Tag: FARMERS
NGO supports 15,000 farmers to boost rice, sorghum production in Kebbi
PROACT, a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), based-Kebbi, has empowered 15,000 farmers to boost production of rice and sorghum in the state.
Mr Olumide Ojo, the PROACT...
Buratai assures Borno, Yobe farmers will resume activities on their farms...
Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, says people of Northern Borno and Yobe will soon go back to their respective communities and...
Three farmers get one-year jail term each for theft, extortion
A Jos Upper Area Court in Kasuwan Nama, Jos, on Monday sentenced three farmers, Suleiman Dahiru, Jafaru Musa and Tahiru Adam to one-year imprisonment...
Sokoto farmers get N1.4 billion fertiliser subsidy
The Sokoto State government said it will spend the sum of N1.4 billion to subsidise the price of fertiliser for its farmers in the...
Don’t politicise herdsmen/farmers clashes – Gov. Bello
Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi on Tuesday appealed to Nigerians not to give political colouration to the recurring herdsmen/farmers clashes in Benue and some...
Monarch sues for understanding among farmers, herdsmen
Mr Christopher Jatau, the Uehra Ashea of Kube Chiefdom in Nasarawa State, has advised farmers and herdsmen in the country to understand each other...
Buhari approves committee to rebuild communities affected by herdsmen-farmers conflicts
In line with the administration’s commitment towards finding permanent solutions to the herdsmen-farmers clashes in some parts of the country, President Muhammadu Buhari has...
Edo bans night grazing over herdsmen/farmers clash
The Edo State Government has banned night grazing in the state to avert further herdsmen/farmers clashes.
The ban also prohibits the carrying of guns by...
Police arrest ASP over killing of seven farmers in Adamawa
The Adamawa Police Command on Thursday confirmed the arrest of a policeman who was alleged to have shot to death seven farmers in the...
FG to provide cheap funds to farmers — Emefiele
The Federal Government will provide cheap funds of not more than five percent to farmers who want to acquire agricultural equipment and feeds.
The Central...