President Bola Tinubu on Monday expressed readiness to end the perennial farmers, herders crisis in the country. During the inauguration of the mechanised agricultural project in Minna, Niger State, the President vowed to draw up programmes that would end the crisis within two to three weeks. He, however, noted that state governors should provide lands that would help in facilitating …

Amidst the challenges of food security, the Kogi East Critical Stakeholders (KECS) has said herders have taken over the administration of fishing and agrarian communities and were levying taxes on the people of Kogi State while sacking them from their farmlands and fishing grounds. The group while briefing journalists in Abuja yesterday said the herders were equally expanding their control …

The Federal Government, on Tuesday, said it would commence the Pulaku Initiative, a large-scale resettlement programme to address the root causes of incessant clashes between farmers and herders in various flashpoints nationwide. Pulaku also called the “Fulani code of conduct”, is an integral cultural and ethical value system specific to the Fulani. The farmer-herder crisis, more pronounced in the North-Central, …

The Federal Government, on Saturday, announced the inauguration of 120 housing units and an empowerment centre for farmers in Borno State. It announced this through the National Agricultural Land Development Authority  (NALDA), stating that the move was part of efforts to reduce poverty and boost food production in Nigeria. It said the facilities, located in Dustman Village, Zawiya, Borno State, …

At least 5, 200 female livestock farmers in Taraba State would be empowered through a World Bank-assisted project, Livestock Productivity and Resilience Support, to increase productivity and encourage commercialisation across the livestock value chain. Also, the Federal Government, under the National Poverty Reduction with Growth Strategy, on Wednesday, distributed farm inputs to 257 small-scale farmers in Akwa Ibom State, to …

The Federal Government, in collaboration with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), has distributed farming inputs to 619 farmers in Nasarawa State for the 2023/2024 dry season farming to ensure food security in the state. Speaking at the distribution exercise in Lafia on Tuesday, the National Programme Coordinator of the FGN/IFAD Value Chain Development Programme, Fatima Aliyu, explained that …

Kebbi State government is to commence the disbursement of N3 billion to seasonal farmers across the state under the Livelihood Support Grant in order to become self-reliant. Governor Nasir Idris while flagging off the disbursement yesterday at the Presidential Lodge in Birnin Kebbi, capital of Kebbi State, affirmed the readiness of his administration to provide necessary support to achieve the …

The Nigerian Army and Police Force have been urged to immediately launch an inquiry into the alleged extortion of farmers and herders in some conflict-ridden communities of Benue, Taraba and Kaduna States. A recent investigative report by Daily Trust had indicted soldiers and police officers deployed in Adaka and Wadata communities of Benue, Jalingo town in Taraba and Zangon Kataf …

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Monday, recommitted his administration to actions and interventions that would make quality food affordable and accessible within the State. The governor said the ongoing development of Food Security Systems and Central Logistics Park in Ketu-Ereyun, Epe, was part of the current interventions by his Government to ensure food affordability, stressing that the facility …

No fewer than 100 farmers whose farmlands were affected by the construction of the Ekiti Cargo Airport, on Monday, protested at the Governor’s Office in Ado Ekiti over their unpaid compensation. The placards-carrying farmers, who came from about five affected communities, such as Igbogun, Afao, Araromi Obo, Aso Ayegunle and Igbemo Ekiti, expressed dissatisfaction with the failure of the government …