Slain herders’ cattle found dead in Zangon Kataf
Troops of Operation Safe Haven have discovered 10 dead cows in Mabuhu village, Zangon Kataf local government area.
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Tag: CATTLE
Clashes over cattle leave 16 civilians dead in South Sudan
Bona Panek Biar, governor of Warrap on Wednesday said 16 civilians were killed and scores wounded in South Sudan’s northern Warrap region following clashes over cattle. Biar disclosed that the civilians were killed during clashes over cattle that erupted from Sunday until Tuesday between the Jalwau and Luanyjang clans of the Dinka community in Tonj
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Kano Agro pastoral project to spend N300m for cattle market upgrade
By Abdulmumin Murtala – Kano Kano State Agro Pastoral Development Project, KSADP, has set aside N300 million, for the development of infrastructure in five cattle markets in the state. The State Project Coordinator, Malam Ibrahim Garba Muhammad announced this during the proposal opening for design and supervision consultancy for the markets on Wednesday, at the
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230 cows seized in Benue for violating grazing law
By Peter Duru Personnel of Benue State Livestock Guards, BLSG, have apprehended 230 cows and four herders for allegedly violating the state’s grazing law. Parading the confiscated cattle at the BLSG headquarters in Makurdi, Commander of the Guards, Mr. Linus Zaki, disclosed that the herders were arrested in Guma and Gwer West Local Government Areas
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Miyetti Allah vows to fight against street begging in Nasarawa
By David Odama THE Nasarawa State Chapter of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) has promised to fight against street begging in the state. The cattle association said that the situation where little children of Fulani extraction are sent to fend for themselves by indulging in begging in the name of the school
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Cattle allegedly destroys rice farmland worth N17m in Enugu community
Over N17 million worth of rice farmland has been destroyed by grazing activities of cattle in Oji-Agu axis in Akpugo community in Nkanu East Local Government Area of Enugu State.
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Katsina to vaccinate 10,500 cattle against contagious pneumonia
The Daura Local Government Council in Katsina State says it will vaccinate 10,550 cattle against Vontagious Vobine Chloro Pneumonia (CVCP). Malam Buhari Fago, the Director of Agriculture and Natural Resources of the council, disclosed this during the commencement of the exercise in Daura on Wednesday. He said the exercise would be conducted across 10 designated
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Nobody in Ebonyi, South East is considering RUGA ― Umahi
By Peter Okutu Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State, weekend stressed that nobody in the state and indeed the Southeast geopolitical zone was considering establishing Rural Grazing Area, RUGA, for herdsmen. According to Umahi, people were playing politics with the security of the state using RUGA to sell their dummy even as he warns against
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Civil defence arrests Fulani herdsman for allegedly destroying 5-acre farm in Oyo
Ola Ajayi – Ibadan IN order to avert another herders-farmers clash in Oyo, a Fulani herder, Ali Manu, has been arrested by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Oyo State Command for allegedly leading 100 cows to a five-acre cassava farm at Abidioke Village in Ibarapa North Local Government Area and destroyed it.
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Breaking: South East Govs ban herdsmen, cattle movement among communities
ENUGU- THE Governors of South East geopolitical zone have banned movement of herdsmen and cattle from one community to the other within the zone.
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