Tag: Grazing
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Cattle rearers warned against grazing in FCT
Director, Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB), Mr Osi Braimah, has warned that the board would be strict on enforcement by arresting cattle rearers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
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Grazing ranching need negotiation not force – Dele Sobowale
Nigerian leaders in politics and even in private business always operate in the belief that might, however defined, is right.
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81 Ekiti monarchs tackle Fayemi, reject ‘surrendering’ lands to herdsmen for grazing
Traditional rulers in Ekiti State have rejected the Federal Government’s National Livestock Transformation Plan in the state, describing it as another nomenclature for the Rural Grazing Area, which they call a land grabbing initiative. The traditional rulers, under the aegis of Majority Obas of Ekiti Land, who said the scheme would bring about Fulani herders’…
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No free land for grazing in Edo – Obaseki
The Edo State Government has said that it will not cede any part of its land for grazing cattle in the state. In a statement, Secretary to the State Government, Osarodion Ogie Esq., said that the government’s position on the matter is clear and has not shifted since it insisted that it would not cede…
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18 killed in clashes over cattle grazing land
Clashes between South Sudanese cattle herders over grazing land have left 18 people dead, authorities said on Wednesday, the latest violence over territory in the troubled country. “We have confirmed the killing of 18 people in the inter-communal fighting,’’ Terekeka State Minister for Information Dominic Ladu told dpa. The clashes occurred on Tuesday in Terekeka…
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JUST IN: Obaseki places 90-day total ban on grazing
As an interim measure to forestall further killings and destruction of property, Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has placed a 90- day total ban on grazing in Odighi, Odiguetue communities and environs. Obaseki announced the ban during a meeting with members of Odighi, Owan and Odigwuetue communities at the palace of the Enogie of…
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JUST IN: Ortom signs anti-Open Rearing, Grazing bill into law
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State on Monday signed the bill prohibiting Open Rearing and Grazing into law. TheNewsGuru.com reports that the Benue State House of Assembly on Thursday, May 4 successfully passed the bill prohibiting Open Rearing and Grazing into law. Ortom, at a stakeholders’ meeting in Makurdi, the Benue State capital on Monday…