The Lagos State Government has ordered the immediate closure of the Oko-Oba Abattoir in the Agege area of the state. The closure followed reports of unsanitary practices, poor waste management, and unhygienic meat processing. The closure was ordered on Thursday by the Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Mr. Tokunbo Wahab, following an extensive inspection…
Organisers of one of the largest food festivals in Africa, NIHOTOUR Gastronomy Festival has announced the 2024 edition. The Management of National Institute for Hospitality and Tourism (NIHOTOUR) said the event will hold on Friday, May 31, 2024 at the International Conference Centre, Abuja. A statement released by Joesef Karim, NIHOTOURs Public Relations Officer in…
Senator Aliyu Wamakko, former governor of Sokoto State and Senator representing Sokoto North Senatorial District is concerned about the reluctance of traders to bring down the prices of commodities that went up following the depreciation of the Naira. He said now that the national currency has regained value against the dollar, the continued high prices…
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has implored residents of the state, and Nigerians in general, to allow the positive effect of naira gain against the dollar show in their business activities by reducing the prices of goods and services in the country. The governor spoke at the combined special prayers organized for President Bola…
The Aliko Dangote Foundation on Wednesday gave the Lagos State government 80,000 bags of rice of10 kilogrammes each to the vulnerable people across the state. The donation a part of the foundation’s ongoing rollout of one million bags of 10kg rice is expected to bolster the state’s interventions aimed at ameliorating the impacts of persisting…
The seventh edition of the Guaranty Trust Holding Company, GTCO Food and Drink Festival has been announced by GTCO. It will hold on Friday, April 26th to Sunday, April 28th, at GTCentre, Plot 1 Water Corporation Drive, Oniru, Victoria Island, Lagos. The GTCO Food and Drink Festival is widely recognised as the continents biggest food…
Farmers in Nasarawa, Plateau, Kaduna and Federal Capital Territory, have recorded a huge loss of N12bn following the outbreak of blight, a fungi disease also known as ginger tuber rot disease which affects mainly underground tubers. This was confirmed by the Minister of State Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security Sabi Abdullah on Monday…
The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Abubakar Kyari has said that the persistent food insecurity in the country reached its peak when traders and citizens decided to hoard food commodities while creating man-made scarcity. Kyari disclosed this in Abuja at a special Ramadan lecture/Iftar organised by the Special Assistant to the President on Agriculture…
Ayodeji AbdulRauf, National President of Nasrul-lahi-li Fathi Society of Nigeria, NASFAT, a religion based society made this known. He spoke at the societys annual Ramadan lecture themed Despair Not of the Mercy of Allah, which was held at NASFAT Camp, Aseese, along Lagos/Ibadan express way, Ogun State. AbdulRauf disclosed that the society will be feeding…
….SOME LUCKY, SOME FRUSTRATED Sunday March 17 was an unusually busy day in Lagos State. Many people trooped out to designated markets where the Lagos State government assembled vendors to sell food items at discounted prices. The centres spread across 57 locations in five divisions in the state had people fill the spaces from about…
