By Olayinka Olawale The Lagos State Commissioner for Agriculture, Ms Abisola Olusanya, has urged farmers, food processors and marketers in the agricultural value chain to use water judiciously. Olusanya made the call during a road walk organised by the Lagos State Government as part of activities to commemorateContinue Reading
By Olayinka Olawale The Lagos State Government has called on stakeholders to collaborate with the government in its transformative journey in the agricultural sector. Ms Abisola Olusanya, the Lagos State Commissioner for Agriculture, stated this at a news conference ahead of the 2023 World Food Day celebration on TuesdayContinue Reading
By Itohan Abara-Laserian Dr Tony Bello, a food scientist, has urged the Federal Government to tap into the expertise of food technocrats among Nigerian diaspora to enhance the growth of the country’s consumer packaged food sub-sector. Bello, who is the Chairman of Shine Bridge Global, a U.S.-based foodContinue Reading
By Olatunde Ajayi The Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) has conducted training and empowerment programmes for selected women-owned farmers’ cooperative societies in Oyo State. The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) reports that the primary objective of this initiative is to enhanceContinue Reading
By Taiye Olayemi Ilebaye Odiniya has emerged winner of the Big Brother Naija “All Star” reality show. She defeated other housemates to clinch the N120 million cash prize at slake during the finale of the show on Sunday in Lagos. Ebuka Obi-Uchendu, the host of the show, madeContinue Reading
By Olawunmi Ashafa, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Since the attainment of independence 63 years ago, Nigeria has been battling with development issues, despite its natural endowment in human and material resources. Several strategies by successive civilian and military administrations have met with limited successes. Continue Reading
By Adeyemi Adeleye A Nigerian author and novelist, Gbenga Sokefun, has called on African leaders to beam searchlight on human trafficking of the male child. Sokefun, the author of a fiction, “Adigun”, in a release made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Lagos said thatContinue Reading
By Adeyemi Adeleye The Lagos State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) says only collective support for President Bola Tinubu can bring manifold dividends of democracy to Nigerians. Pastor Cornelius Ojelabi, the Lagos State APC Chairman made this remark in his congratulatory statement on the occasion ofContinue Reading
By Funmilola Gboteku AstraZeneca, a multinational pharmaceutical company, has called for public-private partnership, strong health care systems to combat cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) in Africa. Qutaiba Al Manaseer, Senior Director of Corporate Affairs for the Middle East and Africa Region at AstraZeneca, made the call during a webinar organised toContinue Reading
By Oladele Eniola Nollywood actress, Funke Akindele, has urged up-and-coming artistes to study and understand the contracts they have with their labels. Akindele said this on the sidelines of the premiere of the Prime Video Five Part Mini Series tilted: ‘She must be Obeyed’, held at Filmhouse,Continue Reading
