The Smokescreen of Instant-Ranching Though I haven’t heard a single cattle expert or practitioner support the idea of enforcing ranching-by-fiat as Benue is trying to do, I will not hesitate to thank some Facebook advocates of the law who have been lecturing us on the approach as the answer to herdsmen-farmers clashes. Thank you all for the lectures. The instant ranching advocates still have more work to do though. For example, they are yet to give us a breakdown of its cost. And there are other fundamental issues which the advocates have not addressed. One of them is land and the associated issue if its ownership. If all the cattle in Nigeria are ranched, how much land will be left for expansion of agriculture? Which guarantee exists that the farmer-populations, which cannot find more land to expand their farms to meet our explosive population, will not someday accuse the ranchers of occupying their lands even where the ranching lands were legitimately acquired? Example: The Ful
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Troops arrest nine gang members in taraba
 SEARCH  Daily Post Nigeria  METROBenue killings: Troops arrest nine gang members [PHOTOS] Published on January 9, 2018 By Wale Odunsi  Troops of 93 Battalion of the Nigerian Army stationed in Takum, Taraba State, have arrested nine well-armed militia from Benue, claiming to be members of government sponsored security volunteers. The armed gang were arrested at Arufu, a boundary town between Taraba and Benue States, a military intelligence source told PRNigeria on Tuesday.  Five of the suspects were armed with AK-45 rifles fully loaded. On their arrest, a reinforcement of a purported Civilian JTF Group came to prevent the troops from taking them to custody. The military source further disclosed that when the soldiers stood their ground, the armed militia’s reinforcement later withdrew. The officer said: “During the preliminary investigation the arrested armed gang claimed that the weapons were issued to them by one Aliyu Tashaku through an agent of government. “The susp
Problems of cattle ranching
Where Modernism has Failed and Traditionalism has Thrived: A Look at Commercial Ranching and Fulani Herding System By Ismail Iro, Ph.D. ismail@gamji.com FUNDING FOR THIS STUDY WAS PROVIDED BY THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION WASHINGTON, DC. USA [FOUNDER GAMJI.COM] Related Discussions a. Abstract and Introduction b. Should Pastoral Fulani Sedentarize? c. Characteristics of the Fulani d. Fulani Herding System e. Traditionalism Vs. Modernism: A Look at Fulani Methods of Livestock Disease Management f. Scarcity of Water as an Impediment to Pastoral Fulani Development h. Nomadic Education and Education for Nomadic Fulani i. Grazing Reserve Development: A Panacea to the Intractable Strife Between Farmers and Herders j. Where Modernism has Failed and Traditionalism has Thrived: A Look at Commercial Ranching and Fulani Herding Introduction The slow performance of the livestock sub-sector in Nigeria was attributed to Fulani's use of out-moded