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COVID-19: Border Closure on Rice to Nigeria’s Advantage as Prices Skyrocket in International Market- Reports

COVID-19: Border Closure on Rice to Nigeria’s Advantage as Prices Skyrocket in International Market- Reports The partial border closure by the Nigerian government has put the last laugh on the faces of rice farmers as the price of rice in the international market has skyrocketed...

Nigeria Gets $40m Humanitarian Aid From US

Nigeria Gets $40m Humanitarian Aid From US ….Explains Rationale Behind Visa Restriction The United States Government has announced a $40m humanitarian aid which has been given to Nigeria to assist her protect her citizens caught in the web of insurgency threats and killings. Announcing this in the...

UN Appoints Dangote, 26 others to Tackle global malnutrition

UN Appoints Dangote, 26 others to Tackle global malnutrition United Nations(UN) Secretary-General António Guterres has appointed Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote, African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina and 25 other persons to spearhead the fight against global malnutrition. A statement issued by Scaling Up Nutrition SUN...

REJOINDER: Nigerian Phd Scholars in UK/US Commend PTDF Overseas Scholarship Scheme

REJOINDER: Nigerian Phd Scholars in UK/US Commend PTDF Overseas Scholarship Scheme A Rejoinder to a Petition titled: "Nigerian Phd Students in UK Turn Beggars Due to Non-Payment of Allowances"- Setting the Record Straight We have read with unprecedented shock and sheer disappointment, a petition to the...

Iran Warns Britain Over oil Tanker Seizure

Iran Warns Britain Over oil Tanker Seizure The seizure of an Iranian oil tanker by Britain off Gibraltar last week will not be “unanswered”, Iran’s armed forces chief of staff, Major General Mohammad Bagheri, said on Tuesday, according to the semi-official Tasnim news agency. “Capture...

FAO Alerts on Desert Locust outbreak triggered by heavy rains

FAO Alerts on Desert Locust outbreak triggered by heavy rains Heavy rains and cyclones have triggered a recent surge in Desert Locust populations, causing an outbreak to develop in Sudan and Eritrea that is rapidly spreading along both sides of the Red Sea to Saudi...