The Federal government and International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)-assisted Value Chain Development Programme (VCDP) say a national summit to boost the nation’s cassava production in underway. Mr Garba Bala, National Programme Coordinator of FGN/IFAD-VCDP, said this at the inauguration of a cassava bulky centre and solar-powered borehole at Uli, Ihiala local government area of Anambra on Saturday. Bala has inaugurated similar projects at Ogbaru, Awka North and Anambra East local government areas of the state. “We are having problem with cassava off-taking unlike in the rice value chain where we have achieved a lot,” he said. Bala said that…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
A U.S. federal court on Saturday evening dismissed President Donald Trump’s suit that sought to cancel millions of mail-in votes in the November 3 election in Pennsylvania. This is yet another major blow to efforts by Trump to have the presidential election results invalidated in battleground states where he lost. His legal team, led by former New York Mayor, Rudy Giuliani, had approached the Middle District Court of Pennsylvania alleging that 1.5 million mail-in votes in the state were illegally counted. Giuliani had alleged that the president’s poll watchers were not allowed to observe the counting of mail-in ballots. That,…
A total of 11 kidnap victims were on Saturday night rescued from their abductors by officials of the Zamfara government, a statement issued by Jamilu Iliyasu, the Press Secretary to Governor Bello Muhammad, has said. Iliyasu said the unconditional release of the victims, who hail from Bukkuyum local government area of the state, followed the ‘carrot and stick’ approach initiated by Muhammad. ‘Carrot and stick’ is a metaphor for the use of a combination of reward and punishment to induce a desired behavior. Iliyasu explained that government officials started negotiations with the bandits immediately they received distress calls that the…
One of Africa’s leading food processing and agribusiness companies, Nigerian based Dantata Foods and Allied Products Company Limited, has partnered with a UK based innovative and Agric-technology firm, RegenFarm Limited in collaboration with the Foreign and Commonwealth Development Office of the British government under its Agricultural sector intervention (LINKS Project). A statement by the General Manager, Corporate Services of Dantata Foods and Allied Products Company Limited, Sanusi Bature on Saturday, said “the tripartite partnership is aimed at increasing quality food production, enhancing export opportunities of Nigeria’s agricultural commodities and improve soil fertility, nutrients content and organic matter. “A technology platform…
The deputy governor of Sokoto state, Manir Dan’iya has said that the current administration, under the leadership of Aminu Tambuwal, is a clear departure from past governments since the creation of the state 43 years ago. Dan’Iya stated this when he received members of the Advocacy for the Empowerment of Nigerian Women Initiative (AENWI) in his office on Thursday. He told the group which honored him with the ‘Integrity & Peace Award 2020’, that women inclusion in governance is a ‘grand style’ cultivated by Tambuwal. “It is clear without contention that under Tambuwal, women in this state have enjoyed his…
Today, I offer a short tribute to our great comrade, friend and compatriot Yima Sen, who was buried last weekend. Yima was an elegant person, soft spoken, polite, open to dialogue and always ready for a debate. He was also always firm and clear in his progressive beliefs, ideologically sharp, deeply cultured in Marxist theory and always ready to engage not just in theoretical postulations but grounding evolving struggles in theory and practice that serve to elucidate the best pathway to progress. It is this life-long engagement in theory and practice, in seeking deeper understanding of on-going struggles and in…
The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, has urged Nigerians to continue to pray for its leaders to enable them to address the numerous challenges facing the country. Abubakar spoke at the inauguration of a new Mosque donated by the Qatar Foundation to the community of Rijiyar Kade in Kware local government area of Sokoto State on Thursday. The Sultan said that Nigerians needed to support its leaders with fervent prayers and to remain patient as the country’s challenges are being addressed. “As leaders we are aware of all the hardship the people are facing. However, I want to…
By Attahiru Ahmed Gusau Zamfara state government has denied insinuations that it claimed ownership of mineral resources, especially gold that lay abundant in the state. Briefing news men on Wednesday, the commissioner for Environment, Mines and Solid Minerals, Dr Nurudeen Isah, said buying gold from artisanal miners, was aimed at curbing the wave of banditry and ‘not to desecrate the constitution’ of Nigeria. “We have never and have no intention to desecrate the constitution of Nigeria,” he said, adding that the issue of gold is topical and “borders on the politics, economy and security of the state and the country…
The AUDA-NEPAD, in partnership with the Biosafety Directorate of the Commission for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, held a consultative meeting on biotechnology and biosafety in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia between October 29 and 31 October 2020. The objective of the meeting was to have deeper insight on the state of affairs on biotechnology from both the regulatory and technology side, and to refine planning for the delivery of biosafety services in the remaining part of 2020. The meeting also discussed the needs for 2021 that AUDA-NEPAD/ABNE may partner with Ethiopia to support biosafety service delivery. Participants were government officials from…
By Mark Boye I arrived home from work late around 4:20am (EST), and quickly prepared a hot tea and jumped into bed. I woke up around 10am and reached out to my phone and the first news that greeted me was the sudden demise of our former President, His Excellency Jerry John Rawlings. It was my former colleague, Adu Isaac, who’s Facebook post caught my attention. Shocked, and confused, I quickly searched for more news of the sad news, and lo and behold, social media set ablaze, as people pour in more tributes on his death, including Rawlings own family.…