TOP NEWS Nigerian farms battle traffic, developers in downtown Abuja Under the din of traffic from the highway bridge that cuts over his fields, Bala Haruna inspects corn, cassava and okra on his family farm. A pump pulls up water from a nearby stream and is diverted through trenches dug AFP
Nasarawa community protests, blames NSCDC mining marshals for deaths, farm disruptions From Matthew Ogune, Abuja
South-West: Bandits, herders’ invasion puts 40% of region’s food production at risk Seye Olumide (Lagos) Ayodele Afolabi (Ado Ekiti), Adewale Momoh (Akure), Rotimi Agboluaje (Ibadan) and Oluwole Ige (Osogbo)