Makama Danjuma Agribusiness Coordinator, Horti Nigeria, has called on government initiative policies make farming attractive to the youths to curb the increasing rate of unemployment and crime. He also called for the introduction of Agriculture as a compulsory subject in secondary schools. Danjuma spoke in an interview with journalists on Saturday in Zaria, Kaduna state,…
By Callistus Agwaza in Jalingo Taraba government says it has concluded plans to distribute the first batch of tractors to farmers in the state ahead of the farming season to boost food production. The Commissioner for Agriculture and Food Security Prof. Nicholas Namessan disclosed on Friday in Jalingo, while inspecting the assembling of 20 Cabrio…
A Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja, on Friday, granted bail to 114 #Endbadgovernance protesters in the sum of N10 million each. The presiding judge, Justice Obiora Egwatu admitted the defendants, including some underaged persons to bail shortly after they pleaded not guilty to the charges preferred against them by the Inspector General (IG) of…
The multi billion naira Gusau ultra-modern motor park, Zamfara state, being handled by Field-Mark Construction Limited is to be completed in the next six months. The project coordinator Mr. Okeke Kalu Okeke disclosed this recently while conducting journalists round the project site. Okeke said the project is part of the Urban renewal initiative by Governor Dauda…
A notorious bandit leader in Kaduna State, Ali Dogo, and 30 of his foot soldiers have been neutralised by Nigerian troops in an airstrike over the weekend, according to reports by PUNCH newspapers. The newspaper said competent military source confirmed that Dogo, also known as Yellow, and his gang members, were killed by airstrikes undertaken…
The Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang, has convened a meeting with critical stakeholders over the recent killings in the state. Speaking at the meeting which held on Monday in Jos, Mutfwang said the meeting aimed at fashioning out ways of tackling the recurrent attacks and wanton destruction of lives and properties in the state. The…
