As the effort to address the country’s food security continues, the First City Monument Bank (FCMB) has partnered with the Dutch Entrepreneurial Development Bank, FMO to drive an agric tech hackathon, an event where participants attempt to solve critical issues in agriculture. The initiative seeks to proffer solutions to the challenges in the country’s agricultural…
A bill for an act to establish the Armed Forces Farms and Ranches Scheme to enhance food security, promote economic diversification and other related matters has scaled second reading at the House of Representatives. News agency report stated that the bill, which was sponsored by Rep. Babajimi Benson (APC-Lagos state), enjoyed overwhelming support at plenary…
The Director General of, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration Control (NAFDAC), Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, has debunked her previous remarks on the safety of Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) crops approved by the Federal Government through the National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA). This was disclosed in a meeting brokered by the Minister of state…
Farmers in Borno, Bauchi, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Jigawa, Sokoto, Yobe, and Zamfara states are set to receive a $183.1m boost for agricultural value chain development by August 2025. The initiative is a collaboration between the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the French Development Agency (AFD), and the Federal Government. The Value Chain Programme in…
Due to rising cost of living ravaging the country, the federal government has called for collaboration between the Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Water Resources, and their sub-national counterparts are to ensure sufficient irrigation of farmlands for a year-round food security. Aliyu Shehu, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Water Resources and Sanitation, revealed this…
The security operatives in Ebonyi State have placed people in the state on red alert after they cracked a fertiliser fraud involving diversion and adulteration. The discovery was made by the state chapter of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC). the command said it arrested two suspects for allegedly diverting and supplying adulterated…
MAMA KUBURATU: Mama Salamatu, where are you coming from? You are walking in this scorching sun, without an umbrella or headgear, this is very strange.Your appearance self, very dull and uninviting, what is the problem? Mama Salamatu: Please, don’t mind me, people are ready to run you crazy, as long as you allow them. But…
Consumers in some states in the northern and the southern part of the north are yet to feel the impact of the reported downward in inflation in the month of July. So, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Borno, Sokoto and Enugu States led the country as the most expensive states to live in…
The new commissioner in charge of Lands and Urban Development in Enugu State, Barr. Chimaobi Patrick Okorie, has his job cut out for him right from his inauguration. His principal, Governor Peter Mbah told him to lead the crusade for a radical reform in land administration in the state. The charge by the state Governor…
In the bid to avert the damage of perishable food crops from farm to markets in Cross River State, Governor Bassey Otu, has approved immediate construction of new roads in rural communities. This is to enable farmers to evacuate produce from their agricultural plantations without stress. Governor Otu announced that the executive has ratified and…
