The Nigerian Senate is contemplating on proffering local a lasting solution to the endless farmers/herders clashes in the country. Leader of the Senate, Senator Yahaya Abubakar Abdullahi, stated this while speaking with newsmen on Monday in his office, saying that the upper legislative chamber was worried by the dangerous dimension of the crisis in the […]
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An Ex-Ally to President Muhammadu Engr Buba Galadima has faulted the governor of Ondo State, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu for issuing eviction order to Fulani herdsmen in Ondo forests. The controversial politician spoke on AIT Kaakaki, a programme that discusses the State of the nation which was monitored by DAILY POST on Wednesday in Abuja. He (Galadima) […]
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Elders in the South Western part of Nigeria have thrown their weight behind the governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu’s quit notice to herders to quit the forests in the state following the growing cases of kidnappings traced to criminals hiding in the areas. The elders, who also took swipe at the Presidency over the […]
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NIGERIA – President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday, made his his second nationwide broadcast on the efforts by the Federal Government to battle the COVID-19 pandemic, extending the lockdown in Lagos and Ogun states as well as the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. ADDRESS BY H.E. MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA ON THE […]
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The governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa, says military personnel accompanied suspected herdsmen who wreaked havoc on some communities in the state last week. Gunmen had attacked Avwon, Agadama, Ohoror and other communities in Uwheru Kingdom, Ughelli North local government areas of the state on Thursday. The attacks led to the deaths of at least […]
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Some gunmen suspected to be herdsmen have killed six hunters in Aljannaru, a farming community in Song Local Government Area of Adamawa State. According to residents, the gunmen, who were on camels got to the community in a night raid, destroying farms and shooting indiscriminately. The sources said the attackers eventually gunned down six of […]
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No fewer than 52 cattle have been killed by a train in Kasarami – Jere axis in Chikkun Local Government Area in Kaduna State. The Kaduna State Police Command on Sunday confirmed the accident. The Commissioner, Malam Ahmad Abdulrahaman refuted reports that the cattle were killed by other means. ” There is nothing like attack […]
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Not less than three operatives of Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), a military task force in Plateau state, were killed while trying to restore calm between herders and farmers in the state on Saturday. Augustine Agundu, commander of the force, disclosed this to reporters in Jos, the state capital. He vowed that those behind the tragic […]
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The Police Command in Kebbi on Thursday confirmed that a suspected herdsman had killed a policeman, Umaru Danladi, at Kaoge in Bagudo Local Government Area of the state. It said the herder, Babuga Kuaara, had already been arrested for the alleged offence, adding that the policeman was attached to the Kaoje Police Division in Bagudo […]
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Brig. Gen. John Agim, Director, Defence Information, of the Defence Headquarters, Abuja, on Thursday said the recent killings in Benue State were being sponsored. Agim told newsmen on Thursday that the military would not support any side in the violence that had been going on in Benue State. Recalled that herdsmen, who blocked Gbeji-Anyinn Road in the […]
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