The federal government is set to partner with Institute of Agricultural Research, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria as part its drive to diversify the economy through agriculture. The permanent secretary, Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr Evelyn Ingige dropped the hint at Screenhouse and Field organise by the institutes designed to showcase its researches at the weekend. She said Read More
A group, The Yoruba Ko’Ya Leadership and Training Foundation (YKLTF), has partnered Marcus Garvey Institute for human management towards fostering Yoruba unity across the globe. Director of media and publicity of the foundation, Ambassador. Demola Sanyaolu, disclosed this in a statement made available to journalists in Ibadan on Tuesday. Amb Sanyaolu said the colloquium is to promote cross cultural ties Read More
National Cotton Association of Nigeria (NACOTAN) has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for his effort towards boosting cotton farming in Nigeria. This was contained in a press statement made available to Newsmen in Gombe Thursday and signed by the president and the secretary-general of NACOTAN, Animee Achimugu and Alhaji Hassan Buhari respectively. The statement said President Buhari has boosted cotton farming Read More
Tanzanian novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah has said he was “surprised and humbled” to be awarded the 2021 Nobel Prize for Literature. The Swedish Academy praised Gurnah for for his “uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism”. The prize is awarded by the Swedish Academy and is worth 10 million Swedish crowns ($1.14m / £840,000). Gurnah, 73, is the author Read More
The Convener, Enjoy Nigeria EXPO 2021, Isa Yusuf Sago, has expressed concern that Nigeria’s Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and entrepreneurs have not been given enough platform to showcase their products both locally and internationally. He said there was urgent need to bridge the existing gap. He noted this in Abuja during a courtesy visit by the Ministerial Committee on Read More
Teaming members of Coalition of Civil Society Groups on Wednesday September 22, 2021, staged a solidarity rally in support of President Muhammadu Buhari and the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN, Mr. Godwin Emefiele for their tact in handling Nigeria’s economy amidst global pandemic COVID-19. In his address during the rally held at the Unity Fountain in Abuja, Read More
The Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL Plc) has since it’s inception facilitated over N128 billion for agriculture and agribusiness across the country. Leveraging on its CRG that enable it share agribusiness risks with financiers, NIRSAL Plc facilitated the approval and disbursement of N231.8 million from Union Bank Plc and Sterling Bank Plc for Gbagolo Integrated Farms Read More
The Director, Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) Dr. Nnimmo Bassey has called on the government, oil companies and stakeholders in the fisheries sector to protect and clean up the water ways to protect the coastal lines from degradation. Bassey made the call on Thursday while engaging fishers during Coastal ecosystems monitoring and training session at Uta Ewua in Ikot Read More
Dubai is famous for sightseeing attractions such as the Burj Khalifa (The world’s tallest building) and shopping malls that come complete with mammoth aquariums and indoor ski slopes. The city has many cultural highlights and the tourist industry of the United Arab Emirates is the most successful among the Gulf nations and it is a potential people like Gift Preye Read More
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