The Lagos State House of Assembly has reiterated its commitment to ensuring food security in line with the United Nation’s sustainable development goals of eradication of poverty. It, therefore , called for collaboration by the stakeholders to end food insecurity. Rt. Hon. (Dr.) Mudashiru Obasa, Speaker, House of Assembly made this known, while speaking at…
Dr. Dele Alake Minister of Solid Minerals Development while hosting Dauda Lawal, Governor, Zamfara State in his office in Abuja on Friday reiterated the need to eliminate impediments stifling mining development in the state, stressing the importance of Zamfara State to the country’s mining sector.According to Segun Tomori, Special Assistant on Media, Alake assured his…
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…
Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, Comptroller General, Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has auctioned Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol seized by its operatives in Yola, Adamawa State at the rate of ₦630 per litre, noting the seizures underscore the persistent nature of the challenge and the necessity of continued vigilance and action.Adeniyi, who was represented by Olaniyi…
The high cost of food items in Nigeria have been traced to certain factors that continue to militate against efforts to achieve aggressive food production in the country. This was part of the Wet Season report submitted to the ministry of agriculture and food security by Professor Emmanuel Ikani, Executive Director, National Agricultural Extension and…
Senator Saliu Mustapha, Senator representing Kwara Central District has called on the Federal Government to make agricultural studies compulsory at the secondary school level, stating there is the need to move agriculture beyond mere rhetoric and policy pronouncements. The senator, who decried the attitude of Nigerian youths towards farming, declared that exposure to the modern,…
As part of the Federal Government’s effort to provide subsidised rice to help alleviate the ongoing food crisis in the country, the much anticipated sale of N40,000 per bag of rice has commenced in Ogun state. Governor Dapo Abiodun during the flag off ceremony held at the Arcade Ground, Abeokuta, stated that his administration will…
Oba Basiru Aremu Sotonwa, Osomeku 1, Sekumade of Ipakodo, in Ikorodu, Lagos State has announced an annual distribution of food items to indigent residents, comprising the aged, widows and less privileged individuals. He made the declaration as part of activities commemorating Ipakodo Day celebration annually. According to the monarch, the gesture is facilitated by the…
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said that Nigeria, Ethiopia, Cameroon, South Africa, and Somalia are seeking $600bn in climate financing support from financial institutions. The Washington-based lender also said that Nigeria is struggling to attract climate-related Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) due to its inability to end parallel foreign exchange rates and other policy uncertainties….
The Kaduna State Primary Healthcare Development Agency has recorded one death out of 86 suspected cases of cholera. The Director of Public Health, Hamza Ibrahim -Ikara, disclosed this on Thursday. He stated that for the past five months, the country experienced outbreaks of cholera in 30 states. He said, “We have not recorded any case…
