The Senate has charged the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) to put an end to chemical induced fruit ripening among fruit sellers nationwide. The lawmakers also called on other stakeholders in the food and drug control sector to rise to the challenge by imposing penalties on fruit sellers engaging in…
The Federal government is prepared to give adequate support for investment in agriculture and mining to create wealth in Taraba State. This assurance was given by Vice President Kasshim Shettima in Jalingo. He was speaking at the Taraba State International Investment Summit (TARAVEST) 2025. According to the Vice President, Taraba was an agricultural powerhouse yet…
A group, the Nigeria Youth Forum (NYF), has raised the alarm over worsening food insecurity in the country. The group attributed the crisis to systemic corruption, diversion of agricultural machinery, weak budgetary commitment, and poor oversight of key interventions. The National President of the group, Comrade Toriah Olajide Filani, who spoke in Abuja on Tuesday,…
The Minister of Environment, Mallam Lawal Balarabe, has announced the launch of the Circular and Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)-Free Plastics in Africa Project. It is a new initiative aimed at reducing the impact of plastic pollution in Nigeria. The project, which is backed by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Global Environment Facility…
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in collaboration with Sokoto State Government, has launched a state-of-the-art Digital Village and commissioned a modern Nutrition Warehouse in Sokoto aimed at uplifting Almajiri children and out-of-school adolescent girls. The Digital Village, located at the Sultan Maccido Institute in Sokoto, is designed to provide digital literacy, vocational training, entrepreneurial…
The Abia State Government has announced a groundbreaking initiative to eliminate the hazardous practice of roasting meat with burning tyres, replacing it with a safer, eco-friendly biogas technology. This was disclosed by the General Manager of the Abia State Environmental Protection Agency (ASEPA), Mr. Ogbonnaya Okereke, during a press briefing following the State Executive Council…
Barely a year after announcing the outbreak of Tuta absoluta, commonly known as the tomato leaf miner or ‘Tomato Ebola,’ the Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Abubakar Kyari, revealed on Wednesday that the disease destroyed over N1.3bn worth of tomatoes. The economic loss recorded in Kano, Katsina and Kaduna States was revealed at the…
The Federal Government has commenced the establishment of a Bamboo development factory in Kogi State. The Minister of Environment, Balarabe Lawal, who disclosed this on during a ministerial briefing held in Abuja, stated that the initiative aims to boost the Bamboo and Rattan Economy in Nigeria. “The Ministry has commenced implementation of a Bamboo development…
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 federal government has shut down a mining site occupied by illegal miners for months. The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Dele Alake, disclosed the closure which he said was executed by the Mining Marshals in Damau, Kubau Local Government Area of Kaduna State. According to a statement released by Alake’s Special Assistant on…
