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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Prof. Olayinka Adegbehingbe, an orthopedic surgeon at the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, who was kidnapped on Sunday, said that N5.045 million was paid to secure his release. Adegbehingbe made the disclosure on Tuesday in Ile-Ife in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) at his residence on the university campus. The surgeon, […]
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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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Not less than 24 persons have been reportedly killed in renewed attacks by suspected herdsmen in various communities in Benue state. The killings were said to have been perpetrated between April 2 and 4. Addressing journalists in Abuja, Members of the house of representatives from Benue said that killer herdsmen attacked seven communities in the […]
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Mansur Dan-Ali, the Minister of Defence, has described former Minister of Defence, Gen. Theophilus Danjuma’s comment has “highly uncalled for,” and an invitation to anarchy. Danjuma had, on Saturday at the maiden convocation of the Taraba State University, told Nigerians to defend themselves against killers, saying the Nigerian Armed Forces were not ready to defend […]
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“Senator” representing Kogi East in the Senate, Atai Aidoko, has reported a massive attack by suspected ‘Fulani herdsmen’ which, he said, claimed 32 lives in two local governments in Kogi State. Mr. Aidoko said 20 people were killed in Dekina Local Government Area, 12 in Omala while another five were maimed in the two areas. […]
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Not less than five people were killed and many left injured in fresh attacks on Fulani communities in Sardauna local government area of Taraba state. According to the spokesman of the police in the state, David Misal, a militia group is suspected of being behind it. Misal told NAN that crisis erupted in Nyiwa and […]
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The Benue state command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has lost two of its men in a gun battle with some men suspected to be herdsmen. Adakole Peter, a spokesman of the corps in Benue, said the incident happened in Awange after Kasseyol village in Guma local government area of the state. […]
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At least seven people have been killed by gunmen suspected be herdsmen in an attack on Kaguru village, in Chukun local government area of Kaduna state. Several villagers are believed to have sustained injuries while several fled into the bush. According to a resident of the area who chose to remain anonymous, the attack took […]
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The Brigade Commander, 23rd Armoured Brigade, Yola, Bello Mohammed, said seven policemen and two soldiers lost their lives within the past two months as a result of Numan sectarian crisis involving herdsmen and farmers. Mr. Mohammed, a brigadier general, made this known Thursday in Yola, the Adamawa State capital, while addressing a town hall meeting […]
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