Farmers have cried out over the N60 billion spent on palm oil import and urged the government to use the industry to create employment and alleviate the high level of poverty in the country. For instance, figures from the Nigeria…
Here’s what happened when a large-scale experiment used human pee to fertilise crops
These days, peeing on your food plants may be considered a gross and wacky gardening hack, despite the practice having been proven beneficial for thousands of years. But our modern squeamishness has meant gardeners and farmers alike must resort to…
Bandits gun down farmers in Katsina
At least 15 farmers were reportedly killed when bandits stormed Gakurdi village in Jibia Local Government Area of Katsina State on Tuesday. The development comes hours after over 40 farmers were slaughtered by Boko Haram fighters in Borno State. A…
Obiano resolves herders/farmers crisis in Anam, Anambra West LGA
The Anambra State Government has said the crisis between herdsmen and crop farmers in the Anam community in Anambra West Local Government Area, last week has been resolved. A statement by the Commissioner for Information & Public Enlightenment, Mr. C.…
Amnesty International report, drawing the wrong conclusions – Garba Shehu
The first thing to say about Amnesty International’s Report: Setting the Record Straight is to thank the organisation for confirming a fact stated time and again by President Muhammadu Buhari that the conflict between herders and farmers in Nigeria is…
How to resolve farmers/herders crisis, by Tinubu, Ribadu, Sani (Nation)
All Progressives Congress (APC) stalwart Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu yesterday listed the search for water as one of the major causes of the clashes between farmers and herders. Tinubu noted that water, or more accurately the lack of it, is…
“We want to live in peace,” says herdsmen, farmers in Enugu (DailyTrust)
Herdsmen and farmers from across the five states in the south-east zone met yesterday in Enugu, capital of Enugu State and struck a pact that henceforth, they will continue to live in peace and harmony while praying that other zones…
I might’ve been part of herders, farmers’ crisis –Buhari (Punch)
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that he may have been one of those involved in the herdsmen/farmers’ clashes had he not gone to school. He stated this in a speech he delivered during his two-day state visit to Bauchi State…
