Agriculture sector will benefit from a $6 billion investment promised by the United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, in the continent. This followed an agreement signed between the bank and the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat. The bank will through this commitment provide financing in a period of three years to businesses in…
The seven governors of Nigeria’s Northwest geo-political zone have got the promise of Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina, Nigerian-born president of the African Development Bank, AfDB for a handsome investment that will boost agricultural outputs in the zone. The support will enhance efforts at ensuring development in the area, as well as providing tackling insecurity and job…
Stakeholders in Nigeria Agribusiness and Agro-industry Development Initiative (NAADI) have thrown their weight behind the government of President Bola Tinubu in the efforts to achieve food security in the country. That determination was expressed at the second agribusiness roundtable conference, which was designed to address the challenge of food insecurity and value chain development in…
Kashim Shettima, vice president of Nigeria has implored the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to assist Nigeria, and other African countries, in the effort to fight hunger and poverty. He requested the Foundation to forge a strategic partnership with the Nigerian government to enhance agricultural productivity, as well as improve nutrition and strengthen the education…
Determined to solve the challenge of scarcity and high cost of food in the country, the administration of Bola Tinubu has commenced support to farmers beginning from the 2023/2024 dry season farming period. As part of the immediate support by the government, it has undertaken the certification of available planting materials. It has, therefore, kicked…
There are indications that Governor Umar Bago of Niger State is taking some bold steps to revolutionise the economy of the state. His efforts appear geared towards the determination to improve the economy of the state through agriculture and other natural resources that the state is endowed with. Of late the governor has taken steps…
He learnt two vocations, after a failed attempt to go to school. The first did not yield much dividend, thus leading him to the second, which he said gave him the financial standing to train his children. Being a lover of education that eluded him, he ensured that his children were not denied that…
MAMA AKEEM: Mama Julie, good morning. MAMA JULIE: Ah, mama Akeem, how are you? Mama Akeem: I am fine, my sister. Mama Julie: The way you are sounding, I’m afraid, I don’t think you are fine. Mama Akeem: How? How am I sounding that is giving you that impression? Mama Julie: Your voice is too…
The Christmas season is here again. So are the variations in the celebration and the diverse expectations of the people. Across the world, there are different reactions to this year’s yuletide. In Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus Christ, celebrations had to be put on hold for the security of the residents. No thanks to the…
It was time for harvest, and farmers had been busy on the farm, after months of labour. In a particular farm settlement in Ogun State, the community had become used to farmers coming in, some with vehicles, to move harvested products to the market or the buyers besieging the area to buy agricultural products. So,…
