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[ad_1] FAO urges Nigeria to scale up operation against desert locusts The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has called on the federal government to scale up control operations to prevent desert locusts from entering the country. Mr David Tsokar, FOA’s National Communication Officer, however reassured that there is no threat of desert locusts invasion in […]

[ad_1] DR Akpo Mudiaga Odje  is Human Rights activist and constitutional lawyer. He is an indigene of Evwreni in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State. In this interview, he spoke on the renewed herdsmen attacks on Uwheru villages. Excerpts: On your take on  renewed herdsmen attack on Uwheru villages. ‘’The recent series of […]

[ad_1] UGHELLI – Delta State Police Commissioner, Hafiz Inuwa, yesterday, admitted that the police received six exhumed corpses of eight of farmers allegedly killed by herdsmen at Uwheru in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State. The community had, in conjunction with some security men, exhumed the six corpses on Monday, hours after two […]

[ad_1]   Nnewi—The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, yesterday, condemned the alleged killings of innocent people in Delta State by Miyetti Alllah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, MACBAN, saying the only thriving and booming industry in the present administration is terrorism industry by herdsmen. IPOB also said with what the MACBAN is currently doing in […]

[ad_1] By Paul Olayemi The President of Urhobo Progress Union, UPU, Youth Wing Worldwide, Comrade Efemena Kelly Umukoro, yesterday decried the incessant killings in Urhobo communities and condemned the action in its entirety, saying that there is no tribe that has monopoly of violence in the country. The UPU Youth President who expressed deep concern […]

[ad_1] THE corpses of eight farmers reportedly killed by gunmen suspected to be herdsmen at Uwheru in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State, last Friday, have been exhumed by a search team made up of police personnel and representatives of the community for investigation. Two of the corpses were exhumed on Sunday, while […]

[ad_1] The Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, lead a group of investors to Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Muhammad Bello, to solicit for a speedy action on allocation of land for dairy and cassava processing companies, the Minister has promised that suitable location would be identified in the next three weeks. […]

[ad_1] The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Monday sought the partnership of the Federal Capital Development Administration (FCDA) and the various state governments to end the importation of milk and other dairy products in the country. The CBN governor, Godwin Emefiele, said the partnerships the apex bank was seeking were in the areas of […]

[ad_1] Justice Patricia Ajoku of the Federal High Court, Ibadan, on Monday ordered that trader, Kabir Folorunso, who allegedly smuggled-in 180 bags of banned foreign rice, be remanded in a correction centre, pending bail. Ajoku ordered the defendant, who hails from Ogbomoso, in Oyo State, to be remanded in Agodi Correctional Centre after he had […]

[ad_1] The Acting Director, Department of Forestry, Federal Ministry of Environment, Tiamiyu Oladele, has announced plans by the federal government to plant 30 million tree seedlings in 2020 to accelerate afforestation in the country. Mr Oladele made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Abuja. He said […]

[ad_1] • Stakeholders urge FG to scale up funding, unfold plans on borders Demand for crude palm oil (CPO), a raw material used commercially by industrialists for vegetable oil and used for cooking by many Nigerians, has surged in the last six months. The rise in demand, The Guardian investigation revealed, is not unconnected with […]

[ad_1] The Chief convener, Mr Idowu Asenuga, in Lagos, has emphasised the need for West African countries to showcase rich agricultural heritage of their sub-continent and contribute to its Gross Domestics Product (GDP), bring stakeholders from across West Africa together to attract new prospects in agribusiness and make West Africa an investment hub for agricultural […]

[ad_1] THE Delta State Commissioner of Police, Hafiz Inuwa, has been accused of being economical with the truth in the reported killing of farmers by persons suspected to be Fulani herdsmen in Uwheru community, Ughelli North local government area of Delta State. The CP while speaking to Vanguard on Sunday, had described media reports citing […]