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Sokoto fertiliser targets 130 tonnes daily production in 2018

The Sokoto State Organic Fertiliser Company says it is targeting a daily production of 130 tonnes of fertiliser by 2018. Alhaji Aliyu Muhammad, the Manager...

Jigawa goat breeding scheme, model for all states – Lai Mohammed

Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has described the Jigawa State Government’s Goat Breeding and Rearing Micro Credit Scheme as a...

Concern over palm oil certification systems’ regard for social values

A new report from the Forest Peoples Programme assesses six different certification schemes being used by companies to facilitate their access to international markets for edible oils...

NAFDAC, NBMA sign MoU on regulation of GMOs

The National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) on Wednesday, November 21, 2017, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the National Agency for Food and...

Legislative instrument on dams’ safety now in place in Ghana

Officials of the Water Resources Commission (WRC) have introduced to and discussed with stakeholders in Accra a regulatory instrument passed to govern dams in...

Anti-grazing law violates herdsmen’s rights, says group

A group, the Billital Moroobe Association of Nigeria (BILPAN), warned on Monday, November 20, 2017 that the anti-grazing law enacted in some states was...

Government, CGIAR launch new climate change insurance roadmap for farmers

The Federal Government, in collaboration with the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), on Monday, November 20, 107 launched an evidence-based insurance development...

Adamawa pays N20m counterpart fund to scale up FADAMA project

The Adamawa State Government has paid N20 million counterpart fund for the implementation of the FADAMA III Second Additional Financing (AFII) programme to fast-track...

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UCLG Africa: North Africa selects representatives for continental, global bodies

The pan-African organisation United Cities and Local Governments of Africa (UCLG Africa) held its Regional Caucus for North Africa...
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Overcrowding, urban growth accelerating infectious diseases in Nigeria – UNILAG VC

The Vice-Chancellor (VC) of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Prof. Folasade Ogunsola, says overcrowded communities in Nigeria, like those...

After 37 fatalities, Nigeria seals mine over deadly gas leak

The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Dele Alake, has ordered the sealing of mining located in Zuraq, Wase...

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