Tag: Livestock

  • Drama As Katsina Bandit Demand Livestock As Ransom During Negotiation

    Drama As Katsina Bandit Demand Livestock As Ransom During Negotiation

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    Security tensions have escalated in parts of Katsina State after reports that armed bandits demanded livestock as ransom in ongoing negotiations with rural communities. The development has renewed public concern over the evolving economics of kidnapping and banditry in northern Nigeria, where criminal groups increasingly request payment in cattle, food supplies, and cash rather than…

  • Insecurity: FG bans open grazing, launches livestock devt council

    Insecurity: FG bans open grazing, launches livestock devt council

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    The Federal Government has banned open grazing by cattle rearers as part of efforts to curb the persistent farmers-herders conflicts across the country. The announcement was made on Tuesday by the Minister of Livestock Development, Alhaji Mukhtar Maiha, during the inauguration of the 1st National Council on Livestock Development in Yola, Adamawa State. The minister…