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Herdsmen sack 45 Plateau villages -Rep

Ihesiulo Grace 1 June 2018 0

A House of Representatives member from Plateau State, Rep. Istifanus Gyang on Thursday, alleged that 45 villages in Barkin Ladi-Ryom Federal Constituency have been sacked and converted into a cattle colony by Fulani Herdsmen. Rep. Gyang, who made the disclosure during plenary of the House,

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Nigeria to generate N1.2trn annually from cattle colony – Group

Ihesiulo Grace 1 February 2018 0

Group under the aegis of Global Peace and Life Rescue Initiative, GOPRI, has backed the Nigerian government in establishing cattle colony in states of the federation as panacea to ending the current wave of killings associated with Fulani herdsmen. This is coming even as more condemnations continue to trail the proposal by the federal government to establish cattle […]

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Katsina allocates 5,300 hectares for cattle colony

Ihesiulo Grace 25 January 2018 0

Katsina state government has allocated a total of 5,300 hectares of land at Gurbin Baure, Jibia local government area for the proposed take-off of cattle colony. The Special Adviser to the government on Agriculture, Dr. Abba Yakubu Abdallah, in an interview with newsmen said Governor Masari-led administration supports the programme. According to him, we allocated […]

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Ikpeazu rejects cattle colony for herdsmen in Abia State

Ihesiulo Grace 12 January 2018 0

In line with the Federal Government resolve that it will not collect ancestral homes of Nigerians as “cattle colonyas explained by the minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Audu Ogbeh, Abia State Governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, has rejected plans by the federal government to establish “cattle colonies” for Fulani Herdsmen and their cows in Abia […]

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Cattle Colony: We’re not giving land to anybody – FG

Ihesiulo Grace 12 January 2018 0

To clear the air on the Federal Government’s proposed establishment of cattle colony in the country, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh , has said that the administration will not collect any ancestral land from anybody for that purpose. The minister , who described cattle colony as areas carved out for any […]