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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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,...
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Stakeholders explore avenues to resolve Benue farmers, herdsmen rift

Besides the branding of cows to avoid incidences of rustling, a gathering of civil society players has also demanded for the fast-tracking of the...
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Cattle, bloodshed, hunger and climate change

Violent conflicts have become so pervasive in Nigeria that one could be excused to say that they threaten to become the new normal. Some years...
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Conservation

MOSOP seeks compliance with wetlands protection in Ogoniland oil plans

The Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People (MOSOP) says it is seeking compliance with wetlands protection in oil...
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Oil & Gas

G7 urged to tax fossil fuel windfall profits amid surging oil prices

G7 countries were on Tuesday, March 10, 2026, urged to enact a windfall tax or tax on the excess...
Climate Change

South Africa: Budget 2026 fails to fast-track just transition, tackle inequality – Group

In a period of economic uncertainty and escalating climate impacts, The Green Connection is of the opinion that South Africa's Budget 2026 misses...

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Conservation

MOSOP seeks compliance with wetlands protection in Ogoniland oil plans

The Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People (MOSOP)...
Oil & Gas

G7 urged to tax fossil fuel windfall profits amid surging oil prices

G7 countries were on Tuesday, March 10, 2026, urged...