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  1. Iroka Chinedu

    Metro 24 killed in fresh herdsmen attacks on Benue communities –Reps caucus - Punch Ng

    Members of the House of Representatives from Benue State on Thursday raised the alarm over fresh killings by herdsmen in the state. The lawmakers, who spoke at the National Assembly in Abuja, demanded full military presence in Benue communities constantly under attacks by herdsmen as against ad...
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    Metro Herdsmen: Afenifere seeks UN intervention, says presidency behind killer herders - Daily Post News

    The apex Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere has criticised the Federal Government over its warning issued to prominent Nigerians against inciting statements. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, had in a statement, said unrestrained...
  3. Iroka Chinedu

    Metro Presidency to Danjuma: Your comment shocking, scary - The Nation Ng

    The Presidency yesterday expressed shock at the recent statement made by a former Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Theophilus Danjuma, in which he asked Nigerians to defend themselves against attacks by bandits. The former defence minister, speaking at the maiden convocation and 10-year...
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    Metro UNIJOS - ASUU seeks solution to herdsmen/farmers clashes - The Nations Ng

    Worried by the persistent clashes between farmers and herdsmen, the University of Jos ( UniJos ) chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities ( ASUU ), on Monday held a symposium where stakeholders proffered possible solutions to the menace. In his speech at the occasion, Dr. Chris...
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    Metro How pregnant woman escaped rampaging killer herdsmen by CLIMBING A TREE – The Nation Nigeria

    AFTER some respite from years of bloody communal and sectarian clashes, the dark days of bloodshed returned to Plateau State during the week with attacks launched by killer herdsmen on hapless residents of Bokkos and Bassa local government areas of the state. At the last count, no … Read more...
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    Metro [Breaking] Suspected Herdsmen Invade Kogi Communities, Kill 25 – Naijaloaded | Nigeria’s...

    Persons suspected to be Fulani herdsmen have unleashed terror on three communities in Kogi State, leaving 25 people dead. Oganienugwu and Ikende communities in Dekina Local Government Area were affected; as well as Abejukolo in Omala LGA, all in the Eastern … Read more via Naijaloaded |...
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    Politics Suspected Herdsmen Invade Kogi Communities, Kill 25 People - Punch Newspapers

    Persons suspected to be Fulani herdsmen have unleashed terror on three communities in Kogi State, leaving 25 people dead. Oganienugwu and Ikende communities in Dekina Local Government Area were affected; as well as Abejukolo in Omala LGA, all in the Eastern Senatorial district of the state...
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    Metro Plateau: Fresh tension in Dong, Rafiki as herdsmen hold residents hostage – Vanguard News

    By Marie-Therese Nanlong Jos – Tension is mounting as bloody attacks are being intensified in Rafiki and Dong communities of Jos North local government which share boundary with the troubled Bassa local government area of Plateau State. The attacks began early hours of Wednesday, forcing...
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    Metro 145 arrested over herdsmen/farmers clashes – The Nation Nigeria

    A Presidency source late Sunday night confirmed that at least 145 suspects have since been arrested by the Nigeria Police following herdsmen/farmers clashes in some parts of the country, including Benue, Kaduna and Nasarawa states. The arrests occurred between January 2016 and January 2018...
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    Metro Just in: Burial of Omusu massacre victims cancelled for Buhari’s visit – Governor Ortom –...

    – http://ift.tt/2FoFRRR – Governor Samuel Ortom said there won’t be mass burial of 24 people who were killed by Fulani herdsmen in Omusu-Edumoga in Okpokwu on Saturday, March 10 – Governor Ortom later shifted the burial of the victims to next … Read more via Nigeria News today & Breaking news...
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    Metro Herdsmen kill former commissioner’s brother, 6 others, remove vital body parts – Daily Post

    Sam Zadok, Brother to late Asaph Zadok, a former commissioner of Youth and Sports in Adamawa has been reportedly killed along Gwarinpa, Abuja by suspected herdsmen. It was learnt that six others were murdered alongside Sam Zadok. They were found with their eyes and vital organs cut Read...
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    Metro 10 herdsmen arrested while destroying farmlands in Benue State – Welcome To Instablog9ja

    Troops of Sector 1 Sub-Sector A, deployed at Yelwata while on routine patrol arrested 10 herdsmen destroying farmlands at Tse-Tigir and Tse-Ndugh villages on Monday 26 February 2018. . . Items recovered from them were : 5 motorcycle, 2 machetes, … Read more via Welcome To Instablog9ja –...
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    Metro Herdsmen: Nobody roams cattle in 21st century – Oluwo – TODAY.NG

    Paramount Ruler and King of Iwo land, Osun, Oba AbdulRasheed Adewale Akanbi, has tackled the Federal Government of Nigeria saying that field grazing and cattle roaming is barbaric and should be abolished at once as it does conform to modernization and 21st century development of any country...
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    Politics Ortom, Kwankwaso mourn as herdsmen kill policeman, farmer – Vanguard News

    Despite efforts by security personnel to stem the killings in Benue State, a Police officer and a farmer were, in the early hours of yesterday, killed in a fresh attack by herdsmen at Uvir Council Ward of Guma Local Government Area of state. Vanguard, yesterday, gathered that … via Vanguard...
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    Metro "Why Fulani Herdsmen Burnt My Farm" – Olu Falae Reveals

    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...
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    Metro Ohanaeze Youths Ban Killer Herdsmen in S’East – Thisdaylive

    Irked by the gruesome murder of about 73 persons in Benue State by suspected herdsmen recently, the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council, Worldwide wednesday banned the activities of killer herdsmen in the 95 local government areas of the South-east geopolitical zone of the country. The organisation...
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    Metro Benue: Soldiers Deployed as Hausa Protest

    Soldiers last night, took over the streets of Makurdi, the Benue State capital, a few hours after the quick intervention of the police averted what could have sparked a fresh mayhem in the state. The state had, only 48 hours earlier, buried 73 victims of herdsmen killings. The deployment of...
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    Metro Protests continue in Benue over killings – Vanguard News

    Some residents of Benue stet have continued to protest the brutal killing of their kinsmen on January by persons suspected Fulani herdsmen. •Some youths protesting the killings This is even as Gov Samuel Ortom on Saturday appealed to the protesters in some parts of Makurdi, the state capital, to...
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    Metro How to resolve herdsmen crisis – Nigerian Working Group – Premium Times Nigeria

    A coalition of public policy experts has suggested ways to address the lingering violence in Nigeria’s livestock farming business. The Nigerian Working Group on Peace Building and Governance in a paper released on January 7 dissected the historical context of the crisis and recommended solutions...
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    Politics Northern Group Insists President Buhari Must Declare Fulani Herdsmen As A Terrorist Group

    Reacting to the incessant killing by Fulani herdsmen across the country, Comrade Mohammed Kudu Abubakar, Deputy National President of Arewa Youth Consultative Forum maintained that President Muhammadu Buhari should immediately pronounce herdsmen as a terrorist organization. Comrade Abubakar...
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