Ministry of Agriculture

Fleeing the ‘Food Basket’ : Farmer-herder conflict, killings, forcing Benue communities to migrate (I)

By Babatunde TITILOLA FOR years, rural communities across Makurdi, Guma, and Logo local government areas of Benue State have lived...

In Oyo, women farmers are facing land insecurity, gender bias

By Ibukun EMIOLA ACROSS Oyo State, smallholder women farmers long recognised as the backbone of rural food production are waging...
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FG plans solar-powered irrigation to aid season farming amid production shortfall

THE federal government said plans are underway to assist Nigerian farmers through solar-powered irrigation systems to boost all-season food...

Nigerian gov’t blames tomato scarcity on farm infestation

THE Federal Government said it has identified "severe infestation on tomato crops" as the cause for ongoing scarcity and...
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Seme border partially closed as security measures against illegal activities, says NCS

JOSEPH Attah, spokesperson of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has refuted the claim that seme border has been closed...

On Ruga and Fulanisation

By Simon Kolawole I WANT this on record: I am opposed to the ruga racket. And my misgivings have nothing...
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