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[ad_1] The Chief Technical Advisor to Nigeria’s National Programme for Food Security, Oyesola Oyebanji, believes Nigeria can gain far more from its donor-funded agriculture projects if properly managed. Having retired as a Director from the Ministry of Agriculture in 2010, Mr Oyebanji, evaluates Nigeria’s performance in its bid at ensuring food security, the prospects, challenges […]
[ad_1] Medical doctors at the Federal Medical Center, Owo, in Ondo state, are battling to save the life of a 17-year- old girl who was raped and impregnated by her stepfather, Emmanuel Ezekiel. Ezekiel, a farmer, married to the mother of the teenager was said to have relocated to Ondo from Akwa Ibom with three […]
[ad_1] Senior lawyer and founder of Afe Babalola University, Chief Afe Babalola has donated N100million to assist Ekiti State Government in mitigating the economic effects of the coronavirus pandemic. He also donated 800 bags of rice. Mrs Margaret Fagboyo, Secretary of the State COVID-19 Response Resource Mobilisation Committee, said in a statement that Babalola, also […]
[ad_1] As the lockdown declared by the federal government continue to take its toll on Nigerians, the federal government on Friday disclosed that it has concluded plans to distribute five trucks of relief items containing 3, 000 bags of 50kg rice and one truck of vegetable oil to vulnerable in Ogun State. This is in […]
[ad_1] Nigeria will experience maize shortage if the lockdown occasioned by the coronavirus pandemic continues. The Maize Association of Nigeria (MAAN) said it has become necessary to alert the Federal Government as maize farmers are unable to access their farms due to the lockdown and unavailability of inputs. The association said it would be difficult […]
[ad_1] The Federal Government on Friday handed over 6,000 bags of rice and two truckloads of vegetable oil to the Lagos State government for distribution to the poor and the vulnerable in the state to cushion the effect of coronavirus pandemic. Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajia Sadiya Umar Farouq, who […]
[ad_1] Following the lockdown in Abia State over the COVID-19 pandemic, the state government has handed over N40 million, 4,000 bags of rice, sanitizers and face mask as palliatives to different churches and Muslim groups in the state. Other items distributed to the churches and Muslim groups include tubers of yam, bags of beans, among […]
[ad_1] FOLLOWING the death of 12 cows in Lokoja, Kogi State, while grazing at open land of Nigeria-Korea Vocational Institute, the Kogi State governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, has banned sale of beef in Lokoja and its environs for the next 48 hours. This was contained in a press statement issued on Friday by Commissioner for […]
[ad_1] The dairy manufacturer Muller has ordered farmers across Scotland who supply them with milk to cut production because of an oversupply. It has written to more than 250 dairy farmers asking them to reduce output because of changing consumer habits caused by the coronavirus crisis. It has been estimated more than a million litres […]
[ad_1] The COVID-19 pandemic came with its attendant oil price crash, as demand plummeted. With lockdown in China, which consumes about 14 per cent of the global crude oil daily and reduction in major economic activities globally, the price of the commodity went southwards. On March 9, 2020, Brent crude futures, the global oil benchmark, […]
[ad_1] The President of International Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP) Association of Nigeria, Dr. James Marsh, has task food establishments’ owners and workers in the country on what to do to prevent the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. The food safety expert advised that establishments should ensure that infected workers do not handle food […]
[ad_1] Lagos, Kaduna, Rivers, Ogun, Kano, Delta, Kwara, Nasarawa, Ekiti, Cross River States and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja are the states that have so far benefitted from Olam Nigeria’s initiatives geared towards alleviating the pain and disruption to the daily lives of citizens by the COVID 19 pandemic. Olam Nigeria, one of the player […]
[ad_1] Edo State Government said it has commenced the disbursement of over N202million to 2,250 startups, which spreads across five Local Government Areas of the state. Ifueko Alufohai, Project Support Unit, Edo Sustainable Development Goals (PSU-SDG), who dropped the hint at the training and disbursement of the grants to beneficiaries in Ovia South West Local […]
[ad_1] Lagos State government has assured Lagosians that farmers in the neighborhood markets in the state would not take advantage of the current situation to exploit the residents, but to ensure that items are being sold at farm gate prices. Prince Gbolahan Lawal, Lagos State Commissioner for Agriculture gave the assurance during one of his […]
[ad_1] The Singapore Food Agency (SFA) is launching a S$30 million ($21 million) grant to boost the country’s agrifood industry, as the Covid-19 pandemic lays bare the fragilities in Southeast Asia’s food supply chain. The fund is dubbed ’30×30 Express’ in reference to Singapore’s goal of domestically sourcing at least 30% of its food by […]