Women farmers
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The Federal Government and other stakeholders in the agric sector have been urged to provide unrestricted access to arable land for women farmers, to scale up agricultural activities and production of food to meet the dietary needs of the country.
16 Dec
Smallholder Women Farmers Organisation of Nigeria (SWOFON) in Federal Capital Territory has attributed food insecurity in the country to the rising spate of Gender Based Violence (GBV).
20 Apr
Global Community Engagement & Resilience Fund (GCERF), a Geneva based organisation working on preventing violent extremism and supporting community resilience in some countries of the world, including Nigeria,
8 Mar
In commemoration of International Women’s Day (IWD), the Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre) has called on President Bola Tinubu and the National Assembly (NASS)
9 Feb
Nigeria Women for Agriculture Progress has said that most verified women farmers are yet to receive the N15 trillion intervention in the agricultural sector that was promised since 1999.
5 Jan
In a bid to align with the Federal Government’s paradigm shift from petroleum based economy to agriculture base, National Horticultural Research Institute (NIHORT), has trained 200 farmers on plantain value chain in Delta State. The training and empowerment programme organise and supervised by NIHORT in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security,…
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The Lagos County Club has urged Nigerians to imbibe the habits of protecting themselves against malaria as they celebrate Christmas to avoid untimely deaths. Its Swimming Section Chairman, Ayodeji Osikoya, said malaria can be prevented by preventing, the bite from mosquitoes the vector transmitting the plasmodium parasite, which causes malaria. He noted this yesterday, at…
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Worried by what it described as age-long inequalities in political power rotation in Kwara State, a forum Kwara South Equity Advocates (K-SEA) has opted for a governor from the northern geopolitical zone of the state. It lamented that the central has been in power for over 20 years against other zones' cumulative eight years. The…
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The Africa Nature Investors (ANI) Foundation, in collaboration with the National Park Service (NPS), has launched a transformative rice mill project to empower women in Gashaka local government council of Taraba State. The initiative is part of the foundation's Savings and Loan Programme which supports over 2,000 women across 40 villages near the Gashaka-Gumti National…
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Former Chief Security Officer (CSO) to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Moses Jitoboh, a retired Deputy Inspector-General of Police is dead.
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An Israeli military raid targeting Hamas militants has forced a major hospital in northern Gaza out of service and led to the detention of its director, the WHO and health officials said Saturday. The assault on Kamal Adwan Hospital has rendered the facility "useless", further worsening Gaza's severe health crisis, the Palestinian territory's health officials…
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Senior members of Canada's cabinet held talks Friday with US President-elect Donald Trump's nominees to lead the departments of commerce and the interior, as Ottawa works to hold off the threat of punishing tariffs. Canada's newly-appointed Finance Minister Dominic Leblanc and Foreign Minister Melanie Joly met with Howard Lutnick, Trump's commerce secretary nominee, who will…
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The National Security Adviser (NSA), Malam Nuhu Ribadu, has categorically denied accusations that Nigeria intended to sabotage or destabilise Niger Republic, as alleged by its leader, Gen. Abdourahmane Tchiani. Ribadu made this statement in an interview with BBC Hausa, which was provided to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) by the Office of the National…
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The death toll after a bridge collapse in northern Brazil increased to 10 on Friday, authorities said. The Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira bridge, which connects the states of Maranhao and Tocantins, collapsed on Sunday, sending vehicles and their occupants plunging into the water below. The Brazilian Navy had been conducting rescues in the area, finding…
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Kenyan President William Ruto has promised an end to abductions, following the latest spate of disappearances that have been condemned by rights groups, lawyers and politicians. Security forces in the East African nation have been accused of carrying out dozens of illegal detentions since youth-led anti-government demonstrations in June and July. The latest disappearances have…
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At least one Pakistani paramilitary soldier was killed and seven others wounded in cross-border exchanges of fire with Afghan forces, a security source told AFP on Saturday. Sporadic clashes, including with heavy weaponry, erupted overnight between border forces on the frontier between Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan and Khost province in Afghanistan, officials from both…