Terrorists have reportedly kidnapped over 30 farmers in the early hours of Saturday in Chikuri community of Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State. A resident, Dogara Peter, who confirmed the sad incident to Sunday PUNCH on Saturday, said his mother and sister were among the victims. According to him, the victims were abducted while working on Maikudi’s farms. “Our community has …

The United States Government through the US Agency for International Development has announced a $29 million investment to support aquatic and fish farmers in Nigeria, Bangladesh, Kenya and Zambia. This is as it revealed a five-year extension for two research partnerships under Feed the Future, the US government’s global hunger and food security initiative. According to the agency, $15 million …

Fifty thousand farmers have begun training on organic agricultural development and practice in Abia State to minimise environmental and soil degradation. The training is being facilitated by the federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, International Organization for Good Leadership and Agricultural Development, and the Abia State Agricultural Development Programme (ADP). At the flagoff ceremony of the training at the …

Professor Adewale Dipeolu of the Federal University of Agriculture (FUNAAB), Abeokuta, has said that over 3,000,000 people stand to benefit from an agricultural app that will soon be developed as part of digital technology measures to combat the effects of climate change on agriculture by farmers, especially those in remote part of the country. Dipeolu, who is the team leader …

The Plateau State Governor, Barrister Caleb Mutfwang has ordered the cultivation of over 900 hectares of farmland across three local government areas of the state in a move to tackle the lingering crisis in the area. In the last three months, more than 300 persons have been killed in the Mangu Local Government Area (LGA) and the neighbouring communities following …

The people of Birnin-Gwari in Kaduna State have said that bandits have killed farmers in the emirate including an Islamic leader, and kidnapped scores as insecurity continued to escalate growing concerns over looming famine. According to the Birnin-Gwari Emirate Progressives Union (BEPU), ” we sorrowfully mourn the death of the Vice-Chairman of Jama’atul Izalatul Bid’ah Wa Iqamatus-Sunnah (JIBWIS), Birnin-Gwari Branch, …

As a way of reviving the dwindling means of livelihood of farmers in Ogun State occasioned by Covid-19, over 3,000 farmers have been empowered under Nigeria Covid-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus (NG-CARES) programme, domesticated as Ogun-CARES. The empowerment is a progressive gesture executed in batches at Ijebu-Ode Local Government Secretariat for Ogun East, Ogun State Agricultural Development Programme premises …

Suspected bandits have killed 9 farmers and kidnapped three others in Unguwar Danko near Dogon Dawa village in Birnin Gwari Area of Kaduna State. A source, who disclosed this on Saturday, said the incident took place on Saturday afternoon when the victims were working on their farms. A State House of Assembly member-elect representing Kakangi Constituency, Yahaya Musa, confirmed the …

Farmers in some communities in the Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State have called on state government and security agencies in the state to come to their aid following incessant attacks by suspected herdsmen. The farmers alleged that the herdsmen again invaded the Power Line, Ago Oyinbo, and Ala Reserves communities on Friday and Saturday, destroying their farms …

The Benue State Police Command on Wednesday paraded nine suspected rustlers, who conspired with criminal herders to rustle cows and shared the proceeds. The state command spokesperson, Deputy Superintendent Catherine Anene, while parading the suspects, said they specialised in rustling of cattle that fuelled killings in the state. Anene said: “In recent times, the investigation into herder/farmer conflict in most …