Gabriel Ewepu

1 week ago | allafrica.com | Gabriel Ewepu

As the death toll from the Lassa Fever outbreak continues to increase across the country, Sandra Victor-Gwafan, co-founder, CEO of DeBranch Farmers and public health expert, urged farmers and store owners to avoid drying grains on the ground and regularly clean the grain stores to get rid of rats.

3 weeks ago | allafrica.com | Gabriel Ewepu

Abuja — THE Federal Government, yesterday, commended Japan for a 12 billion Japanese Yen loan to boost food production through the National Agricultural Growth Scheme and Agro-Pocket, NAGS-AP. In a statement by Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Abubakar Kyari, lauded Japan International Cooperation Agency, JICA, for the intervention.

1 month ago | newsheadlines.com.ng | Gabriel Ewepu

By Gabriel EwepuAs hunger persists due to Nigeria’s lingering economic hardship, Vice President Kashim Shettima urged the private sector to upscale investments in the country’s food system on Friday.

1 month ago | newsheadlines.com.ng | Peter Duru |Gabriel Ewepu

By Peter Duru & Gabriel EwepuMakurdi— Abductors of the female students of Joseph Sarwuan Tarka University, Makurdi, JoSTUM, have demanded N40 million ransom to have them released. A friend of one of the victims, who spoke on condition of anonymity, disclosed, yesterday, that “the kidnappers have started contacting the families of the girls for money.

2 months ago | newsheadlines.com.ng | Nkiruka Nnorom |Gabriel Ewepu |Emmanuel Elebeke

•Say it will stoke inflation, hurt economy•Advocate entrepreneurship devpt., investment in vocational skillsBy Nkiruka Nnorom; Gabriel Ewepu & Emmanuel ElebekeOn the backdrop of the inflationary pressure ravaging the economy, experts in the financial sector have said that the plan by the federal government to disburse cash palliatives to vulnerable families across the country is ill-informed and capable of stoking further inflation.