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Tag: Farmer
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Anthony Eyoh: From seasoned blogger to serial entrepreneur
In a world where Entrepreneurship is on the rise, having people with active minds who are willing to empower other youths and make a lasting impact on the community such as Anthony Eyoh can be a breath of fresh air. Also referred as Thony Yhl on all social media platforms.
He is a seasoned blogger who has worked with various artiste like Mc Galaxy, Ikpa-Udo and others and on events like the Akwa Ibom Christmas Carol Festival in the areas of Public Relations and Communications.
Anthony is a Nautical science graduate from Maritime Academy of Nigeria. His interests are very broad as they range from the music industry (both Nigeria and international)to entrepreneurship (especially in agriculture) and sustainable development goals advocacy. Coming from a family of entrepreneurs and being the first child, he recently dabbled into the Agricultural sector and co-own’s Oghan Tee AgroEnterprise.
Additionally, in conjunction with his bosom friend, Oluwole Babatunde after nine (9) years of relentless journey in the blogosphere they birthed the Marathon Properties and Farms. A business founded with a vision to move Nigeria forward by encouraging other young people to pay attention to this long-time ignored business sector.
His zeal to better the current and coming generation has led him to be a convener and host of entrepreneurship and SMEs development as a tool for economic growth which happens annually in collaboration with the youth ministry of the deliverance tower of Jehovah, a church based in his local government area. With skills ranging from Digital communications, Event Management, organizational Management, Team Coordination, swimming, Use of social media as a PR, Leadership and business development. He is a force to be reckoned with and a name to watch out for in coming times.
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Troops rescue 3 farmers in Kaduna, kill bandit
Troops of Operation Thunder Strike have rescued three villagers abducted from their farms on Wednesday in Maro village along Kaduna-Abuja highway.The Deputy Director Army Public Relations, 1Division Nigerian Army Kaduna, Col. Ezindu Idimah told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Kaduna that one of the kidnappers was killed in the operation.“Acting on a credible information, troops raided the hideout of the bandits where they held the farmers and engaged them in a firefight.“Following, the firefight, one bandit was neutralized and others escaped with gun shot wounds leaving behind the victims.“The rescued farmers had since been handed over to their families.” he said.Idimah said an AK 47 rifle with two 7.62 special ammunition were recovered at the scene.“The General Officer Commanding, 1 Division , Nigerian Army, Maj.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya has again called on the general public to report any person with gun shot wounds to the nearest security post for prompt action.” -
Court sentences farmer to 10 years in prison for impregnating daughter
A Federal High Court in Lagos, on Friday, sentenced a 58 years old farmer Yesiru Onajobi, to a term of 10 years imprisonment for sexually assaulting and impregnating his teenage daughter .
Details to follow…….
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Ondo Govt warns farmers against harbouring kidnappers
The Ondo State Government on Friday warned farmers in government farm settlements and reserves against harbouring kidnappers or providing to them, information about security movement.
The state Commissioner for Agriculture, Mr Adegboyega Adefarati, gave the warning in Akure during a meeting with traditional rulers, camp heads and representatives of farmers in the state.
Adefarati said that available information was that some farmers were collaborating with criminals to the extent of supplying them and their victims, food stuff and information about security movement.
He warned that anyone caught would “face the music of the unpatriotic act.’’
He also gave the farmers a two-week ultimatum to pay their yearly dues to avoid arrest and loss of their farms.
Adefarati, who said that the agreed fee was N10,000 per rope, decried the farmers’ failure to pay the agreed amount to the government as and when due.
“Ondo State Government’s patience is running out over the recalcitrant attitude of most of the farmers in honouring the agreement in paying their dues to the government.
“To ensure compliance, we have directed the governor’s task force to arrest any defaulters as from the first week of August.
“Such defaulters, apart from paying the amount, would lose their farm to more patriotic and serious farmers,” he said.
He said that camp heads would be held responsible for any lapses.
According to him, as part of measures to develop agriculture, the government has approved construction and rehabilitation of 60km farm roads across the state, and purchase of 20 tractors and five Hilux vans to make life better for farmers.
The commissioner advised farmers yet to register their titles to perfect their papers before the end of the month.
He said that any farm and camp not captured before the deadline would be forfeited.
According to him, records available to the government show that only 86 farm camps have paid out of 600 camps believed to be in existence in the farm settlements across the state.
Earlier, the Permanent Secretary in the ministry, Mr Segun Odusanya, advised the farmers against making payments to anybody except the government through the approved e-payment process or through their camp heads.
