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MACBAN: Fulani Herdsmen Need Money, Won’t Buy Form For Presidential Aspirants

The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), a Fulani sociocultural organisation, says Fulani herdsmen need money more than aspirants jostling to pick the presidential ticket of their parties. The association declared that it would not spend its members’ hard-earned funds to purchase exorbitant nomination forms for any presidential hopeful. It said it was more interested in…

2023: MACBAN denies endorsing Tinubu presidential bid

The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) has denied endorsing any presidential aspirant for the 2023 General Elections. The National Secretary of MACBAN, Alhaji Baba Ngelzarma, made the denial in a statement made available to newsmen, in Abuja, on Wednesday. The statement said the association respects the aspirations of all presidential aspirants, although it is not yet…

Tinubu reconciled Fulanis, he will care for us as president – Miyetti Allah

The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association, MACBAN, has said Bola Tinubu, a 2023 presidential aspirant, would improve the welfare of its members if he becomes president in 2023. MACBAN made the remark while recounting how Tinubu intervened in their crisis in Benue State when he was the governor of Lagos State. NAN reports that the group stated this during a meeting held at the Agricultural…

Miyetti Allah dumps open grazing, adopts feedlot system in Ondo

• State govt trains 150 cattle breeders, others on feedlot • Akeredolu introduces Awo’s ranching system, partners CBN on pilot scheme A cattle feedlot The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), Ondo State chapter, has embraced the feedlot operational system as alternative to open grazing, saying it will help them increase their profit and end the age-long acrimony with the…

Bandits kill Miyetti Allah leader in Kaduna

Bandits invaded the residence of the leader of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association (MACBAN) in Lere community in Kaduna State and shot him dead for failing to provide a N20 million ransom they demanded. The bandits who stormed the MACBAN chairman’s home in Lere local council at about 12:40am, yesterday, led the Fulani leader to a location before killing him. The Kaduna State chairman of…

Cows Will Soon Cost ₦2m – Miyetti Allah

The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association (MACBAN) has warned that the price of a cow could go up as high as N2 million if the Lagos State Government passes the proposed anti-open grazing law. The association’s zonal secretary for South-West, Maikudi Usman, made the disclosure on Wednesday during a one-day public hearing organised by the state House of Assembly on the anti-open grazing…

Miyetti Allah applauds livestock scheme in South-East

Livestock rustling The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) has applauded the roll-out of the National Animal Identification and Traceability System (NAITS) in the South-East. NAITS is aimed at curbing livestock rustling and related criminalities and will assist in identifying and tracking livestock through electronic tags. The system will also help to identify…