BENUE, Nigeria (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When Sarah Adaji's husband retired as a teacher two years ago, he kept himself busy tending to their farm, hoping to provide food for his family and make ...

When Nigeria's Benue State Anti-Open Grazing Law was passed in 2017, it brought hope that pastoralist herders would move to ranches, farmers would gain peace, and violent conflict between herders and ...

LAND is the space that encompasses the surface of the earth and all things that are attached to it. It includes areas covered by water such as seas, rivers and lakes, natural resources such as rocks ...

Local and foreign investors are frustrated by the 1978 Act that allows politicians to take land from communities and companies without compensation. A 45-year-old Nigerian land law that bestows powers ...

Land is central to human existence. Land is a key asset for livelihood and development globally; there is virtually nothing man does that is not rooted on the land. In other words, all human ...

Reuters analysis of land use data shows how a massive expansion of farming in Nigeria's Middle Belt has cut access to grazing land for nomadic herders and fuelled persistent violence. Published Dec.

That land is one of the most cherished resource of Nigeria is a fact often taken for granted to the extent that not much care is given to adverse conditions that affect this vital resource either ...

Nigeria lawmakers say dem go give President Muhammadu Buhari tuale for closing di kontri land border for sometime now because e don epp to ginger di kontri economy. Senators on Wednesday agree say di ...

Nigeria has closed its land borders to all movement of goods and has no timeline for reopening them, the head of the nation's customs agency said, as part of an effort to curb smuggling. "All goods ...

A man dressed in Fulani traditional headgear attends a ceremony in Kafanchan town, in the Nigerian northern state of Kaduna February 27, 2010. The turban headgear is said to be a common symbol of ...