Alhaji Kabir Adamu, Managing Director, Bank of Agriculture (BOA), says the bank has disbursed N262 billion to 140,000 farmers through Anchor Borrower Scheme in three years. Adamu, who disclosed this while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Sokoto, said the disbursement was to support farmers and boost agriculture in the […]
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In a statement on Monday by the country director of Amnesty International, Osai Ojigho, clashes between farmers and herdsmen have resulted in hundreds of deaths in the last one year. The called on the government to address the situation. “The Nigerian authorities’ response to communal violence is totally inadequate, too slow and ineffective, and in […]
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A policemen and a farmer have been killed in Guma local government area of Benue state by suspected Fulani herdsmen. Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom, confirmed the incident when he received Rabiu Kwankwaso, ex-governor of Kano state. The incident was said to have occurred between Wednesday and early hours of Thursday. Guma and Logo areas of the […]
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Akpenheen Amile, a livestock guard who is being treated for gunshots sustained in the January 2 attack on villages in Guma, Benue State, says he is yet to establish contact with his four wives and 18 children. “I am in physical pains from gunshot injuries, but such pains don’t hurt me like the inability to […]
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The Federal Government of Nigeria, security agencies and states affected by violent clashes between herdsmen and farmers have agreed on strategies to check the menace. This is the outcome of a crucial security meeting convened by the Minister of Interior, retired Lt.-Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau, in Abuja on Monday. The closed-door meeting, which lasted for about […]
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Imported banana, with low prices, has flooded Abuja markets, raising concerns about the country’s food security, the livelihoods of banana farmers and traders as well as the health of consumers. An investigation by News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) at various markets and supermarkets in Utako and Maitama districts of Abuja on Tuesday revealed that the […]
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The Presidential Fertilizer Initiative, PFI, will deliver 4 million bags of 50kg Nitrogen, Phosphorous and Potassium (NPK) fertilizer to farmers, at an affordable price, before the end of the year. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, disclosed this at the weekend on Hannu Ya Dawa, an audience participation […]
Continue ReadingPresident Muhammadu Buhari, on Friday at the graduation ceremony of Course 24 at the National Defence College in Abuja, says he has mandated security agencies to deal decisively with all acts of banditry and criminality perpetrated in the name of herdsmen-farmers clashes. “On the matter of herdsmen/farmers’ clashes, I wish to state that this administration […]
Continue ReadingFarmers have urged relevant agriculture agencies to improve on the nation’s produce storage facilities to achieve the Federal Government’s objectives of boosting food production. The farmers were reacting to the inauguration of the Presidential Committee/Task Force on Rice and Wheat to facilitate its programme on self-sufficiency in food production. Chief Marcel Eleri, Chairman of Association of Registered […]
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