
How to cultivate pumpkin for sustainable income
The pumpkin is popularly known as ugu. It is a native plant of West Africa and is mostly grown and consumed in the southern part of Nigeria. It is increasingly becoming more popular among other Nigerians who have known that the vegetable is full of essential nutrients. Common names for the plant include fluted gourd,
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When will Nigeria attain food independence?
FEMI IBIROGBA writes that 58 years after Nigeria became politically independent, the country is still shackled in food insecurity, as evident in annual food import bills. Nigerians from all walks of life have bemoaned perpetual inability of the country to sustainably feed itself, leading to mass importation of foods apart from the smuggled ones through
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