Tag: Farm
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Kidnappers kill 2, abducts 2 others in Ogun farm
Gunmen, suspected to be kidnappers, on Wednesday, shot dead two people and also abducted two others at a farm in Awo Village in the Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area of Ogun. One of the deceased was an area commander of Ogun security outfit
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Gunmen kidnap Edo varsity professor on his way to farm, demand N18m ransom
Prof. Osadolor Odia, of the Ambrose Alli University (AAU) Ekpoma, has been reportedly abducted by unknown gunmen at his farm at Egoro, Ekpoma, in Esan West Local Government Area of Edo. Odia, a Professor of Engineering and former Head of the Department of Mechanical, Engineering at the AAU, was said to be on his way…
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NSCDC arrest two herdsmen for invading farms in Ekiti
The Ekiti state commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Mr. Solomon Iyamu said two herdsmen were arrested on Tuesday for invading farmlands with cows in the state. The NSCDC boss said the arrest of the suspects were made possible through a joint operation of the Agro Rangers Unit of the command,…
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Abducted Auchi Poly staff found dead on his farm
A staff of Auchi Polytechnic, Mr Samuel Okolie, who was said to have been abducted by gunmen on Oct. 9 has been found dead. Okolie was found dead on his farm at Aviele community, near Auchi in the Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo early on Sunday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports…
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Situating Nigeria’s agric potential – Mariam Mohammed
Recently, the Speaker of the House of Reps, Yakubu Dogara, caused a buzz when he was shown visiting his expansive farm showcasing diverse crops including animal husbandry. The import of that media blitz of the Speaker’s is that the elite clearly understands that agriculture holds the key to sustainable development. Before Dogara’s, we are witnesses…
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‘Go to farm, earn yourselves some respect’ Buhari tells ‘lazy’ Nigerian youths
President Muhammadu Buhari has advised both the educated and uneducated youths in the country should go into farming to earn respect for themselves. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, in a statement Tuesday, quoted Buhari as saying this at Blair House, Washington DC, after his White House engagements…
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Illegal gold miners storms Grace Mugabe’s farm sitting on massive gold deposits
Zimbabwe’s ex-first lady, Grace Mugabe, is reportedly watching in despair as illegal gold miners swoop on her farm which, unknowing to her, was sitting on massive gold deposits. Since she is no more in power; with her husband, Robert Mugabe, deposed, Grace found that she could do nothing about the undesirable development. Grace was shocked…
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Atiku condemns burning of Falae’s farm
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on Tuesday condemned the burning of a farm belonging to former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Olu Falae, by suspected Fulani herdsmen. Atiku said in a press statement by his media office in Abuja on Tuesday that arson is a punishable offence under the law and that when…