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Estate Applies to Prior PurchaserKATSINA KILLINGS: TIME TO REVIEW STRATEGYBREAKING: Nigerian Police Commission Approves Promotion Of Over 900 Officers From ASP To DSP RankConviction of Simon Ekpa: Learn from Finland, NBA Tells Judges, Prosecutors Your Claim That Govt is Incentivizing Bandits False, Ribadu Replies El-RufaiUBEC, DLN to Distribute 47m Laptops, Tablets to Students, Teachers UNICEF Launches Nutrition Supplements to Combat Malnutrition in PlateauEdo School Emerges Winner of NCDMB, NGOs STEM Programme On RoboticsGroup Seeks Probe of Threats to Ojulari, Applauds Ongoing Oil ReformsKwara APC Chieftain Lauds Tinubu on Economic TransformationTinubu Government Misleads Nigerians, Lists Projects Done In Other Regions For North-West To Make Up NumbersHadiza Yaro Joins Sakata Seeds West Africa OfficeNLA Demands Urgent Action to Resuscitate Public LibrariesTop UK Boarding Schools Head to Lagos, Abuja to Recruit Nigerian StudentsTinubu: No Nigerian Is Second Class Citizen, No Region Is Left Behind In My GovtADC Faults Police on Kaduna Violence, Alleges Opposition CriminalisationAccess ARM Pensions Intensifies Sensitisation on Retirement SecurityTroops Kill 12 Terrorists, Recover Weapons in North-eastPFN Group: Christians Should Produce the Next Osun GovNigeria Hails Finland’s Conviction Of Simon Ekpa For Terrorism-related Crimes Simon Ekpa Jailed for Six Years in Finland for Terrorism, Tax FraudPro-Biafra Agitator Simon Ekpa Gets Six-Year Sentence In Finland For TerrorismAbraka Killing: Oborevwori Assures People of  JusticeEight Killed In Fresh Boko Haram Attacks In Borno As Senator Ndume Laments AssaultEXCLUSIVE: Lawless Nigerian Policemen Driving Against Traffic Kill ABU Graduate In KadunaDangote, Shekarau, Ganduje, Others to Address Kano’s Socio-economic ProblemsBREAKING: Bandits Kill Prominent Businessman, Alhaji Sani In Lafia As Nasarawa Residents Lynch One AttackerFCT Head of Service is DeadKeyamo: PDP in Legal Risk Fielding Jonathan in 2027El-Rufai: Tinubu 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Haven to Sustain PeaceWith 13% Derivation Revenue Rising 100%, Oil-producing States Receive N620bn in Five MonthsColombian Vice President Begins Three-day Official Visit to NigeriaNorth-east Govs Raise the Alarm over Looming Flood, Food Crisis, Say Emerging Challenges Compounded Insecurity, PovertyUK Initiates Policy to Cut Net Migration, Bans over 100 Occupations from Foreign RecruitmentEmeka Ngige Urges Supreme Court to Accelerate Hearing on Rivers Emergency Declaration Case
Tue. Sep 2nd, 2025

UK invests $7.5 million to finance agriculture and boost food security in Nigeria 

The United Kingdom has announced a $7.5 million debt investment aimed at bolstering agricultural productivity and climate resilience among smallholder farmers in Northern Nigeria. The funding, channeled through British International Investment (BII) to agritech enterprise Babban Gona, is expected to benefit up to 140,000 farmers by 2029. The initiative targets key structural challenges faced by […]

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