Nigeria News Digest: September 4, 2025

The BATN Foundation, together with Cato Foods & Agroallied Global Concepts and the Osun State government, launched the Enterprise Development for Smallholder Cassava Farmers project, aimed at increasing cassava production by training farmers in climate‑smart agronomy, enterprise management and linking them to markets to meet growing industrial demand.

In coordinated operations across Zamfara, Sokoto, Kebbi and Borno states, the Nigerian Army recovered 158 cattle, disrupted several criminal activities and secured the surrender of a female family member of ISWAP/JAS terrorists, highlighting an intensified security push against armed groups and livestock rustling.

British International Investment has committed a $7.5 million debt investment to Babban Gona, a Nigerian agri‑tech platform, to enhance food security and climate‑resilient practices among smallholder farmers in the north, reflecting a deepening UK‑Nigeria partnership in agricultural development.

Ekiti’s state council approved more than N1.5 billion for agricultural development, including funding for aviation staff quarters at the state’s international cargo airport, N70 million to capitalise the Fountain Agricultural Marketing Agency for agro‑chemical procurement, and over N1 billion for a broiler production scheme that will build six 2,000‑capacity poultry pens and support youth‑led poultry clusters under a public‑private partnership.