The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), through the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (FMAFS), has disbursed 70 trucks carrying 42,000 bags of fertilisers to Kwara state Farmers. The process supervised by the Senior Special Assistant to the governor on Community Development, Lawal Olohungbebe, said each farmer is entitled to at least three bags….
The Nigeria Customs Service, Kano/Jigawa Area Command, has intercepted a consignment of suspected illegally traded wildlife and arrested three male suspects along the Kano-Daura Road. The interception was made on August 25, 2026, during an intelligence-led operation aimed at disrupting the trafficking of endangered wildlife along the axis. The development was contained in a statement…
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) initiated an enforcement action against Fabsi Table Water in Kubwa, Abuja, following a consumer complaint alleging consumption of expired sachet water containing microbes. A subsequent investigation uncovered significant violations of consumer protection regulations. Thr FCCPC said in a statement that Fabsi Table Water failed to provide crucial…
The government at all levels have been called upon to bring back industries in agriculture that have become challenged or moribund, and also build new ones. This call was made by Rev. Father Andrew Obinyan in Benin, Edo State recently. He made the call while distributing money, clothes and food items to widows and indigent…
The House of Representatives has advised the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to provide an additional $3bn to the Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL). The lawmakers said the fund would be used to finance agricultural lending to enhance efforts at combating food insecurity in the country. The member representing Idemili North/Idemili South…
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Apapa Area Command, has intercepted 7,580 cartons of unhealthy frozen poultry products worth N424 million in the first six month of 2024. The Customs Area Comptroller in charge of the command, Babatunde Olomu, disclosed this on Monday while addressing journalists in Apapa, Lagos. Olomu said the command generated N1.02tn worth…
Former presidential candidate of the Labour Party Peter Obi on Friday, lamented the deaths of students of Nasarawa State University, following a stampede at the sharing of food palliatives. Recall that the state governor, Abdullahi Sule had promised to distribute rice to all students in the state to ameliorate the current economic situation in the…
LEADER: You are all welcome to this meeting. I am sincerely happy to have this great number in attendance. I was thinking that many of our members will be discouraged to attend this meeting, your presence here today is a testament to our togetherness and commitment to the struggle. It gladdens to see all other…
Though farmers and the governments, at all levels, are agreed that there is the urgent need to increase food production in Nigeria, with a purpose to solve food insecurity, land is one thing that may stand between them. Farmers in the Obi and Awe Local Government Areas of Nasarawa State, which comprises nine communities, have…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has secured full membership of the International Council for Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Pharmaceuticals for Human Use (ICH) NAFDAC described this as a major leap in the nation’s regulatory advancement. NAFDAC was formally admitted as a full member during the ICH Assembly meeting…
