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Herdsmen, dressed in police uniform, armed with AK-47 rifles and other dangerous weapons, engaged a team of policemen in a gun battle, yesterday, in Delta State, leaving a number of police officers, including an Area Commander, injured, while some are missing. However, Delta State Police Commissioner, Mr. Zanna Ibrahim, who spoke to Vanguard on phone […]
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, yesterday set up a committee for proper use of grazing reserves to curtail the menace of cattle grazing and rustling in the Federal Capital Territory. Inaugurating the 22-member committee in Abuja, yesterday, the Minister, who urged the members to build on the […]
The Republic of Ireland has described the economic diversification programme of the Federal Government as a concrete step to pull the country out of recession, calling for stronger ties to enable Nigeria benefit from the Irish experience. Irish Ambassador to Nigeria, Sean Hoy, while on a courtesy visit to the Minister of Labour and Employment, […]
First of all I must apologize for my hiatus, I took a break in December and promised to be back in January but occupational ‘Force Majeure’ precluded me but nice to be back again in 2017,fresh from a year 2016 that some want to term Annus Horribilis. I digress. As a major player in the […]
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), has said that $62 million is urgently needed to rescued the terrorism ravaged North Eastern part of Nigeria from hunger following the consequences of the activities of insurgents in the region. A report from FAO noted that despite the progress already achieved in addressing the humanitarian crises in the […]
No fewer than ten thousand youths and other small-scale farmers are to benefit from the Ogun State/Central Bank of Nigeria CBN Anchor Borrowers Programme aimed at creating employment for youths and boosting agricultural Production and food security in the state. The State Coordinator and Special Assistant to the Governor on Agriculture, Mr. Tosin Ademuyiwa disclosed […]
The Niger State Police Command says it has made appreciable success in the renewed onslaught against cattle rustlers, kidnappers and other organized crimes in the state. The State Commissioner of Police Zubairu Muazu told newsmen yesterday in Minna that the joint effort by the command and other security agencies led to arrest of 195 suspected […]
Prof. Benjamin Ubi, the President, Biotechnology Society of Nigeria (BSN), has identified food insecurity as an underlining cause of some of the greatest challenges in the country. Ubi, who said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Abuja, added that biotechnology would ensure adequate food security in the […]
Like many Yoruba towns, Epe, a Lagos State community, also derives its panegyric from its main occupation, which is fishing. Because of its geographical location as a coastal town, Epe fish market has been a melting pot of different cultures through the years. TUNDE BUSARI, who was at the market, reports. Although its official name […]
Recently, during the visit of President Muhammadu Buhari to the United States for the United Nations General Assembly, the immediate past President Obama said something to him which was totally amazing. He said the most important ministry in the United States is not the Ministry of Defence. It is the Ministry of Agriculture. That was […]
The Federal Government skills acquisition training programme has taken off with the inspection of facilities at the Lagos training Centre, by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige. The Federal Government will in the next two months flag off skills acquisition training in 18 states, three in each geo-political zone, with Lagos and the […]
Briefly explain what apiculture is? If you talk of apiculture, what many people think of is honey, but honey is not the key thing as far as apiculture is concerned, the main advantage of apiculture has to do with pollination and since Nigeria is now moving towards agriculture, what we should be talking more about […]
The President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Nnia Nwodo, has said the prevailing activities of the Fulani herdsmen had over the years led to the killing, maiming, raping of Igbo people and destruction of their farms. He said: “The peaceful coexistence between previously peace-loving Fulani herdsmen, who herded their cattle with long canes and our local […]
A newly registered body which co-ordinates the activities of Fulani cattle rearers in the country, General of Gan Allah Fulani Development Association, GAFDAN, has commenced issuance of identity cards to herdsmen as part of efforts aimed at ending the incessant clashes between them and farmers. Secretary-General of the association, Alhaji Sale Bayeri, who was in […]
Governors Darius Ishaku of Taraba State and Samuel Ortom of Benue state have reiterated that ranching is the only solution to resolve the recurring clashes between herdsmen and farmers that have claimed several lives and rendered thousands of people homeless. In the same vein, the governors maintained that herdsmen must be supported by the government […]