FG Flags Off Dry Season Wheat Farming, Targets 1.250 Million Tonnes

By Ebriku John Friday In a proactive move to tackle food insecurity, inflation and respond to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s emergency declaration on food security, the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security has flagged off the 2023/2024 dry season wheat farming under the National Agricultural Growth Scheme and Agro Pocket (NAGS-AP) project, with target of an expected yield of 1,250,000 tonnes of wheat production per year. The Programme would reduce food inflation, increase production, promote self-sufficiency as well as stimulate economic growth. Speaking during the Flag-off ceremony in Kadume,…

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High Chief Higgins Peters Lays Foundation Stone For UNICAL Graduate School Lecture Hall, Pledges Support

…Received Excellent Leadership Award By Ebriku John Friday The Chairman/CEO of Opal Group and a Cross River State critical stakeholder of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), High Chief Higgins Peters on Saturday performed the foundation stone laying ceremony of the Graduate School Lecture Hall, University of Calabar, Cross River State. High Chief Higgins Peters, who was the Chairman and Chief launcher of the occasion of the laying of foundation stone for the Graduate School Lecture Hall organised by Graduate School Students Association of UNICAL, supported the project with N1…

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Cross River APC Chairman, Eba Attends Thanksgiving Service, Reception In Honour Of Senator Asuquo Ekpenyong Jnr

By Ebriku John Friday The Cross River State Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Alphonsus Ogar Eba Esq, JP joined other leaders and notable personalities during the Thanksgiving Service and Child Dedication in honour of Distinguished Senator Asuquo Ekpenyong Jnr in Calabar, yesterday. Senator Ekpenyong Jnr is the Senator, representing Cross River South in the red chamber of the National Assembly in Abuja. The Thanksgiving Service which was held at the Presbyterian Church of Nigeria, Duke Town Cathedral, Calabar South, has in attendance the State Governor, Sen Prince…

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