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Agriculture

January 10, 2022

Northern leaders, politicians supporting killer Fulani herdsmen are criminals: Akeredolu

President Muhammadu Buhari has often supported Fulani herdsmen, castigating state governors and farmers for preventing the herders’ cattle from grazing.

Ondo Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu and Herdsmen
January 10, 2022

Bandits/Agriculture: El-Rufai orders schools to open only four days each week

The commissioner further advised the school administrators to be security conscious and promptly report any security threats in their schools.

Nasir El-rufai and students
January 8, 2022

Miyetti Allah attacks Gov. Ortom for seeking group’s proscription

Mr Ortom had requested the proscription of Miyetti Allah and the Fulani Nationality Movement (FUNAM) just as bandits.

Benue State governor Samuel Ortom and Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria leaders
January 6, 2022

Only farming can take Nigerians out of poverty: Buhari

“We have to allow people to have access to the farm. We just have to go back to the land. We have to go back to the land,” Mr Buhari insisted.

Farmers used to illustrate story
January 5, 2022

Price of rice didn’t rise in Enugu during Yuletide: Survey

A 50-kilogramme bag of local rice is sold between N27,500 and N28,000 depending on the brand.

January 5, 2022

Oyo governor should dialogue with destructive herdsmen: Buhari

“I said, as far as I know, the farmers and herders have been co-existing in Nigeria for generations. Let them go and ask the local leadership what has gone wrong.”

President Muhammadu Buhari /Herder with AK47
December 29, 2021

300,000 cocoa seedlings distributed to farmers in 2021: FG

The Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria (CRIN), Ibadan, propagated and distributed 300,000 hybrid cocoa seedlings to farmers across Nigeria in 2021.

Cocoa seedlings
December 28, 2021

Lagos farmers get World Bank support to begin canned fish production

The canned fish would be affordable for Nigerians and could boost exports.

Fish farming
December 24, 2021

Cross River to spend N200 million on fish pond

CRBDA spokesman, Jackson John, told journalists that a lot would be achieved with the 10,000 fingerlings-capacity fish pond.

December 19, 2021
Photo of a Fish market used to illustrate the story