Is the SAO Agro Allied Service Limited guilty of allegation of destruction of farmland said to be located within the Oluwa Forest Reserve in Ondo State? What really is the true situation of things? The firm was accused of destroying the affected farmland, as claimed by farmers in the area. The farmers, in their hundreds,…
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has signed a Customs Mutual Administrative Agreement (CMAA) with its Indian counterpart to bolster cross-border trade development. The agreement, as disclosed in a statement by the NCS, was signed at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Abuja. The Comptroller-General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi, who represented the NCS at the event…
The Nasarawa State Commissioner for Agriculture, Mohammed Oyigye, has outlined farmer empowerment, large-scale farming, and security as the state’s agricultural strategy for 2025. In a press briefing in Lafia, Oyigye stated that the state aims to surpass the over 12,000 hectares cultivated in 2024, a move he assured would significantly boost agricultural activities. According to…
The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has stated that the drop in the prices of food items as well as petroleum products is an indication that economic policies of the President Bola Tinubu’s administration are beginning to yield results. He stated this during the 4th edition of 2025 ministerial briefing featuring the…
Despite reports of government intervention and supports in the agricultural sector, there are projections that hardly support that the federal government will achieve the desired massive production this year. Experts continue to give a gloom picture of what to expect in the year. The prognosis does not portend warm ride for food supply and good…
KABIYESI: Good morning, everyone, you are all welcome back, today is the last working day,and first meeting, after “My Report”. There is no gainsaying that a year has passed, since I mounted the stool or throne of my political forebears, the report we gave, when we were accounting for our stewardship would have been better…
President Bola Tinubu on Thursday emphasised that relying solely on dairy imports while neglecting livestock farming was a mistake his administration is committed to fixing. He expressed concern that the sector’s neglect has cost Nigeria a staggering $1.5bn and pledged to restore confidence in the industry. At the two-day Consultative Workshop on Livestock Reforms held…
In the latest move to foster peace and solve the lingering crisis between farmers and herders in Adamawa State, a non-governmental organization, Search for Common Ground (SFCG) in its end of the peace project in the state has handed over the peace structures it created to the government at both the state and local council…
No fewer than 49,000 farmers from three oil producing states smiled home recently with support to aid their trade. The farmers are from three states of Ondo, Edo and Delta. They got handsome financial support from The Partnership for Initiative in Niger Delta, The PIND. The body said the farmers and people in the small…
As part of efforts to cushion the impact of the rising cost of living in the country which has led to economic hardship, the Lagos State government will soon commence the distribution of food packs to residents of the state. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State said this while briefing journalists at the State House,…
