Estimated Reading Time: 1Ekiti State government has given farmers and herders another two-week window to register with the state government or be ready to leave the state. The two-week grace begins on Sunday, March 22. In February, the state conducted a two-week registration of farmers and herders, but not all[Read More…]
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‘We lost over N200 Million because of COVID-19, #EndSARS’ Farmers lament
Estimated Reading Time: 1An association of farmers based in Nasarawa State, Nigeria Farmers Group and Cooperative Society (NFGCS) has disclosed that it lost over N200 million due to the economic adverse effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. This was disclosed by the association’s National Coordinator/Managing Director, Tedheke Retson, while addressing newsmen[Read More…]
MURIC makes u-turn, wants FG to compensate farmers whose crops have been destroyed by cattle’s
Estimated Reading Time: 5The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has called on the Federal Government of Nigeria to compensate farmers whose crops have been destroyed by cattle in the different regions of the country. The group said this in a statement issued by its director, Ishaq Akintola, on Friday. MURIC suggested[Read More…]
Kano Governor Ganduje has called for the enactment of a law that will abolish the movement of herdsmen
Estimated Reading Time: 2Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, has called for the enactment of a law that will abolish the movement of herdsmen from the Northern part of the country to other parts. He said until this was done, the incessant herdsmen-farmers clashes might continue. Ganduje made his position known[Read More…]
How 18 people died in Bauchi, mostly farmers
Estimated Reading Time: 218 people were confirmed dead when a canoe conveying a total 23 farmers to the farm capsized on River Buji in Itas/Gadau local government area of the state while the remaining 5 were rescued and are currently receiving treatment at the General Hospital in Itas. The news[Read More…]
Buhari orders marketers of fertilisers to sell their products at N5,000 per 50kg bag
Estimated Reading Time: 1President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered marketers of fertilisers to sell their products N5,000 per 50kg bag, even amidst the scarcity and rise in prices of farm inputs recently in the open market. This was disclosed by the Jigawa State governor, Abubakar Badaru, at the meeting of the[Read More…]
In Enugu, Herdsmen destroyed plantation across 12 plots of land with 1000 improved variety of palm trees
Estimated Reading Time: 2The chairman of Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area of Enugu State, Chukwudi Nnadozie, has decried the inability of Forest Guards and Vigilante group personnel to check the excesses of herdsmen on farmers in the council area. His outcry followed an alleged shooting of Festus Ayogu, a farmer at[Read More…]
Special Report: Tales of gloom as Nigerian farmers deal with the hard realities of Covid-19
Estimated Reading Time: 20By Elfredah Kevin-Alerechi In Anambra State, in South-Eastern Nigeria, the yearly farming season started with early planting between October and December while the late planting season commences around February to April. By the time Nigeria was affected by the COVID 19 pandemic, the farmers in Anambra State[Read More…]
We have no money to import food — Buhari begs farmers to increase cultivation
Estimated Reading Time: 2President Muhammadu Buhari has urged Nigerian farmers to embark on massive productive agricultural activities this farming season. The President gave the advice on Sunday, shortly after observing the two raqa’at Eid prayer alongside members of his family and few presidential aides at the presidential villa, Abuja. The Eid[Read More…]
