The Ekiti State Commissioner for Agriculture and Food Security, Ebenezer Boluwade, has urged farmers to embrace climate agricultural practices as measures to address the 2024 Little Dry Season (LDS) projected to start from 22 July through August. Boluwade noted that an earlier advisory issued through the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet)’s Seasonal Climate Prediction for 2024,…
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has raised fresh alarm on the number of women who die during childbirth, pregnancy or shortly after giving birth. The body says there is no reason any woman should die during pregnancy or child delivery with modern technology. The UNICEF Chief of Field, Bauchi Field Office, Dr. Nuzhat Rafique,…
At least 25 communities in Edo State, located along the banks of the River Niger, have been submerged by floodwaters following the release of water from the Lagdo Dam in Cameroon. Ojimah Christopher, the Desk Officer for Relief Materials and Distribution in Esan South East, confirmed the development on Monday. Christopher said the affected areas…
The federal government has attributed nutrition deficiency across the country to inadequate funding and weak data systems as it restates its commitment to provide aid to children under the age of five, women of reproductive age, alongside vulnerable groups in the country. This was disclosed by the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Budget and Economic…
The Bayelsa State Civil Service Commission has approved a two-day weekly farming period for workers, reducing the number of workdays to three. This is according to a circular signed by the Bayelsa State Head of Service Biobelemoye Charles-Onyeama. However, the development that followed Governor Doiye Diri’s approval only affects civil servants from Grade level 14…
Igbo women have called for the disarming of violent herdsmen wreaking havoc in various agrarian communities in South East.The women, under the umbrella of Igbo Women Assembly (IWA), shared their grievances at a press conference in Umuahia, Abia State. The women lamented that farmers are now scared of going to their farms due to the…
The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (FMAFS) in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations and other stakeholders have shown commitment to controlling and eradicating the Peste Des Petits (PPR) disease in livestock in Nigeria. The FMAFS said the move aims to improve the livestock sub-sector as a…
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 federal government on Wednesday convened a high-level dialogue at the African Development Bank (AfDB) to revolutionise Nigeria’s Agricultural Sector and accelerate the implementation of the Special Agro-industrial Processing Zones (SAPZ-1) Programme. This was disclosed by the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr Wale Edun at the AfDB country office in…
The cattle invasion that rocked Umuezerokam village in Umuoma Autonomous Community in Nekede, Owerri West LGA of Imo state on the 14th day of June, 2023 has been resolved without any clashes or bloodshed. Recall that Umuezerokam farmland was destroyed by cattle owned by a Kaduna herder who later reported himself after initially fleeing. The…
