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Agriculture activities under threat after contractor abandon road linking Abia to Ebonyi state

By Arinze CHIJIOKE IN the build-up to the 2023 general election, the senator representing Abia North Senatorial District, Orji Kalu,...

FG secures $134m AfDB loan for agricultural growth

THE Federal Government has successfully secured a $134m loan facility from the African Development Bank (AfDB) aimed at boosting...
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How lack of access to agricultural financial loans impact women farmers in Oyo state

By Fasilat OLUWUYI HADIZAH Sunday, a female farmer in the Saki West local government area of Oyo state was excited...

ICIR trains journalists on strengthening public accountability and knowledge project

THE International Centre for Investigative Reporting (The ICIR) has concluded a two-day training for selected journalists on the Strengthening...
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Buhari tasks universities of agriculture to reduce Nigeria’s dependence on food imports

NIGERIA'S President Muhammadu Buhari has urged universities of agriculture to reduce Nigeria's dependence on imported foods and raw materials. Minister...

Smallholder women farmers still frustrated over promise of palliatives that remain a pipe dream

They prepared, borrowed money and materials to invest in efforts at getting a bountiful harvest in the year 2020. Many of them, apparently encouraged by the experience of the past few years, did not want to waste the opportunity offered by the times. But before the end of the first quarter of the year a pandemic, not seen in recent history, happened on the world and sent everybody scampering for cover. 
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