Tag: pastoralists
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Nasarawa: Police confirm alleged killing of 27 pastoralists in airstrike
The Police Command in Nasarawa State has confirmed the alleged killing of 27 pastoralists in an ‘airstrike’ in Doma Local Government Area of the State. DSP Ramhan Nansel, the Command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), confirmed the development
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Pastoralists And Farmers Conflicts In Nigeria: Time For Fulani Capitalism, Not Herdsmen Terrorism, By Magnus Onyibe
By Magnus Onyibe Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka’s country home in the forest area of lbadan, Oyo state capital, has reportedly been invaded allegedly by herdsmen. Although the police has denied the invasion of Soyinka’s sanctuary, he has confirmed that the peace of his abode was indeed violated by herdsmen and their cattle herd,but he successfully…
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The big showdown between farmers, pastoralists, indigenous communities and Corporate agribusiness
By Judith Ufford A hundred and seventy (170) Non-governmental organizations from 83 countries have written to the United Nations (UN) Secretary General Antonio Guteires calling for the revocation of Agnes Kalibata, president of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa ( AGRA) as the UN’s special envoy to the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit.…