When Halidu Musa received a phone call on the afternoon of 30 July 2025, he did not expect it to be the last time he would hear his father’s voice alive. His father, Musa Yatsu, the vigilante commander of Gurfata…

Ebonyi, which calls itself the ‘Salt of the Nation,’ is blessed with vast mineral wealth and fertile plains suited for large-scale cultivation of rice and other agricultural products. For decades, communities in Abakaliki, Izzi, Ezza, and Ikwo cultivated rice largely…

It has already been two years, and Hashimu Yahaya still counts his losses. The young herder recalls the day when armed men invaded his home in Rudwang, a small Fulani settlement in Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State, in…

The federal government has reaffirmed its commitment to strengthening food and nutrition security by expanding the adoption of biofortified crops across the country. The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, Marcus Ogunbiyi, stated this at a national…

When Yettore Farms began operations in 2005, it was responding to a growing demand in Bauchi State for reliable poultry products such as eggs, meat, and manure. Like many indigenous agribusinesses in Northern Nigeria, the journey has not been smooth.…

The Federal Government (FG) has introduced a newly developed chicken breed and 57 crop varieties to boost meat availability, enhance food security and improve Nigerians’ nutritional well-being. This was announced in Ibadan on Thursday at the 36th meeting of the…

The National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) says it has ordered the suspension of four new transgenic cotton hybrid varieties in Nigeria. The varieties are MIC 561 BGII, MIC 563 BGII, BIOSEED-FIYAH CH1001, and BIOSEED-FIYAH CH1002. They were allegedly registered by…

Africa’s next food crisis may not begin on the farm, but in a distant shipping lane. With the Iran war, international attention has focused on oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz and related shortages or price spikes in energy…

Moroccan cabinet member in charge of fisheries, Zakia Driouich, on Wednesday said the country will halt exports of frozen sardines from 1 February to protect domestic supplies and contain prices. Sardines are a staple for Moroccan households, and the country…

Some farmers in Hinna Community, Yamaltu-Deba Local Government Area of Gombe State, have raised concerns over increasing hippopotamus attacks on their farmlands and livelihoods. Zakari Ladan, head of farmers in Hinna Community, raised the alarm in an interview with the…

Beneficiaries of an agricultural intervention programme in Kano State say the project led to many positives, including increased yields and higher profits for farmers and agripreneurs. They spoke to PREMIUM TIMES on Saturday during a ceremony marking the closure of…

Barely three minutes into its journey from Ilaro to Sango-Ota in Ogun State, a vehicle carrying fresh maize was stopped at a police checkpoint along the Ilaro-Papalanto road. It was in the first half of June, and the midday sun…

The men who cornered Ita James did not come for his catch. In this bustling town of Ibaka, one of Nigeria’s largest fishing towns, fishers know how sudden and brutal such an encounter could be. Speedboats fitted with twin 200-horsepower…

The cold bites harder at night. Nathaniel Bitrus* feels it on his face as the motorcycle roars along the dirt path to Sunawara, a small community in the Toungo area of Adamawa State, north-east Nigeria. A chainsaw sits carefully on…

A new agricultural project in Plateau State is being celebrated as a turning point for Nigeria’s livestock sector. Experts say the successful cultivation of Alfalfa, a high-protein forage crop known globally as “green gold,” could become a model for sustainable…