The Delta State Coordinator of the New Nigerian Democratic Evolution, NNDE, Comrade Francis Obule has warned the Federal Government that there will be crisis across the country if the Rural
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The Akwa Ibom State Government has cautioned Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on National Assembly Matters, Senator Ita Enang, over comments he made on the suspended RUGA settlement initiative
Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has assured that States where Fulani are not indigenes will not be required to implement the RUGA settlement initiative. Ganduje made the clarification shortly
Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has urged those opposed to the setting up of Fulani herdsmen settlements, popularly called Ruga, across the country to drop their opposition and allow the policy
The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) has urged the Federal Government to take immediate measures to end harassment, intimidation, attacks and forceful ejection of pastoralists in Southern part of the
President Muhammadu Buhari has reacted to a recent report to the British Foreign and Commonwealth office by the Bishop of Truro, Philip Moustephen on ways to solve the lingering clashes
The Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, Most Rev. Adewale Martins, has said that despite the suspension of the RUGA scheme, there is an ongoing plan to repeal the Land Use Act
Elder statesman, Emmanuel Iwuayanwu, has advised the Federal government to listen to the voice of the people who are vehemently opposed to its proposed RUGA settlement for herdsmen. According to
The Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum, SMBLF, has expressed doubt with the sincerity of President Buhari-led administration towards the suspension of the Ruga Settlement. The forum said the so-called
It was Femi Fani-Kayode , a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, and former Minister of Aviation, that forced the presidential candidate of the party, Atiku Abubakar to declare his
Nnia Nwodo, president-general of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, a socio-cultural organization of Igbo in Nigeria has called on his people to get ready to defend themselves against the threat by a northern
Femi Fani-Kayode, former Aviation minister, on Wednesday called on the Federal Government to cancel instead of rejecting the Ruga farm settlement policy. He said this while reacting to reports of
Apostle Johnson Suleman, Senior Pastor of Omega Fire Ministries, has called on the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government to bury the idea of the proposed Ruga farm settlement programme. Suleman
Barely 48 hours to the planned mass action and following public outcry against the RUGA Settlement Projects, President Muhammadu Buhari is said to have suspended the idea pending further notice.
Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, has opposed the federal government’s proposal to establish Ruga settlements across the nation for herdsmen. Speaking in Lagos on Tuesday at the launch of United
The Governor of Ondo State, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu, has kicked against the proposed Ruga settlements for herdsmen across the country. Akeredolu said the Ruga settlements, initiated by the federal government
Rivers State government has indicated that it would not participate in the Federal Government’s Ruga settlements for herdsmen. This was contained in a statement signed by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry
Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State on Tuesday took a position on the federal government’s plan to establish RUGA settlements in some states of the federation. With an emphatic negative
The United States has sought the views of the Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams, on the security situation in Nigeria. Officials from the U.S. Embassy, led by the
Niger State government has said the Northern states have the potentials to accommodate the federal government’s Ruga settlement plan. DAILY POST reports that Ruga settlements are conceived by the federal
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