VANGUARD Delta State Traditional Rulers Council, DSTRC, weekend, said that there was no land for Rural Grazing Area, RUGA, project in the state. The position of the royal fathers was made known in a communiqué at the end of their…
VANGUARD PAN Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, yesterday, declared that the entire South and Middle Belt would continue to oppose the sneaky implementation of the proposed Ruga settlement programme for Fulani herdsmen by the Federal Government no matter the intimidation. The…
GUARDIAN Dan Agbese I would imagine that two things would have happened by now with the suspension of the Ruga, acronym for Rural Grazing Area, plan by President Buhari. One, the temperature generated over the controversy would dip, although the…
THIS DAY The leader of the Pan Niger Delta Elders Forum (PANDEF), Chief Edwin Clark, has described the suspended RUGA settlement programme for herdsmen across the states of the country as obnoxious, unacceptable and a way to easily destabilise Nigeria…
GUARDIAN • Lalong sues for calm, youths urge support for Taraba open grazing law • Ranch owners task Nigerians on farmers, herders crisis The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in the 19 Northern States and Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja…
THIS DAY Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State, Thursday urged the Federal Government not only to suspend but cancel the controversial Ruga settlement policy, describing it as provocative. Dickson who said that the policy of Ruga settlement was inimical to…
PUNCH The Federal Government has announced the suspension of the planned Ruga settlement project. President Muhammadu Buhari’s New Media aide, Bashir Ahmad confirmed the suspension on his verified Twitter handle. He tweeted, “The Federal Government after consultations with stakeholders has…
PUNCH The Midwest Movement, the pan-Edo/Delta group with members drawn from ethnic nationalities of the old Midwestern Region, on Monday, restated its opposition to the establishment of Ruga settlements in the area. The group’s rejection of the settlement is contained…
GUARDIAN In obvious response to the state of insecurity in the country, different regional, socio-cultural and ethnic groups have held and are holding meetings on how to reduce the level of tension, fear and insecurity that is plaguing the polity.…
ELOMBAH NEWS By Annkio Briggs The Niger Delta Self Determination Movement (NDSDM) rose from our Emergency Meeting in Port Harcourt Rivers State on the 30th of June 2019 and have resolved the following: 1. That the Electorates of the Niger…