Kehinde Ayanboade, Ibadan The National Blood Transfusion Service has call on the Federal Government to support the organization in their financial needs and has also encouraged the masses to cultivate the habit of donating bloods to the needy. Acting Zonal Director of National Blood Transfusion Service Southwest Zone, Mrs. Adeleke Victoria made this lamentation today…
A man in India was rushed into surgery after doctors discovered practically a whole utensil drawer’s worth of items in his stomach — and a knife, which was beginning to puncture his insides. Karan Sen, 35, had swallowed everything from two screwdrivers and two toothbrushes to eight spoons and a kitchen knife, the Hindustan Times…
…As IITA presents agricultural policy framework to Oyo state Nigeria’s former President and IITA Goodwill Ambassador, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo and the Oyo State Governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi today (Saturday) commissioned two key projects at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) Ibadan. The project is an Agricultural Transformation Building dedicated to research and delivery of…
The Oyo State Governor-Elect, Engineer, Oluseyi Makinde has pledged to give agricultural development priority attention when he is sworn-in on the 29th May, 2019. He gave this assurance at the opening of a two-day workshop on Human Resource Development of Rural Farmers through Innovative Information Technology at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan…
The inaugural lecturer at the 28th Inaugural Lecture at Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Professor Gbemiga Adewale has called on the Federal Government to revisit the agricultural development blueprint submitted by the former Minister for Agriculture, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina. Professor Adewale made this appeal while delivering the 28th Inaugural Lecture at the Ladoke Akintola…
The African Cassava Agronomy Initiative (ACAI)/IITA- Cassava Weed Management Project has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Viamo to promote the Six Steps to Cassava Weed Management extension toolkit via the 3-2-1 mobile service of Airtel. The 3-2-1 mobile service will allow Nigerian farmers to have access to good agricultural practices developed by the Cassava…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has urged Nigerians to watch the type of food they eat and body creams they use as some of them are causes of kidney failure, diabetics, cancer and hypertension. The Director, Public Affairs, NAFDAC, Abubakar Jimoh, disclosed this to journalists in Ilorin, Kwara State, at…
A 42-year-old woman has been delivered of five babies (quintuplets) at Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Lokoja, Kogi, after 18 years of barrenness, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. A correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) who visited the woman and her babies at the hospital on Friday reports that both mother, Mrs…
The Executive-Director, Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA), Ghana, Dr Yemi Akinbamijo, at the weekend in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital disclosed that the use of crude implements such as cutlasses, hoes among others is the major reason why importation of food and other agricultural products are increasing in Africa and Nigeria in particular….
A group of foreign investors from Italy is set to invest N544milion into the Oyo State Economy for the purpose of tomato production. The representative of Fenco food Machinery in Africa, Mr Paolo De Sciscilo, disclosed this during a courtesy call on the traditional ruler of Lanlate towhship in Oyo State. De Sciscilo said the…
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