Nigeria

Security operatives have gone after those who burnt my farm, ex-President Obasanjo says
- Sahara Reporters
- 01 February 2022
Land conflicts are alleged to be connected to a fire that burnt Obasanjo's 2,420 hectare mango farm in Benue State, Nigeria.
Friends of the Earth Africa documentary on industrial plantation impacts on women
- FoE Africa
- 28 December 2021
New FoEAfrica documentary shows the impacts of industrial plantation expansion on women in Nigeria, Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire and Mozambique
AgriPalm pays off farmers, to develop 4,500-ha oil palm plantation
- Guardian
- 17 December 2021
AgriPalm Ltd, a subsidiary of Flour Mills Nigeria Plc, has unfolded its plan to cultivate the remaining 3000 hectares of land with palm oil trees, to bring the total cultivated land to 4,500 hectares.
Nigeria : Tiamin Rice lance une exploitation rizicole de 10 000 hectares à Bauchi, la plus grande du pays
- Agence Ecofin
- 16 December 2021
La ferme de 10 000 hectares a été aquis auprès du gouvernement pour la somme de 3 million de niara (730 000 $US / EUR 647 000)
Tiamin establishes N18billion mega rice farm in Bauchi
- Daily Nigerian
- 16 December 2021
the farm is the largest modern farm in Nigeria with ten thousand hectares with a projection to produce 120,000 metric tons of rice per annum and other farm produce like maize.
At a ‘certified’ palm oil plantation in Nigeria, soldiers and conflict over land
- Mongabay
- 22 November 2021
Certified by the RSPO in early 2020, Okomu’s motto is “responsible tropical agriculture.” But over the past decade, the company has been embroiled in disputes over land ownership and its use of Nigerian soldiers as a de facto security force for its plantations.
Nigeria looks to revive ailing palm oil sector
- AFP
- 04 October 2021
Government of Nigeria is pumping new money into the palm oil sector but the funds go to companies like the European giant Socfin, not small Nigerian farmers
Aliko Dangote : mauvaise nouvelle pour le milliardaire nigérian
- L-FRII
- 15 September 2021
Dangote Sugar Company, propriété de l’homme le plus riche d’Afrique, Aliko Dangote, dans l’État d’Adamawa au Nigeria, aurait libéré des déchets industriels qui ont inondé les terres agricoles de la communauté d’accueil, causant des difficultés indicibles à la population.
Dangote company’s industrial waste destroys farmlands in Adamawa, firm threatens military action against protesters
- Sahara Reporters
- 12 September 2021
Dangote Sugar Company, owned by Africa's richest man, Aliko Dangote, in Adamawa State, has allegedly released industrial wastes which flooded farmlands in the host community, causing untold hardship to the people.
“Find, fix and finish him”
- The Point
- 07 September 2021
Nigerian grassroots defender Ajele Sunday wanted dead for helping communities fight for their land against SOCFIN's subsidiary, Okomu Oil Palm Plantation in Edo State.
Group gets nod to invest $14.2m in Ekiti’s agro-allied industry
- The Guardian
- 31 August 2021
Exxess Group will invest US$14.2 million in large scale cassava farming and processing on 3,600 hectares of farmland in Ekiti state, Southwest Nigeria.
AfCFTA: Nasarawa Marks 270,000 Hectres for Commercial Agriculture
- This Day
- 30 August 2021
Dangote Group has taken 70,000 ha, Flour Mills of Nigeria has 20,000, Olam Farm has 9,000 and Azman has 14,000, so from our target of 270,000 hectres, we have given out nearly a 100,000 already, says state Attorney General