Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje alongside Igbo leaders in Kano have rejected call by some Northern political leaders that Fulani herdsmen in the Southern part of the country relocate to the North. The leaders said at a dinner in Kano that the call was “divisive and retrogressive.’’According to a statement issued by Ganduje’s Chief Press […]
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Some gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen, in the late hours of Friday and early hours of Saturday invaded six communities in Saghev council ward of Guma Local Government Area of Benue State where ten persons have been reportedly killed. The communities attacked, according to locals who spoke to our correspondent through the telephone include; […]
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Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, on Sunday banned grazing in two communities attacked by suspected herdsmen in the state. The affected communities include Odighi and Odiguete, in the Ovia North-East Local Government Area of the state. Obaseki also ordered the arrest of any erring herdsman during the period of the ban, which he said […]
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The Plateau State Police Command has confirmed 19 persons killed and five others injured in an attack on Ancha village, Bassa Local Government, on Friday. The Plateau police commissioner, Peter Ogunyanwo, who briefed journalists on Friday in Jos, said that preliminary investigation had indicated that the attack was carried out by Fulani gunmen. “We are […]
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Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state has given Fulani herdsmen in Tombo-Mbalagh, Buruku Local Government Area of the state a two-day ultimatum to leave the area. Ortom gave the order on Monday in Tombo-Mbalagh during a visit to ascertain the damage inflicted on the community by herdsmen. The visit followed the weekend attacks by the herdsmen. Eight bodies have […]
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By Femi Fani-Kayode Nothing sums up the dangerous way in which the DSS is handling the Apostle Johnson Suleman affair better than the words of the Southern Kaduna-based Pastor Owojaye Matthew. He said, “you want to arrest Christian clergymen who asked Christians to defend themselves against killer FULANI Herdsmen while you allow hundreds of foreign […]
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Sa’ad Abubakar III, the sultan of Sokoto, has called on the federal government to ensure the arrest and prosecution of people who preach and promote hate speeches in the country. Abubakar gave this advice at the opening of a two-day conference organised by International Dialogue Centre (KAICIID), an inter-governmental organisation that promotes dialogue to build […]
Continue ReadingEkiti state governor, Mr Ayo Fayose, on Monday signed the “Anti Grazing Bill 2016” recently passed by the House of Assembly.The bill was sponsored by the executive after the killing of two persons by suspected herdsmen in Oke Ako community in Ikole Local Government Area of the state. The new law criminalises grazing in some […]
Continue ReadingThere was pandemonium in Bokkos local government area of Plateau state on Monday, following the killing of Lawrence Agaie, the Saf Ron-Kuelere and paramount ruler of the town. Also killed were the traditional ruler’s police orderly, Sunday Wuyah, his wife, as well as his son, Shagari. NAN quoted a source as saying that the monarch was […]
Continue ReadingWhile speaking on President Buhari’s failure to visit Agatu communities after the massacre by herdsmen, Femi Adesina, special adviser on media and publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari, said, the president does not have to visit victims of Boko Haram onslaught or herdsmen massacre. “A section of this country wants a talkative president and it doesn’t […]
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