Nigeria’s Insecurity, Poverty: Shettima identifies agricultural revolution as solution

Vice-President Kashim Shettima has identified agricultural revolution as the only bold step Nigeria can take to put an end to insecurity and reduce poverty among its growing population.  Shettima, who stated this on Saturday in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, during the 13th Convocation Lecture of Al-Hikmah University, said this can be achieved through the deployment of technology to actualise food security among the country’s growing population, noting that it is where the university comes to extract the maximum benefits from the right synergy that is consistent with its own…

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ABU advocates investment in nuclear science for agric, medicine, says best brains run abroad

The Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria has advocated for more investment in education at national and sub-national levels to harness the potentials in nuclear science to agriculture, medicine and other aspects of human endeavour. Professor Kabiru Bala, the Vice-Chancellor of ABU, made the appeal on Friday in Zaria during the 16th Annual General Assembly and other homecoming event 2023, organised by the ABU Alumni Association. Bala said ABU was the only university in Nigeria to have a nuclear reactor which was reduced from high enriched core to low enriched core…

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