Yoruba leaders, under the auspices of Yoruba Summit, Thursday, called on the Nigerian government to declare the killer herdsmen and militias as terrorists. They also rejected the proposed cattle colony by the Federal Government, describing the proposal as a “violation of the sensibilities of...
FOLLOWING the reported loss of four cows, herdsmen invaded a four-hectare cassava farm in Likosi-Alabata village in Papalanto, Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State, destroying farm produce worth N6.8 million.
The herdsmen also inflicted machete cuts on one of the workers, who is...
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Senator Iroegbu in Abuja A peace and conflict resolution expert and Director General of the Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution (IPCR), Prof. Oshita Oshita has warned that retaliatory and reprisal measures by aggrieved people and communities occasioned by the herdsmen attacks in Nigeria...
Fulani Herdsmen An elder statesman in Taraba, Alhaji Dahiru Umar, on Tuesday called on the media to stop portraying all Fulani people as criminals because of the activities of a few. He said the media have the duty of investigating events and not being quick to jumping to conclusions …
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Fulani herdsmen are the freest mass murderers in the world today. They are the only band of active terrorists on this planet that are privileged with explicit immunity. Nigeria has all but officially legitimized their campaign of violent depopulation on Nigerian farmer communities. The...
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday assured Nigerians that the rising attacks on communities by herdsmen will soon be brought under control by security forces deployed to the vulnerable areas across the country.
The National Economic Council (NEC) had last week set up a committee to be headed...
Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Chief Olu Falae, on Monday expressed disappointment over continued silence of President Muhammadu Buhari on incessant attacks by Fulani herdsmen on farmers in the country. Falae’s farm, located at Ilado Community in Akure North Local...
A helicopter suspected to be loaded with arms and ammunition was reported to have landed in a village called Jibu, in Wukari local government area of Taraba State on Saturday.
Governor Darius Ishaku’s media aide, Bala Dan Abu told newsmen that the arms and ammunition are allegedly meant for a...
Chief Olu Falae, former Secretary to the Government of the Federation on Sunday explained why arsonists suspected to be Fulani herdsmen burnt his farmland at Imafon in Akure South Local government area of Ondo state
The retired top civil servant said such deliberate setting of farms on fire is...
The umbrella body of Muslims in the country, Nigeria, Jamatul Nasir Islam (JNI) on Sunday accused the Christian Association of Nigeria inventing the ‘herdsmen’ to achieve a preplanned agenda
Addressing a press conference in Kaduna Sunday evening, the Secretary-General of JNI Sheikh Dr...
THREE persons were, yesterday, attacked by herdsmen at Ovwor community, Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State, while another lady was reportedly raped in what was described as reprisal attacks by the herdsmen. One of the victims. The attack is coming less than a month after
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Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has ordered Fulani herders to register with N5,000 in their host communities for identity and location. . . According Punchng, he also told Serikin Fulani in the state, Muhammed Abashe, that he will be held responsible for any further attack in the …
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The Islamic State in West Africa network operating within some North Central and South-South sections of Nigeria may be responsible for the recent killings recorded in Benue State and other parts of the country.
This information is said to be contained in an intelligence report presented to...
SUNDAY ABORISADE, OLALEYE ALUKO, DOLAPO, AKITOYE, PETER DADA, HINDI LIVINUS, JOHN CHARLES and TYOPUUSU JUSTIN Corps members, posted to some states that have come under continuous attacks by Fulani herdsmen in the Middle Belt and parts of the North, have appealed to the authorities of the...
The North-East zonal Chairman of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association, Alhaji Mafindi Danburam, has said the Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo-led committee on killings by herdsmen would not produce the desired result with the inclusion of Ishaku and Samuel Ortom of Benue.
He spoke with...
The Federal Government says work will commence next week on cattle colonies in states that has indicated interest to establish them. PREMIUM TIMES reported the mixed reactions that have trailed the proposal for cattle colonies. Some states like Benue and Taraba, which have experienced clashes...
The Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) and the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) have warned herdsmen to steer clear from the South-East and South-South states.
MASSOB and IPOB cautioned that they would be forced to resist the herdsmen should they...
By Soni Daniel, Northern Region Editor Barely a day after the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar 111, had tried to distance Fulani herdsmen from Benue massacre, which claimed 73 lives, Tiv youths have slammed the revered spiritual leader, asking him to retrace his steps and allow...
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr Femi Falana, has accused the Federal Government of failing to tackle Fulani herdsmen, who have been accused of killing defenceless farmers, as it should.
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Following the massacre of scores of residents of Benue state by herdsmen which attracted nationwide outrage, Nigerian clerics have argued that the need to save Nigeria and put her back on the path of recovery, rehabilitation and regeneration has assumed a very grave and grievous dimension that...
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