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Benue State Government said it will commence distribution of food items to the people to cushion the effects of the lockdown occasioned by the Coronavirus pandemic in the state. The government said it would kick off distribution of the food items to the residents of the state on Thursday. News Agency
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President Muhammadu Buhari has granted approval to Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to release 70,000 metric tonnes of assorted food items from the National Strategic Grains Reserve. Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Sabo Nanono, made this known in a statement by the Director of Information, Mr Theodore Ogaziechi,
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Despite daily increase in prices of commodities in the country, farmers, under the auspices of Agricultural Promotion Organisation of Nigeria (APON), have called for sustenance of boarder closure for 10 years. The association said the extension of the border closure would encourage, among others, local rice production and increase revenue generation. At a solidarity
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A fisher, Abubakar Yau from Augie local government area of Kebbi state , who caught the biggest fish of the 2020 Argungu international fishing and cultural festival that held Saturday in Argungu local government area has won the star prize. .His catch weighed 78kg and was followed by
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Farmers in Benue state have faulted the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) ongoing Anchor Borrowers Programme (ABP) and urged the federal government, the Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN) and other stakeholders to engage Benue farmers on large scale in the Nigerian Incentive Based Risks Sharing for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL)’s funding for
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By Tony Obiechina, Abuja The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has in line with its objective to increase and improve the local production of milk, its derivatives and other dairy products in the country, has engaged six dairy companies operating in the country for the importation of the products. A circular
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Meanwhile, the Special Military Taskforce, Operation Save Haven (OPSH), in Plateau and part of Kaduna state, has arrested 25 persons suspected to be cattle rustlers, kidnappers, armed robbers with illegally possessing firearms. Others were apprehended over cult activities, gunrunning, banditry, terrorism, among other criminal activities. Presenting the suspects to newsmen yesterday in Jos, Maj. Gen. Augustine Agundu, Commander of the Taskforce, said
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The House of Representatives has directed National Agency for Food, Drugs Administration Control (NAFDAC) and the Federal Ministry of Health, to constantly monitor food vendors and processors across the country, to guard against highly toxic food processing practices.The House gave the directive, after adopting a motion of Urgent National Importance, moved by
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From Chris Gaga, Makurdi A Special Operation Unit of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), code namedAgro-Rangers, has been inaugurated in Benue State . Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State carried out the commissioning ceremony Tuesday at the NSCDC headquarters in Makurdi. Ortom challenged the officers of the unit to demonstrate
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By Titus Harrison, Abuja The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Sabo Nanono, has reiterated Federal Government’s commitment to boosting paddy rice, cotton, and livestock production in the country. Nanono made this known in a statement issued in Abuja yesterday by Mr Theodore Ogaziechi, the ministry’s Director of Information. He said that
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