Olam International Limited, a leading food and Agri business company has announced that it is giving 87 indigent students in Nasarawa State, in the North Central geo-political zone of Nigeria, scholarships to study in thw university. It says the gesture is part of the company’s Seed for the Future, SFTF initiative, a corporate social responsibility…
Dr Simeon Ehui, Director General and CGIAR Regional Director for Continental Africa, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, IITA has revealed the importance of having reliable production of high-quality forage for livestock systems. He was speaking at launching of International Livestock Research Institute and Forage Genetic Resource Centre at the IITA headquarters in Ibadan, capital of…
Governor Bassey Otu of Cross River State has received commendation for the Civil society groups in the Niger Delta region. They are happy about the decision of his government to halt mining activities in the state, with a purpose to stopping ecological harm and unwholesome practices by artisanal and industrial miners. Executive Director Health of…
Ahmed Usman Ododo, Kogi State Governor has said that he saved over N20 billion by recovering and refurbishing 200 tractors which were abandoned by successive administrations in the state. The refurbished tractors have now been deployed for the 2024 wet season farming in the state. According to him, the initiative in recovering and refurbishing the…
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…
In the light of the biting inflation, poverty and high cost of food items, the House of Representatives is making moves to encourage the government of President Bola Tinubu to re-introduce the school feeding programme started by the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari. It has, therefore , made a call to the President Tinubu…
In no distant time one major source of revenue apart from crude oil sale will be gold. This will be the result of a proposed legislation in the Senate, which seeks to increase the country’s foreign reserve assets to 30% from the present four percent earlier celebrated by the ministry of solid minerals. The Senate…
It is not just insecurity and scarcity of commodities that are responsible for persistent hike in the prices of commodities, particularly food items. The development is also compounded by a conspiracy at the market that confers undue powers on some interest groups who then determine the price rates and the people who would be admitted…
Nigerians will soon begin to embark on an inter-state journey without the fear of rude encounters with cattle on the highway. This is because the Nigerian Railway Corporation, NRC, has decided to return to that era when cattle owners can check in their animals into the train, and travel with ease across the country, from…
