•Gunmen An 18-year-old girl has been killed by kidnappers in Obasa, Mile 6, along Ajebo Road, in the Abeokuta area of Ogun State. Police authorities confirmed the girl’s death in Abeokuta today, saying the victim was slain after the kidnappers collected N1 million from her father, reports Channels TV. Spokesperson of the Ogun State Police [&he...
•A Fulani herdsman The Ekiti State Police Command said it had arraigned a 20-year-old cattle rearer, Mohamadu Bello, before an Ado Ekiti Chief Magistrate’s Court for allegedly destroying farm produce valued at N3.8million belonging to four individuals. The police prosecutor, Inspector Elijah Adejare, told the court yesterday that the defendant...
A 72-year-old woman, identified as Mrs Vero Akazuma, has been killed and buried in a shallow grave on a farm in Afuze in Owan East LGA of Edo State. It was gathered the incident happened on June 17, when she was called by her customer to come and buy corn on his farm, and that […]
•Gunmen Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted a Pastor from a Pentecostal Church in Ondo State named Anthony Ebele. The pastor was taken by the gunmen yesterday evening at his Ogbese Farm on Yakubu Road, near Benin Camp in Akure North local government area, reports Nigerian Tribune. Details of the incident are still sketchy […...
•Burning bush Owner of Royal Farm at Akeredolu village in Atakumosa West Local Government Area of Osun State, Rufus Jegede, has cried out over the destruction of his farm produce worth over N150 million. Jegede, a chartered accountant, said he suspected a foul play by someone who intentionally set fire to a section of the […]
The Chairman, Poultry Association of NigeÂria (PAN), Iyiola MoÂjeed,Lagos State chapÂter has called on governments at all levels to take the issue of farm security seriously and assist in protecting farmers from violence and insecurity. Iyiola, who made the call in Lagos in an interview, said there was need for practical solutions to insecurit...