The Rites Foods Limited has proved that despite challenges, it is possible for an indigenous company in Nigeria to grow and be able to contribute meaningfully to the national economy. Mr. Seleem Adegunwa, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Rite Foods Limited, said this recently . He said that the company is a 100 per…
Farmers in the Abuja Municipal Council Area are in good season at the moment. Though it may not be a harvest season yet, what they have got is a sign that the next harvest season will be a time to cheer. The chairman, Hon. Christopher Zakka Maikalangu, has flagged off the distribution of 800 bags…
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…
Smallholder farmers in Akwa Ibom State are celebrating a great support that they got from the government. And this time it is the federal government. 500, 000 of them are direct beneficiaries of the Federal Government’s programme known as “Project Earn from the soil”. The step by Abuja to domesticate the Women Economic Empowerment (WEE)…
No fewer than 1, 500 residents of Osun State went home happier recently after they encountered Fidelity food bank project. The beneficiaries comprise women, children, widows, and the elderly in a one-day feeding programme held at St. Benedict Catholic Church, Osogbo. It is part of the bank’s corporate social responsibility, CSR, and in this hard…
States and communities along the path of River Niger have been alerted to the rising water level of the river. The concerned authorities and people have therefore been warned to take preemptive measures, so as not to be caught unaware. The Director General Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency, NIHSA, Umar Ibrahim Mohammed issued the alert on…
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…
Traditional rulers and community leaders in Bauchi state have been warned to desist from encouraging or participating in efforts to deplete the forest in the state. Bala Mohammed, the state governor gave the warning on Thursday. He told the leaders to stop selling forests across the state. While lamenting that the development has exposed the…
The Federal Government of Nigeria has vowed to revamp the water infrastructure across the country. This is just as the Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Engr Joseph Utsev stated that the current output of dams cannot cater for the usage of the local communities. Utsev, while inspecting dams in Osun State; Ile-Ife and Ilesa…
Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has spelt out plans by his administration to respond to the demands of protesters who decried bad governance and hardship in the country. In a statement on Thursday, the governor issued a directive on his plans to address the hardship. The statement signed by his spokesperson Olawale Rasheed, said…
