The Federal Government of Nigeria has vowed to revamp the water infrastructure across the country. This is just as the Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Engr Joseph Utsev stated that the current output of dams cannot cater for the usage of the local communities. Utsev, while inspecting dams in Osun State; Ile-Ife and Ilesa…
The federal government has taken a major step towards enhancing efforts to increase agricultural output in the country. This will involve the increase of production of soyabean and sugar. Towards this end the government has decided to partner with Trans Sahara Consortium in the areas of Soyabean and Sugar production. This was disclosed by the…
The Federal Government has gazetted and transmitted the ECOWAS schedule of tariff offers for Trade in Goods under the African Continental Free Trade Area to its secretariat. The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr Jumoke Oduwole, said this through a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday. Oduwole said that, the move was ahead of…
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has called for innovation and increased collaboration to strengthen Nigeria’s health system and reshape the future of global health. NMA’s vice president, Dr. Benjamin Olowojebutu, made the call in an interview with newsmen in Lagos. Olowojebutu stated that Nigeria must rethink its approach to medical education and research through innovation….
The Federal Government’s efforts to revamp the agricultural sector have received a significant boost with the arrival of 255 tractors, the first installment of a 2,000-tractor procurement deal. This development is expected to enhance food production, reduce reliance on foreign currency, and alleviate the nation’s rising food inflation, currently at 34 percent. According to the…
The Senator Representing Anambra Central Senatorial Zone, Senator (Dr.) Victor Umeh called on his constituents to embrace agriculture as a way of ensuring that they have food on their tables. Senator Umeh made the call in his Aguluzigbo country home, during the 2024 New Yam Festival. He said: “I want to use this occasion of…
The Abia State Ministry of Environment has directed all persons and companies involved in any form of activity relating to the government’s forest reserves to stop forthwith and report to the ministry for discussions and process possible approvals. The directive was contained in a statement signed by the Commissioner for Environment Philemon Ogbonna and issued…
The paramount ruler Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Owolabi Olakulehin 1 has asked Belgium to consider a partnership with the Oyo State government to help boost agricultural prpduction in the state. He told the visiting Belgian Ambassador to Nigeria, H.E Pieter Leenknegt in his palace on Monday. According to the royal father, Ibadan has enough arable…
Consumers in some states in the northern and the southern part of the north are yet to feel the impact of the reported downward in inflation in the month of July. So, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Borno, Sokoto and Enugu States led the country as the most expensive states to live in…
The Adamawa State government does not want to be caught napping and thereby record avoidable losses in its livestock. It has, therefore, started surveillance and planning a massive vaccination campaign against haemorrhagic septicaemia, a disease suspected to have caused the death of more than 1,000 cows in neighbouring Taraba State. Suleiman Aminu, permanent secretary at…
