The Oyo state government has approved N500m incentives to support young entrepreneurs in the state’s agricultural sector. The move is part of an ongoing effort to drive economic recovery and growth in the state known for its dominance in cassava and tobacco cultivation. This was disclosed by Acting Governor Bayo Lawal, during an executive council…
Farmers, particularly the youth in their midst, practising in Rivers State have a reason to celebrate. The Rivers State government has decided to give support to farmers in the areas of farm inputs and a credit scheme. The Commissioner for Agriculture and Irrigation Development, Rivers State, Johnson A. Ebokpo, revealed the provision of 108 medium-sized…
Though a marginal difference, a drop in inflation, according to reports last month raises hope of better days ahead. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said the July 2024 headline inflation eased to 33.40 per cent, the first drop since President Bola Tinubu’s assumption into power. This shows that inflation fell marginally by 0.79…
The outbreak of Mpox, formerly Monkey pox, has been declared a public emergency. The declaration was made by the Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC). This follows the report of outbreak of the disease in different countries around the continent of Africa. The head, Africa CDC, Jean Kaseya in an online media…
There is great gain in tourism beyond the fun derived by tourists. That gain can be exploited by the government as part of national development. This is what a leading tourism media expert, Mr. Ayo Omotosho has asked the federal government to do in efforts to diversify the economy. He made the appeal in Abuja…
A lecturer at the Ekiti State University (EKSU) Ado-Ekiti, Professor Oyebode Famiwole, has suggested a panacea for the food insecurity ravaging the country. He has, therefore, called on the government at all levels to make agricultural science a compulsory subject for students in junior classes and all science students in all public and private secondary…
If things go according to the plan by the Kwara State government, then by next year the state should be producing more soyabean than it had produced in the past. Already the state is one of the leading producers of soyabean in Nigeria, which means that it is one of the states that has put…
Senator Ali Ndume, the lawmaker representing Borno South senatorial district is in the news again. This time, however, it is not about what he has said or the political correctness or otherwise of such statements. Rather, the legislator is in the news for the good that he has done in his constituency. That good deed…
The objective was to relieve the hardship that caused the ten-day protest across five of the six geo-political zones of the country at the beginning of August. But while that was a welcome development, at least for a government that insists that reversing the removal of fuel subsidy would be counterproductive, the impact on the…
The federal executive council has approved the construction of another highway that connects the regions of the southern and the northern parts of the country. The first one was the Coastal Road designed to connect Lagos in the southwestern part of the country with the south south, while the latest one connects Badagry in the…
