Palpable fear and tension have gripped natives of Uzuakoli Community in Bende Local Government Area of Abia, following Friday’s alleged invasion of farms in the area. The traditional ruler of Ngwu Uzuakoli Autonomous Community, Eze Joseph Okorie, told newsmen in his palace on Saturday that herders invaded people’s farms...
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The Federal Government says a number of factors beyond its control led to the current situation in which the cost of fertiliser increased to between 110 and 150 per cent. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed stated this at a media briefing on Thursday in Abuja....
By LEKAN AGBOOLA, Ilorin – The Agricultural and Rural Management Training Institute (ARMTI), Ilorin, Kwara State has organized a two-day training workshop on export product development for sesame seed and sorghum farmers in the North East geopolitical zone of the country. Speaking at the programme, the Executive Director of...
The President, African Development Bank (AfDB) Dr Akinwumi Adesina says the bank is set to deliver climate-adapted, certified wheat and other staple crops seeds to 20 million farmers. Adesina said this in a document titled, “Averting an African Food Crisis: The African Food Production Facility” and obtained on Monday...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Farmers in Borno state have cried out for government intervention over the non availability of fertilizers in the state for the raining farming season. They also expressed their fears over the state government’s inability to flag off sales and distribution of fertilizers at a...
Some maize farmers in Kano State have resorted to planting sorghum due to the high cost of fertilizer, instead of maize and other crops. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the farmers use manure obtained from animals dung and waste for the crops, with little fertilizers. The...
Osun State Governor, Gboyega Oyetola has said the All Progressives Congress (APC) will win the July 16 governorship election in the state by wide margin. According to him, winning his re-election is to consolidate on his achievements in the last three-and-a-half years. The governor said this during an engagement...
Sterling Bank was on Thursday named Best Participating Financial Institution for 2021 at the Agriculture Credit Guarantee Scheme Fund (ACGSF). The ACGSF, in an event in Abuja, also rewarded three Agriculture entrepreneurs who took loans and repaid under the scheme. According to the ACGSF board, the participation of Sterling...
Dr Gabriel Nyitse, Chief of Staff to Benue’s Gov. Samuel Ortom says 1.5 million persons are in various Internally Displaced Peoples (IDPs) camps in the state. Nytise made the declaration at the 70th anniversary celebration Thanksgiving Mass of The Knights of Saint Mulumba Nigeria, at the St. Leo Catholic...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The National Institute of Soil Science, North-East Zone, has donated no fewer than 150 soil testing kits to states in the zone to enhance crop production. The Zonal Coordinator of the Institute, Prof. Saminu Abdulrahman Ibrahim, disclosed this on Thursday during a training and capacity...
The CBN has increased its funding and interventions in various sectors to boost economic growth. Governor of the CBN, Mr Godwin Emefiele, said this on Tuesday in Abuja while presenting a communique issued at the end of the bank’s Monetary Policy Committee meeting. He said the intervention schemes were...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has appealed to farmers who defaulted in paying back the loans obtained under the Anchor Borrowers’ Programme (ABP) to pay back. Mr Sadeeq Ajayi, in CBN Development Finance Office, made the appeal on Wednesday in Ibadan at the Agribusiness Innovation Clinic. The News...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – About 24, 000 farmers who lost their livelihoods to the Boko Haram insurgency in Borno state, Northeast Nigeria, have received support from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to resume planting crops in safe locations in the state. ICRC said it had...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it has disbursed N948 billion to 4, 478, 381 smallholder farmers under the Anchor Borrowers’ Programme (ABP) across the country. The Director, Corporate Communications Department, CBN, Mr Osita Nwanisobi disclosed this on Friday in Enugu during the ongoing Enugu International Trade Fair....
In a bid to boost food production in Nigeria, the Federal Government has released 49 new high yield crop varieties to farmers through the National Varieties Release Committee (NVRC). Chief Oladosu Awoyemi, the NVRC Chairman, made this known on Wednesday at the 30th Meeting of National Committee on Naming,...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Maize Association of Nigeria (MAAN) have begun a collaboration to aggregate maize under the Anchor Borrowers Programme (ABP) of the federal government for the 2021 wet season. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the maize farmers also inaugurated the...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum has distributed packages containing varieties of agricultural tools and implements to over 2,000 farmers for dry season farming activities in Damasak town in Mobbar LGA of the state Each pack consist of a water pump with accessories, NPK...
Sen. Umaru Al-Makura (APC-Nasarawa South) has provided five truckloads of fertilisers for farmers in the five Local Government Areas of the senatorial district. This is contained in a statement issued in Lafia on Sunday by his media aide, Mr Danjuma Joseph. Joseph stated that the senator also gave N1...