Tunde Opalana, Abuja The Southern and Middle Belt Alliance (SaMBA) has asked Governor Simon Lalong to embark on immediate recovery of the 102 communities annexed by armed Fulani herdsmen in Plateau State from 2001 till date. The group further requests that the governor issue an express order for the jihadists to evacuate the annexed communities […]
The Joint Task Force (JTF) has intercepted a large number of herdsmen, believed to be Fulani, who have the intention of settling down in Kwara. The JTF is made up of personnel from the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), the Nigerian Army and the Police. In a press release on Wednesday in Ilorin, […]
By Nosa Akenzua, Asaba There is currently a raging war between the Ukwani Local Government officials and Fulani herdsmen, who through their indiscriminate grazing have allegedly destroyed farmers’ crops in the recent times. Although the head of the Fulani herdsmen in the area, mallam Kazah musa, had severally denied that the cattle were responsible for […]
Several reports have it that Fulani Herdsmen have killed hundreds of farmers in the southwest and other parts. Farmers lament that their cows destroy their farmlands and an attempt to raise an alarm or question the herdsmen will result to death of such farmer. Friday and Saturday’s credible report from PUNCH had it that about […]
Tunde Opalana and Kamarudeen Ogundele, Abuja Finding lasting solution to herders/farmers incessant clashes in southern part of the country will receive urgent parliamentary attention as the Senate resumes plenary today, Leader of the Senate, Senator Yahaya Abdulllahi has assured. This is with the assurance that recent ethnic wrangling over activities of Fulani herdsmen in both […]
Nobel laureate, Professor Wọle Soyinka has warned that the conflict between Fulani herdsmen and farmers in the country could lead into another civil war. In an interview with the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) pidgin, Soyinka called on President Muhammadu Buhari to address the nation and dissociate himself from the activities of those who run their […]
…Say ‘Fulani Herdsmen must leave our communities’ Aherhoke Okioma, Yenagoa, Titus Akhigbe, Benin Women from the Epie/Atissa communities in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State and Uromi in Esan North-East Local Government Area of Edo State, both from the South South region of the country, on Wednesday staged peaceful protests against the menace of […]
Stephen Gbadamosi, Ibadan & ANDREW OROLUA, ABUJA Worried by the recent attack on Governor Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN) by the Presidency over a statement credited to him on the regulation of Fulani herdsmen movement in Ondo, the Odua Peoples Congress (OPC) New Era has called on the Federal Government to allow him to fix the security […]
A farmer, Modupeoluwa Oyetoso, has been mourning the death of her fiancé, who was shot by suspected Fulani herdsmen at the Lanlete area of the Ibarapa East Local Government Area of Oyo State. The lovers were returning from the farm when the four suspects waylaid them around 5 pm. While the fiancé was attempting to […]
There was pandemonium on Friday in Boji Boji Owa metropolis of Agbor in Delta state following the alleged abduction of four persons by gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen. It was gathered that two other persons were shot by the same gunmen, but however, survived the attack with minor injuries. Sources said that Boji Boji […]
The Tiv community in Nasarawa state has debunked claims by the Chairman of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association (MACBAN) in the state, Mohammed Hussani, that some Tiv farmers from Nasarawa state attacked and killed four herdsmen in Kadarko area of the state. The leadership of MACBAN had in a media report published by some national […]
Following the reoccurring robbery cases including alleged Fulani herdsmen attacks in Issele Azagba Community near Asaba in Delta state, angry youths at the weekend set an armed bandit allegedly belonging a three-man gang in ablaze while two other gang members escaped by the whiskers. Sources said the robbery gang had dispossessed occupants of a compound […]
The police command in Kogi state says it has launched a manhunt for some youths that allegedly killed two Fulani herdsmen in Egume, Dekina Local Government Area of the state. The command’s spokesman, William Aya, told newsmen in Lokoja on Sunday that the herdsmen were grazing their cows in the bush when the youths attacked […]
Moved by the alleged killing of six persons by suspected Fulani herdsmen, leaders of Of Abavo and Umunede communities in Delta State have issued two – week ultimatum to Fulani herdsmen to quit their areas or face the wrath of their anger. It was gathered that suspected Fulani herdsmen allegedly murdered six persons altogether in […]
Four Fulani herdsmen who raped 4 sisters at Manger village in Bokkos Local Government Area of Plateau State have been arrested. The four suspects identified as Hamisu Mohammed, 18, Rayanu Mohammed, 15, Mustapha Yunusa, 15 and Abbas Salisu, 17, accosted the minors on their way home before committing the sad act. Recounting how the incident […]
Reverend Samson Ayokunle, the president of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has said that the ”hatred” the Fulani herdsmen suffer now from Nigerians began when some elements in their group became violent and started killing people. Ayokunle said this when he spoke at a press conference organised by the Christian body in Abuja on […]
Hundreds of House wives including unmarried ones in Ewu Urhobo Community, Ughelli South local government area of Delta State on Wednesday protested alleged continuous raping by suspected Fulani herdsmen who had been on rampage in the last few months in the community. The protesters barricaded the major roads within the Community and Chanted war songs […]
Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of the Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday washed his hands off a suit seeking the proscription of Fulani herdsmen as a terrorist organization. The suit instituted by a Makurdi based legal practitioner, Matthew Nyiutsa, has suffered some setbacks since it was filed on May 11, 2018. Hearing in the ex […]
The Director-General of Atiku Leadership Development Initiative (ALDI), Hon. Dominic Nwuzor yesterday berated the Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government for excessively mobilizing security personnel for the Ekiti state governorship election scheduled for Saturday while failing to do same to curb the menace of Fulani herdsmen ravaging the North and Middle Belt regions of the country. Nwuzor […]
The Presidency has attributed the incessant killings by the suspected Fulani herdsmen and farmers in the country to climate change. According to the Presidency, “specifically the drying up of the Chad Basin, has led to more pressure on the population in the North of Nigeria, which further compounded the problem.” It added that the Climate […]