A group, Forum of Tyoshin Academics (FoTA), in Benue state on Friday declared that over 600 people had been killed in 54 attacks in 10 council wards of Makurdi and Gwer-west local government areas of the state in separate communities by herdsmen. The group also disclosed that the deaths were recorded from eight council wards in Gwer-West LGA and two Read More
Security forces have rescued six victims in Nigeria after Saturday’s terror attack on a train in Edo state, South-south Nigeria, a government official has said. At least 31 people have been reported missing after the attack, which the police said was carried out by “herdsmen”. The Commissioner for Communication and Orientation in Edo state, Chris Nehikhare, said on Monday afternoon in Read More
Herdsmen Thursday evening attacked Ukohol, a community in Guma local government area of Benue state, killing 18 residents. The attack, Blueprint Weekend learnt, happened around 4:00-5:00pm on a market day, where 10 people were killed in the market and eight others killed by the assailants while they were retreating. The chairman of the local government, Mike Uba, said if security Read More
The senior special assistant to President Muhammad Buhari on media and publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, has declared that the president deserved credit over his efforts in tackling the farmers, herders’ crisis in the country. Shehu made the declaration Friday while presenting a paper, tagged ‘Fake news: Challenges of information management’, at the 10th year anniversary of the Federal University Dutsin-Ma Read More
The school under construction for bandits in the Kaduna forest.
Benue local government chairmen and socio-cultural groups Monday called on the federal government to order deployment of special forces to entry points into Benue state that are usually used by herdsmen militia. The chairmen also said 21 local government areas out of the 23 were affected by attacks by the herdsmen who they said are bent on eliminating the people Read More
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state Monday expressed worry over the rising wave of insecurity, a situation, which he said is taking a Negative toll on the Nigeria’s education sector.The governor made the lamentation in his home country Gbajimba, Guma local government area during the virtual handing over and commissioning of Government Science and Technical College built by Star Deep Read More
The recent enactment of anti-grazing laws by some state governors has elicited a mountain of mixed reactions and condemnation across the country. Joining in the reaction is the Miyyeti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) Rivers state chapter under its chairman, Alhaji Musa Yah. GODWIN EGBA reports. The signing into law of anti-grazing bill by some state governors to Read More
Osun state government Wednesday met with leaders of Fulani and warmed them against violating the new anti-open grazing law. Speaking at a stakeholders meeting with Fulani leaders and herdsmen in the 30 local government including the area office, in Osogbo, the Special Adviser to Governor Adegboyega Oyetola on Civic Engagement, Hon. Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, advised the herders to obey the law Read More
Piqued by the lingering banditry and insecurity in the state, Katsina state Governor Aminu Masari has stated his readiness to effect ban on open grazing across the state. The governor made the assertion, Monday, during a guest appearance on Politics Today on Channels TV while commenting on the movement of herders from one part of the country to another. Katsina Read More
The Kiriji Heritage Defenders, Sunday urged Osun atate Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, to sign the anti open grazing bill recently passed into law by the state House of Assembly. A statement signed and made available to newsmen by its Director General, Dr. Ademola Ekundayo, said the bill as passed has provided the state the enablement to contain atrocities linked to the criminal Read More
The Coalition of Plateau State Advocates (COPSA), has condemned in strong terms the renewed call in some quarters for the redeployment of the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 3 Division of the Nigerian Army in Jos, Plateau state, Maj.-Gen. Ibrahim Sallau Ali, in the face of recent killings in some communities. Describing the clamour for the removal of the GOC, who Read More
The Benue state government, Friday, said if the President Muhammadu Buhari administration must actualise the “cattle agenda through grazing reserves or any other thing different from ranching it should be ready to kill everybody in Benue state. The government also said the decision of the president was capable of plunging the country into avoidable crisis. A statement by Terver Akase, Read More
The senator representing Adamawa South at the National Assembly, Binos Dauda Yaroe, has attributed the increasing rate of farmers, herders’ clashes in the country to insincerity on the path of the federal government in dealing with the challenges. The senator called on the federal government to ban cattle movement across the country in order to tackle the challenge, expressing disappointment Read More
The North Central Youth Parliament has demanded that the presidential ticket be consensually ceded to the North Central region by all political parties. Speaking during the inaugural sitting which held in Ilorin, Kwara state, the newly elected Speaker, Honourable Jeremiah Friday Ohomah while addressing the issue of insecurity ravaging the North Central zone and youth inclusiveness in politics urged President Read More
There was tension in Obiaruku community in Ukwuani local government area of Delta state as Fulani herdsmen allegedly chased farmers out of their farmlands and held some hostage in the bush. It was gathered that the herdsmen invaded the community and seized some farmer in their farmland last week Saturday. The development has left the community in a state of Read More
In spite of efforts by the various arms of government to drive agriculture, the burden of feeding an average family is weighing down on homes as prices of ‘everyday’ food like tomatoes, eggs and rice have hit the ceiling. Analysts are amazed that, not even the effort of the apex bank in rice farming guaranteed availability of the staple. John Read More
Gunmen suspected to be herdsmen in fake military and Customs uniform on Friday night invaded Igangan and Igboora in Ibarapa North local government area of Oyo state and the Commander of Amotekun in Ibarapa Central with others feared dead. The attack came few days after Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) raised alarm of alleged plans by Wakili boys to invade Igangan and Read More
Miyyeti Allah has blamed the unabated communal crisis in Atyap Chiefdom, Zangon Kataf local government of Kaduna state on the wanton killings of Fulani herdsmen in Gora Gan on July 7, burning of their houses and their displacement. The chairman, Kaduna state chapter Miyyeti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), Alhaji Haruna Usman Tugga, in a statement on Friday Read More
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state Thursday flagged off distribution of improved seedling and crops to farmers, especially those affected by herdsmen attacks. Performing the ceremony at the headquarters of Bureau for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs Makurdi, Governor Ortom said the seedlings and crops were high yielding and drought tolerant ones that could meet international demands. He stated that Read More
The Plateau state Police Command has confirmed the killing of two herdsmen at a local community in Riyom local government area of the state. Chairman of Miyyeti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), Malam Nuru Abdullahi, also confirmed the killing, adding that one herder was still missing. The Police spokesman, ASP Ubah Ogabah, said it is a sad development Read More
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, has said the continuous killings across the country by gunmen suspected to be bandits constitute major threat to unity and prosperity of Nigeria. Ooni Ogunwusi in a statement on the last Saturday night killings in Igangan Monday by the director of Media and Public Affairs at the Ooni’s Palace, Comrade Moses Olafare, Read More
Following the report of recent attacks by suspected Fulani herdsmen on Odoke, Ndiobasi and Obakotara communities in Izhi, Ebonyi Local Government Area, an Association of Ebonyi State Indigenes in Diaspora (AESID) has blamed governor Dave Umahi, for the continued killings in the state. The Ebonyi indigenes said the recent attack is considered the highest number casualties in the South-east region Read More
Women in Benue code-named Concerned Mothers on Monday, urged President Muhammadu Buhari to urgently address the nation and caution herdsmen to stop the killings in the state. The women led by Mrs. Rebecca Apedzan, a former Commissioner for Agriculture in Benue, who addressed a press conference in Makurdi, lamented the worsening security situation in the country allegedly being perpetrated by Read More
The coalition of Ethnic Nationalities of Nigeria has berated the nation’s Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami for his opposition to the banning of open grazing by Fulani herdsmen in the southern part of the country.The youth groups also accused him of promoting religious division in the country when he should be concerned about the unity and progress Read More
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