To conserve wildlife across the country, the Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zone C of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Edo State has destroyed 1,015 sacks of dried donkey meat and skin. In a statement by Zone C, Public Relations Officer, Jerry Attah, said that the contraband was seized in two months dating July 15 to…
The federal government is about to get a fresh loan from the World Bank. The loan is targeted at three sectors, including the agricultural sector. The other areas are health, and infrastructure sectors. The loan is of the value of of $1.5bn. The loan set to be approved on Thursday September 26, 2024 will be…
The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, (FMAFS) Abubakar Kyari has emphasised the importance of modern biotechnology in enhancing plant breeding. He was speaking at the Second International Conference of the Nigerian Plant Breeders Association (NPBA). Kyari represented by the Director Federal Department of Agriculture, Abubakar Abdullahi, said modern biotechnology has become a prominent process…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), through the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (FMAFS), has disbursed 70 trucks carrying 42,000 bags of fertilisers to Kwara state Farmers. The process supervised by the Senior Special Assistant to the governor on Community Development, Lawal Olohungbebe, said each farmer is entitled to at least three bags….
The National Bureau of Statistics, NBS reported earlier in the week to the joy of Nigerians that inflation is heading for a fall. The immediate expectation would be that prices of commodities, including food items, will fall. While that has been experienced in most states, there are states that still have high cost of food…
The Director-General of the National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA), Matthew Adepoju, has called on the federal government to end illegal mining activities in Abuja. Adepoju said this in response to the earth tremor experienced in the Mpape, Maitama, Gishiri and Katampe areas of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The Director-General of the Nigerian…
Leading maize producing states in the country would have to watch Cross River. The South South state is posing a challenge in that sector. The state government, not one of the ten leading maize producing states, is taking up the challenge by encouraging maize farmers with a mouth watering loan of N1 million each to…
The Nigerian Geological Survey Agency (NGSA) has dismissed fears by residents of the Mpape and Katampe environs of Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) over earth tremors. The Director-General, NGSA, Olusegun Ige, in a statement on Wednesday, said the agency investigation showed that over 48 tremors were recorded, however found to be low and non-threatening…
Save the Children (SCI) Nigeria, disclosed that over 150,000 children in 26 camps in Borno State are at risk of being malnourished following the flood that occurred in Maiduguri. The Country Director, SCI, Nigeria, Duncan Harvey who disclosed this during a press conference held in Abuja, stated that many children were already malnourished before the…
Mr. Kenneth Ifeakandu, a farmer from Okofia village Obeledu in Anaocha Local Government Area of Anambra State, has won five hundred thousand Naira for harvesting 95 kg of yam in the community. Yam competition was part of the new yam festival for the 2024 edition of Obeledu’s new yam festival. “The prize money is a…
