The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) has okayed the decision made by the Southern Governors to ban open grazing in the region. This was revealed by the National Patron of MACBAN, Senator Walid Jibrin, on Thursday, while addressing newsmen in Kaduna State. According to him, the decision would help in ending the […]
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Gunmen suspected to be bandits, have murdered the Chairman of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association in Nasarawa State, Mohammed Hussain, at Garaku Market Area of Kokona Local Government Area. The bandits also killed one Mohammed Umar, the Chairman, Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association in the Toto Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. The Police […]
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Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore has blamed State governors for banditry in the Northern part of the country. Spokesman of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Saleh Hassan, stated that pressure from governors turned some herdsmen into bandits. Hassan said herders, who lost their cattle and businesses, resorted to banditry in the North. Prior to the resurgence of […]
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Governor of Benue state, Samuel Ortom has accused the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, MACBAN, of planning to eliminate him. Ortom said the leadership of MACBAN targeted him and were planning to eliminate him. He spoke after he met with President Muhammadu Buhari at the State House, on Tuesday. Governor Ortom disclosed that […]
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The Myetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) in Oyo state has made a case for the inclusion of its members in operation Amotekun, a security outfit. During a public hearing on the Oyo state security network agency bill 2020, also known as Amotekun bill, on Monday, Yaqub Bello, a former chairman of MACBAN […]
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Some unknown gunmen have killed Saidu Kolaku, a leader of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) in Adamawa state. The assailants were said to have invaded his home on Saturday at Sabon Pegi in Mayo Belwa local government area in the state and shot him dead. Prior to his death, Kolaku was […]
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The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) has distanced itself from a statement issued by Garus Gololo, chairman of the association in Benue state, wherein he asked Senate President Bukola Saraki to resign or be forcefully removed. In a statement on Wednesday, Othman Ngelzarma, national secretary of MACBAN, said Gololo spoke in his personal […]
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Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State said he has invited President Muhammadu Buhari to console the people of Benue over the killings and destruction of their property but the president did not honour the invitation. The governor went on to state that the people issuing press release for the herdsmen “are living in Abuja, they […]
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Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria wants herdsmen to avoid destruction of farm produce and grazing on farmlands to avert clashes with farmers. The Chairman of Nasarawa state chapter of the Association, Alhaji Mohammed Hussaini, said in Akwanga, that farmers should co-exist peacefully with herdsmen to avert violent clashes in the interest of peace. […]
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