Chief Babatunde Ero from Ifon, Owo, who spoke on behalf of the farmers and camp heads, appealed to the them to pay the fee to avoid losing their farms. -
Disaster as wild elephant gores farmer to death
A wild elephant gored a young farmer to death in a national park in Thailand, police said Thursday.
Three elephants foraging for food came across the 26-year-old man and his wife sleeping in a tent, said police captain Chalit Sudachan.
The woman hid under a nearby truck, but the farmer was attacked as he tried to flee.
“He was stabbed once by the elephant’s tusk from the front. The tusk pierced his back killing him instantly,” Chalit said
Elephants are Thailand’s national animal and live in the wild in parts of the country, but their numbers have dwindled to about 2,700 from a peak of over 100,000 in 1850.
Deforestation and habitat loss have pushed the wild population into closer contact with humans in recent decades, leading to more frequent clashes with villagers and farmers.
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Court remands herdsman for allegedly killing farmer
An Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court on Monday ordered the remand of a herdsman, Umaru Abubakar, over alleged murder.
Abubakar, 35, whose address was not provided, is being tried on a charge of murder.
The Prosecutor, Insp. Johnson Okunade, told the court that the accused committed the offence on Feb. 13 in Aiyegbaju-Ekiti.
Okunade alleged that the accused murdered one Elijah Ogor, a farmer.
He said that the deceased had warned the accused several times to stop rearing cows on his farm but that Abubakar did not yield until the faithful day when he killed the deceased.
Okunade told the court that Ogor had called his brothers over threats by Abubakar that he would kill him but that before the arrival of the deceased brothers, Abubakar had killed Ogor and escaped.
According to the prosecutor, the offence contravenes Section 319(1) of the Criminal Code, Laws of Ekiti State, 2012.
The prosecutor urged the court to remand Abubakar in prison, pending an advice from the office of Ekiti State Director of Public Prosecutions.
The plea of the defendant was not taken by the court.
The Chief Magistrate, Mr Adesoji Adegboye, ordered that Abubakar should be remanded in police custody and adjourned the case until Feb. 27 for mention.
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Elephant tramples 35-year-old farmer to death
A 35-year-old farmer was trampled to death by an elephant in Southern Tanzania’s District of Tunduru, local leaders said on Wednesday.
The deceased has been identified as Zuberi Maocha of Mishaje village in Tunduru District, Ruvuma Region, about 1,205 km from Tanzania’s commercial capital Dar es Salaam.
Wema Waziri, Mishaje village chairperson, said that the farmer was trying to ward off the elephants, which stormed his maize farm in the area close to Selous Game Reserve, one of the largest faunal reserves of the world, located in the south of Tanzania.
According to the village leader, the incident occurred on Tuesday at around 1 p.m. local time.
“One of the elephants, which had a calf, charged against Maocha and trampled on him to his death,’’ she said.
Nombo Sandari, a ranger with Chingoli Wildlife Management Area also said: “Before his death, the deceased screamed to seek support from neighbouring farmers but in vain as there was nobody came out to rescue him.’’
He said the elephant strayed from Selous Game Reserve seeking for pastures and water.
Limbega Ally, Tunduru District Acting Wildlife Officer said: “we’ve dispatched a team of 11 rangers into the affected areas to help return all the elephants to their natural environment.’’
In 2017 another farmer was trampled to death by a herd of marauding elephants in the same district.
According to the most recent elephant census, published in June 2015, Tanzania has 43,000 elephants, down from 109,000 in 2009.
Xinhua/NAN
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Farmer chews snake’s head in revenge after it initially bite him
A farmer in northern India reportedly chewed off a snake’s head in revenge after the reptile bit him, with his attending doctors saying they had never come across such a bizarre case, a local media reported on Wednesday.
The incident took place in Uttar Pradesh state’s Hardoi district at the weekend, when the man identified only by his first name, Sonelal – was rushed to a government health centre after locals found him unconscious.
The man told villagers that he was grazing his cattle in the fields when the snake bit him, which however made him so angry he chewed off its hood before spitting it out.
“The snake bit me, so I held its head and chewed it off, it died, then I brought it back to the village. I tore off its head again,’’ Sonelal told the ANI news agency.
Sanjay Kumar, a doctor who treated him said he was amazed that the man survived after biting the hood, which could have contained venom, assuming it was a poisonous snake.
However, the local media said that the doctors failed to find any marks of snakebite on his body.
“I’ve never seen such a case in my life. The man was all right even after biting a snake,’’ Kumar said.
Witnesses who claimed they saw him ingest part of the snake said they suspected the man was addicted to drugs.
Medical officials believe that the man’s abnormal reaction could only be explained if he was under the influence of drugs.