The NNPC Foundation, the corporate social responsibility arm of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), has launched a farmers’ training programme in Abuja aimed at curbing food insecurity and reducing dependence on food imports. The scheme, which targets 6,000 vulnerable farmers nationwide, officially kicked off in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Friday. According…
There is a deliberate effort to tackle the malaise of malaria in Lagos State. This is as the state government sets out to reduce its prevalence to less than one percent in the state. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu made this announcement on Thursday during the mid-term review of the Pathway to Malaria Pre-elimination and Digitisation Programme….
There are indications that the prices of food items in Nigeria will reduce further soon to ease the challenges of consumers in the country. This follows the step being taken by the Federal government through the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (FMAFS). The step involved efforts to reduce food prices, following President Bola Tinubu’s…
The revolution being initiated in agriculture is motivating many stakeholders to boost efforts at promoting agribusiness and food security in Nigeria. This is why Nigeria’s cash now, the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC Ltd has enlisted in efforts to strengthen Nigeria’s food security, stimulate economic empowerment, and promote national development. The corporation, through the NNPC…
….. INITIATIVE TO SAVE N30.5 TRILLION One of the major factors said to be responsible for the scarcity of food in Nigeria is the losses incurred after harvest. Over the years it has been either ignored or treated with levity. One embarrassing development is that it took foreign agencies to emphasise this problem…
He holds strong views because he is passionate about his country getting it right on all fronts, particularly in the area of food security. He is in the the academia, and properly positioned where agricultural activities are of major concern. And right in the centre of the efforts to make make rise up and run…
A 25-year-old Nigerian aerospace engineering graduate, Shamsudeen Jibril, has developed an innovative unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The vehicle is unique in the sense that it would be sent to fly over a farm and detects agricultural diseases. But that is not the only critical reason to celebrate. Jubril’s product also gives support to the farmer…
The Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) has partnered with a lawmaker, Mr. Paul Ekpo, to empower 50 farmers in Etinan Federal Constituency, Akwa Ibom State. Each farmer received 100 stands of oil palm seedlings and N100,000 to boost palm oil production. According to Mrs. Nonye Ayeni, NEPC’s Executive Director, “Although Nigeria has huge potentials in…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC and the Nigeria Police are getting cooperation in the effort to recover loans given out by the past administration under the Anchor borrowers scheme. The help is coming from the Maize Association of Nigeria (MAAN), which collaborating with the security agencies to aide efforts to recover loans from…
The fertiliser sector in Nigeria is in good season. There has been a remarkable transformation from where it was in 2016, when the country had just four operational plants. Thanks to the Presidential Fertiliser Initiative, PFI, which is managed by the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority, NSIA. By July this year the local fertiliser blending capacity…
