AGRICULTURE

• Governor Bala Mohammed applauds President Tinubu on good governance The Executive Vice Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) Mr. Khalil Suleiman Halilu has disclosed that the Federal Government’s Irrigate Nigeria Project, amongst other things, targets increase in income of Nigeria’s farmers nationwide,...

The Minister of Livestock Development, Alhaji Idi Mukhtar Maiha, has commended Amo Farm Sieberer Hatchery Limited, a leading player in Nigeria's livestock sector and the developer of the Noiler chicken breed, for its contributions to agricultural growth. He lauds the role of Noiler, a dual-purpose bird for both meat and...

• grictech hub to be built in Oyo's Agribusiness Hub The Oyo State Government is set to benefit from a partnership with the United Kingdom Agritech Centre in the area of boosting agriculture and livestock production with science and other technology-based solutions. This is as the Centre is set to...

The price of tomatoes has crashed in Lagos and some other parts of the country to what farmers attributed to the glut being experienced at the moment due to the harvest season. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that a tomato glut is a situation where there is an...

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved $2.2bn fund for the development of Special Agro-Industrial Process Zones in Nigeria (SAPZ). The Director General of AfDB Nigeria Office, Abdul Kamara, disclosed this during Channels Television’s 2024 end-of-year review with the theme, ‘Focus on the Agriculture Sector, Food Security, Research and AfDB...

● Governor named Kiriji icon of Yorubaland Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun state today launched the Imole Agropreneur Project, targeting 31, 000 hectares of land for cultivation across the 30 local governments and the area council. The launching held at Imesi Ile, Obokun local government of the state and witnessed...

President Bola Tinubu has expressed his administration’s ambition to position Nigeria as a global leader in agricultural exports by 2025, a cornerstone of his Renewed Hope Agenda. He disclosed this Tuesday at the Road to South-South National Convergence for the Renewed Hope Agenda at the presidential Villa. Tinubu, represented by...

The 2023 presidential candidate for the Labour Party, Peter Obi has urged leaders across Nigeria to always search their consciences and stay away from corruption. In a post on X, Obi said Nigeria’s corruption perception index of 145 out of 180 countries measured shows the high level of corruption in...

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has reaffirmed his administration's commitment to increasing food security and infrastructure development from its current 18% to over 50% during a working visit to the Lagos Central Food Security Systems and Logistics Park known as LHP in Ketu, Ereyun in Epe. This transformative project, championed...

  flags off redevelopment of Eruwa Farm Settlement   .pr omises speedy completion of Ido-Eruwa road       Oyo State governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, has performed the ground-breaking ceremony for the upgrade of moribund 3,250 hectares Eruwa Farm Settlement to an Agribusiness Industrial Hub. The governor said that the project,...