Agriculture
Nigeria police arrest Anambra couple for sending threat messages
The Anambra State Police Command has arrested a couple, Kingsley Okoye, 36, and Chidinma Okoye, 27, for allegedly sending threat messages and attempting to kidnap unsuspecting individuals. In a statement on Friday, the command’s spokesman, Tochukwu Ikenga, disclosed that the duo specialised in issuing abduction threats through text messages, demanding ransom with the ultimatum of […]
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Agribusiness’ll create thousands of jobs for Ibarapa youths, says Makinde
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, once completed, would put Ibarapaland on the global agricultural map and create thousands of jobs for youths in the zone and across the state. […]
Read MoreUrbanization in Nigeria Leads to Alarming Extinction of Human Experience with Nature-Expert
In a recent transdisciplinary study conducted by researchers from Nigeria and Spain, the rapid urbanization in Nigeria has been found to be a major contributor to the extinction of human experience with nature. The study, led by Adewale Awoyemi, head of IITA Forest Center, explores the interactions between humans and nature in the Afrotropics, highlighting […]
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Minister of Power, Chief Adebayo Adelabu, As experts task FG on power to drive agro-economy at Ibadan Jericho summit
The Minister for Power, Chief Adelabu, addressing pressmen at the Ibadan Jericho Business Summit, said federal government, strategies to effectively address recurring challenges in the power sector are still on course, saying arrangements have been concretized to explore a bottom-up workable plan capable of giving Nigerians and the economic I industry regular and affordable supply […]
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Farm Manager Accused Of Sneaking 5.4m Worth Of Chickens
A 36-year-old farm Manager, Patrick Olusegun, has been arrested in Abuja, for allegedly stealing chickens worth N5.4 million. Olusegun, who resides at Lugbe, Abuja, has been charged with theft but pleaded not guilty before a Kado Grade 1 Area Court on Tuesday, September 12. The prosecution, Mr Stanley Nwafoaku, told the court that Mr Ajayi […]
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Rice millers cease operations if n Kano over paddy scarcity
There are speculations that the price of rice might increase after rice millers under the aegis of Northern Chamber of Commerce Industry, Mines, and Agriculture (NACCIMA) announced that they are shutting down operations in the commercial city of Kano due to the scarcity of paddy. Addressing journalists on Monday, August 14, Chairman of the Chamber, […]
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IITA Sends DG Off In Grand style.
The send-off and commemoration service in honor of the outgoing Director General of the International Institute of tropical agriculture (IITA) Dr. Nteranya Sanginga was a memorable one as dignitaries graced the occasion in high numbers. The event which took place at the International Institute of tropical agriculture conference center in Ibadan today celebrated the first […]
Read MoreIITA DG tasks African leaders on diversification, value addition
The Director-General, of International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), has urged African leaders to increase their political will and budgetary allocation to diversify into agriculture. Dr,Nteranya Sanginga made the plea in Ibadan on Friday while presenting his docket as director-general of the institute since 2011. Sanginga said, for Africa to continue to feed itself and […]
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