Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti state, has said it is compulsory for herdsmen based in his state to register with N5,000. The governor said the move is to help identify the herders “in the event of any further attacks in the state”. In one of his meetings with the leadership of the Miyetti Allah Cattle […]
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Babuga Dengi, a herdsman, has been killed in a bush between Irele and Oke Ako in Ikole local government area of Ekiti state. The killing suspected to be carried out by some indigenes of Benue state in Ekiti sparked tension. At a meeting with stakeholders from the Fulani and Benue communities, Ayo Fayose, governor of the state, said there […]
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The overseer of the Latter Rain Assembly (LRA), Tunde Bakare, has accused President Muhammadu Buhari and his government of doing nothing about the genocide in Benue even though they were warned 18 months earlier. Mr. Bakare also added that the government has failed in what seem to be its area of strength — security, and […]
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The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association (MACBAN) says it lost one thousand Fulani and “over two million cows” Fulani to attacks orchestrated by the Benue state government. Fulani herdsmen are alleged to have killed over 100 persons in recent attacks carried out in Benue and Taraba states. Reacting to the development on Sunday, the group […]
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Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue said herdsmen had killed over 20 persons between Monday and Tuesday in Guma and logo local government areas of the state. Ortom disclosed this while briefing journalists on Tuesday in Makurdi after the State Security Meeting. He said that out of the number, nine were Livestock Guards who were to […]
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Fulani herdsmen have allegedly raped a 72-year-old woman identified only as Victoria in Ore, Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State. Narrating her ordeal, Victoria explained that she was working on her farm when two herdsmen attacked her. “Before I could question them on their mission in my farm, they gagged me and tore my […]
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A suspected herdsmen and farmers clash in Kajuru local government of Kaduna state, has claimed the lives of about 37 people. It was gathered that trouble ensued when some youth stormed a village in Ungwan Uka to avenge the death of a suspected herdsman. The man, accused of harassing people in the area, was said […]
Continue ReadingGovernor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State is showing his determination to deal ruthlessly with Fulani herdsmen in Ekiti State. Mr. Fayose on Monday met with local hunters in the Oke-Ako area of the state telling them to be battle ready, as he is prepared to give them the necessary support in the fight against any […]
Continue ReadingThe Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, on Sunday, alleged that the numerous attacks being executed by the Fulani herdsmen in different parts of the country was part of the Northern Islamic agenda to forcefully Islamize the Eastern region, Christian minorities of the middle belt and seize their lands. In […]
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