By Salisu Sani-Idris The Federal Government has unveiled a 10-year Strategic Action Plan (2026–2035) to transform its agricultural sector. Vice-president Kashim Shettima stated this at a high-level dialogue between African youths agri-food entrepreneurs and African leaders at the United Nations Food Systems Summit Stocktake (UNFSS+4) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. HeContinue Reading
By Dorcas Jonah A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Farm Flowers and Allied Products Initiative (FFAP), has called on women to embrace backyard farming to build stronger, healthier, and more self-reliant communities. The president of the FFAP, Mrs Christy Sani Yakubu, made the call on Thursday at a Sensitisation Programme on BackyardContinue Reading
By Nathan Nwakamma The Federal University of Agriculture Support Group says it has raised N232 million to support the take-off of the newly established Federal University of Agriculture, Bassambiri, Bayelsa. The Coordinator, Dr Ala-Peters David, said at a fundraiser in Yenagoa that the gesture was to ensure that the federalContinue Reading
By Salisu Sani-Idris Vice-President Kashim Shettima has given an insight into the reasons for the declaration of the ‘State of Emergency on Agriculture’ by the President Bola Tinubu’s administration. Shettima spoke at a session on: Country Perspectives: Government-led Strategies and Regional Framework’, at the ongoing UN Food Systems Summit StocktakeContinue Reading
By Philip Yatai First Lady Oluremi Tinubu’s “Every Home a Garden” project is recording a huge success in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), says the FCT Coordinator, Dr Adedayo Benjamins-Laniyi. Benjamins-Laniyi, who is also the Mandate Secretary, FCT Women Affairs Secretariat, stated this at the close-out of the 2024 cohortContinue Reading
By Fabian Ekeruche A female-led non-government organisation (NGO), Great Brave Women (GBW), has trained over 420 girls in agricultural and environmental practices across eight Lagos schools. Alhaja Omotayo Atoba, Lagos State Coordinator of GBW, disclosed that the gesture was part of a growing initiative to empower the next generation ofContinue Reading
By Felicia Imohimi ActionAid Nigeria’s General Assembly has called on the Federal Government to urgently reform the national security architecture to address widespread violence across the country. This includes persistent herder attacks, civilian casualties from military airstrikes, and the violent suppression of protests. The call was contained in a communiquéContinue Reading
By Sylvester Thompson Gov. Umar Namadi of Jigawa has pledged collaboration with the National Biotechnology Research and Development Agency (NBRDA) on agriculture and biotechnology to foster socioeconomic development of the state. Namadi made the pledge when he visited the agency in Abuja. The governor said that biotechnology research and developmentContinue Reading
By Vivian Emoni The Commodity Leaders Empowerment Network for School Feeding (CLENSFe), an NGO, has demonstrated its commitment to empowering smallholder farmers by connecting them with school feeding programmes. Mr Danladi Ibrahim, a consultant to the NGO, made the commitment while electing committee members of the organisation in Abuja onContinue Reading
By Felicia Imohimi The National Food Systems Task Team, in partnership with stakeholders, has unveiled Nigeria’s first comprehensive report mapping the involvement of over 6,000 young people in the country’s food systems. The report was launched during the maiden Youth in Food Systems Convening in Abuja on Wednesday. It was themed, “EmpoweringContinue Reading
