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…demand Miyetti Allah’s ban at security summit •FG budgets N12bn for controversial scheme MUDIAGA AFFE, ADELANI ADEPEGBA, OKECHUKWU NNODIM and TUNDE AJAJA The President, Christian Association of Nigeria, Dr Supo Ayokunle, as well as top members of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria and other Christian bodies, Read More …
Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara, has donated some parts of the enclave of the Boko Haram, Sambisa forest, for the controversial Rural Grazing Area (RUGA) programme. The governor also mobilised the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC), Agro Rangers and hunters to secure Read More …
Sen. Walid Jibrin, the Chairman, Board of Trustees (BOT), Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has urged Nigerians to embrace the establishment of Rural Grazing Areas (RUGA) programme of the Federal Government. Jibrin told newsmen at his Nasarawa country home on Tuesday in Nasarawa State that the Read More …
Says scheme to gulp N2.2bn in 2019 The Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Senator Ita Enang, at the weekend called on states in the southern part of the country to support the implementation of the proposed RUGA cattle settlement Read More …
By Agabus Pwanagba Despite the suspension of the planned implementation of the Federal Government’s Ruga Settlement Policy by President Muhammadu Buhari, a former member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Bitrus Kaze, said its suspension has left Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State, who has Read More …
Abia State Commissioner for Information, Chief John Okiyi Kalu, has stated the state government’s position on the suspended RUGA settlements for herdsmen, being proposed by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration. Kalu stated that there was no RUGA settlement existing anywhere in Abia State. The Commissioner Read More …
Onyedi Ojiabor, Assistant Editor THE controversy trailing the aborted establishment of RUGA settlements for Fulani herders in parts of the country may be far from over. Senate Chief Whip, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, on Friday said that the apprehension being expressed over the plan by Read More …
Friday Olokor and Chima Azubuike The Presidency on Tuesday clarified that the National Livestock Transformation Plan of the Federal Government was not suspended. While advising Nigerians not to worry about the 30 days ultimatum given by the Coalition of Northern Groups over the Ruga settlement Read More …
Eniola Akinkuotu, Abuja Afenifere chieftain, Yinka Odumakin, says All Progressives Congress chieftain, Bola Tinubu, is one of the promoters of the Ruga initiative which seeks to give free land to herdsmen for cattle grazing and other forms of animal husbandry. Odumakin drew the attention of Read More …
Senior pastor of Omega Fire Ministries, Apostle Johnson Suleman, has dared anti-Adeboye protesters to come to his church, Igbere TV reports. Nigerian musicians, Eedris Abdulkareem, Baba Fryo and Felix Duke had on Monday led protesters to the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) camp along Read More …