Tag: food Security

President Tinubu presented the N49.7 trillion budget proposal to a joint session of the National Assembly on Wednesday.

Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Security, Aliyu Abdullahi, said President Tinubu postponed the budget presentation from Tuesday to ...

NEC said the programme would expedite the attainment of targets of President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda and the various ...

Ms Omotoso said while the step by the government remains commendable, it must do more by urgently adopting drastic measures ...

The experts urged the government to create institutional mechanisms to observe and report progress that the private sector is making, ...

Roads cover Kwara’s three senatorial districts

The former senator called on Nigerians to embrace agriculture and return to farming, describing it as the only way to ...

IITA urged the beneficiaries to make good use of the items, and that the project would provide more support if ...

The event aims to highlight the KSADP project’s successes and foster discussions on extending similar initiatives across other states in ...

The minister said the NIN policy is to ensure transparency and prevent racketeering in the distribution of subsidised rice.

The project involves constructing three new hand pump boreholes, rehabilitating seven existing ones, and adding one solar-powered borehole

“We will continue to pay the half salary and pension debts we inherited from the previous governments. We will continue ...

The agronomist said the sustainability of Nigeria's ginger value chain is threatened, as ginger farmers are struggling with access to ...

Mr Tinubu said the federal government will provide all necessary incentives for this initiative, whilst the states will provide the ...

If I were President Tinubu, I would organise a private retreat with AfDB’s Adesina, Afreximbank’s Benedict Oramah and other technocrats ...

The governor sacked Samuel Alli on Monday, saying the ex-commissioner was a barrier to his administration “finishing strong”.

To ensure a level playing ground for all workers to have an equal chance of selection, a web portal was ...

Bayo Onanuga, in a statement quoting Agriculture Minister Abubakar Kyari and posted on his official X page, said the President ...

The NBMA said the NAFDAC DG’s comment has severely discredited the public’s perception of the GMO technology they are trying ...

The alarming rise in food prices in recent months has brought the urgency of the situation into sharp focus.

...youth unemployment and widespread poverty, which has grown into a national crisis, continue to escape the priorities of the political ...

Some environmentalists have argued that the move to commercialise GM seeds would have far-reaching consequences in Nigeria and across Africa

Several farmers who spoke with PREMIUM TIMES lamented that the rising cost of maize and soybeans is making the poultry ...

The committees are to also investigate the handling of the N5 billion loan facility to the Bank of Agriculture (BOA) ...

Mr Tinubu has only spent a quarter of his four-year tenure, but millions of Nigerians including farmers are already questioning ...