The Plateau State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has expressed displeasure over Governor Simon Bako Lalong’s inability to visit the areas that came under heavy attacks last week by suspected Fulani herdsmen which led to the death of more than 200 people mostly women and children. In a press statement signed by its […]
Arrests 4 armed bandits One week after suspected Fulani herdsmen killed over 100 persons in three local government areas of Plateau State, Maraban Kantoma, a village located along the boundary of Mangu and Barkin Ladi LGAs in the state, was attacked by armed bandits in the early hours of Sunday with at least four deaths […]
…PDP playing cheap, childish politics with the dead- Presidency …No, you lack respect for the dead, PDP tells Buhari Barely a week after the killing of over 80 people in Plateau State during an attack by suspected Fulani herdsmen, the Federal Government and the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have engaged in a war-of-words on […]
…Saraki, Dogara meet Buhari, demand removal of Service Chiefs …Women, youth protesters storm Govt House, damage properties The Special Military Task Force (STF), Operation Save Haven in Plateau State, on Wednesday, paraded suspected three Fulani herdsmen arrested in connection with the latest killings in the state. The suspects were captured at Gashish District in the […]
Former Governor of Plateau State, Ambassador, Fidelis Tapgun, has expressed surprise at the number of deaths and level of carnage in the recent killing of innocent citizens by people suspected to be Fulani herdsmen. In a statement he personally signed, Tapgun described the recurring killing in Plateau state as unacceptable, especially as some semblance of […]
Nigeria is, today, a focal point of global terrorism activities. Through a series of callously designed and devilishly executed bloodletting operations, unrivalled in the annals of the country, the sect has thrown the country into protracted volatility. To underline its wide acclaim as a globally recognised terrorist body, the sect was designated by the U.S. […]
To say Nigeria as a nation totters on the brink, is to be economical with the truth. Never in the history of Nigeria as the nation faced such deep-rooted schisms as it currently faces. Not even in the tumultuous years of the 1960s prior to the first military coup, and the tribal/ethnic motivated counter coup […]
Troops of 72 Battalion Special Forces on clearance operation in Gbajimba, Baka, Tomanyi, Iyode and Dogon Yashi at the weekend engaged armed herdsmen militia in gun battle killing one and left one other with gunshots wounds. The troops during the exchange recovered 1 Ak 47 assault rifle and arrested three other herdsmen militia. […]
Tunde Bakare, pastor of the Latter Rain Assembly, says Nigerians can shut down the government as a result of herdsmen killings in recent times. Bakare spoke on the sidelines of “the real cost of subsidy”, an event organised by Enough is Enough, a coalition of youth advocacy groups. He said the order by the inspector […]
Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, has urged the United Nations (UN), Special Rapporteur on genocide to investigate what it called the alleged ethnic cleansing by herdsmen in Nigeria. The call followed allegations of a former Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Theophelus Yakubu Danjuma, retd, who had at the weekend told Nigerians to defend themselves against […]
The Special Task Force (STF), otherwise known as Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), has refuted a report published by the Punch Newspaper alleging that the task force aid Fulani herdsmen to graze on farm lands. In a statement signed by the spokesperson of the task force, Major Umar Adams and made available to our correspondent […]
Three persons have been reported dead in the night attacks of Thursday 22nd March 2018 as gunmen suspected to be Fulani Herdsmen attacked Dong Community of Jos North LGA in Plateau State. Our correspondent gathered that the gunmen attacked the community when they laid ambush on the vigilante group of the community shooting sporadically. […]
Following killings across the country by alleged Fulani herdsmen, Sam Ogbemudia Jnr, the first son of the late General Samuel Ogbemudia has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to urgently address the security problems currently dragging the nation back, so as to stop the careless wastage of lives and property. He made the call at the […]
Unconfirmed fatalities have been recorded following a terror attack by suspected armed Fulani herdsmen currently on rampage around Mowe community area near RCCG camp. Though the exact motive behind this attack couldn’t be ascertained at this period of filling this report.
Police on Wednesday paraded two Fulani herdsmen for rustling 15 cattle, 14 sheep and killed a 7 years old boy who was in charge of the cattle. The Police Commissioner, Plateau State Command, CP Undie Adie, stated this at a news briefing with Journalists in Jos, the Plateau State capital. He said, “on the 26th […]
By Gbemiga Olakunle “Jonathan should resign if he has no solution to the violence being unleashed on some parts of the country” – Nasir El’Rufai. The above quotation was allegedly credited to Mallam Nasir El’Rufai, (now the Governor of Kaduna State). This salvo was reportedly fired at the immediate past Administration of the former President […]
The Oodua Progressive Union (OPU) has appeal to the Federal Government to find a lasting solution to the recurring security challenge across the country, especially as it relates to the Fulani herdsmen menace. Expressing its worries over the state of insecurity and lawlessness, especially on the menace of the Fulani herdsmen, the OPU said the […]
The Special Task Force mandated to restore peace on the Plateau and some parts of Bauchi and Southern Kaduna, on Tuesday in Jos, paraded three Fulani herdsmen for cattle rustling. Among the herdsman is a native of Berom who facilitates the cattle for onward purchase. The taskforce also known as Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), said […]
Chief Olu Falae, the former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) has berated President Muhammadu Buhari for keeping silence over the unwholesome activities of the rampaging Fulani herdsmen in the country,Falae said the continuous silence of President Buhari over the killings and destructions being perpetrated by the Fulani herdsmen on local farms was […]
Femi Fani-Kayode, a former Minister for Aviation has reacted to report by the DSS, claiming that the Islamic State In West Africa was responsible for attacks in Benue and other states. He described the report as false. The People Democratic Party, PDP, chieftain, insisted that Fulani herdsmen and Miyetti Allah were responsible for “genocide and […]