Prof. Emmanuel Kucha is the Vice Chancellor of Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi, FUAM. In this interview, he speaks on why Nigeria is lagging behind in agric production and has also remained a major importer of food. Excerpts:

This is not a particularly rosy period for ex-Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babatunde Fashola. The political platform which produced him as governor is now subjecting the one they called ‘actualiser’ to barrage of savage attacks, aimed at undoing him and destroying him politically. And this attack is being sponsored, orchestrated and stage-managed by the same group for which he was once a standard bearer.

The provincial leadership of the Claretian Missionaries, Maryland, Nekede in Owerri West local government area of Imo State, has fixed the burial of the slain Rev. Fr. Dennis Osuagwu for August 31.

The judgment of the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Enugu delivered, last Friday, which upheld the election of Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi has elicited excitement across the state.

GOVERNOR Ifeanyi Okowa, yesterday, held a closed door meeting with the HRM, Ogiame Atuwatse II, the Olu of Warri, to rub minds on the Itsekiri’s position on the new law on the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission, DESOPADEC.

When Vincent Uzomah left his home in Leeds, United Kingdom on June 11, 2015, he had no idea he was going to encounter death face to face. A sharp dresser he is, I can imagine him adjust his tie in front of the standing mirror, say goodbye to his wife, Uduak, and off to Bradford, a neighbouring city, for his day job.

President Muhammadu Buhari announced that his administration is going to recruit 10,000 police officers to boost security and help tackle youth unemployment. He also announced that they will introduce CCTV monitoring system in major cities to check crime (there are no functional CCTV monitoring system in any of the cities in the country, but that is another story).

If you are very smart, the next time you are buying the Infinix Hot2 smartphone, valued at about N100,000, you would get it at a mere N17,000. That is however, if you navigate to the Jumia online store.

The death of the late Ooni of Ife, like those of many great Nigerians, brought the usual avalanche of tributes from far and wide. Based on the time-honoured principle of never speaking ill of the dead, the tributes were generally positive. I would have loved to join the crowd but, to be honest, I met the Royal Father only once in my life – when he called a small group of Yoruba leaders of thought, to the Palace, to form a Non-Government Organisation

After months of planning and anticipation the FUTA FASHION SHOW glamorously took place at the Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA).

Real Madrid coach Rafael Benitez accepts he must challenge to win every trophy available this season to satisfy the demands of the club’s fans

Immediate past governor of Jigawa State, Dr. Sule Lamido, has said that those who masterminded his recent incarceration wanted to humiliate and crush him.

Despite the security challenge the country is facing, Nigerian security agents, especially those working at the maritime and the aviation sectors, where cargo are processed, may have not really come to terms that sensitive areas of the ports, “entering and exit”, should be the exclusive preserve of Nigerian citizens, like it is done in other countries.

It is not uncommon these days to find beautiful young girls with good careers and manners, who ought to have settled down, still believing God for life partners.

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for given ultimatum to the service chiefs to end the Boko Haram insurgency by November.