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FULANI HERDSMEN:  A MULTI-FACETED SECURITY CHALLENGE

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By Titus Orngu Recently, Nigeria has been inundated with assault on her civil populace by a notorious group of marauders known as Fulani herdsmen, the world’s 4th most deadly terrorist organisation, who attack sleepy villages in the dead of night, massacre hordes of people, and leave without a

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Father, two sons, several others butchered as Fulani herdsmen attack community

Ihesiulo Grace 14 June 2022 0

Herdsmen have again attacked Umulokpa community in Uzo-uwani LGA of Enugu State, leaving over ten persons dead. The deadly attack was launched by suspected Fulani herdsmen in the dead of the night on Saturday, June 11, 2022. Our correspondent gathered that among the victims of the attack are one Mr Nwankwo Obodoeze and his two […]

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We will reveal any “bad eggs” among us – Fulani leaders

Ihesiulo Grace 5 August 2021 0

Fulani leaders and Ardos in Taraba State’s Muri Emirate have told the Emir that they will expose those responsible for the state’s continuous massacres and other terrible acts, as well as their backers. Recall that during the recent Eid-el-Kabir celebrations, the Emir of Muri, Alhaji Abbas Tafida, issued a 30-day ultimatum to killer herdsmen and […]

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Fulani group threatens to bomb Asaba, gives Okowa 72 Hours to withdraw ban on open grazing

Ihesiulo Grace 14 June 2021 0

Residents of Delta State are terrified after a nameless ‘Fulani Jihadist’ organization threatened to invade and bomb the state capital, Asaba, and Agbor, the headquarters of the state’s Ika South Local Government Area. The group, which claimed responsibility for the fire incident that gutted the Federal Secretariat complex along Okpanam road, Asaba,

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Insecurity: FCTA demolishes Fulani settlement, other illegal structures

Ihesiulo Grace 30 May 2021 0

Ukpono Ukpong, Abuja The Joint Task Force (JTF) of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has demolished a Fulani Ruga settlement located very close to Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. This was even as illegal structures and outright encroachment within both the Army and Police estates along the Airport road, as well as a drug […]

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Group cautions of Rwanda-style genocide in S/West

Ihesiulo Grace 8 February 2021 0

…Demands donor discretion for war against killers and kidnappers By Felix Oboagwina A Yoruba self-determination group has warned indigenes of the South-West to avoid violent ethnic clashes between them and their Fulani guests, saying, it had unearthed plans by renegade politicians to drive the region into Rwanda-style genocide. In addition, the Apappo O’odua Koya (AOKOYA)

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Amotekun swings into action, arrests herdsman, cows for destroying farms

Ihesiulo Grace 19 September 2020 0

The Ondo State chapter of the recently South-West regional security outfit, Amotekun, has arrested a Fulani man, identified as Adamu Yusuf, and his 65 cows for destroying crops on some farms in the Oda area of Akure, the state capital. READ ALSO: Amotekun Nabs Herder For Allegedly Destroying Cassava… Daily Times Nigeria gathered that some […]

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Residents, Fulani communities begin dialogue to end the killings in Southern Kaduna

Ihesiulo Grace 23 August 2020 0

The Atyap chiefdom, Fulani and Hausa communities in the Zangon-Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State met on Saturday on ways to find a long-lasting panacea to the incessant killings in southern Kaduna. The attacks that have been going on for decades had become increasingly dangerous in recent times, forcing the state government to impose […]

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Fiery Fulani don, Labdo dissects Amotekun, says why outfit may fail

Ihesiulo Grace 17 August 2020 0

By Femi Alabi Onikeku Umar Muhammad Labdo. Remember him? The professor of Islamic Political Thought at Yusuf Maitama Sule University, Kano who once ruffled ethnic feathers by proclaiming in a facebook post that Benue State belongs to the Fulani by right of conquest…He has stirred the waters again in an exclusive interview with The Daily […]

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Uzodimma accommodating Fulanis in Imo for VP position in 2023 — Kanu

Ihesiulo Grace 10 August 2020 0

The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has alleged that Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo is accommodating Fulanis in return for the position of the Vice President in 2023. The IPOB leader made the allegation while lamenting over Fulani settlements in Imo and Abia States. Kanu stated in a statement recently that […]

