In this economy, the minimum wage is not enough for anyone. But you can plant your way out of it in five steps. I was with my tree planting partners in Zaria yesterday who showed me their Crimson seedless grapes seedlings they imported from Egypt. By Ibraheem Dooba They sell each seedling for N10,000. Step 1: So you’re going to sell seedlings like them. Buy three seedlings from them and plant them at home. If you don’t have a space, plant them in sacks. ALSO READ Smart Farming: A Pathway for Food Security in Nigeria, By Prof. M. K. Othman…
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The Borno State Commissioner for Health and Human Services, Prof. Baba Mallam, has blamed the rate at which Nigerian women die during childbirth on indecision by most families.
The Women Advocates and Research Documentation Centre (WARDC) has called for the end of maternal deaths from unsafe abortions.
This week’s article is a corollary to my November 13, 2024 article, in which I promised to continue discussing Smart Farming, an innovative way of increasing agricultural productivity to enhance food security. The article highlighted the urgent need for Nigeria to quadruple its food production to meet the domestic demand for food. The subject is necessary due to the exponential population growth in the country for the last thirty decades. The article advocated for massive adoption of innovative farming or “smart farming” to match the increase in food demand with the population increase. It is an easy pathway for Nigeria…
The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and Microsoft have collaborated to address climate-induced displacement by harnessing artificial intelligence and data insights.
In a dramatic crackdown, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has dismantled a large-scale syndicate involved in cryptocurrency investment and romance scams, arresting a staggering 792 suspects in a high-profile raid in Lagos.
Nigeria’s headline inflation rate rose to 34.60% in November 2024 from 33.88% in October 2024, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Monday.
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), on Monday, underscored the need for safe and responsible use of data to build a formidable digital economy ecosystem.
Researchers working in the Mekong region in Southeast Asia have discovered more than 230 as yet unrecorded vertebrate and plant species over the past year.
Nigeria has reaffirmed its leadership in the fight against mother-to-child transmission of HIV, syphilis, and hepatitis during a high-level workshop on Monday in Geneva, Switzerland, which was monitored virtually.