The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Sen. Abubakar Kyari, CON, has inaugurated the Agricultural Sector Working Group (ASWG) to enhance food security, nutrition, and sustainable agricultural development across the continent. Speaking while inaugurating the committee, at the ASWG Inaugural and Inception meeting held at Rock View Hotel, in Abuja recently, the Minister pointed out…
The record of trade between Nigeria and Germany in 2023 shows that food exports from Nigeria to Germany has contributed to an increase in trade for Nigeria, thereby making the balance of trade to be in favour of the country against the European nation. Weert Borner, Consulate-General of the Federal Republic of Germany made this…
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has said the ban on open grazing in the state remains in force. He has, therefore, warned that anyone found violating the law would be made to face the full wrath of the law. He said any herdsman, who desired to build a ranch, should approach communities in the state…
The Borno state government in collaboration with the Federal Government has commissioned Ngarannam Livestock Improvement and Range Settlement community, popularly known as Rural Grazing Area (RUGA). The objective is to address the problem of farmer-harder clashes and boost the economy of the state, In his welcome address, the Deputy Governor of Borno and the overseeing…
Governor Alex Otti of Abia State has raised concerns over the fact that the federal government spent N7.8 trillion over a period of six years. He found that troubling for a country that has the potential to grow enough food to feed her people. He, however, called for a paradigm shift conscious of the fact…
In the bid to reposition the state’s mining sector for enhanced revenue generation Governor Caleb Manasseh Mutfwang has organised a two-day stakeholders’ forum aimed at exploring revenue generation strategies in the state’s mining sector and identify opportunities for sustainable development. While opening the consultative forum with key stakeholders on Emerging Reforms in Nigeria’s Mining Sector…
The All Farmers Association of Nigeria, AFAN has decried a sharp practice among farmers where they re-bag rice produced in the country to sell as if imported. Shakin Agbayewa, Deputy Chairman of the All-Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), Lagos chapter, said this in Lagos. The AFAN leader who said Nigerian farmers are capable of meeting…
There is good news for some Nigerians who are seriously impacted by the on-going food crisis. It is that help has come from the most unexpected country in the world. Ukraine, a country that is currently at war, which should be receiving support from many nations on the prosecution of the war and the care…
The Mandate Market in Ilorin, Kwara State has been shut temporarily by the state government following allegation of the sale of meat from 33 cows reportedly killed due to poisoning. The state government, through Ministry of Environment, in a statement ordered the immediate general cleaning and fumigation of the abattoir so as to cleanse it…
The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Abubakar Kyari, CON, under the One Health Approach to implement the new National Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), on Monday called for collaboration among stakeholders to enhance public health, food security, and sustainable development in Nigeria. This was contained in a statement signed by the Principal…