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Fulani are ruling Nigeria, they must continue to rule – Miyetti Allah Kautal

Ihesiulo Grace 6 June 2020 0

‘Fulani are ruling Nigeria and they must continue to rule the country forever. That is the truth’ Bello Abdullahi Bodejo, the President of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, has said. Abdullahi in an interview with the Sun said “My organization, Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, we are trying to set up our own security outfit. “Their government […]

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Zamfara first lady tasks Fulani leaders on peaceful coexistence

Ihesiulo Grace 17 March 2020 0

The wife of the Zamfara state governor, Hajiya Balkisu Matawalle has urged Fulani leaders in the state to caution their wards against acts that can jeopardise the ongoing peace dialogue in the state.  Balkisu made the call at the installation of Ardo of Zurmi Emirate, Alhaji Yakubu Majjo held at the Zurmi emir’s palace on […]

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Fulani have promised Bola Tinubu presidency – Kanu

Ihesiulo Grace 20 February 2020 0

The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, said that the Fulani have promised Bola Tinubu, National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidency to buy his silence alleged reports that President Muhammadu Buhari was dead and buried in a shallow grave in Saudi Arabia.” Kanu in a statement he signed accused Abba […]

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Buhari not clever, not intelligent, not a better Fulani than Sardauna – Ayo Adebanjo

Ihesiulo Grace 28 December 2019 0

Afenifere leader, elder statesman, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, has warned that anarchy looms over Nigeria if the constitution is not changed ‘to a truly federal system, where all the federating units will be autonomous, and the functions of the federal government will be confined to what is its duty. ‘President Muhammadu Buhari is supposed to restructure the […]

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Fulani oligarchy has used the Yorubas to clinch power – MASSOB

Ihesiulo Grace 9 November 2019 0

‘This is yet another proof that the Fulani oligarchy has used the Yorubas to clinch power. And it is obvious that they will never relinquish power to any Yoruba man’ the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, has said MASSOB in a statement signed, by the group’s National Leader, Uchenna […]

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Govt officials are buying, keeping cattle with Fulani – Agbekoya

Ihesiulo Grace 2 November 2019 0

The leaders of Agbekoya, Alhaji Lalekan Lasisi Akekaaka has said that the clashes between farmers and the Fulani headers were due to that fact that many government officials buy cows and give them to the Fulani people to rear for them to make money in Ibadan.  Akekaaka speaking with the Punch said: ‘Like I said, […]

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Miyyeti Allah, Kebbi strategise to end Farmers/Fulani clashes, milk hawking

Ihesiulo Grace 17 November 2018 0

The kebbi state chairman, Miyyeti Allah Cattle Breeders Association, Muhammed Bala Dan Ali has said that, the association is working in partnership with the Kebbi state government to end feud between Farmers and Fulani in the state. Dan Ali added that after carefully identifying the root causes of the clashes, the association approached the government […]

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No plan to attack Cross River community, says Miyetti Allah

Ihesiulo Grace 19 July 2018 0

The Cross River State Branch of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria has debunked rumours that Fulani herdsmen were planning to attack residents of Obanliku Local Government Area of Cross River. The Chairman of the association, Alhaji Hassan Abo, who spoke with the News men on Wednesday in Calabar, described the rumour as […]

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Miyetti Allah bans Fulani women from street hawking

Ihesiulo Grace 14 July 2018 0

A Fulani socio-cultural association, Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore has banned their women from selling cow milk (Nono) on the street, saying that the action is to protect them from danger and against their tradition. National President of the association, Alhaji Bello Abdullahi Bodejo made this known during a meeting with Fulani leaders and other stakeholders […]

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Suspected herdsmen kill 5, injure others in Adamawa village

Ihesiulo Grace 6 July 2018 0

Suspected gunmen believed to be Fulani herdsmen on Wednesday stormed Kola, a predominantly farming community in Guyuk local government area of Adamawa state, killing five people, local sources say. Lemuel Bappa a local resident reported that three persons, including a woman were shot dead at about 2am in his presence, and several residential buildings torched. […]