Imo state born, Eze Ndigbo Ghana, HRM Eze Dr Chukwudi Ihenetu, has appealed to religious leaders in Nigeria to invest in human and capital development of members by teaching them how to earn a leaving through farming and establishment of industries. This, according to him, is necessary to ease the untold hardship currently being experienced…
Food crisis: MOUAU, NISS academic advocates compulsory study of Soil science in Secondary schools A Professor of Soil science, Damian Asawalam has called for the compulsory study of soil science in primary and post primary schools in Nigeria. The Academic from the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike, MOUAU, and the southeast representative at the…
The Abia State Council of Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, has enjoined residents of the state to massively embark on farming to boost local production, as a practical measure to curtail the scarcity and astronomical rise in prices of food items. This was part of the NUJ’s 8-point communique signed by Abia NUJ Chairman, Victor…
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has promised to provide support to the Cassava Processing Factory in Oyigbo Local Government Area to enable it build two more production lines and increase its output to meet demands of the market. The governor made the promise when he visited the factory to ascertain the state of facilities there…
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Chairperson: Good afternoon my people, how has it been? Anyway, there is no need to ask questions or pretend about the happenings in the country, the whole thing is glaring for everybody to see, even for a blind. With all these shouts of “We are hungry, that is re -vibrating all over the council, we…
Following the successful end of Dr. Vincent Isegbe’s five five-year tenure as Director General of Nigeria Agricultural Quarantine Service, NAQS, the President has reappointed him for the same capacity. This means that Isegbe will continue his administration in NAQS, until 2029. This was revealed in a statement signed by the Special Adviser to the President…
The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, FMA&FS Abubakar Kyari, has expressed concern over the delay in the delivery of 2,000 tractors to farmers in Nigeria. Kyari expressed his worries in Abuja on Wednesday while speaking with John Deere, the agricultural equipment manufacturer, over the slow pace in supplying the first batch of 500 tractors…
Barely a week after residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) looted a warehouse in Gwagwa-Tasha, President Bola Tinubu has directed the emergency distribution of grains to alleviate their living conditions. The president’s directive was revealed by the Minister of State for the FCT, Dr Mariya Mahmoud, during a meeting with area council chairmen and…
The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security (FMA&FS), Abubakar Kyari, has attributed the smuggling of food from Nigeria to other countries as the major driver of hunger and food scarcity. He also named other causes which include naira redesign and natural disasters. Kyari noted that the food shortage currently experienced in the country is due…
