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New CBN policy: ISWAP dumps Naira, now taxes farmers, traders in CFA

  The Shura Council of the Islamic State of the West African Province(ISWAP) has banned naira as a means of transaction for the illegal tax it collects from peasant...

Farming will receive it’s pride of place – Tinubu

… Says Tinubu as farmers, ishing community, livestock sector endorse APC Candidate at Minna Town Hall meeting All Progressives Congress Presidential Candidate,...

Tinubu meets farmers, agro commodity groups in Niger State

  The APC presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu continues his engagement with another strategic sector of the Nigerian economy, with a Town Hall meeting...

Taraba boat mishap: Bodies of 15 farmers recovered

  The recovery of sixty two bodies from a boat mishap in Gwamtamu Village of Taraba state punctuated the 62nd anniversary of the nations Independence Saturday . How...

Nigeria

Lightning kills 21 farmers

  At least 21 people died in India’s eastern state of Bihar in incidents of lightning amid rains over the past 24 hours. Street Lighting: Lagos covers 1300km in...

Nigeria

Bandits levy multi million naira on farmers in Kaduna state.

  Farmers in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State have reportedly agreed to pay the huge amount that bandits levied them to access to their farmlands....

Abdulrazaq flags off fresh support for Kwara’s crop, livestock, fish farmers

  •       6,000 benefit in first round   At least 6,000 crop and livestock farmers in Kwara State have benefited from the first round of government and...

Herders/Farmers Clash: Five killed, houses burnt in Imeko Afon,Ogun State

    At least five persons were killed when farmers and herders clashed in Imeko-Afon Local Government Area of Ogun State. During the fracas houses, maize...

Nigeria

Civil strife:45 farmers shot dead in Nasarawa, 5,000 displaced

    About 45 farmers have been reported killed and 27 injured following renewed hostility in Lafia, Obi and Awe local government areas of Nasarawa State. A...

Sanwo-Olu presents N200m interest-free loan to 37 film makers

Sanwo-Olu, Gbajabiamlia task farmers to reduce fish importation

  As NIFFR holds three-day training on code of conduct for responsible fisheries in Lagos  To reduce the importation of fish in Nigeria, governments and farmers have...