The people of Ayegbaju Ekiti in the Oye Local Government Area of Ekiti State staged a violent protest over alleged killing of a farmer, Elijah Ogor, by suspected herdsmen.
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This was disclosed by the group at a meeting with the Deputy Chairman of the PDP Presidential Campaign Council (South), Otunba Gbenga Daniel, on Thursday
Willy Thomas, a trade facilitator, on Monday urged security agencies to remove bottlenecks hindering farmers from transporting their farm produce from one trade route to another.
Addressing newsmen on Friday on the assessment/progress of implementation of projects and programmes by his Ministry, the Commissioner for Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Haruna Nuhu Dukku, said rehabilitation of integrated farm settlement centres have been made done in Tegina, Nasko, Kuta, Agaie and Bida.
The farmers, who spoke with newsmen in several villages in the two local governments, said that they were enjoying “sweet peace” in their natural abodes.
Tinubu made his position known on Wednesday in a statement by his spokesman, Tunde Rahman
Maduka, who said when he visited the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Lagos, said it would be so because an average Nigeria family still gave birth to at least three kids and this had made the country’s population to continue to soar.
Erikstrup told the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos that Denmark had become one of the world top meat and milk producing countries because of farmers’ education.
Ukaoha said this in Abuja on Monday during a policy dialogue on key thematic issues on agriculture in Nigeria.
Babayo who is also Sarkin Fulani Chanchaga and Shaku Kingdom in Minna made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Minna on Wednesday.
He stated this at a three-day National Conference organised by Faculty of Law, Ahmadu Bello University held in Zaria, Kaduna State.
The Agriculture Trade Group of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Tuesday lauded the Federal Government’s move to garner new strategies to solve farmers and herdsmen clashes in the country.
The position of the UN was stated by the Special Representative of UN Secretary-General for West Africa and the Sahel, Mohamed Ibn Chambas.
The minister gave the assurance at an interactive session with Nigerian postgraduate students studying in Wageningen University and Research Centre, Netherlands, widely regarded as one of the world’s top agricultural research institutions.
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that some aggrieved politicians are blackmailing him over the conflicts involving farmers and herdsmen in parts of the country.
Malam Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, gave the warning in a statement issued in Abuja on Sunday.
The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Chief Femi Adesina, made this known on Tuesday on an AIT morning programme in response to a question on ancestral attachments to land
The international media outfit specifically made reference to repellent images circulating in the social media, which the originators purportedly claimed were from recent violence in Jos, Plateau State
Eyadema stated this when he addressed newsmen after a closed door session with President Muhammadu Buhari in Katsina, Katsina State on Friday
It, therefore, called for deliberate action to end the conflicts