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    The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Alhaji Muhammad Sabo Nanono, has said that the participants of the ongoing Naija   farmers reality show will be offered an initial capital to start Agribusiness. Nanono also tasked Nigerian youths to lead the revolution in the agricultural sector, adding that with a population of about 200 million Nigerians, of which 60% are  Youths, need to be empowered in the drive towards achieving food sufficiency and also to boost the nation’s economy.  The Minister made this known during a working visit to the participants of the Naija Farmer Reality TV Show, at the Agricultural and Rural Management Training Institute (ARMTI), Abuja on Friday, January. Nanono noted that the participants are being trained in the various Agricultural value chains and would be offered an initial capital to start Agribusiness. He said ‘’ they will be role models to other young Nigerians as they will find it interes...

  By Nneka Nwogwugwu The Covid-19 pandemic ravaging the world has not only affected human lives but has led to full-blown extinctions in the animal world. Environmental experts have long been warning that we are entering a sixth ‘extinction event’ – and the realities of those fears have become ever clearer in 2020, with countless types of animals now considered extinct. A latest report by the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCNhas revealed that more than a quarter of the species it has on its Red List are now ‘threatened with extinction’ – some 35,765 out of 128,918 species. It comes as the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) warned that animal populations have declined by an average of almost 70% in less than 50 years, as eco-systems break down and animals struggle to cope in a rapidly changing world. Climate change, human actions, a loss of habitat and other factors have combined to leave many animals facing a bleak future – and some facing none at all. Here,...

  The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has released the list of successful applicants in its ongoing recruitment exercise. NDLEA spokesman, Deputy Commander of Narcotics (DCN) Jonah Achema, announced this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday, January 08 in Abuja. Achema urged successful candidates to visit the agency’s website www.ndlea.gov.org for the list adding that those shortlisted had also been contacted via E-mail and SMS. According to him, the candidates had applied for different vacancies, some of which were invited for job competency test. “The affected candidates, numbering 5, 000, are to appear at the Agency’s Academy, Citadel Counter-Narcotics Nigeria, (CCNN),   Katton-Rikkos, Jos, Plateau State for the screening and documentation exercise between January 10 and 23, 2021 at 0900 hours daily.   “The candidates are divided into four different groups for the screening, in adherence to the COVID-19 pand...

The People's Republic of China has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Nigeria for the purpose of setting up an inter-governmental committee charged to coordinate cooperation between the two countries. The Chinese government also donated 6 billion Naira to Nigeria on Tuesday, January 5, during a meeting with Nigeria’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama, Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, Minister of Aviation, Sirika Hadi, Minister of Trade and Investment, Niyi Adebayo, and the Minister of State for Health, Senator Olorunnimbe Mamora. Others present at the meeting include, the Executive Director, Nigeria Export Promotion Council (NEPC), Olusegun Awolowo and Director of Nigerian Investment Promotion Council (NIPC), Yewande Sadiku. The Chinese Foreign Affairs Minister, Wang Yi, who was on a two day visit to Nigeria said that the committee will foster cooperation between the two countries in areas such as health, road construction, industrialization and greater c...