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[ad_1] The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, in collaboration with Nigeria Television Authority (NTA) Startimes, Radio, Television, Theatre Workers Union of Nigeria (RATTAWU) and other stakeholders is to commence an agricultural reality show called NAIJA FARMER. The Naija Farmer reality show is a youth empowerment project aimed at transforming unemployed Nigerian youths to […]
[ad_1] Cassava Weed Management • As IITA, CBN partner on improved cassava production Agricultural and economic experts, among other professionals, are unanimous in their optimism that given the right interventions, support and basic training, youths in Nigeria can transform the agricultural and food production systems. Facts and figures to also indicate that the army of […]
[ad_1] Solar food dryer by NSPRI. Photo: By Femi Ibirogba The Nigerian Stored Product Research Institute (NSPRl), in llorin, has harped on reducing the youth unemployment through agricultural training programmes. Dr Patricia Pessu, Executive Director of the institute, said this in llorin yesterday at the capacity building programme for 40 corps members on prevention of […]
[ad_1] Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, and the Raw Material Research and Development Council (RMRDC) have conducted research on the utilisation of Moringa oleifera seed extract as a phytochemical for the replacement of alum, an imported chemical, in water treatment for rural communities in Nigeria. This can save millions of naira in foreign exchange yearly. Moringa […]
[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 […]