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Fulani herdsman rapes 14-year- old girl in Ebonyi

Ihesiulo Grace 16 May 2018 0

A suspected Fulani herdsman was on Tuesday reported to have raped a 14 year old girl, Favour Okugbo of Umuifi community of Anioma-Isu in Onicha, Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. The victim who is a student of Union Secondary School, Agueke-Isu, had been taken to an undisclosed medical

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It’s Wrong To Link Killings To Clashes Between Fulani, Other Tribes – Buhari

Ihesiulo Grace 2 May 2018 0

President Muhammadu Buhari says it is wrong to attribute the killings in the country to clashes between Fulani and other tribes, as the conflict between farmers and herdsmen has a long history. Speaking during an interview with Aliyu Mustapha of VOA in Washington D.C., he noted that those making such allegations know that the herdsmen […]

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Tiv, Fulani in Nasarawa reconcile, sign peace pact

Ihesiulo Grace 27 April 2018 0

If the events of Thursday, April 26 are anything to go by, killings and destructions which hitherto had reign supreme would be a thing of the past within the Tiv and Fulani in Naarawa state. The warring parties after 170 lives were lost in perennial clashes on Thursday, at the state capital Lafia signed a […]

Opinion

Zamfara 2019: Mansur Dan-Ali on the cusps of history

Ihesiulo Grace 18 April 2018 0

With the exceptions of the North-East that was ravaged by Boko Haram insurgency, there is no state in other regions of Nigeria that is currently experiencing unimaginable magnitude of violence like Zamfara State. The state, at present is the epicenter of violent criminal activities perpetuated by brutal bandits of Fulani stock. Day in, day out, […]

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Herdsmen Attack: Nigeria North Central decry looming hunger

Ihesiulo Grace 13 April 2018 0

President of Middle Belt Arise, Comrade Samuel Odumu Okpe, has declared that Nigeria is being threaten by food crisis following the persistent and unabated killings of farmers and forceful taken over of lands by Fulani Herdsmen in the region. He noted that most farmers in Plateau, Benue, Taraba, Southern Kaduna, Kogi, Adamawa and parts of […]

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Herdsmen/farmers’ clashes: Council security committee meets in Edo, sets registration target for Fulani group

Ihesiulo Grace 8 April 2018 0

The seven-man committee set up by the Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki in each of the state’s 18 Local Government Areas to check clashes between herdsmen and farmers, have commenced sitting. Members of each committee include the council chairman, Divisional Police Officers (DPOs), representative of the Directorate of State Security Service, two representatives of

Politics

Fulani monarch chides Danjuma over comment

Ihesiulo Grace 26 March 2018 0

The Sarkin Fulani of Lagos State and Chairman, Association of Fulani Chiefs, South-west Nigeria, His Royal Majesty, Alhaji Mohammed Abubakar Bambado has frowned at the comments made by the former Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Theophilus Yakubu Danjuma (Rtd), saying Danjuma’s comments were aimed at inciting the populace to take up arms against fellow […]

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Fulani Leaders Decry Over Arbitrary Arrest, Killings of Women, Others in Taraba

Ihesiulo Grace 19 March 2018 0

Fulani leaders in Taraba state North East Nigeria have on Sunday demanded justice and fairness from Police and Takum local government council alleging that several nomadic herdsmen were arbitrary arrested and killed in the last two weeks. At a press conference, the Fulani leaders decried the alleged arbitrary arrest and persecution of their members by […]

Politics

2019: Miyetti Allah endorses President Buhari

Ihesiulo Grace 19 February 2018 0

Fulani socio- cultural organisation, Miyetti Allah Kautal Haure has unanimously endorsed President Muhammadu Buhari to recontest ahead of 2019 election. Chairman, Bauchi State chapter, Hon. Garba Saleh told an online newspaper that President Buhari’s star performance informed the endorsement. Saleh stressed that since the emergence of President Buhari’s APC led government,

Opinion

BIAFRA: THE PYTHON DANCE III AND OUR SHORTSIGHTEDNESS TO IT’S IMPENDING DANGER

Ihesiulo Grace 10 February 2018 0

At the time when Benue State is burning, with the Fulani people killing Tiv indigenes in their own land, the Nigerian military under the authority of a Fulani President Muhammadu Buhari and a Fulani Chief of Army Staff Lt. General Tukur Buratai have declared they will be sending military personnel to South- South and South- […]

