Nigeria

Land grabbing causing poverty in Africa, Archbishop Kaigama warns
- CISA
- 19 February 2020
Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama of Jos, Nigeria and President of RECOWA-CERAO has voiced against massive grabbing of agricultural land in Africa.
Coalition, firm differ over alleged land grabbing in Okomu
- Guardian
- 10 December 2019
A coalition of civil society organisations has alleged that SOCFIN's Nigerian subsidiary, Okomu Oil Palm, is engaged in land grabbing, deforestation and killing of endangered elephant calf within its plantation
Nigeria: Firm, Kebbi partner on N20bn tomato factor
- New Telegraph
- 25 November 2019
Deal between the Kebbi Government and the Spanish company GB Foods Africa will proceed when legal backing is given to cultivate 1,000 hectares of farm lands to produce tomatoes in the Ngaski local government area.
Cross River Assembly reads riot act to multinationals
- The Guardian
- 17 October 2019
Cross River State House of Assembly has ordered Wilmar PZ and other multinationals to obey the laws of the state or face the music, following community complaints of exploitation and land grabbing by Wilmar at its plantations.
La Banque centrale du Nigeria investit $82 millions dans l’huile de palme
- Commodafrica
- 24 September 2019
L’objectif de la Banque centrale est d’assurer qu’un minimum de 1,4 million d’hectares de terres soit consacré à la culture du palmier à huile dans les trois prochaines années.
Nigeria: Promasidor, Ekiti State sign pact on Ikun Dairy Farm
- Famous People
- 30 July 2019
South Africa based Promasidor Holdings and Ekiti State will jointly pursue the rehabilitation and expansion of the Ikun Dairy Farm, which spans across 1,000 hectares in the Moba Local Government Area.
Farmers groan as Chinese firm grabs land in Northern Nigeria
- Premium Times
- 29 July 2019
Villagers in Northern Nigeria struggle against a land grab by the Chinese company, Lee Group, for a massive sugar cane plantation project.
Reply by the Traditional Council of Okomu Kingdom to the Okomu Oil Palm Company, a subsidiary of SOCFIN.
- Okomu Kingdom
- 17 May 2019
In a letter addressed to SOCFIN's Nigerian subsidiary, Okomu Oil Palm, the Traditional Council of Okomu Kingdom tells the company it will enforce its rightful ownership of the lands that the company currently occupies.
Dufil consolidates on land acquisition, commences compensation to Edo farmers
- Business Day
- 15 April 2019
Following its acquisition of 17,954 ha from the Edo State government for palm oil cultivation, Dufil Prima Foods has embarked on a crop compensation payment to 1,628 farmers across 14 communities.
CBN vows to make Nigeria world’s third palm oil producer
- The National
- 18 Mar 2019
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria says that all the states in the South-South and South-East regions have agreed to provide at least 100,000 ha for investors in oil palm plantations.
Agrotop to build large-scale breeding farm in Nigeria
- African Farming
- 01 Mar 2019
The newly built Blue Plains Farm, the 4th constructed for the company Agrited, will be located near to Fiditi town, Oyo State on 112 ha of bushland.
Jigawa governor’s rally records low turnout as angry residents whose farmlands were seized stay away
- Premium Times
- 05 February 2019
The people of Gagarawa are angry with the governor over the seizure of their farmlands, which the state government handed over to foreign investors for an irrigation farming project.