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[ad_1] The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has projected that volume of international maritime trade would fall by 4.1 per cent in 2020, owing to supply-chain disruptions, demand contractions, and global economic uncertainty caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. UNCTAD, in its latest “Review of Maritime Transport 2020”, obtained by The Guardian, said […]
[ad_1] The Federal Government has designed a module to train over 2,000 youths for a period of one month on fabrication of agricultural tools and machines for effective farming. The youths will be trained in batches at the National Centre for Agricultural Mechanisation (NCAM), Ilorin, Kwara State. Already, the first batch of 50 started their […]
[ad_1] The Comptroller General of Customs (CGC) Strike Force has intercepted contrabands and raised Debit Notes (DN) on under-declared cargoes worth N767 million. While the contrabands were goods smuggled into the country from neigbouring Republic of Niger, the DN raised were on 13 containers falsely and under-declared at the seaports in the last three weeks. […]
[ad_1] The Executive Secretary of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Mr Tony Ojukwu Esq, has called on the Federal Government to adopt better measures in protecting lives of the ever vulnerable Nigerians in conflict areas. Ojukwu made this call in Abuja Sunday while reacting to the alleged killing of over 40 farmers in Borno […]
[ad_1] Femi Gbajabiamila, Speaker, House of Representatives has condemned the killing of about 50 rice farmers in Zabarmari, Borno by Boko Haram insurgents. Gbajabiamila expressed sadness over the killings of the innocent rice farmers in a statement by his spokesman, Lanre Lasisi on Sunday in Abuja. The speaker said the incident had once again brought to the […]
[ad_1] PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has said that his administration has given all the needed support to the armed forces to take all necessary steps to protect the country’s population and its territory. President Buhari stated this while reacting to the gruesome murder of 43 farmers in Borno State by the Boko Haram insurgents. The President […]
[ad_1] The Northern Governors’ Forum has condemned the Saturday killing of rice farmers in Jere Local Government Area of Borno by Boko Haram terrorists. The Chairman of the forum and Governor of Plateau, Simon Lalong, made the condemnation on Sunday in Jos, in a statement by his Director of Press and Public Affairs, Dr. […]
[ad_1] The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned the gruesome beheading of some innocent farmers by insurgents in Zabarmari, Borno state, describing the act as ‘extremely wicked and devilish’. The party, in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Kola Ologbondiyan, in Abuja on Sunday, said that the act must not be left unaddressed. […]
[ad_1] The Resident and United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Mr. Edward Kallon has condemned the brutal attack on rice farmers in Koshobe village, Jere Local Government Area of Borno state by armed insurgents which has left over 110 dead with others still missing. He stated this in a press statement made available to our […]
[ad_1] The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, disclosed boosting cassava value chain with N25 billion in 2020. This was made known by Senior Manager, Department of Development Finance, CBN, Dr Chinedu Zephaniah, which is to curb $600 million spent on annual importation of cassava derivatives into the country. Zephaniah who spoke during the National Commodity […]
[ad_1] The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the farmers were killed at about 11 a.m. as they harvested rice on their farms. The incident is the latest in the unrelenting killing of farmers in the North-East by Boko Haram insurgents, who have been campaigning for a strict Islamic code since 2009. The insurgency […]
[ad_1] Thousands of people across Nigeria lamented on Twitter, the Boko Haram killings of farmers on rice fields at Zabarmari in Jere Local Government of Borno in Borno State Some have accused President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration of being responsible for the killings as no critical measure has been taken to get rid of the insecurities in […]
[ad_1] President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed grief over the killing of farmers on rice fields at Zabarmari in Jere Local Government of Borno, describing the terrorist killings as insane. The president made the condemnation in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, in Abuja on Sunday. President Buhari […]
[ad_1] President Buhari says he has given the military all the necessary support to defeat Boko Haram. President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed grief over the killing of farmers on rice fields at Zabarmari, in Jere Local Government Area of Borno State, describing the terrorist killings as insane. “I condemn the killing of our hardworking farmers […]
[ad_1] ABOUT 66 people, mostly rice farmers and fishermen were killed by suspected members of Boko Haram sect in Koshobe village near Zabarmari, Jere Local Government Area of Borno State, reliable sources have said. The attack also left scores of people injured from gunshot wounds. The incident happened on a day Borno was conducting its […]