The First Lady, Sen. Oluremi Tinubu, announced that the Renewed Hope Initiative (RHI) is set to introduce the Young Farmers Club in Public Schools nationwide. This was stated during the inauguration of the Renewed Hope Initiative Women Agricultural Support Programme (RHI-WASP) in Maiduguri. Remi Tinubu, who was represented by the Wife of the Vice…
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 North East Development Commission, NEDC, through its Adamawa Office has donated agricultural and produce processing machines to farmers in the state. The materials include 40 ridgers and 302-discploughs; 35 walking tractors and 35 trailers, 30 planters & harvesters, and 16 rice mills as well as 2000 bags of fertilizer. They were handed to the…
….. STARTING WITH 100 BENEFICIARIES IN IMO STATE The First Lady of Nigeria, Sen. Oluremi Tinubu, Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State and his wife, Chioma, have canvassed for improved national food security through strategic and coordinated empowerment of women who are involved in agribusiness. They did in their different remarks during the maiden…
There are indications that by the end of this dry season there would be more fruits and vegetable in the market than in the previous years. This is because the challenges that farmers in this area often faced are being addressed. Perhaps conscious of the fact that the government cannot do it alone, some foreign…
Justrite outlet in the Eleyele area of Ibadan, capital of Oyo State had an unusual visitor recently, just as customers and other passersby were also thrilled by the development. The visitor was Sola Sobowale, Mouka’s Brand Ambassador. She was the star guest at the official opening of the Justrite store. The joy of the residents…
The federal government is convinced that for the country to effectively address the problem of food insecurity a concerted effort is needed to deal with the impact of climate change on agriculture. that is why it is preaching the priority should be given to soil health and the practice of climate-smart farming. This is because…
While federal legislators from some parts of the country are said to have been given palliatives by the federal government, which they expect to give to their constituents, federal legislators from Kwara State have said that they are yet to receive their own. This was stated by the Kwara State’s National Assembly caucus has said…
The United States Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service (USDA-FAS), in partnership with the Department of Veterinary and Pest Control Services of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security has embarked on sensitisation exercises for stakeholders on improvement of genetic potentials for Nigeria’s livestock industry. The workshop tagged ‘Consultative Stakeholders Workshop on Reproductive Animal Health…
The target was to fill the mouths and souls of thousands of people who went out to celebrate on Children’s Day. And he met scores of them at Ikeja, the capital of Lagos state. It was an unusual ground for soul winning but Leke Adeboye, son of Enoch Adejare Adeboye, general overseer of the Redeemed…
