Agriculture

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 …

A budget of N100 billion has been proposed for the implementation of the National Livestock Transformation Plan. The proposal was submitted on Thursday to the National Economic Council by its Sub-Committee on Farmers/Herders’ crisis. The NEC meeting was presided over by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. READ …

Fish farmers in Ekpan, Uvwie Local Government Council Area of Delta State are counting their losses,which run into millions of naira following recent flood that affected their fish farms. President General of Uvwie Kingdom, Chief Austin Ukuwrere told newsmen that fishes in over 3,000 ponds were carried away by the …

The Delta state government has released the work plan and implementation guideline for the 2019/2020 Wealth and Job creation program, saying that the program will commence soon. The Chief Job and Wealth Creation Officer, Prof. Eric Eboh, who disclosed this in a meeting held in his office, flag off the …

Residents of Manda-Maweni village in Lamu West are pleading with the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) to urgently intervene and chase away three lions that have so far killed ten goats and two donkeys. The residents told the Newsmen that for the past three weeks, they have been “walking with the …

In a bid to tackle the lingering issues of unemployment in the Niger Delta region, Velma Foundation with support from The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has organised Agricultural empowerment training program for people with disabilities. The training which ranges from Lectures on Entrepreneurship, Cassava Processing, Juice Production, Palm Oil …

The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has said that the establishment of Special Agro-processing Zones (SAPZs) in Nigeria has the potential of attracting between one to four billion dollars investments into the country. The Chairman of the forum and Governor of Ekiti, Dr Kayode Fayemi, disclosed this while briefing newsmen after …

The Nigeria Police, Delta Command, has confirmed the death of a 15-year-old boy who drowned in a stagnant river in Osubi, Okpe Local Government Area of the state. The Commissioner of Police in Delta, Adeyinka Adeleke, confirmed the newsman. “It is true, the boy drowned while fishing,” he said. The …