Agriculture

The Guinness World Records has explains why 7hours was deducted from the 100hours cooking time recorded by Hilda Effiong Bassey, better known as Hilda Baci The 26-year-old Nigerian chef began on Thursday 11 May and continued through to Monday 15 May, cooking over 100 pots of food during her four-day …

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja signed the 2023 Budget of N21.83 trillion along with the 2022 Supplementary Appropriation Bill into law. Speaking at the signing of the eighth and final annual budget of this Administration, the President said the aggregate expenditures of N21.83 trillion, is an increase of …

The Oyo state government have announced their intention to return the 1,800 bags of rice donated to the state by the Federal Government as palliative for COVID-19, saying that the rice had been infested by weevils. The state government took delivery of the three trailer loads of rice through the …

In a bid to cushion the effect of the Coronavirus Lock Down in Delta state, the president, Bashorun Askia Foundation, Bashorun Askia Ogieh, gives palliatives to the all the Kingdoms in Isoko Nation. The event which took place at the Isoko Unity House, Isoko South Local Government Area, had in …

The Benue state Government has giving reason behind the quarantining of over 600 cows, and arrest of 400 herdsmen in the state. Speaking in Makurdi, the state Governor, Samuel Ortom, said the state has seized 600 cows, and arrested 400 herdsmen for flouting the state’s anti-open grazing law. The governor …

Following the incessant killings of farmers and other residents in Uwheru kingdom, in Ughelli North Local Government Area, Delta state, the community has decided to place a ban the sale and consumption of cow meat in the kingdom. Uwheru is kingdom among the traditional kingdoms in Urhobo land. It was …

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), wrote a letter to Nigerians to commemorate the New Year. The letter was made available to newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja. Read the full content of the letter below: A LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT AT NEW YEAR My Dear Compatriots, NIGERIA’S DECADE Today …

Residents of Ugbogui,Iguobarnor and Ikoha communities have appealed to Edo state government to look into the issue of cattle grazing in their communities. Some of the residents, in separate interviews on Friday in Benin, said majority of farmers have stopped farming because cows eat their crops after planting. They said …

The Federal Government has recruited no fewer than 1,350 unemployed youths under the N-power programme to serve as agricultural extension workers in Cross River. The State Coordinator of Sasakawa Global 2000, Mr Ekok Ntua, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), shortly after inspecting a …

The 10-year N100 billion National Livestock Transformation Plan (NLTP) of the Federal Government to comprehensively modernise the livestock sub-sector is a flawed method to achieve a laudable objective. The plan continues to be viewed with suspicion as an instrumentality to impose a distant federal authority and interest upon the land …