$95bn food production lost to weed annually —FAO
FOOD and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nation has estated that some $95 billion worth of food production at global level is lost annually to weed, compared with $85 billion for pathogens, $46 billion for insects and $2.4 billion for vertebrates (excluding humans).
INEC approves creation of 1,600 polling units in Jigawa
By Tina Akannam Dutse – Jigawa State Independent Electoral Commission Chairman, Alhaji Alili Galadima, has announced that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has given approval for the creation of additional 1,600 polling units in Jigawa state before the 2011 general elections. Galadima who disclosed this in Dutse while speaking with newsmen said the creation […]
Hagher pleads with ASUU over strike
By Peter Duru Makurdi – Nigeria’s Ambassador to Canada, Prof. Iyorwuese Hagher, has pleaded with striking Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to call off its industrial action in the interest of helpless Nigerian students. Hagher who urged the striking lecturers to return to the classrooms assured them the Yar’Adua-led administration would not fail to […]
Jigawa govt releases N2.3bn for schools’ renovation
By Aliyu Dangida Dutse – Jigawa state government has approved the release of N2.3 billion for the renovation of 400 primary and post-primary schools across the state, Commissioner of Education, Science and Technology, Professor Rukayyatu Ahmad Rufai, has disclosed. Briefing newsmen in her office, Prof. Rukayya said that out of the fund 300 sets of […]
Anambra commences Fadama III baseline survey
By Vincent Ujumadu Awka – The Anambra State Fadama III baseline survey has begun, even as the Permanent Secretary in the State Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mr. Sam Okiwe, has called on those involved in the five-day baseline survey training for the Project to endeavour to achieve the goals of the programme. Okiwe […]
Group laments declining cooking culture among girls
By Victor Ahiuma-Young Lagos – Concerned by the declining cooking culture among urban Nigerian girls and young women, a group of women under the aegis of “Abia Daughters (AD) International, is organising a cooking competition involving all Nigerian girls between the ages of 18 and 25 to prepare Nigerian delicacies. Tagged “Daughters in the kitchen,†[…]
