Category: Agriculture
FG engages 17,000 youths for rabbit farming
In an attempt to promote protein consumption, Federal government has engaged 17,000 youths in a rabbit farming programme. The project which targets 1,000 youth...
Massacre of farmers offend the name of God – Pope
Pope Francis, on Wednesday, condemned the killing of scores of farmers and villagers in Borno State by suspected Islamist militants as a `terroristic massacre’...
Young farmers in Ogun access N1b to plant cassava, rice
As part of its bid to promote young farmers through job creation, food security and boost export ,the Ogun state government has facilitated payment of N1billion...
Senate president condemns killing of 110 farmers in Borno
The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has condemned the killing on Saturday of rice farmers by terrorists in Zabarmari in Borno State. Lawan decries the incident as...
After defeat them technically: BH beheads 43 rice farmers
Reports from the North eastern state of Borno has confirmed that not less than 43 farmers have been beheaded by terrorist group BokoHaram Saturday. The beheaded...
FG empowers 250 Imo beneficiaries on rabbit farming
The federal government has empowered 250 beneficiaries from Imo state on rabbit farming as it flagged off the second phase of the National Agricultural Land...
Train kills 50 cows in Oshogo
….Herder says it is worth N10m. Reports from Oshogbo the Osun State capital states that about 50 cows perished Wednesday when a train derailed in the area. It was...
Focus on putting food on peope’s table rather than 2023 succession -Obi tells Buhari
….Accused President of borrowing to fund corruption The vice presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party for the 2019 elections, Peter Obi, has...
Why we abandoned food crops for cash crops farming – SW farmers
Stakeholders in the agriculture value chain from the South-West have attributed preference for production of cash crops by farmers to high profit, challenges of...
Big tobacco wants African countries to do its bidding
By Leonce Dieudonné Sessou, Executive Secretary, African Tobacco Control Alliance (ATCA) There was a time when tobacco companies could market their deadly and addictive...
