The All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), on Tuesday dissociated itself from a notice asking its members to apply for loans and to make certain payments into a commercial bank account.
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A Commercial Farmer who has large hectares of cassava farmland in Nsukka, Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State, Emma Onah, has urged Nigerians to help the Federal Government in achieving food security. Onah said this in Nsukka on Tuesday in an interview while speaking on the present high cost of food items in markets across the country. He said if every Nigerian should convert any available space in his or her compound to a garden and plant one or two crops on it, the present high cost of food items would disappear. “We are suffering food scarcity now because…
As economic hardship persists in the country, a mental health expert, Dr Salau Abiola, has canvassed the need for adequate control and management of feelings/emotions to avert adverse effects of mental depression among Nigerians.
Chinese tech giant, Xiaomi, is to begin selling its first electric car, the SU7, at the end of this March.
The Federal Government has reiterated its commitment to work closely with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), on Inclusive Agri-Food System Transformation and smallholder farmers’ empowerment. The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Sen. Abubakar Kyari, stated this during a meeting with Dr Donal Brown, IFAD’s Associate Vice-President to Nigeria, on Tuesday in Abuja. Kyari said that the focus of IFAD on Innovation for a Food-Secured Future as exhibited in the last 47th Session of IFAD Governing Council meeting in Rome, was a right step in the right direction. He commended IFAD for being a formidable force in addressing…
A health reporter with Daar Communications Plc, Ms. Ogom Ezedimbu, in partnership with Silver Cross Hospital Abuja, has donated 500 sanitary pads to the female students of Government Secondary School Garki, Abuja.
Jigawa state governor, Umar Namadi has approved the reduction of working hours for workers in the state by two hours for the duration of the 2024 Ramadan fast.
The National Orientation Agency (NOA), has urged residents of Jigawa, to imbibe good sanitation habits and sleep in well-ventilated rooms to stem the spread of Cerebro Spinal Meningitis (CSM).
The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), and Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), have commended the Federal Government for halting implementation of the Expatriate Employment Levy (EEL). The Director General, MAN, Mr Segun Ajayi-Kadir, through a statement on Tuesday in Lagos, lauded the intervention of all stakeholders of government for their efforts in discontinuing enforcement of the levy. The Federal Government on Feb. 27, announced the introduction of EEL to encourage employment of more Nigerians by foreign companies. However, following agitations of the organised private sector over the development, government on March 8, halted its implementation. ALSO READ: Binance…
The Lack of steady power supply, further worsened by insurgency, has continued to affect businesses and other activities in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states. The three states, known as BAY states, are the worst affected by the activities of insurgency in the North East where critical assets, including power transmission lines, have been destroyed. In Borno, the transmission line from the National Grid supplying Maiduguri and its environs had been destroyed, while the newly-constructed 50-megawatt station constructed by NNPC, has developed problems and is still undergoing repairs for the past two weeks. Residents of the city now depend on generators,…