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[ad_1] The Federal Operations Unit, FOU Zone A of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted various items of contraband worth N12.7billion between January and April 2020. The Unit also intercepted a vehicle with Covid-19 sticker used for smuggling frozen chicken into the country from Benin Republic. A statement made available to Vanguard by the […]
[ad_1] The National Agricultural Seed Council (NASC) has certified 81,000 metric tons of seeds across the country, Philip Ojo, the director general, has said. This was disclosed by the official while addressing journalists in a virtual meeting, Tuesday. “Today as I speak with you, the industry has available at the disposal of accredited seed companies […]
[ad_1] Bauchi state governor, Bala Mohammed has relaxed the lockdown order in Azare and other affected areas for Saturday only, to enable farmers to water their farms and to allow residents to restock their consumables. Senior Special Assistant to the governor on Media Mukhtar Gidado made this known in a press statement on Wednesday. He […]
[ad_1] Lagos State Government has on Wednesday distributed Downy Mildew Resistant (DMR) and Leaf Streak Resistant (LSR) – Y (Yellow) hybrid maize seedlings to no fewer than 650 farmers in the state as palliatives for the on-going planting season. Prince Gbolahan Lawal, Lagos State Commissioner for Agriculture, said that the donation to the farmers was […]
[ad_1] Ag Biotech, which includes on-farm inputs for crop & animal ag including genetics, microbiome, breeding, animal health, cooled down in 2019 compared to prior years. Startups in the category raised $1.1 billion in funding, according to Agri-FoodTech Investing Report, but deal activity dropped 22% year-over-year while dollar investment declined 33%. Despite the slow down, […]
[ad_1] The Director-General of National Agricultural Seed Council (NASC), Dr Philip Ojo has said that Nigeria has about 81,000 metric tons of seeds during this COVID-19 lockdown period. Dr Ojo who said this during a Webinar press conference with journalists noted that the seeds would ensure that agricultural activities were not disrupted as a result […]
[ad_1] OPERATIVES of the Ogun I Command of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, patrol team on surveillance were last week attacked by smugglers who matcheted a member of the team after it seized 35 bags of 50kg of smuggled parboiled rice at Ilashe village in Ipokia Local Government Area of Ogun State. A statement signed by […]
[ad_1] Commodity associations in Nigeria have said that the future of agriculture in Nigeria is bleak if the lockdown across the country continues without alternative measures for farmers to access their farms. The associations said their members have been unable to access their farms as a result of the lockdown, hence the crops they planted […]
[ad_1] Six persons, including four armed herdsmen and two farmers, were confirmed dead in a bloody attack on Agasha community in Guma Local Government Area, LGA, of Benue state by suspected armed herdsmen. Vanguard gathered that the herders had late Monday night stormed the community, shooting sporadically and scaring the people out of their beds. […]
[ad_1] This post is part of a collaboration with F&A Next, an AgFunder Network Partner, ahead of its fifth annual conference, hosted virtually on Wednesday, 13 May 2020 at 4pm CET (11am ET). Registration is open here. F&A Next was founded by Anterra Capital, StartLife, Rabobank and Wageningen University & Research. Read about F&A Next 2019 here. If anything is made clear by […]
[ad_1] Troops of Operations Whirl Stroke of the Nigerian Army in the early hours of Tuesday killed four suspected herdsmen who invaded the Agasha community in Guma local government area of Benue State. Tribune Online learnt that the suspected herdsmen had early in the morning of Tuesday killed two people and shot an elderly woman […]
[ad_1] While climate change contributes to the upsurge in disease outbreaks across the world, the current rate of environmental degradation and biodiversity loss will worsen future pandemics like the coronavirus, scientists have said. Even though climate change did not cause the emergence of COVID-19 they said it could indirectly make the effects of a current […]
[ad_1] The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, has asked herdsmen who sneaked into Bomadi Council Area, Delta State, to leave the area in peace, saying riverine communities did not want their trouble. Chairman of CAN, Bomadi chapter, Snr Apostle Sunday Ekeremor, stated this when CAN Local Monitoring Team on compliance of partial lifting of church […]
[ad_1] Suspected Herdsmen from stretches of Gongoshi and Babagarsa in Taraba State attacked two villages and killed two people. The villages are Gon and Bolki in Numan Local government areas of Adamawa State. A contact from Nzumosu who identified himself as Clement Adams, one of the Youth leader and a member of vigilante told the […]
[ad_1] FORMER General Secretary of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas, NUPENG and elder statesman, Chief Frank Kokori, has lamented the continued attacks by suspected armed herdsmen in parts of Delta State, saying that the state was fast becoming an epicentre of herdsmen in the South-South region of the country. Kokori who is […]