The police command in Nasarawa State on Saturday confirmed the killing of Mohammed Hussaini, the State Chairman of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) by suspected bandits. A statement by the command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Ramhan Nansel,…
*Lagos welder brutalises sexagenarian, wife over electricity bill (Punch)*Residents lament bad roads, insecurity in FESTAC Town (Guardian)
Lagos welder brutalises sexagenarian, wife over electricity bill (Punch) A sexagenarian, Paul Okedare, and his wife, Funke, are in pain after a co-tenant, identified only as Tunde, allegedly brutalised them at their residence on Unity Street, in the Ikotun area…
We can meet Nigeria’s milk needs, says Miyetti Allah (Punch)
The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, on Tuesday, said that Nigeria had more than enough cows and pastoralists to meet its citizens’ milk requirements. Alhaji Othman Ngelzarma, General Secretary, MACBAN, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja that the…
Miyetti Allah begins tour of Fulani settlements in Enugu (Vanguard)
The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders’ Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) says it has begun the sensitisation of its members in the 14 Fulani settlements in Enugu State, in order to check infiltrators. The South-East Chairman of MACBAN, Alhaji Gidado Siddiki, disclosed…
Miyetti Allah rejects CBN’s restriction of forex on milk importation (Guardian)
The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) has opposed Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN’s) proposed plan to restrict allocation of foreign exchange (forex) for importation of milk into the country. It insisted that the policy does not align…
Osinbajo’s office helping us create Ruga settlements – Miyetti Allah (Punch)
The General Secretary of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, Baba Uthman Ngelzarma, says Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo’s office is helping the herdsmen to create Ruga settlements across the country. Ngelzerma boasted that when the programme has been successfully…
Herdsmen have no reason to attack South-East – Miyetti Allah (Punch)
The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, South-East zone, has said that it has no grudges against any state in the zone, let alone plotting any form of attack. The association in a press conference in Awka, the Anambra…
If you force herders out of business, they’ll fight back – Miyetti Allah (Punch)
The Kajuru chapter of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria has warned that herders will fight back if they are forced to abandon their trade (cattle rearing). The MACBAN’s chairman, Musa Aliyu Ardo, who spoke to one of…
