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Amid numerous tales of security and economic challenges in the land, Nigerians increasingly seek stories that unite rather than divide the nation. While more of these positive stories are getting harder to come by, the story of Pa Saidu…

Leader of Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau has said that the military could not have destroyed his "farm" in Sambisa Forest because he did not have one. This was after troops seized and burnt a farmland located within the dreaded forest which…

The Ebonyi Command of the Nigeria Police Force has confirmed the killing of an unidentified couple in Amuzu Nkpoghoro, Afikpo North Local Government Area of the state. The Commissioner of Police, Philip Maku, made this known to the News…

The rape and killing of a mother of four, Mrs. Suzzana Iwuoha on her farm have sent shock waves across Umuchaku Lowa, a community in Ihitte Uboma LGA of Imo State. Iwuoha was harvesting cassava on her farm last Wednesday when unknown…

The police on Thursday arraigned two friends in a Makurdi Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing 700 tubers of yam,  worth N70,000. The police charged Emberga Tyokyaa and Boniface Yahemba with four counts of criminal conspiracy,…

Oriental Energy Resources Ltd., an oil company, is to establish a commercial farm on the land of University of Ilorin. Towards this, Alhaji Muhammadu Indimi, the Executive Chairman of the company has sent a delegation to the university…

President Muhammadu Buhari has challenged the Presidential Fertilizer Initiative (PFI) to ensure availability of quality and affordable fertilizers to farmers at the right time as the nation’s journey to self-sufficiency and food security…

Suspected Fulani herdsmen have allegedly set on fire the farm of former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Chief Olu Falae. A former Aviation Minister, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode made this known via his verified Twitter…

President Muhammadu Buhari was at his hometown, Daura in Katsina State over the weekend and he used the opportunity to inspect his farm. He inspected different sections of the expansive farm and, judging by his looks, appeared satisfied…

The Niger Government has signed a 3.25 billion-U.S.-dollar Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with All States Investment Ltd. on fish farming in the state. Mr Henry Goiko, Managing Director, All States Investment Ltd., made this known in…

The Minister of Agriculture in the country, Audu Ogbeh, has stated that all students of Agricultural universities will be required to own a farm starting from their second year in school. The Agric Minister further directed the governing…

A 200 level student of computer science, Chinonso Ibekwe, has been arrested by police detectives attached to the Umuahia Central Police Station, Abia State, for allegedly strangling a tricycle operator, Peter Eseonu, to death. The 25…

The FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Bello has threatened to revoke allocations to Fish Farm allottees who fail to move to the farms within two months from today. Bello, who said this when he visited the farms sited at Bwari Area Council on…

No less than 16 people are dead after a U.S. Marine Corps KC-130 airplane from Tennessee crashed into a soybean field in Mississippi Monday after possibly suffering a structural failure, officials say. Alan Hammons, an official with the…

The President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, has described the high rate of smuggling of agricultural products into the country as “economic sabotage.” A statement by his Special Assistant on Print Media, Mr Chuks Okocha, on Tuesday in…

Brig-Gen. Suleiman Kazaure, the Director General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), said on Monday that the scheme would soon begin posting of corps members to farms. Kazaure said this in an interview with newsmen during his…

The Chairman, All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), Cross River, Mr Etim Nakanda, has decried late supply of farm inputs by government agents to farmers in the State. Nakanda, who expressed his feelings in an interview with the News…

The Embassy of Spain in Nigeria on Thursday announced that Nigeria’s current efforts at developing her agricultural sector had started attracting the interest of more Spanish companies. The Embassy’s Chief Economic and Commercial…

Prof. Timothy Olabiyi, a crop and environmental expert, says the high use of chemicals by farmers is affecting the acceptability of Nigeria’s farm produce in the international market. Olabiyi of the Department of Crop and Environmental…

Mr Godswealth Henry, the Managing Director, JEKON Integrated Farms Nig. Ltd., says Nigerian palm oil is the cheapest in international market because Nigeria exports low quality palm oil. Henry told the News Agency in Nigeria (NAN) in…

Unknown person(s) strangled a widow and mother of four, Florence Ede, in her farm in Chikanda, a border town in Baruten Local Government Area of Kwara state on Thursday. The assailants were also said to have stolen 12 bags of rice and…

The youths and women of Amaekpu, Ohafia Local Government Area of Abia state, angrily tortued a 60-year-old man for allegedly raping and killing a young girl on the farm. He was said to have insulted the victim for remaining a virgin,…

A 50 year old man living in Assin Kwasakrom, the Assin South District of the Central region, Ghana has allegedly butchered his wife to death and poisoned himself. The man identified as Kwaku Atta is said to have killed the wife…