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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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Health

Unregulated food environment: Nigeria is eating itself to death

There is a quiet epidemic running alongside Nigeria's more publicised health crises. It does not arrive in sudden outbreaks...
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Water & Sanitation

World Water Day: Alliance unveils upgraded global water standard

The Alliance for Water Stewardship (AWS) on Wednesday, March 18, 2026, announced the launch of Version 3.0 of the International Water Stewardship Standard,...
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Zambian authorities seize half-a-tonne of ivory tusks smuggled by cross-border trafficking syndicate

Acting on intelligence provided by the London-based Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA), Zambian law enforcement agents raided a house in...

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Health

Unregulated food environment: Nigeria is eating itself to death

There is a quiet epidemic running alongside Nigeria's more...
Water & Sanitation

World Water Day: Alliance unveils upgraded global water standard

The Alliance for Water Stewardship (AWS) on Wednesday, March 18, 2026,...