Tag:herdsmen

Human Welfare

Council gives herdsmen two weeks to comply with Benue open grazing law

The Benue State Security Council has given a two-week ultimatum to people operating open grazing within the state to comply with the Open Grazing...

Michael Simire - February 21, 2024

Human Welfare

Stakeholders want govt to declare State of Emergency on herders-farmers clashes

Stakeholders at an Inclusive Forum for Accountable Society (IFAS) meeting want the Federal Government to declare a State of Emergency on herders and farmers...

Michael Simire - November 23, 2021

Agric & Biotech

An ecosystem restoration approach to solving farmers-herders conflict

Many have attributed the clashes between farmers and herders in Nigeria to the lackadaisical attitude of the present government. They are wrong! History has...

Michael Simire - October 24, 2021

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Benue governor signs anti-open grazing bill into law

The Bill outlawing open grazing in Benue State has been signed by the Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom, into law. Governor Ortom, who assented to...

admin - May 22, 2017

Agric & Biotech

Benue outlaws open grazing

The recurrent Fulani herdsmen attack on Benue communities may soon be a thing of the past as the State House of Assembly on Thursday,...

admin - May 4, 2017

Agric & Biotech

Government to demarcate cattle routes nationwide

The Federal Government says that it will demarcate 6,000km cattle routes across the country in 2017. Alhaji Mahmud Bello, the National Coordinator, Grazing Stock Routes,...

admin - April 7, 2017

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