
OBA–Agbodegba, please help me tell all the Bales that there is fire on the mountain, if what I saw and heard yesterday were anything to go by, I think there is urgent need to have a meeting with Bales. AGBODEGBA– But what are those things you saw and heard that is making you fidget? After…
The Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG), Dr. Tayo Aduloju, on Thursday called for the rebasing of the country’s economy to stimulate new growth that is indispensable for crafting evidence-based policies to strengthen sectoral performance. The is as the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said data emanateing from the rebased…
The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Abubakar Kyari, has urged African countries to develop agricultural technologies suited to their own needs instead of relying primarily on innovations developed elsewhere. Kyari made the call on Monday, while opening the 9th Africa Agriculture Science Week (9AASW) and the 10th General Assembly of the Forum for…
The residents of Agwa communities in Oguta LGA of Imo state have raised an urgent alarm over the invasion of their farmlands by armed herdsmen. The farmers are distraught over the destruction of their crops and plants by cattle owned by the herdsmen, which has severely impacted their livelihoods. Community leaders have called on the…
Dapo Abiodun, Ogun State governor at Jumat Service on Friday said that the state government has begun the distribution of rice palliatives to residents. Noimot Salako-Oyedele, Deputy Governor, said this on behalf of the governor while addressing the congregation of Muslim faithful. She said that the distribution started with Muslim faithful who are currently observing…
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…
DISTRIBUTES OKRO, PEPPER, WATERMELON SEEDS Wife of the Anambra State Governor, Dr Nonye Soludo, has launched the organic garden competition in Anambra secondary schools to encourage children to learn more about food production and farming. Soludo, while addressing Healthy Living teacher ambassadors in Awka, said the organic garden competition would help teach children the importance…
The National Coordinator of the Rural Access and Agricultural Marketing Project (RAAMP), Engr Aminu Bodinga Mohammed has identified the critical role of rural access roads in accelerating the achievement of food security. Mohammed made the statement during the project’s 7th Joint World Bank and French Development Agency Implementation Support Mission in Abuja. He highlighted the…
The Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) has partnered with a lawmaker, Mr. Paul Ekpo, to empower 50 farmers in Etinan Federal Constituency, Akwa Ibom State. Each farmer received 100 stands of oil palm seedlings and N100,000 to boost palm oil production. According to Mrs. Nonye Ayeni, NEPC’s Executive Director, “Although Nigeria has huge potentials in…
