NIGERIA'S Northern State Governors Forum (NSGF) has finally accepted the recommendation of its counterparts the Southern Governors Forum and conceded that open grazing is no longer sustainable and all cattle should now be raised in ranches.
Earlier this month, the Southern Governors Forum met in Asaba, the Delta State...
SIX of Nigeria's 36 states have stated that they will not participate in the federal government's National Livestock Transformation Programme (NLTP) amid fears that it could cause more problems than it is designed to solve by increasing communal strife.
Over recent years, Fulani cattle herdsmen have turned Nigeria into a war...
FEDERAL government officials have begun negotiations with Nasarawa State with a view to opening Nigeria's first mega grazing reserve under the National Livestock Transformation Plan (NLTP) having received €400,000 for the project from the Netherlands government.
Nigeria is currently being torn apart by the menace of...
FEDERAL government officials have drawn up plans to create 30 grazing reserves across the country under the National Livestock Transformation Plan (NLTP) in attempt to address the ongoing Fulani herdsmen crisis currently afflicting the country.
Nigeria is currently being torn apart by the menace of marauding Fulani cattle...
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