Tag: Farmers
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Bandits invade Zamfara communities, kill farmers harvesting potatoes
Suspected armed bandits on Wednesday stormed three communities in Birnin Magaji Local Government Area of Zamfara State, killing many residents. According to sources in the neighbourhood, some of those killed were working on their farms when they were attacked. Sources said the armed bandits came heavily armed and opened fire on the farmers who were…
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2019: Cross River farmers adopt Ayade
Farmers in Cross River state, under the aegis of Cross River Farmers’ Cooperatives Empowerment, have thrown their weight behind Governor Ben Ayade. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports the farmers on Monday endorsed Governor Ayade’s second term bid, while also bestowing on him an award for supporting agriculture in the state. The award and support they said was…
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Flood: Forum lauds FG plan to compensate farmers
The Ndigbo Unity Forum (NUF), a pan-Igbo socio-cultural group, has applauded the Federal Government plans to compensate farmers affected by the 2018 flooding in the country. The President of NUF, Mr Augustine Chukwudum, gave the commendation while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Enugu. Chukwudum said that the decision to…
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Farmers urge FG to ban maize importation
Maize Association of Nigeria (MAAN) has called on the Federal Government to ban the importation of maize into the country to encourage local production. Alhaji Bello Abubakar, the National President of the association, made the call while addressing newsmen in Abuja on Sunday. Abubakar was reacting to a recent publication by the National Biosafety Management…
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Tinubu, Ribadu, others proffer solutions to farmers/herders crisis, exonerate Buhari
The National leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Monday identified the major challenges and also proferred solutions to recurring farmers/herders crisis in Nigeria. Tinubu noted that water, or more accurately the lack of it, is at the heart of consistent conflicts between farmers and herders in parts of…
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639 farmers commit suicide due to crop failure
The Maharashtra Revenue Minister Chandrakant Patil of India stated that 639 farmers have committed suicide in three months (March to May) this year due to diverse causes such as extensive debt, crop failure and the inability to repay bank loans. The lack of agricultural support prices, inadequate government policy, massive loans and the inability to…
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Buhari determined to end farmers/herders crises — Audu Ogbeh
President Muhammadu Buhari is committed to finding a lasting solution to the frequent clashes between herders and farmers in the country, Agriculture and Rural Development Minister, Audu Ogbeh, said Monday in Bleiswijk, in the western Netherlands. The minister gave the assurance during an interactive session with Nigerian postgraduate students studying in Wageningen University and Research…
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Opposition spreading lies, blackmailing me with herdsmen, farmers clashes – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday said opposition parties are blacking him with the herdsmen/farmers clashes happening in the northern part of the country. Buhari said this on Tuesday when he led leaders of the All Progressives Congress to Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital to support the party’s candidate, Kayode Fayemi in the forthcoming governorship…
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Killings: I didn’t abandon Benue during herdsmen, farmers clashes – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday said he didn’t abandon Benue State during the herdsmen and farmers clashes that claimed 73 lives. The president also said that government was deeply worried about the incessant attacks on Benue’s rural communities, and vowed to end the menace “very soon”. The president said this on Monday when he visited…
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Farmers, herders’ clashes not caused by ethnicity, religion — Lai Mohammed
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has blamed the incessant clashes between farmers and herdsmen on environmental, rather than ethnic or religious issues, while assuring of the Federal Government’s commitment to finding a lasting solution to the clashes. The Minister, who stated this at a mini town hall meeting which he organised for…