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.
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
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 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.
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.
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.
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
Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said his government has allocated over 57,000 hectares of land to smallholders and large-scale oil palm plantation investors in four local government areas of the state.
Farmers gathered to protest the seizure of their lands by a sugar company owned by Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote, Africa's richest person.
Located in Kaduna State, the 200-hectare farm, scheduled to open in 2022, will have housing for 400 dairy cows, modern milking parlors and technology, grass lands and living facilities for 25 employees.
Fayus Group says it has committed over $100 million along with other investors under the Edo State Oil Palm Program to establish 46,000 ha of oil palm plantations over the next five years.
Grassroots organisations and community leaders from across the region have been organizing, mobilizing, raising their voices, and networking among each other to stop this destructive and violent occupation of their land.
