Nigeria

The march against land grabs
- This Day Live
- 09 August 2017
Civil Society Organisations in Edo State, Nigeria under the umbrella of Coalition for Protection of the Environment, recently staged a protest against land grabbing and deforestation.
“Massive investments into agriculture and oil processing on the way”, says Dangote’s Devakumar Edwin
- African Business Magazine
- 04 August 2017
The Dangote Group, Nigerian giant conglomerate’s has plans to invest $3.8bn in sugar, rice and milk over the next three years. What is the rationale for the investment?
Uphold Edo State government revocation order on Okomu oil palm company Plc
- ERA
- 28 July 2017
Environmental Rights Action (ERA) Nigeria calling to support e-action to Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State to enforce the revocation order of 13,750 hectares of illegally acquired land in Owan and Okomu Forest Reserves by Okomu Oil Palm Company Plc.
Huge ag investments by Africa’s richest man threaten expansion of illegal deforestation in Nigeria
- IDM
- 17 July 2017
A corporation led by Africa’s richest man, has announced plans for a huge expansion of agricultural plantations.Secretive billionaire Aliko Dangote intends to invest nearly $5 billion in expanding oil palm, soy and sugarcane production in Nigeria.
Africa's richest man invests $4.6 billion in Nigeria farming
- Bloomberg
- 14 July 2017
Dangote Group says it is also “at the planning stage’’ to invest in other agricultural projects including production of soybean, oil palm, palm kernel and corn.
Supporting Nigeria’s agricultural change agenda in a meaningful way
- The Guardian
- 22 April 2017
Olam Nigeria, in a bid to showcase its contributions to the rice revolution in Nigeria, took some journalists to its multimillion-dollar rice farm and milling facility at Ondorie, Rukubi in Nasarawa State
How Jigawa Govt’s land grab for Chinese firm threatens livelihood of 150,000 citizens
- Premium Times
- 10 April 2017
The decision by the government of Nigeria's Jigawa State to hand over 12,000 hectares of land to a Chinese investor for a sugar cane plantation is threatening the livelihood of about 150,000 persons in the state
Groups petition Jigawa Govt over acquisition of farmlands by Chinese firm
- Nigerian Current
- 16 Mar 2017
The Civil Society Network Against Corruption and the African Network for Economic and Environmental Justice urge the government of Jigawa State to urgently address the displacement of farmers in 36 communities by a Chinese company.
Nigeria in talks with China over $4.5b loan for large scale farming investment
- Naija247news
- 21 February 2017
Federal Government of Nigeria has opened negotiation with Peoples Republic of China over $4.5 billion loan to facilitate the production of agricultural machineries for large scale farming in selected states across the country.
Why Triton agric investments’ll create jobs, reduce poverty
- Nigeria today
- 19 December 2016
As Nigeria cashes in on the investment opportunities of import substitution, critical investments have been made by the Organised Private Sector, one of such being Triton farm projects on fish, poultry and crop production.
Host country governance and the African land rush
- Geoforum
- 16 December 2016
George Schoneveld of CIFOR provides 7 reasons why large-scale farmland investments fail to contribute to sustainable development
Nigerian parliament condemns land grab by Chinese firms
- Premium Times
- 30 November 2016
The House of Representatives on Tuesday raised alarm over what it called, “the spate of land grabbing by foreign companies in guise of investing in the country’s economy.