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[ad_1] Nigeria is one of the leading countries in maize production in Africa. It produces million tons every year, which makes the products available for investors to process and package for local consumption and export. Cornflake is a fast food enjoyed in almost all homes in Nigeria. It can be prepared with hot or cold […]
[ad_1] The Nigerian Meteorological Agency, NiMet, has predicted sunny and hazy weather conditions across the country from Saturday to Friday. NiMet weather outlook, released on Saturday in Abuja, said the dust haze condition observed over Republic of Niger on Friday had entered the northernmost cities of the northeastern flank, reducing the horizontal visibility. According to […]
[ad_1] Osun State government on Saturday said it had commenced investigation into claims that a few bags of rice out of the over 6000 bags distributed as palliatives to cushion the effect of the lockdown on people of the state are adulterated. The state Commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation, Mrs Funke Egbemode, who disclosed […]
[ad_1] Editor’s note: Jeanae DuBois is director of growth marketing at Shift3 Technologies, a mobile and web app developer based in Fresno, US. Traditional farming technology is developed with large companies and large farms in mind because that’s where the biggest profit margin is to be found. This means smaller farming operations often find that […]
[ad_1] Despite repeated assurances by successive governments, Nigeria has consistently underfunded its agricultural sector, leaving the country at the risk of food insufficiency and slow economic growth. The country has the largest number of people living in extreme poverty, according to the world poverty clock in 2018. With very low income and insufficient food, Nigeria […]
[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, […]