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Fulani Roast 3, Wound 8, Burn 20 Houses in Plateau Fresh Attack

Ihesiulo Grace 26 January 2018 0

Police have confirmed three deaths in last night’s (Thursday) renewed attack by suspected Fulani armed men in Jebbu-Meyango, Bassa LGA, in Plateau State. The attack which took place at about 7pm, the Plateau State Police Public Relations Officer, Matthias Terna said also left eight others wounded. According to him, the attackers killed and roasted their […]

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Yoruba youths condemn herdsmen attack on Ondo farmlands

Ihesiulo Grace 7 January 2018 0

A group, the Yoruba Youth Council (YYC) has strongly condemned a recent attack on some farmlands in Ondo state by the rampaging Fulani herdsmen. The group described the attack as very wicked and an insult on the peace loving people especially the farmers who solely depend on farming to survive in the state Last week […]

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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 for the urgent ‎intervention of President Mohammadu in the face-off between fulani herdsmen and Bwatiye people in Numan, Adamawa state. According to a statement from the forum, signed by its President, Bala Takaya, the forum warned traditional rulers in the north to restrain from making inciting statements. The forum, which […]

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10 killed, Houses Destroyed as Fresh violence erupts in Taraba

Ihesiulo Grace 1 February 2017 0

At least 10 people have been killed and several houses burnt in fresh violence that erupted, yesterday, in Taraba State, witnesses say. However, police said six people died in the clashes between the Fulani and Mummuye ethnic groups in Lau Local Government Area of the state. Since last Friday, there have been pockets of violence […]

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Benue Monarch Urges Herdsmen to Register with Host Communities

Ihesiulo Grace 1 May 2015 0

A traditional ruler, Chief Iorbee Lada, has called on the leadership of Miyyetti Allah Cattle Rearers Association of Nigeria to impress on herders grazing cattle in Benue State to formerly register with traditional rulers and community leaders, so as to fashion out how they could move with their cattle without destroying farm lands and so […]

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Plateau Gov-Elect’ll Protect Non Indigenes, Says Eze Igbo

Ihesiulo Grace 1 May 2015 0

The Eze Igbo, in Plateau State, Chief Prof J.E.C Obilom, has expressed confidence the in- coming administration of the Governor-Elect, Mr. Simon Lalong, stating that one of the cardinal manifestoes of the Governor-elect was to protect every tribe state.   Obilom made his position known, when Lalong was on a courtesy visit to his palace […]

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Cattle Breeders Urge Buhari to Recover Grazing Reserves, End Cattle Rustling

Ihesiulo Grace 21 April 2015 0

A Fulani community leader, Alhaji Dodo Oroji, has appealed to the incoming administration of Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd) to address the problems of grazing reserves and stop cattle rustling in order to save Fulani herdsmen in the country. Oroji made the appeal in an interview on Monday, in Kaduna. He said it was important to […]

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24 Hours with Herdsmen (ii)

Ihesiulo Grace 28 March 2015 0

GBUBEMI GOD’S COVENANT SNR concludes his narrative on the Fulani herdsman’s wife in managing the family’s health, finances, her pregnancy and childbirth amongst others. Health emergency Although health emergency may be considered rare when you talk of a people whose life is surrounded by healing plants and herbs, Jubril is convinced if they had access […]

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Polls: Miyetti Allah Urges Fulani to Vote for Jonathan

Ihesiulo Grace 26 March 2015 0

A Fulani socio-cultural association, Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, has called on all Fulani people in the country to come out en-masse and cast their votes for President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, come Saturday. National President of the association, Alhaji Bello Abdullahi Bodejo, made the call while addressing all the state chairmen, zonal chairmen and co-ordinators of […]

Editorial

Who will Rein in These Outlaws?

Ihesiulo Grace 18 March 2015 0

How would you feel if you woke up one morning to find several members of your community slaughtered and others maimed by strangers who, out of benevolence, were allowed to live in your community’s ancestral land to carry on their business of cattle rearing? Mad with anger, of course! This is the situation some communities […]