“Our colleagues tell us that 8.7 million people in Nigeria need urgent assistance, including 2.2 million displaced people.”
The Veterinary Council of Nigeria has issued a 60-day ultimatum to unregistered and illegal veterinary facilities to register or be shut down.
Mr Afolabi said the herders, who were stopped at Erinle-Offa axis, were with some of their cattle and were heading towards the end of Kwara-Osun state boundary.
The water resources bill had already been rejected twice at the National Assembly in 2018 and 2020, yet Mr Buhari re-presented it.
“It doesn’t take anybody to know that Nigeria is in a very bad situation and it is a fact,” the Sultan said.
The minister said the states will access between 50 to 60 million dollars each after meeting the criteria set by the World Bank.
Customs said the illegal trade in wildlife was intercepted after a tip off.
The farmers, numbering 156, lost their farm produce to floods caused by a torrential rainfall that lasted for three hours on Tuesday.
“We have witnessed the willful and carefully planned destruction of crops in some areas of the state by criminals,” Mr Lalong said.
The park rangers visited the State House Permanent Secretary as part of activities marking World Ranger Day on July 31.
