The Rivers State Government has initiated a Task Force on Food Safety to enhance public health and safety. The inauguration ceremony, held at the Ministry of Agriculture, saw the State Commissioner for Agriculture, Engr. Victor Kii, emphasising the critical role of the task force in ensuring the highest standards of food safety throughout the…
Senator Ede Dafinone, representing Delta Central Senatorial District touched the real people in need recently. He went to an internally displaced persons, IDP camp in Okuama, Delta State to donate food items worth millions of naira to people there. Conscious of the fact that what he has given may not be enough to last for…
If Nigeria is to solve the challenge of food availability and rising cost, the Federal and state governments must give priority to the modernisation of smallholder farming. Not only that, the government should also, as a matter of urgency, support processors through robust policies aimed at achieving food security and boosting agribusiness in Nigeria. This was…
Shareholders of Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc (FMN) have approved a N86 per share buyout under a Scheme of Arrangement at a Court-ordered meeting. The resolution paves the way for the transfer of ownership of FMN shares to Excelsior Shipping Company Limited and its Nigerian subsidiary, Greywise Investment Solutions Limited. At the meeting, shareholders endorsed a…
To protect the local supply to its internal market, the military authorities in the Republic of Niger have banned rice, cereal and other food exports to all countries. The food security measures exempts Burkina Faso and Mali, its fellow junta-led government. Recall the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) lifted its bloc on July…
The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Abubakar Kyari has said that the persistent food insecurity in the country reached its peak when traders and citizens decided to hoard food commodities while creating man-made scarcity. Kyari disclosed this in Abuja at a special Ramadan lecture/Iftar organised by the Special Assistant to the President on Agriculture…
There are indications that efforts of governments in the world to force down the prices of food items are yielding fruits. This is evident in the latest report by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO). It stated in its good prices index which tracks monthly changes in international prices of food-traded commodities. The report sighted…
There is a good development in the agriculture sector in Ebonyi State. It is to the effect that farmers in the state will no longer be in want of fertilizer for their farms. Then they will also continue to get that farm input at an affordable rate. That is what the new administration in…
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) and Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Tuesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish a structured framework for data sharing and exchange. The data partnership seeks to address the reoccurrence of climate-sensitive diseases like cholera and malaria, the statement signed by that agency revealed. The Director General…
A Federal High Court in Abuja, Justice Emeka Nwite, has remanded a traditional ruler in Osun, Taofeeq Osunmakinde and four others in the Kuje Correctional Centre over alleged illegal gold mining. Oba Osunmakinde, the Obawore of Ifetuntun in Ife Central Local Government Area of Osun state was arraigned alongside Shehu Mustapha, Sabiru Hashim, Danbaba Ibrahim…
