How Namadi is betting on agriculture to rebuild Jigawa’s economy
By Ola Adedayo N20bn farm credit, 12,000 solar pumps, 400 tractors and a $110m industrial pipeline headline Jigawa’s agricultural transformation drive Jigawa State is pursuing an ambitious agricultural transformation agenda designed to move farming beyond subsistence production and reposition it as a foundation for wealth creation, industrial development and rural prosperity. At the centre of […]
No more roads to Turkestan
IT would have taken more than a miracle for the national honours to be awarded without criticisms. What weakens present criticisms is that the proponents pretend the standards for the awards are new or that the high number of awards is necessarily an abuse.
Bakassi Peninsula: ‘Why ceding of Bakassi Peninsula must be revisited’
THE judgment of the International Court of Justice, which purported to award the Bakassi Peninsula to the Republic of Cameroun, is to all intents and purposes outrageous, blatantly unjust and patently unsupportable.
Achieving food security agenda in Nigeria
LIVESTOCK in Nigeria plays a big role in the livelihood of farmers and nutritional needs of the country. Livestock also contributes to farming in many other ways. Animals are used as draught power to pull plows or help weed farmland, and cow dung is an excellent fertilizer.
Nigeria and Indonesia: A Socio-Economic Analysis (2)
INDEED, the August 2012 edition of Globe Asia, Indonesia’s number one business magazine, listed 100 top Indonesia-based companies whose 2011 revenues have helped to insulate Indonesia from the global economic crisis.
Nigeria and Indonesia: A Socio-Economic Analysis
NIGERIA and Indonesia share a lot in common. Both are emerging economies bogged down by weak currency, corruption, unemployment, poverty and poor infrastructure.
