Residents of some states in the federation have been warned to watch out for heavy rain and exercise caution from moving around during the rains and after retirement. The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) issued the warning, suggesting that would be an anticipated moderate to heavy rainfall over parts of Taraba, Adamawa, Benue, Rivers, Akwa Ibom,…
The federal government is working with the Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) to recover 350,000 hectares of degraded land in the north for agriculture. The project is part of the Action Against Desertification (AAD) initiative which aims to support the implementation of the FAO Agro-Climatic Resilience for the Semi-Arid Landscapes (ACRESAL)…
The host communities of Ada Palm Plc have served a quit notice on Roche West Africa, the company licensed to run the Adapalm Plantation. The grouse of the communities was the failure of the company to meet the company social responsibilities, CSR and relegating and mismanaging the palm plantation. They also accused the company of…
The Anambra State Ministry of Environment and Nigeria Institute of Public Relations(NIPR), Anambra State Chapter, on Saturday June 22, launched the tree planting campaign in the state. The campaign is a subset of the main Clean & Green Sustainable Anambra Campaign, a major pillar on Governor Soludo’s 5-point development agenda to several parts of Onitsha…
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has revealed that each state in the federation now boasts over 30 trained Agro Rangers Special Forces to safeguard agricultural investments and mediate conflicts between farmers and herders. The initiative is part of ongoing efforts to increase their numbers as necessary to meet emerging challenges. The specialised force,…
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has called on the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led administration to return Nigeria to the glory of one of the highest producers and exporters of palm oil in the world. This, according to the union, should be done by reviving moribund palm plantations in the country. The student body…
The traditional ruler of the Idjerhe Kingdom in the Ethiope West Local Government Area of Delta State, His Majesty Monday Obukowho Whiskey Udurhie I, has urged Nigerians return to thwbfarm. He has, therefore, implored them to take advantage of the rainy season. The journalist-turned-monarch, who stated that Nigerians should not expect the government to bring…
The division in Nigeria widens with the insistence of the passage of the bill seeking to nullify open grazing in the country. While farmers, seeing advantage of a proposed law in this direction, herders insist that such proponents should perish the thought. The legislation, titled “A Bill for an Act to Establish the National Animal…
The farmers demographic in Nigeria shows that over 40 million Nigerians are in one form of farming technique or another. That is official, as it was released by the National Bureau of Statistics. This, therefore , puts to rest the controversy that has long surrounded agriculture data in the country. The Bureau is launching the…
No fewer than 3,000 farmers in the North Central state of Kwara have received support from the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies, NILDS. The Director-General of the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS), Professor Abubakar Sulaiman said this was done in partnership with a body known as Kwara Renaissance Group (KWRG)….
