Officials of the federal government are not happy that Nigerians who are rightly complaining about hardship in the country are focusing only on the government at the centre. There has , therefore, been a concerted campaign for Nigerians to also ask questions from other arms of government. The campaign which started from the eve of…
Nigerians have been advised to not only look up to the federal government to solve the problems of the country but also make their governors accountable. In doing that they have been asked to engage the governors and ask them for the palliatives that the federal government has been sending to the states to be…
The objective of the decision by the federal government to suspend duties and taxes on food items is to force down the prices of food items. This was made known by the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Bashir Adeniyi on Monday. According to him, the policy was intended to make essential food items…
The federal government is about to take a fresh loan of the value of $500 million from the World Bank. The information is contained in a World Bank Project Information Document sighted by Bushlink Online Newspaper. The narration is that the loan, when granted, will be used for the improvement of dams across the country….
One of Nigeria’s oldest cocoa processing companies, FTN Cocoa Processors Plc incorporated appears headed for bankruptcy, as its liability is said to have exceeded its assets. The company, which was established in 1991 as Fantastic Abiola Nigeria Limited, but was later re-christened Fantastic Traders Nigeria Limited on August 26, 1998. The company’s core activities are…
On the eve of the planned protest against hardship in Nigeria, the governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke decided to embark on another phase of distribution of food items to the needy in the state. His administration decided to commence the distribution of the food palliative starting from today, Tuesday. The food palliative include…
The Ogun State Government has announced plans to register an additional 100,000 farmers under the Ogun State Farmer Information Management System (OGFIMS). That brings the total number of registered farmers to 160,000. Commissioner for Agriculture, Hon. Bolu Owotomo made this known during the OGFIMS workshop on Farmers and Value Chain Actors’ registration exercise at the…
As the world marks International Mangrove Day, the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP) has emphasised the need for continued commitment from stakeholders to ensure the long-term health and resilience of mangrove ecosystems in Ogoniland and the Niger Delta. HYPREP Project Coordinator Prof. Nenibarini Zabbey outlined essential strategies for effective mangrove conservation, saying, Promoting sustainable practices…
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) says the number of humans suffering from hunger globally rose to 733m in 2023. The UN agency also noted that anaemia, a health challenge related to not having enough healthy red blood cells to carry oxygen to the body tissues, has significantly increased in women…
The President Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN), Chief Sunday Ezeobiora has expressed concerns over the detrimental impact of the record-high prices of maize and soybeans on the Nigerian poultry industry. He said the consequences of the high cost include a significant job losses. He said this was because two crucial ingredients in the formulation of…
