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Tinubu Appoints Yazid Danfulani as MD of Nigerian Agricultural Insurance Corporation
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the appointment of Yazid Shehu Umar Danfulani as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Agricultural Insurance Corporation (NAIC).
The appointment was formally…
Reps Back Bill to Establish Agricultural Economics Institute
The House of Representatives has passed through second reading a bill seeking for an act to establish Nigerian Institute of Agricultural and Applied Economics to regulate, control and determine the standard of knowledge to be…
Tinubu Welcomes Qatari Investment Drive, Affirms Nigeria’s Readiness for Strategic Partnership
President Bola Tinubu has expressed Nigeria’s readiness to deepen its strategic partnership with Qatar, welcoming new investment initiatives from the Gulf nation, particularly in the agricultural sector.
The President gave the…
Food Security: Reps Move to Enhance Agric Innovation in Rural Areas
The House of Representatives has passed through second reading a bill seeking to amend the Agricultural Research Council of Nigeria Act, by expanding its mandate through the establishment of specialised training institutions…
Chief Ifeanyi Odii Launches N150 Million Agric-Empowerment Scheme For Isuachara Community
The 2023 Governorship Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ebonyi State, Chief Chukwuma Odii has launched a N150 million agric-business empowerment scheme for his youths in his Isuechara community in Onicha Local Government Area…
Armed Herdsmen Sack Benue Community in Fresh Attacks, Many Feared Dead
Suspected Fulani herdsmen has sacked residents of Otobi community in Otukpo Local Government Area of Benue State leaving in their trail yet to be determined number of people dead.
The fresh attack has displaced residents of the community…
North-East Lawmakers Decry Exclusion from Agro-Industrial Zones Project
Lawmakers from the North-East geopolitical zone in the national assembly have expressed strong dissatisfaction over the exclusion of their region from the Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones (SAPZ) programme.
Speaking under the…
Tinubu Appoints Ayo Sotinrin as New MD of Bank of Agriculture
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Mr. Ayo Sotinrin as the new Managing Director of the Bank of Agriculture.
According to a statement issued on Friday by the President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo…
Nigeria’s Problem is Largely Food Insecurity, Says Speaker Abbas
The Speaker of the House of Representatives Hon. Abbas Tajudeen, has charged the National Assembly and state Houses of Assembly to make legislative moves towards addressing hunger and malnutrition in Nigeria, saying food security insecurity…
Renewed Hope Ambassadors Laud Kebbi Governor, Minister Bagudu Over Solidarity Rally For Tinubu
One of the foremost political associations in Nigeria, The Renewed Hope Ambassadors Network (RHAN), has attributed the mammoth turn out of crowd at the just held political rally in Kebbi State, to the good works of…