A socio-political group that agitates for the development of the middle belts of Nigeria, the Middle Belt Forum (MBF) has urged President Bola Tinubu to reverse the decision to establish the Ministry of livestock Development. In a statement signed by its National President, Dr Bitrus Porgu, President Tinubu was urged to immediately disband the Presidential…
A group, Catalysing Strengthened Policy Action for Healthy Diets and Resilience (CASCADE) Nigeria is set to support 7,500 Women smallholder farmers. CASCADE will be giving the farmers orange flesh potatoes vine, while 3,500 others will get vegetable seeds across four implementing states of Bauchi, Jigawa, Kebbi and Nasarawa. The aim is to increase access to…
The Enugu State Government has announced December this year as the deadline for mineral title holders to commence coal mining operations in the state. The government announced this at the end of a meeting between the state’s Mineral Resources and Environmental Management Committee led by its Chairperson, Samuel Okoro, and mineral title holders in the…
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…
Concerns resonating from the ten-day protest planned for August has the Chief Executive Officer of the Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprises (CPPE), Muda Yusuf, warning that the fundamental actions are most likely to be attended by a great cost. He said that the economy stands to lose a whopping sum of N4trn. In…
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Saturday decried the surge in malnourishment amongst children below five years, stating that out of over 3.4 million children in Kano State, 2 million, which represents 56.9 per cent are affected by stunting, due to malnutrition. This was disclosed by UNICEF Chief of Field Office, Kano, Mr Rahama…
It is now mandatory for all manufacturers in the country to register and get certification for their products before distributing them to the public. This order was given by the Standard Organisation of Nigeria, (SON),the agency responsible for the quality control of the goods produced or circulated in the country. According to SON, this measure…
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has been commended for recording great achievements in Enugu State through its support to farmers using its Value Chain Development Programme (VCDP). The commendation came from a member of the State House of Assembly, Ho. Ejike Eze, who represents Igbo-Eze North 1 Constituency in the state. Hon. Eze…
Those who plant food crops in dump sites risk spreading cancer. That is a warning by a professor of soil science at the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike, MOUAU, Abia State. This warning was given by Professor Mabel Ifeoma Onwuka to farmers against who may believe that planting crops at dumpsites may increase the…
It was a difficult moment for the military and police authorities as they had to defend an allegation of complicity in illegal mining, thus denying the government the needed income and collaborating with the people who are appropriating the wealth of the country. The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa and the Inspector…
