Borrowing for Asphalt, Begging for Bread: The $21 Billion Paradox by Remmy Nweke - WeekendSalvo@NaijaAgroNet

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WeekendSalvo@NaijaAgroNet | By Remmy Nweke With $21bn in new loans, why is Nigeria still begging for $516m to save 1m starving children? We analyze the "Asphalt vs. Bread" paradox and the politics of malnutrition debt.

Introduction:

While the Federal Government and humanitarian partners are currently knocking on the doors of the international community for a $516 million "urgent appeal" to save 1 million children from malnutrition, the national ledger tells a different story. In the same fiscal cycle, the Nigerian Senate has approved a massive $21.19 billion external borrowing plan for 2025–2026.

The contrast is jarring. On one hand, the government is pleading for donor "mercy" to fund the 2026 Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan (HNRP). On the other, it is aggressively securing loans that dwarf the malnutrition appeal by nearly 40 times. 

Silent Hunger: Malnutrition threatens 1m children in North-East as Nigeria seeks $516M aid - NaijaAgroNet

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A looming catastrophe of child malnutrition threatens Nigeria's North-East, with a staggering 1 million children in Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe (BAY) states projected to be at risk in 2026, reports NaijaAgroNet.

This dire forecast comes as the Nigerian government, alongside humanitarian partners, launches an urgent appeal for $516 million to provide critical support to 2.5 million people in the conflict-affected region.

Nigeria witnesses bumper plantain harvest as prices dip, farmers eye processing boom - NaijaAgroNet

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A surge in plantain harvests across Southern Nigeria is reshaping local food markets, as farmers, traders and processors respond to what many describe as the most abundant plantain season in recent years, reports NaijaAgroNet.

From Ondo to Delta, Cross River and parts of the South-East, bunches of ripe and semi-ripe plantain have flooded rural and urban markets, causing a mild price drop at the retail end while opening new prospects for agro-processing.

Afrimash charts digital path for Nigeria’s food security @Oyo 2025 Agribusiness Summit - NaijaAgroNet

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The recently concluded Oyo 2025 Agribusiness Summit underscored the critical role of technology in achieving national food security, with Afrimash, the Ibadan-based agritech firm, emerging as a central figure in the discourse, reports NaijaAgroNet.

Recognized for making quality agricultural inputs and verified services accessible to farming communities nationwide, Afrimash’s presence was a clear indicator of its growing influence in Nigeria’s agricultural landscape.

The Green Guardians of Nigeria by Remmy Nweke - eStoryBook@NaijaAgroNet

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Discover how Nestlé Nigeria is making a difference! 

Join the 'Green Guardians' to explore amazing efforts in saving water, helping farmers, and cleaning up plastics across Nigeria as reported by Remmy Nweke.

Learn about the 'Nestlé for Healthier Kids' program and how caring for the planet benefits everyone. 

Nestle: The big idea - Creating shared value by Remmy Nweke - Storybook@NaijaAgroNet

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Here is an informational book based on the Nestlé Nigeria's commitment to environmental sustainability and CSR initiatives, tailored for a young adult reader aged 10–14, written by Remmy Nweke.

This book explains key concepts like water stewardship and community nutrition programmes in an engaging way.

Storybook - Nestle: The big idea - Creating shared value by Remmy Nweke

DG NESREA on circular economy: Nigeria must position itself as a key player - NaijaAgroNet

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Nigeria's spiraling electronic waste problem has reached a critical juncture, demanding immediate, unified national action from all stakeholders, from top regulators to individual digital citizens.

This urgent call resonated profoundly at the 2025 ITREALMS E-Waste Dialogue in Lagos, where the nation's foremost environmental agency issued a stark warning, buttressed by appeals from the event's convener for a concrete national strategy.

Climate Change and Hunger Belt: Why international day of poverty must start on Nigerian farm by Remmy Nweke - WeekendSalvo@NaijaAgroNet

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Climate change turns Nigerian farms into a hunger belt, violating human rights. REMMY NWEKE in this WeekendSalvo@NaijaAgroNet, argues the International Day of Poverty must begin by funding rural resilience and structural reform for smallholder farmers.

Introduction:
The smallholder farmer is the rural backbone of Nigeria, the primary producer of the food that feeds the nation. Yet, this critical population remains tragically vulnerable to external shocks, existing at the razor's edge of food security and poverty. 

This inherent vulnerability brings into sharp relief the significance of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty on October 17th.

Shell highlights contributions to Nigerian economy in NAPE exhibition - NaijaAgroNet

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Shell is highlighting its contributions to the Nigerian economy in an exhibition at the 2025 International Conference and Exhibition of the Nigeria Association of Petroleum Explorationists (NAPE) which began in Lagos yesterday. The 43rd NAPE conference comes as the professional body turns 50 this year, having been founded in 1975.

The theme of the conference is, “Revitalising the Nigerian Petroleum Exploration and Production Strategies for Energy Security and Sustainable Development.”

Sunday Jackson: Justice, agriculture, and cost of survival in rural Nigeria by Remmy Nweke - WeekendSalvo@NaijaAgroNet

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Foreword:

When history recalls the struggles of Nigerian farmers, the name Sunday Jackson may stand as a haunting reminder of how deeply justice, agriculture, and survival intersect in rural Nigeria. Jackson’s story, a farmer condemned to death for defending himself, is not just about law and punishment. It is about a system that has failed to protect the very hands that feed the nation.

In 2015, on a quiet piece of farmland in Adamawa State, Jackson was attacked by an armed herdsman. Acting in self-defence, he managed to disarm his assailant. He survived, but that act of survival became his undoing. Arrested and prosecuted, he was sentenced to death by hanging; a sentence upheld by the Supreme Court in March 2025. The judgment that he “should have fled instead of fighting back” struck many Nigerians as both morally and legally unsettling.