The federal government has urged Nigerians who are calling for the hunger/hardship nationwide protest against President Bola Tinubu’s administration to calm down and give the president more time. Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, made the appeal in Abuja after a meeting held by members of the Federal Executive Council, at the instance…
Economic inclusion programmes are cost-effective and impactful but are reaching only about one-in-ten people living in extreme poverty, according to a World Bank report released recently. Economic inclusion programmes, which provide cash transfers, skills training, business capital, coaching, and market access build a ladder out of poverty for the poorest and most vulnerable people, particularly…
Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, Comptroller General, Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has auctioned Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol seized by its operatives in Yola, Adamawa State at the rate of ₦630 per litre, noting the seizures underscore the persistent nature of the challenge and the necessity of continued vigilance and action.Adeniyi, who was represented by Olaniyi…
The internally displaced persons who found themselves at the IDP camps because of one hostility or the other in Plateau state can now smile. This is because after much complaints and sufferings as a result of being forced out of their residential areas and farms and now having to leave on handouts, their cry appears…
The Federal Government through the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, on Monday announced the immediate distribution of an additional 10 trucks of 50kg rice to each state to be sold at designated centres at N40,000. This was resolved at the just concluded Federal Executive Council, (FEC) meeting, an effort the federal government…
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…
The high cost of food items in Nigeria have been traced to certain factors that continue to militate against efforts to achieve aggressive food production in the country. This was part of the Wet Season report submitted to the ministry of agriculture and food security by Professor Emmanuel Ikani, Executive Director, National Agricultural Extension and…
For rice farmers at the Ada Rice Farm in Uzo Uwani local government area of Enugu State and the state government the joy of 2024 yuletide was a distant experience. They had worked hard and were expecting a bountiful harvest from the dry season rice farming harvest season this year but herdsmen and their cattle…
There are indications that the impact of the climate change on farmers in Nigeria may be minimized going forward. This is because the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security and Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) have strengthened their partnership to boost agricultural production and mitigate the impact of climate variability on farmers’ livelihoods in the country.The…
Global rice prices fell on Monday after India, the world’s No.1 exporter of the grain, gave the go-ahead for exports to resume, boosting global supply and helping poor Asian and African buyers secure more affordable supplies, exporters said. India on Saturday allowed exports of non-basmati white rice. That came a day after New Delhi cut…
