Tag: Minister of Agriculture

What is this inordinate obsession the Nigerian Government has with farming?

From campaigns by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to take over the presidency to victory and the eventual second term of President Muhamadu Buhari, there have been a lot…

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Fraudsters using my name to dupe people on Facebook – Audu Ogbeh

Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Audu Ogbeh, has raised the alarm that some impersonators have been using his name and photographs to defraud unsuspecting Facebook users. Ogbeh in a statement…

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Why ministers are holding town hall meetings – Lai Mohammed

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said the town hall meetings being held across the country by the Federal Government provides an avenue for both the government and…

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Herdsmen killings: NSCDC officials to serve as farm guards

In order to curtail and stop the alleged killings of farmers by Fulani herdsmen and adequately protect farmlands for massive cultivation, the federal government may engage the services of officials…

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These are the 6 states hit by, uhm, ‘Tomato Ebola’

by Chi Ibe The Federal Government yesterday said the pest, Tuta absoluta, popularly known as ‘Tomato Ebola’, which is responsible for the massive destruction of tomato in farmlands, had hit…

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Bird flu hits 11 states in Nigeria; Agric Minister confirms

by Chinwe Okafor File photo   The bird flu outbreak (Avian Influenza) has hit 11 states of the federation, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development confirms. In an announcement…

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Going, going…: FG gets set to ban hides and skins, ‘ponmo’

by Akan Ido The days of widespread consumption of hides and skins popularly known as ponmo may be numbered going by statements made today in Ibadan, Oyo, by Akinwumi Adesina, Nigeria's…

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Is Nasir El-Rufai running for Governorship of Kaduna state? (TWEETS)

by Kolapo Olapoju Circling through the grapevine are reports which insinuate that former FCT Minister, Nasir el-Rufai, has intentions to contest for the governorship of Kaduna state at the 2015…

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