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Fani-Kayode reacts to DSS report on killings in Nigeria

Ihesiulo Grace 22 January 2018 0

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

Headlines News

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 […]

Politics

Ohanaeze rejects cattle colonies, condemns killings

Ihesiulo Grace 18 January 2018 0

The plan by the Federal government to establish cattle colonies in order to curb the activities of Fulani Herdsmen has continued to meet with resistance across many states of the federation, as many view the approach as another way the government wants to achieve its earlier plans to cede state lands to the herdsmen. The […]

Opinion

Fulani herdsmen militancy: International help now indicated

Ihesiulo Grace 17 January 2018 0

By Sam Ohuabunwa That the militant Fulani herdsmen have become the greatest security challenge of this nation must be obvious to all who wish this nation well. In fact many objective watchers have declared that the now regular raids by the militant Fulani herdsmen is the biggest security threat facing Nigeria after Boko Haram. Indeed […]

Business Features

Fulani Herdsmen Vs Farmers: New threat to economic stability

Ihesiulo Grace 17 January 2018 0

The growing activities of some rampaging Fulani herdsmen in some parts of the country, particularly in the North Central Nigeria’s region of Plateau, Benue, Taraba and Nasarawa states, could pose potential threat to sectors’ development, including agriculture, mining, industries, among others. If not nipped in the bud, the nation’s economy could witness

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Herdsmen/Farmers’ clash: Fulani herdsmen deny AK-47 wielding members

Ihesiulo Grace 14 January 2018 0

-Says they are disguised terrorists -insist genuine members carry only cutlass for self defense -rejects cattle colonies in preference for ranches -demands improved welfare, education and security from govts A cross section of Fulani Herdsmen located in several local govt areas of Niger state including those at Zungeru, Beji,Bida Sabo Angwa in Boso LGA ,Tunga […]

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Fulani herdsmen killings: Nigeria needs rescue, Oyedepo cries out

Ihesiulo Grace 14 January 2018 0

Servant of God, presiding over the Living Faith Ministries, world wide, Bishop David Oyedepo has sent a wake up call to Nigeria, a nation he says is in a state of slumber. Bishop Oyedepo at 2018 January 14th Sunday service said Danger is looming in the country by insurgency in the guise of the Fulani […]

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Cattle Colony: We’re not giving land to anybody – FG

Ihesiulo Grace 12 January 2018 0

To clear the air on the Federal Government’s proposed establishment of cattle colony in the country, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh , has said that the administration will not collect any ancestral land from anybody for that purpose. The minister , who described cattle colony as areas carved out for any […]

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Declare Fulani herdsmen terrorists, Southern leaders tell Buhari

Ihesiulo Grace 12 January 2018 0

The Southern leaders Thursday called on President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately declare Fulani herdsmen a terrorists group saying the group has become a menace to the country. The call came which came at the “Handshake Across the Niger” summit, also demanded for the immediate restructuring of the Nation’s political structure. The programme which was co-organized […]

Headlines Opinion

Fulani herdsmen have declared war against Nigeria – Wole Soyinka

Ihesiulo Grace 10 January 2018 0

Wole Soyinka, Nobel laureate, has added his voice to the outrage over brutal killing of Nigerians by Fulani herdsmen. He says the killer herdsmen have declared war against Nigeria. Soyinka, in a statement issued on Wednesday said: ”In plain language, they have declared war against the nation, and their weapon is undiluted terror. Why have […]

Opinion

Why Buhari will not act on Fulani herdsmen killings- Azuka Onwuka

Ihesiulo Grace 9 January 2018 0

On January 1, it was reported that about 20 people were killed in Rivers State. On January 7, it was reported that a combined team of military and intelligence operatives had tracked the leader of the gang, Don Waney, and some of his men to their Enugu hideout and killed them. The pictures of their […]

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Group urges for stop to ‘genocide’ in the Nigeria’s middle belt, northern region

Ihesiulo Grace 7 January 2018 0

The Middle Belt Forum has called on Nigeria’s government and concerned organisations to, as a matter of urgency, stop the incessant killings and the deliberate attempt to wipe out tribes in the region. The organisation in a press statement signed by its president, Bala J. Takaya and Isuwa B. Dogo, publicity secretery, said that the […]

Headlines

Benue leaders ignore Buhari’s condolence message, say “he turned a deaf ear to our predicament”

Ihesiulo Grace 5 January 2018 0

The people of Benue State, including Tiv, Idoma and Igede tribe refuse to accept the condolence message sent to the state Governor Ortom and the people by President Buhari over the week’s massacre of more than 50 defenceless and innocent farmers by armed Fulani herdsmen. Addressing a press conference on Thursday in Abuja, the leaders […]

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Herdsmen/ farmers clash: Threat to food security in Nigeria – Nwabuko

Ihesiulo Grace 5 January 2018 0

The incessant Fulani herdsmen- farmers clashes have been described as an unhealthy development to the Nigeria’s food self sufficiency effort. The Principal Secretary to Abia State Governor, Emma Nwabuko stated this while addressing women protesters from Bende LGA who staged a peaceful rally to the Government House, Umuahia to complain about the destruction of their […]

Metro

Massive protests in Benue against Fulani herdsmen killings (Photos)

Ihesiulo Grace 3 January 2018 0

No fewer than 50 persons have been killed in fresh attacks on Benue communities by suspected Fulani herdsmen after they invaded parts of the Guma and Logo Local Government Areas of the state on New Year’s Day. The attacks, which spilled over to Tuesday, came on the heels of the implementation of the anti-open grazing […]

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Fulani Herdsmen Attack: Middle-Belt Forum Seeks FG’s Intervention

Ihesiulo Grace 22 December 2017 0

The Middle-Belt Forum has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to urgently intervene in the face-off between Fulani herdsmen and Bwatiye people in Numan, Adamawa state. A statement signed by Bala Takaya President of the forum also warned traditional rulers in the north to restrain from making inciting statements. The forum, which elected its new leadership […]

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Agency moves to validate five years strategic plan to end conflict in Plateau

Ihesiulo Grace 11 December 2017 0

The resurgence of communal and farmers/herders conflicts hitherto bedevilling the once peaceful Plateau State, has however necessitated the move by the Plateau Peace Building Agency (PPBA) to develop a five year strategic plan aimed at providing a lasting solution to the lingering tension. Established through a legislative act and signed into law by the executive […]

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Herdsmen attack: Benue Reps accuse FG of lacking will to tackle problem

Ihesiulo Grace 25 November 2017 0

*Threaten self defense if attacks persist *Seek arrest of Miyetti Allah leaders for inflammatory comments The Benue state House of Representatives caucus on Friday accused President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration of lacking the political will end the persistent attacks by Fulani herdsmen in the state and other parts of the country. Addressing journalists in Abuja on

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At least 30 killed in herdsmen clash, Police confirm

Ihesiulo Grace 22 November 2017 0

At least 30 people were killed when farmers attacked herdsmen in northeast Nigeria’s Adamawa state, police told AFP on Wednesday. State police spokesman Othman Abubakar said farmers from the Christian Bachama ethnic group stormed four settlements of Muslim Fulani herders in Numan district on Monday, hacking residents, and burning homes. “We have so far recovered […]

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Fulani herdsmen cry to Buhari over ban on open grazing in Benue

Ihesiulo Grace 6 November 2017 0

The Cattle Breeders in Nasarawa State have called on the Federal Government to urgently intervene and prevent a looming crisis following the open grazing ban by the Benue State government. The Nasarawa state chapter of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) said the enforcement of the open grazing prohibition law by the Benue […]