fishing

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAI) has decried illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing in the world's oceans. According to the FAO, aquatic resources are destroyed. "Illegal, unreported, and…

The latest report by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has shown that the agriculture, forestry, and fishing sectors declined in Value-Added Tax (VAT) by 31.04 percent quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) to N827.58 million in the first quarter…

Fishermen in Kpata, Lokoja Local Government Area of Kogi State, Abdullahi Gimba depends on the resources of the River Niger to provide for his two wives and 13 children. It is how he has earned his income for the past 30 years; by taking to…

The House of Representatives has expressed worry that Nigeria loses $70 million yearly to illegal fishing in the nation’s waters as observed by the Nigerian Navy in 2017. As a result, the House urged the Federal Ministry of Agriculture…

The country’s interim Prime Minister, Moctar Ouane visited the area to inaugurate a new fishing port and a new military camp. The town of Konna in the Central region of Mali is an area regularly hit by jihadist attacks. The gesture…