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President Bola Tinubu has won the APC presidential primary with 10,999,967 votes, defeating Stanley Osifo to secure the ruling party’s ticket for the 2027 general election.
Agriculture
PLATEAU—Farming groups condemned a fatal attack in Foron District that killed a farmer and saw 50 cows rustled. They urged immediate security deployments to protect the agrarian economy.
Agriculture
LAGOS—Experts at the 2026 Nestlé Summit urged integrated food systems to fight malnutrition. They backed public-private investment in biofortification and storage to aid vulnerable families.
Agriculture
NAIROBI, KENYA—Nigeria has raised an alarm over the escalating scarcity and cost of fertilizer inputs across Sub-Saharan Africa, blaming Middle East geopolitical instability and fractured global logistics. Speaking at the Africa-France Summit, Minister of Agriculture and Food Security Abubakar Kyari met with IFAD to evaluate West African supply chain vulnerabilities. With shipping disruptions driving up freight charges for nitrogen and phosphate bases, Nigeria is working with development partner
Agriculture
The Miyetti-Allah Fulaku Yeso Yeso Development Association (MAFYDA) has urged the Federal Government to establish dedicated Bank of Agriculture (BOA) loan facilities for butchers to help crash rising meat prices. MAFYDA revealed a stark market disparity where middlemen buy cows from pastoralists for ₦500,000 to ₦750,000 and resell them to capital-constrained butchers on credit for up to ₦1.5 million. The association stated that direct capital intervention would empower butchers to bypass these p
Agriculture
AYAMELUM, NIGERIA—The Federal Government has handed over the newly rehabilitated Lower Anambra Irrigation Project (LAIP) Water Pumping Station in Ifite-Ogwari to the Anambra-Imo River Basin Development Authority. Executed under the ATASP-1 initiative, the project involved a complete overhaul of the primary pumping station and the structural lining of 40.1 kilometers of irrigation canals. The restored infrastructure secures year-round water access for over 2,000 hectares of farmland, enabling dry
Agriculture
ABUJA, NIGERIA—The government has launched the Harmonized Fertilizer Recommendations for Nigeria – 2026 Edition, the first unified manual in over a decade. Developed by NADF, FISS, FEPSAN, OCP Group, and IFDC, it offers scientifically validated, region-specific guidelines tailored to diverse soil types. By equipping extension workers and smallholders with precise application frameworks, the initiative aims to eliminate input waste, lower production costs, and boost national grain yields ahead of
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Three worshippers were killed and 15 abducted after armed men attacked a night vigil in Kwara State, with police launching a tactical rescue operation to track down the assailants.
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The NCAA has ordered 11 Nigerian airlines to be denied services over unpaid statutory charges, in a move aimed at enforcing compliance with aviation financial regulations.
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NDLEA has arrested a 63-year-old Chinese woman at Lagos airport for allegedly smuggling 31kg of synthetic cannabis into Nigeria during a nationwide anti-drug crackdown.
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US Immigration and Customs Enforcement has arrested Nigerian national Etinosa Osahon in Los Angeles over alleged fraud, stolen mail and identity theft offences, with deportation proceedings now underway.
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Russia launched a massive missile and drone assault on Ukraine, killing four people in Kyiv and surrounding areas as tensions escalated following recent Ukrainian strikes in Russian-occupied territory.
