Agricultural mechanisation is critical to increasing food production, improving productivity and strengthening Nigeria’s food security efforts, the Chief Executive Officer of Agcoms International Trading Limited, Okoli Chijioke, has said. Chijioke stated this in a statement issued by Agcoms on Tuesday, in which he expressed support for President Bola Tinubu’s agricultural reforms and food security agenda,…
Armed bandits launched a brazen attack on Government Secondary School in Iluke Bunu, Kabba Bunu Local Government Area of Kogi State, on Wednesday morning, killing the school’s vice principal, two other residents, and abducting an unknown number of students in the latest assault on Nigeria’s crumbling education sector. The attack occurred around 9:45 am while…
(Peter Obi. Photo by Sky News) NDC presidential candidate Peter Obi has stated that despite President Bola Tinubu’s declaration of a food security emergency and the achievements claimed in the agricultural sector over the past three years, Nigeria’s hunger situation has worsened significantly. Obi noted that while Tinubu listed the acquisition of 2,000 tractors…
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The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has called on United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres to urgently invoke Article 99 of the UN Charter, warning that Nigeria’s worsening insecurity now poses a threat to international peace and security. In a statement issued on Sunday via its official social media page and an open letter dated May…
Last Sunday, I indicated that this week’s edition of The Sunday Stew would pay tribute to the late political economist and public intellectual, Claude Ake. That tribute remains, but its timing has shifted. Later this year will mark the 30th anniversary of his passing — a more fitting moment to revisit the life and legacy…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said it has dismantled the largest clandestine methamphetamine laboratory ever uncovered in Nigeria, arresting 10 suspects including three Mexican nationals in coordinated raids across Ogun and Lagos states. The industrial scale laboratory was hidden inside a remote farm in the Abidagba forest in Ijebu East Local Government Area…
By Funmilola Gboteku Meta has said its digital platforms contribute an estimated 820 million dollars annually to Nigeria’s economy while helping millions of businesses expand customer reach nationwide. The company disclosed this in a report released on Thursday and conducted by independent research firm, Public First. The report, titled ‘Nigeria’s Digital Economy’, examined the economic…
Nigeria’s slow rebound in crude oil production to around 1.66 million barrels per day is good news, but it should not be treated as a major victory. After years of painful decline caused by oil theft, pipeline attacks, the departure of foreign oil companies and policy confusion, the recovery simply means the Federal Government has…
Tinubu approves Nigeria’s bid to host 2026 CAF Awards ceremony President Bola Tinubu has approved Nigeria’s bid to host the 2026 CAF Awards ceremony. According to the Nigeria Football Federation, Tinubu also endorsed Nigeria’s proposal to host the CAF 48th Ordinary General Assembly later this year. The approvals were announced during the ongoing Africa Forward…
