Farmers

July 6 (THEWILL) — No fewer than 10 farmers were killed and several others abducted after suspected bandits launched a deadly attack on farmlands in Kakangi village, Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Security sources told THEWILL on...

November 25, (THEWILL) — Farmers across the country are grappling with steep financial setbacks as the cost of key agricultural inputs surged by an average of 41% over the past season, sharply eroding already-thin profit margins. The spike driven by...

August 18, (THEWILL) – Farmers in Nigeria must be feeling relieved by the recent deployment of military and security personnel to secure farmlands against bandits and terrorists who have made farming a nightmare in recent times. At a time that...

August 03, (THEWILL) – The group, under the aegis of the Association of United Farmers Benue Valley (AUFBV), has praised Governor Hyacinth Alia's policy thrust on promoting agriculture in Benue state. The group, however, expressed worry over the ability and...

February 11, (THEWILL) - The Assistant Comptroller General/Zonal Coordinator Nigeria Immigration Service, Zone C, Headquarters, Bauchi, covering the North-East and Plateau (Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Yobe and Plateau States), ACG James Sunday, has launched a security operation tagged Operation...

February 06, (THEWILL) - Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has announced plans to provide petrol for farmers in Mobbar Local Government Area at subsidised rates to enhance food security in the state. The move allows Zulum to key into President...

Janaury 08, (THEWILL) - For farmers in the apiary system to do well and increase the productivity of honey through beekeeping, the government needs to make provision for soft loans with single-digit interest rates in the sector. The above...

December 17, (THEWILL) - At least four farmers have been confirmed killed and eight others abducted by bandits who attacked Nahuta village in Batsari Local Government Area of Katsina State on Saturday. Spokesperson of the State Police Command,  ASP Abubakar...

July 29, (THEWILL) - Gunmen suspected to be bandits have killed the Vice-Chairman of Jama’atul Izalatul Bid’ah Wa Iqamatus-Sunnah (JIBWIS), Birnin-Gwari Branch, Mal. Yakubu Muhammad Bugai and three other farmers in Kaduna State. In a statement on Saturday, Chairman of...

July 04, (THEWILL) - The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), through its Value Chain Development Programme (VCDP), in collaboration with the Federal Government, has distributed farm inputs amounting to N52,000,000 to 300 cassava and rice farmers in Benue...