Open grazing
1 Oct
The bill to establish a National Animal Husbandry and Ranches Commission for the Regulation, Management, Preservation, and Control of Ranches throughout Nigeria, and for Connected Purposes, 2024, sponsored by Senator Titus Zam
21 Sep
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has faulted some recommendations of the Presidential Committee on Implementation of Livestock Reforms, chaired by former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega.
26 Aug
The Chairman of the South East Council of Traditional Rulers, who is also the Chairman of the Imo State Council of Traditional Rulers, Ezeimo Emmanuel C. Okeke, has denied the allegation against monarchs in the geo-political zone
5 Aug 2024
Against the backdrop of several failed attempts of the government to curtail incessant herders-farmers’ clashes that have claimed thousands of lives of peasant Nigerians, the plan by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to set up a Ministry of Livestock Development
10 Jun 2024
The Northern Elders Forum (NEF), yesterday, expressed concern over the differing views among members of the National Assembly on the proposed law to end open grazing in the country and establish ranching agencies.
7 Mar 2024
Miffed by non-implementation of anti-grazing law three years after, Delta State House of Assembly, yesterday, summoned a stakeholders’ meeting at the state's Assembly Complex, Asaba, to stop herders from "still engaging" in open-grazing in the state.
6 Mar 2024
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, said Wednesday that the Abuja Rail Mass Transit (ARMT) project is 95 percent complete and will be ready for inauguration in May.
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The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has dragged one Mr Oseni Adeolu Olayinka, a staff member of the Federal Ministry of Water Resources, to court for secretly including his wife and son on the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS) portal of the ministry between 2023 and 2024. The accused…
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The Federal Government has said that it is working on a strategic plan through the expansion of the Federal Ministry of Livestock Development