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The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) on Tuesday inaugurated its Agro-Rangers unit to check farmers and herders clashes in the state. The State Commandant of the Corps, Lucy Samu, said during the occasion that the inauguration presented an opportunity for the nation to be hopeful security-wise and embrace peace. Ms Samu said the […]
With the menace of kidnapping becoming a rampant criminal activity in our present society, the profitable occupation of farming has been projected to slow down particularly in Taraba state where an alarming rate of the criminal activity experienced. As of late, reliable sources in Taraba have disclosed that the farmers residing in the rural communities […]
In the midst of a massive decline being experienced in the country, the agricultural sector can be vividly seen as one sector that continues to face the unfavourable impact of the capsizing economy, judging by the unpredictable price hike of agro produce which in turn affects the people’s standard of living. This however, prompts us […]
Patron and leader of all Fulani groups in Nigeria, Ibrahim Dangirka, has described those attributing the killings going on in Zamfara, Taraba, Kaduna and Benue states by armed bandits to the Fulani race as blackmailers. Speaking at a meeting of the Ardo’s (Fulani Chiefs) Forum in Kaduna over the weekend, he further exonerated the Fulani […]
Four farmers – Akuha Igber, Awuhe Ashwe, Gowon Genki and Takela Denke – on Wednesday appeared before a Makurdi Chief Magistrate’s Court charged with killing a 95-year-old man, Boun Adi. The suspects, all residents of Tse-Igbazer in Gwer-West Local Government Area of Benue, were charged with criminal conspiracy and culpable homicide punishable under sections 97 […]
Unknown gunmen have allegedly set ablaze 250 hectares of rice farm belonging to Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State. Daily Trust gathered that the estimated burnt portion of the rice farm located in the governor’s hometown of Gbajimba in Guma Local Government Area of the state, worth over N100 million. The manager of the farm, […]
Femi Fani-Kayode Former Minister of Aviation Femi Fani-Kayode has slammed the leadership of Miyetti Allah for threatening to leave Nigeria. The group had boasted that if they leave Nigeria, the country’s economy will collapse. Reacting in a post on his Twitter page, Fani-Kayode wrote: “‘If we move out of the country the economy will collapse”-Miyetti […]
Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar in handshakes with President Muhammadu Buhari. Source: Twitter. The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has said killings by suspected Fulani herdsmen will continue if Nigerians re-elect President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2019 elections. The former Vice President stated this while reacting to a recent report by […]
Mr Shitu Kabir, the National President, Cowpea and Beans Farmers, Processors and Marketers Association of Nigeria, says all hands must be on deck to get rid of sniper infested beans in the market. Kabir made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Abuja. According to him, the […]
Image: Premium Times Suspected Fulani herdsmen have reportedly killed one Ioryem Makondo in Che Agbe Mbayer/Yandev area of Benue State on his farm. While confirming the attack, Chairman, Guma Local Government Area of Benue State, Anthony Shawon, said the case has been reported to the army. He said: “In Nzorov council ward, the herders were […]
The Federal and state governments are working to create enabling environment that would allow herdsmen and farmers coexist harmoniously. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo gave the assurance while declaring open the 55th annual congress of the Nigerian Veterinary Medical Association in Sokoto on Tuesday. He described the theme of the conference “The Veterinary Profession and Emerging […]
Brigadier General. Abdulamalik Biu, acting general officer, commander of the 7th division, said that the rebels attacked a group of people harvesting the remaining agricultural products and killed two of them. The Nigerian Army on Saturday reported that two people were killed by Boko Haram militants in the village of Kuva-Yanveva on Maiduguri-Damboa Road in […]
A court in South Africa found two South African white farmers guilty of killing 16-year-old black boy Matglomol Mosheu in 2017. Judge Ronald Hendricks said that in his opinion, Peter Warwayad and Philip Schutte threw the boy from the back of a moving truck after they caught him, allegedly stealing sunflowers. Farmers said the boy […]
Alhaji Sani Zaburan, a small farmer, chose the “All Progressive Congresses” (APC) ticket on Saturday to challenge the elections in the state of Kaugam in 2019 after defeating the current legislator Usman Masaki. Zaburan, a sesame farmer in the area, was chairman of the Kaugama Local Government Area in 2002. Election Commission Chairman Alhaji Auvalu […]
The federal government said that the killings caused by clashes between farmers and shepherds, a cattle storm, cross-border crimes and banditry, in particular, have declined sharply over the past two months. This was stated by the Minister of Information and Culture Alhaji Lai Mohammed during a special meeting in the Town Hall on security in […]