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Cattle Rearers Ask FG to Address Grazing Routes Ahead Farming Season By Najibullah Adamu As rains begin, Kulen Allah Cattle Rearers Association of Nigeria (KACRAN) has tasked federal and state governments to demarcate and protect grazing routes nationwide ahead of the 2026/2027 farming season. The association highlighted that unmapped route fuel farmer-herder clashes, threatening food security. In a statement issued to newsmen by National President of the association, Khalil Bello, said insecurity, rising fuel costs and expensive farming inputs have already disrupted arable and livestock production, displacing millions nationwide. The association urged herders to avoid…

North-East Stakeholders Seek Inclusion of Almajiri in Development Policy By Najibullah Adamu Stakeholders from across the North-East have demanded that the Federal Government mainstream child welfare, especially for Almajiri children in the draft National Regional Development Policy, NRDP, 2026-2030. The demand was one of 13 resolutions contained in a communique at the close of a validation workshop organised by the Federal Ministry of Regional Development with support from UNDP in Borno State, a copy issued to our correspondent over the weekend. According to the communique, the North East Development Commission (NEDC) and other Federal and State…

Experts Warn Donkeys at Risk of Going into Extinction By Folashade Peterson The Animal Welfare Society of Nigeria (AWSON) has raised concern over the increasing decline of donkey populations in the country. The group advocated conservation and welfare measures to prevent the animal from extinction. The President of AWSON, Professor Mohammed Sanusi, said this in a telephone interview with Jewel Post Correspondent in Gombe. Sanusi is also a lecturer with the Department of Animal Production, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), Bauchi. He said that urgent measures are imperative to protect the animal from extinction,…