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[ad_1] The Kano State governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has inaugurated a $95 million agro-pastoral development project, a flagship programme anchored on food security and social development. The objective of the project, which is expected to be implemented within a five-year period, is to contribute to poverty alleviation and strengthening food security in the state. The […]
[ad_1] The Delta State government, Nigeria Police and bereaved communities in Delta State are currently trading words over the number of folks hacked to death by suspected Fulani herdsmen last week at Uhweru Kingdom in Ughelli North Local Government Area of the state. While the Delta State Police Command has continued to insist the number […]
[ad_1] UWHERU Kingdom in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State, have again came under herdsmen attack, leading to death of over eight persons with several others sustaining serious injuries and property, including farms, have been lost. The unprovoked attack, which Sunday Vanguard gathered started Thursday night with attacks on Avwon, Agadama, Ohoror and […]
Following a recent alert by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on the use of paracetamol tablets in food preparation, some Lagosians have expressed shock and disappointment. They told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in separate interviews that the news came to them as a shock. READ MORE: The planty […]
Gov El-Rufai at the inauguration of Damau Household Milk Farm Project on Friday. Gov. Nasiru El-Rufai of Kaduna State on Friday inaugurated a 1000 Household Milk Farm Project in Damau, Kubau Local Government Area of the state. The governor, at the inauguration, said the project was a joint venture between the state government, Danish dairy […]
[ad_1] Sequel to the closure and sorting of application forms for the Lagos Agripreneurship Programme (L.A.P), under its Agriculture-based Youth Empowerment Scheme (Agric-Yes), the State Government says an aptitude test for pre-qualified applicants would hold on Monday, January 20, 2020 at the Lagos State Cooperative College, Oko Oba, Lagos. Prince Gbolahan Lawal, the State Commissioner […]
[ad_1] Poultry farmers in Edo State have hailed the Governor Godwin Obaseki-led administration and the Nigerian Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL), on the success of the pilot phase of the Edo State poultry production scheme. The Edo State Agripreneur programme is being implemented by the Governor Obaseki-led administration with support from the […]
[ad_1] AKURE- Farmers in Ondo State under the auspices of Ondo State Agricultural Commodities Association (OSACA) on Wednesday described the declaration of the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubarka Malami on the security outfit recently inaugurated by Southwest governors (Amotekun) as inhumane and illegal. Addressing newsmen at their Secretariat at Trade fair Centre, Igbatoro Road, […]
The All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), Lagos State Chapter, says it has acquired 200 hectares of farmland for rice cultivation in Epe area of the state. Mr Femi Oke, AFAN’s Chairman told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Lagos that the move was to key into rice production and explore opportunities […]
Few months after thunder killed 36 cows on scared hills at Ijare town in Ifedore Local Government Area (LGA) of Ondo State, residents of the community yesterday arrested no fewer than 150 cows for destroying crops in their farms. The cows, which were said to have been led into the farmlands by some Fulani herdsmen […]
Livestock, rice, maize, cassava and banana in Cross River State have received a major boost as the Cross River State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade has approved the appointment of board members on Wednesday. In a press release signed and made available to newsmen with reference number: Ref: GO/PRESS/012/VOL.I/ 137, dated January 15, 2020, by Christian […]
[ad_1] Lagos State Commissioner for Agriculture, Mr Gbolahan Lawal, spoke with FEMI IBIROGBA, Head, Agro-Economy, on the state of the integrated rice mill of the state, the partnership with Kebbi State and other efforts on food security and poverty alleviation, assuring that the rice would be ready by October. Excerpts: The Lagos rice mill has […]
Stakeholders in business, investors, financial experts, and government officials are currently in Osogbo, the capital of the state of Osun, attending a three-day economic and investment summit organized by the state government to open up investment opportunities that abound. The event which kicked off on Tuesday at the Aurora Conference Centre, Osogbo, with the theme, […]
The Government of Imo State has disowned an ultimatum issued by a group, under the aegis of Coalition of South East Youth Leaders, giving herdsmen in the state 24 hours to quit. According to a statement issued by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Chibuike Onyeukwu, the group lacks legitimacy to speak for the […]
Following the alarm raised by the Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, FUTO, Francis Eze, over the destruction of their farms by herdsmen, the herders have been given 24 hours to vacate the institution. This was made known to Vanguard on Sunday in Owerri, from the Coalition of South East Youth Leaders, COSEYL, led […]