Shocking footage shows what happened to ship caught fishing illegally in Indonesian waters

Nigerian Boat in Dramatic Destruction over illegal Fishing

 

Indonesian authorities have hit upon a novel and no doubt effective way to deter illegal fishers - blow up their boats with dynamite.

Sokoto Govt. Inaugurates Technical C’ttee for Ferilizer Plant

Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal and CEO Prime Gold, Felix Okonti

Sokoto Sate Government has inaugurated a technical committee to oversee the proposed establishment of a ferlizer plant by Prime Gold Fertilizer and Chemical Company, an indigenous company based in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.

‘Government will soon authorize patronage of locally manufactured goods’-DG.MAN

MAN

The survival of the struggle for localization and the patronage of made in Nigeria goods will soon get a boost with the backing of a government policy framework which is underway .

Country Spends U.S.$1 Billion to Import Tomato Paste - UNEP

UNEP

The United Nations Environmental Programme, UNEP, has lamented that the Nigerian government spent about $1 billion on importation of tomato paste.

Maputo 10% Declaration on Agriculture, Nigerian's Perspective

Agric Budget

Stakeholders in the agriculture sector have lamented the poor budgetary allocation to the sector, which at 1.9% falls below the 10% declared by African heads of state in Maputo in 2003.

Drought-hit Ethiopia reinvents itself as upmarket tourist destination

Dried riverbeds in the northern Ethiopian drought zone. Photographed from 19,000 feet

With the worst drought in 50 years, some 18 million people dependent on emergency food supplies, and aid agencies warning the money and the aid will run out in two months, it seems a strange time for Ethiopia to be marketing itself as an upmarket tourist destination.

Stakeholders condemns herdsmen grazing activities

 herdsmen

The Lagos State House of Assembly has condemned in clear terms the manner in which Fulani herdsmen are overstepping their boundary within the state metropolis, especially on BRT lanes hence obstructing the free flow of traffic.

We Will Urgently Develop Agriculture, Buhari Tells Saudi Businessmen

President Muhammadu Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari have said that his administration was fully committed to increasing the productivity of Nigeria’s agriculture and solid minerals sectors.

22 Organizations Working to Restore Soils in 2016

Soil

According to the recent United Nations report, Status of the World’s Soil Resources, the world can ameliorate soil degradation if more sustainable practices are promptly implemented.

Nigeria joins Ecosystem- based Adaptation for Food Security Assembly (EBAFOSA)

EBAFOSA

Nigerian government yesterday officially at Sheraton hotel in Abuja joined other African countries in using Ecosystem-based Adaption to ensuring food security as its branch was launched at Sheraton Hotel Abuja with the theme “Re-shaping Nigeria Food Security and Climate Change Resilience through EBAFOSA”.