A court in Makurdi, Benue State, has remanded two farmers in custody over allegations of terrorism, abduction and large-scale arson linked to a land dispute in the Mbakyum community. The accused, Nyamyoho Atimbir and Emmanuel Imiase, were arraigned on Thursday following a petition by three local families who claim the pair, together with another suspect…
Armed men suspected to be herdsmen on Monday invaded Yelwata community in Guma Local Government Area of Benue State, killing three farmers and injuring three others. A local resident, who requested anonymity, said the assailants stormed the area in broad daylight, shooting sporadically at anyone in sight. Youth leader Achii Matthias told reporters that the…
Abductors of the seven farmers in Itaogbolu, Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State, have reduced the ransom from N100 million to N20 million. The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) reports that the victims were working on their farmland on Saturday when gunmen suspected to be kidnappers launched an attack and whisked them away. The…
The Ondo State Security Network Agency, codenamed Amotekun Corps, has confirmed the abduction of seven farmers in Itaogbolu, Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State. The State Commander of Amotekun, Mr. Adetunji Adeleye, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in a telephone interview on Monday, stating that the victims were…
The Kaduna State Government has concluded plans to distribute free fertilisers to 100,000 smallholder farmers across the 23 local government areas of the state, the Commissioner for Agriculture, Murtala Dabo, has disclosed. Dabo made the announcement while briefing journalists at the end of the distribution committee’s meeting ahead of the rollout of the state’s fertiliser…
The National Farmers Coalition and Grassroots Agricultural Groups have commended the disbursement of N19.5 billion to 50,000 farmers across Nigeria by the National Agricultural Development Fund (NADF). The coalition made this known in a statement on Monday in Abuja, applauding the initiative under NADF’s Strategic Grant Programme, which it said has empowered smallholder farmers nationwide….
Sen Abdul-Aziz Yari (APC-Zamfara) has paid over N1.3 billion as fertiliser subsidy to farmers for this year’s wet farming season across the state. Ibrahim Birnin-Magaji, Chairman, Yari’s Publicity Committee, disclosed this in a statement issued in Gusau on Tuesday. Birnin-Magaji quoted Alhaji Lawal Liman, Chairman, Sen. Yari Political Organisation, as saying this while inspecting the…
The Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), on Sunday alerted farmers, herders and residents to steer clear of its area of its forthcoming ‘Range Classification Exercise’. The academy’s spokesperson, Maj. Mohammad Maidawa, made the announcement in a statement issued in Kaduna. Maidawa said: “NDA wishes to inform the public, particularly farmers, herders, and residents of surrounding and…
In a harrowing incident, a minimum of 23 farmers and fishermen were killed by Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) militants in the village of Malam Karanti, situated close to Baga in Borno State’s Kukawa Local Government Area. According to reports, the attack transpired on Thursday morning in the village, located just five kilometres…
Some farmers in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe on Tuesday urged their governments to adopt new strategies to tackle crop theft and insurgents’ attacks ahead of the farming season. The farmers made the appeal when responding to a News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) survey on their challenges ahead of the rainy season. Alhaji Umar Mohammed, a…
