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Herdsmen killings: we lost 99 persons, 863 houses in five months – Plateau Group

Ihesiulo Grace 25 February 2018 0

National Publicity Secretary of Miango Youth Development Association in Plateau State, Comrade Zango Lawrence Nebanat, has expressed grief that 99 persons have been killed and 863 houses were burnt down in five months by Fulani herdsmen in Irigwe Chiefdom of Miango Local Government Area of

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Farmers vs Herdsmen: Series IV- Nigerian elite own most cattle, not herdsmen – Investigation

Ihesiulo Grace 22 January 2018 0

* Active participants: Govs, ex-Govs, ministers, commissioners, perm secs, directors. ·As Kaduna loses N7.5bn tax annually to cattle breeders The business of cattle rearing is one of the lucrative businesses in the country in which the tax authority does not look into and most of the people behind the business especially in the Northern part […]

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Farmers vs Herdsmen: Series III- In Benue, cows more important than human beings, citizens lament

Ihesiulo Grace 20 January 2018 0

In what appears to be a loss of faith in the government due to its reluctance to curtail the rampant killings of people by herdsmen in most parts of the country, some citizens of Benue State have raised the alarm over placement of priority on cattle at the expense of human beings, saying that “cows […]

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Farmers vs Herdsmen: Series II Revealed: Fulani herdsmen not AK-47 wielding members-Sarkin Fulani

Ihesiulo Grace 19 January 2018 0

.Insists gunmen killing people are disguised terrorists .Says genuine members carry only cutlass for self defence .Miyetti Allah not a terrorist organisation, says Sultan A cross section of Fulani herdsmen located in several local government areas of Niger State including those at Zungeru, Beji, Bida Sabo Angwa in Boso LGA, Tunga Malam in Paiko, Angwa […]

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Farmers vs herdsmen: How failed intelligence, poor policing fuel crises –Investigation

Ihesiulo Grace 18 January 2018 0

* Inter security agency rivalry takes centre stage in Benue, 5 other states * Non proactive handling of advanced security signals by govts * Lack of coordinated security operations, information exchange at rural levels This is not the best of times in the history of the country as the persistent clashes between the farmers and […]