Farmers pay bandits huge taxes to access farmlands, harvest crops - Report Farmers in agrarian communities of the northern part of Nigeria are in precarious delimma as suspected bandits imposed hefty taxes and levies on them before they could access their farms or harvest their crops. Nigerian Tribune findings revealed that these demands are more pronounced in parts of Zamfara, Niger, Katsina, Kaduna and Benue states where bandits and other elements hold sway, while any attempt by farmers to call the bluff of these elements is met with destruction of crops and...