Black leaf streak disease or black Sigatoka, yellow Sigatoka, and eumusae leaf spot are three closely related and complex diseases that constrain banana and plantain production globally. They are caused by three […]

Scientists from IITA and partner institutions have carried out the first known proteomic investigation into plantain. The results of the study are featured in a paper, titled “The plantain proteome, a focus on all […]

Researchers Develop A New Way To Describe Plantain Diversity In DRC, Researchers studying the morphological (structure and form) diversity of plantain in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have developed an […]

The Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki on Sunday said the Nigerian youths have capacities to match their counterparts in other parts of the world if given the opportunity.

Saraki said this at Yikpata, Kwara […]

I guess no apology is here desirable for posing this question at a time when extremely conflicting and engaging issues keep occupying the front burners of our national discourse. Yes. I had concluded plans to […]

The Supreme Court has set aside the 2016 judgment of the Appeal Court on the leadership tussle of the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF).

Chris Giwa and his board had dragged the FIFA-recognised Amaju […]

The government of Israel on Monday said it is ready to help transform Tanzania’s ailing agriculture sector and turn the country into Africa’s breadbasket.
Visiting Israeli Minister for Justice, Ayelet Shaked, als […]

The Food and Agricultural Organisation says Nigeria in the next 30 to 40 years will face unprecedented pressure in its livestock production.
Suffyan Koroma, the FAO Country Representative in Nigeria, made the […]

FUNAAB: The University’s Centre for Entrepreneurial Studies (CENTS), Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), has flagged-off its 2018 Vacation Training for interested students of the U […]

World Bank: About 5,916 youth across Nigerian will soon get a disbursement of N8.6 billion from the world bank in the Graduate Unemployment Youths Support Scheme.
This was disclosed by Kwaji Daguru, the Chairman […]

In a bid to curb criminality within its vicinity, the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Base in Lagos on Wednesday empowered 100 barracks youths on fish farming.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Base […]

Farmcrowdy, an agric-tech platform that gives Nigerians the opportunity to venture in and participate in agriculture by selecting the kind of farms they want to sponsor, has stated that it has been able to attract […]

Senator Dino Melaye, who is at the National Hospital currently in Abuja after he tried to escape from Police yesterday, has issued a statement concerning his arrest.

Gideon Ayodele, the Special Adviser […]

The Federal Executive Council on Wednesday approved N10.7 billion for the establishment of new 10 rice mills and N68.6 billion for road projects across the country.
This was disclosed by the Ministers of State for […]

Chivita Active, one of Nigeria’s leading fruit juice brands, has launched a new communication campaign tagged C’mon Get Active. The campaign is designed to inspire consumers to get active and encourage wel […]

About 10 senators fought in a closed session presided over by Senate President Bukola Saraki over issues bordering on what they tagged as ‘clampdown’ by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EF […]

The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) said at about 12pm yesterday Senator Dino Melaye (APC, Kogi) while in its lawful custody and being taken for arraignment in a Federal High Court, Lokoja escaped from custody.

A […]