…the herders had been intimidating and harassing residents in the area in recent times Toru-Angiama community in Patani Local Government Area of Delta State has been thrown into confusion and tension as two farmers were reportedly killed in the community by suspected herdsmen on Monday. Sources claimed that the incident occurred in the early hours
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…The training will provide important skills for women farmers in the newly merged districts ISLAMABAD: The United States embassy in Pakistan and the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Planning and Development Department jointly launched a new development project worth $1 million to provide training for farmers and improve irrigation systems in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. This US assistance would fund
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‘Commemorating the 2022 world food day, Anambra govt. appealed to well-to-do citizens to continue to render assistance to flood victims and farmers’ Anambra State Government has promised to assist farmers affected by flood to ensure sustainance of food supply in the state. Commissioner for Agriculture, Dr. Foster Ihejiofor disclosed this on Sunday at a press
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‘The incident occurred on Saturday when gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen armed with AK-47 rifles, stormed the community, and opened fire on residents’ Nine Tiv farmers of Gidan Sule community in the Keana Local Government Area of Nasarawa State have been reportedly killed by gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen. Sources claimed that the incident occurred
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About fifteen thousand farms have been destroyed by flooding in five local government areas of Kano State. The Director General, National Emergency Management Agency, Mustapha Habib, made the disclosure during an on-the-spot assessment tour of communities ravaged by flood in Warawa and Wudil LGAs of the state on Wednesday. He listed the affected communities as
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Thirty-five people have been killed in fighting between semi-nomadic herders and farmers in southeastern Chad in recent days, according to a senior official. The deaths occurred in Salamat province where farmers were attacked when they encountered a roadblock, provincial secretary-general Mara Maad told AFP news agency on Wednesday. The farmer blamed local cattle herders and
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The Governor of Abia State, Okezie Ikpeazu, said on Wednesday the state government paid N100, 000 each as compensation to farmers and herdsmen for damages recorded during conflicts in the state. Ikpeazu, who stated this when he featured in aq Channels TV programme, Sunrise Daily, said the move was to ensure the people gain the
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The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Sabo Nanono said on Sunday, that the Nigerian government will collaborate with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) with a view to supporting farmers nationwide with interest-free loans. He made the declaration while receiving the 2020 Wet Agricultural Performance Survey, according to a statement released in Abuja by
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Fighters from the Boko Haram jihadist group killed 14 farmers in restive northeast Nigeria , members of a government -backed militia said Tuesday .The sources told AFP that insurgents on Monday seized 15 farmers working on their irrigation fields in Ngwom village , 14 kilometers ( nine miles ) north of the region ’s main
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Gunmen, weekend, raided Gobirawan Cali community in Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State, kidnapping over 40 peasant farmers. A villager told the British Broadcasting Corporation, BBC, Hausa Service that the gunmen stormed the communities, shooting sporadically, as inhabitants ran into the bush to avoid being hit by bullets. According to the villager, “they came
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Barely 24 hours after the productive Enugu Poultry farmers carried out a peaceful protest over extortion by the Enugu East chairman, Mr. Alex Ugwu, the world has patiently awaited the reaction of Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi. The high expectations of what action the Governor would take against the erring chairman may not be unconnected to the
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As part of its efforts to revitalize the agricultural sector of Osun, the state government has provided N329 million as agricultural input based loans to maize farmers, under the Anchors Borrowers’ Programme (ABP). The programme saw the Osun State Government partner with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Unity Bank and the Maize Farmers Association
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The Ebonyi State Government yesterday set up a nine man committee to investigate and report back to government the remote and immediate cause of the crisis that erupted between farmers in Abakaliki Local Government Area of the state and Herders. Inugurating the committee, shortly after an enlarged emergency security meeting with security Chiefs at the
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Suspected herdsmen have killed two farmers on Wednesday at Owan village in the Ovia North East Local Government Area of Edo State. The two victims were identified as One Owoh and Samuel Imonkhai. Owoh was a palm wine tapper. He was shot where he was tapping palm tree in the farm while the other victim, Samuel
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