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The Nigerian Army has arrested a herdsman with an AK-47 rifle and ammunition at Adagu village in Guma Local Government Area (LGA) of Benue State. This is contrary to the assertion of President Muhammadu Buhari that herdsmen in Nigeria only carry sticks. Armed Fulani herdsmen Speaking during...

President Muhammadu Buhari has repeated a controversial statement he made about recorded deaths in Nigeria’s ongoing violence linked to suspected herdsmen. During a condolence visit to Taraba State on March 5, the president told his audience in Jalingo, the state capital, that more people were...

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that if not for education, he may have been one of the Fulani herdsmen clashing with farmers across the country. Read more via Daily Post Nigeria – https://ift.tt/2I35Wnn -- Get More Nigeria Political News

An attack on morning Mass at a Catholic church in central Nigeria yesterday left 2 priests and at least 16 parishioners dead, adding to the hundreds killed by herders in the region so far this year. Police suspect Fulani herdsmen were responsible for the shooting rampage at Saint … Read...

Abdulfatah Ahmed, governor of Kwara state, has appointed Abdul-Azeez Muhammad as his special assistant on Fulani affairs. Isiaka Gold, secretary to the state government (SSG), made this known in a statement on Tuesday in Ilorin, the state capital. Read more via TheCable –...

Rev. Ayokunle Olasupo, President of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and the Nigerian Baptist Convention (NBC) has said that the herdsmen, Boko Haram and other militia groups are more powerful and tactical than the country’s security agencies. According to SaharaReporters, Rev. Olasupo...

As Benue State Governor, Dr. Samuel Ortom, continues with his annual leave in China, gunmen clad in Nigerian Army uniforms believed to be armed Fulani herdsmen yesterday, invaded some communities in Guma, home of the governor and killed 22 people.... Read more via Newtelegraph –...

Fulani herdsmen have allegedly killed 32 Tiv villagers at various locations across the southern senatorial district of Nasarawa State. DAILY POST learnt that another attack were carried out Monday night with seven killed and over 15 houses burnt in same Keana Local Government Area. Read...

Can Obama be trusted? By Femi Fani-Kayode The destabilisation of north Africa and the opening of the door for Islamic insurgents in the north African Arab Sahel states and the west African sub-region. These are just some of Obama’s disastrous legacies and sadly the mistakes he has made in his...

President Muhammadu Buhari’s re-election bid may hit the rocks because of the murderous activities of Fulani herdsmen in the middle Belt and some southern states. Statistics recently released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) showed that the country as of January 2018 had...

The Presidency said yesterday that the criticism trailing President Muhammadu Buhari’s recent comment on the killings by herdsmen is aimed at demeaning, de-marketing and demonising him ahead of next year’s election. How come?Buhari, while meeting with the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby in...

Some suspected Fulani Herdsmen on Tuesday night attacked Gbeji and Tswarev communities in Ukum and Logo council areas of Benue State, killing no fewer than 11 persons. The names of those killed, according to community sources, include Mtserkyaa lgbugh; Kananfa Amarfu; Tyavyar Akau; Orfega...

Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari has told the Archbishop of Canterbury, His Grace Justin Welby in London that killer herdsmen that have infiltrated some parts of the country were trained by the late Libya leader, Muammar Gadaffi. Click here to read more

Suspected Fulani herdsmen have killed seven people in Gbeji town, Ukum local government area of Benue State. The attack took place between 6:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Click here to read more

Last nights at Tati in Takum LGA of Taraba state at about 8pm, the Fulani herdsmen attacked the above named village and killed about four innocent villagers. The villagers were resting outside due cool breeze before the herdsmen came and opened fire,rained bullets on them and killed four...

At least seven farmers were said to have been killed in the last one week in Logo local government area of Benue state by suspected armed Fulani herdsmen immediately after the soldiers deployed to the area known as Exercise Ayem A Kpatuma (cat race) had concluded their operation and departed...

Tension is currently high in Enugu State as Fulani herdsmen attacked Okpanku community in Aniri Local Government Area of the state and machete a security guard. Daily Sun gathered that the incident occurred on Easter Monday. It was gathered that the incident has raised the security antennae...

Zubairu Gwari, emir of Birnin Gwari in Kaduna state, has asked his subjects to defend themselves against suspected bandits invading their communities. One of the 23 local government areas in Kaduna, Birinin Gwari has recorded a high level of insecurity in recent times. It was in the area that...

Gunmen believed to be cattle thieves killed 15 herders in the latest bout of violence in northern Nigeria’s herding communities, police and a local official said Thursday. “Armed bandits attacked Bawon-Daji village yesterday and killed 15 people,” the police spokesman for Zamfara state...

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