Author: Adewale Kupoluyi
By Sodiq Lawal Bananas are one of the most popular fruits worldwide. They contain essential nutrients that can have protective impact on our health. Eating bananas can help lower blood pressure and may reduce the risk of cancer. This article will take a look at the interesting things that people don’t know about bananas. Here are some rather interesting facts: 1. The European Union (32%) and the United States (25%) are the largest importers of bananas. 2. Philippines has the highest per capita consumption, about 132 per year, followed by Brazil. About 100 billion bananas are consumed globally, each year.…
By Adewale Kupoluyi Amid the controversy trailing the implementation of the naira redesign policy in the country, the parties have been advised to respect the rule of law by adhering to the ruling of the Supreme Court of Nigeria on the matter. It would be recalled that the apex court had declared the Federal Government’s naira redesign policy as an affront to the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended) that breached the fundamental rights of Nigerian citizens, which ordered that the old N200, N500 and N1,000 notes remain in circulation as legal tender until the end…
By Omolola Pedro As part of efforts to boost export activities in Anambra State for improved revenue generation, the state governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has inaugurated a seed-processing export-based industry, the Panac Industries Limited. Soludo, during the inauguration ceremony at Mgbawa, Ogbunike, in the Oyi Local Council, said the industry, which is the first of its kind in the SouthEast region, was a pointer to the industrialisation drive of the government of the state. The governor, who was represented by the Commissioner for Industries, Obinna Ngonadi, urged business people across the nation, to make investments in Anambra because the state…
By Omolola Pedro The former Head, Department of Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Agriculture, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Prof. Adeolu Ayanwale, has urged Nigerian youths to embrace the use of technology to promote agriculture. Ayanwale gave this charge while speaking at a training/capacity building workshop, themed “Scaling-up Lifelong Learning for Farmers (L3F) in Nigeria”, which was sponsored by the Commonwealth of Learning in collaboration with the Obafemi Awolowo University, and Agricultural and Rural Management Training Institute in Ile-Ife, Osun State. The Professor said that many youths, who are out of school and residents in urban areas, though unemployed, are…
By Omolola Pedro In a bid to address food insecurity in the country, the Federal Government, in a collaboration with the Green Economy Alternative Nigeria (GEAN) and the Nasarawa State Government, has empowered no fewer than 100 farmers with sweet potato vines, in order to achieve sufficient production of sweet potato in Nasarawa State. The representatives of the three collaborators, who were at the inauguration for the distribution of vines for breeders, have high hopes that the production of sweet potatoes would make an impactful contribution to addressing issues of food insecurity and malnutrition in the country. The Director-General, Raw…
By Olamide Tejuoso Amid reports of worsening food shortage situation in North Korea, the state’s leader Kim Jong Un, has mandated that grain production targets in 2023 becomes a top priority. Kim, according to the state media, Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), has urged government officials to engineer a “fundamental transformation” in agricultural production. Doting on the importance of stable agriculture production during the second day of the seventh enlarged plenary meeting of the 8th Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea, he noted that the state would have to experience a drastic change in the way it is…
