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Killer Herdsmen Deserve Maximum Punishment, President Muhammadu Buhari has described herdsmen who murdered over 50 persons in Benue communities a few days ago as criminals. Buhari spoke yesterday through his representative and Minister of Interior, Lt. General Abdulrahman Dambazzau (rtd), during a condolence visit to Governor Samuel Ortom at Government House, Makurdi. He said he […]
It was one of the states hit recently by killings. (Kaduna Killings) Many believed President Muhammadu Buhari would seize the opportunity offered by the visit to voice government’s concern and allay people’s fears. They were disappointed. Buhari yesterday commissioned 10 coaches and two locomotives and the Kaduna Inland Dry Port. Parts of the country witnessed […]
FACAN Trains 49 Groups In Sokoto On Agric, Marketing, The Federation of Agricultural Commodity Associations of Nigeria (FACAN) says 49 agricultural groups in Sokoto State have been trained in modern production and marketing strategies. The National Secretary of FACAN, Dr Bello Dogondaji, said this in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday […]
Herdsmen Cattle Routes, Farmers and herdsmen in Bogoro Local Government Area (LGA) of Bauchi State have been urged to live peacefully with one another. The call was made by the Bauchi State Director, National Orientation Agency, Alhaji Nuru Kobi during a one day sensitisation workshop for farmers and herdsmen at the Bogoro LGA secretariat. Alhaji […]
Herdsmen: Benue Youths Protest Killings, Residents in Makurdi have trooped out in their thousands to protest against the January 2, herdsmen’s attack on farmers in which 20 people were killed. The protesters are calling on the presidency to bring the culprits to book. The protesters carried placards with inscriptions such as “Presidential Intervention needed”, “Why […]
Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi on Monday said the state agricultural sector, through its Agricultural Revolution Programme (ARP), would generate about 15 per cent of the state internally generated income in 2018. “Kogi is working hard to upstage its internally generated revenue from its exploits in agriculture to generate at least 15% of its income […]
“It my earnest desire that we must live beyond oil and dust our fan to flame our agriculture which used to make us thick before the discovery of oil. Chairman of the South East Governors Forum (SEGF) and governor of Ebonyi State, Chief David Umahi has appealed to Nigerians to go back to agriculture as […]
Dating back to the 1950s, all tiers of government set up farm settlements to promote efficient use of land in a way that will boost socioeconomic life of people and the community. But with the discovery of oil, the nation shifted away from agriculture leading to the abandonment of farm settlements across the country. However, […]
FAO Rekindles Food Sustainability In Northeast, The launch of the dry season farming in the Northeast states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), appears to be the right step in supporting the populations in the northeast who are faced with a food crisis.To say it is timely is to […]
The Ogun State government has joined the league of rice-producing states in the country, with the launch of the MITROS Rice processing factory and formal launch of the rice, in Asero, Abeokuta, the state capital, boosting the Federal Government’s dream of attaining food sufficiency in the area of rice production. At the launch, graced by […]
Kogi State will work hard to generate at least 15 percent of its income from the agricultural sector in 2018, Governor Yahaya Bello has said.
No fewer than four people were feared dead in the clash between the herdsmen and farmers in Minda, Lau local government area of Taraba state on Thursday. Trouble according to sources started when a farmer in the village apprehend a herdsman grazing on his guinea corn farm, when he approached the grazer he was attacked […]
To sustain the on-going youth-focused agricultural programme in Edo State, the Governor Godwin Obaseki-led administration says it will in the first quarter of 2018, fully roll out its agriprenuer programme after a successful pilot scheme. Special Adviser to the Edo State Governor on Budget, Mr. Joseph Eboigbe, who disclosed this in a chat with journalists […]
Katsina tomato farmers are smiling to the banks as price of the produce skyrocketed within a week occasioned by the Christmas celebrations and fuel scarcity across the country. The development has made many farmers to harvest the produce semi-ripe for fear of price uncertainty after the Christmas celebration. A tomato farmer in Danja, Malam Ibrahim […]
Cotton farmers in Gombe State have expressed dissatisfaction over what they call the refusal of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to release fund under the Anchor Borrowers Programme, for the rainy season cotton farming. Speaking at a town hall meeting organised by the Project Monitoring Team in Gombe, the leader of a cluster of […]