Politics

Ohanaeze decries Police silence, carrying of rifles by herdsmen in Anambra

Ihesiulo Grace 4 March 2020 0

The Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has accused the Nigerian police of ignoring reports of herdsmen moving around with AK-47 rifles in a community in Anambra state. Ohanaeze Ndigbo in a petition signed by Nnia Nwodo, president-general of Ohanaeze to dated March 3 and entitled,

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Okowa tasks FG to lead in ending herdsmen attacks

Ihesiulo Grace 24 February 2020 0

Delta state Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, has urged the federal government to give direction to states on what should be done to check the menace of criminally-minded herdsmen. The governor made the call on Monday in Asaba, while presenting 35 pick-up vans to security agencies in the state. FCTA warns residents against illegal trade in wildlife […]

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Suspected herdsmen allegedly kill 2 in Edo

Ihesiulo Grace 19 February 2020 0

Suspected herdsmen on Wednesday allegedly attacked and killed two indigenes of Owan Village, one Owoh aged 45 and Samuel Imonkhai in the sleepy community in Ovia North East Local Government Area of Edo state. Owoh, until his gruesome murder by suspected herders was a palm wine tapper. He was shot where he was tapping his palm, […]

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My Account Logout Community leader urges FG to address farmers/herders conflict

Ihesiulo Grace 19 February 2020 0

Chief Chris Elumunoh, former Anambra President of Oha na Eze Ndigbo, has called on the Federal Government to urgently address the conflicts between farmers and herdsmen in Anambra. Elumunoh, made the call in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Nkwelle-Ezunaka, Oyi Local Government Area of Anambra on Wednesday. He said that the activities […]

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Suspected herdsmen kill 2 soldiers in Plateau

Ihesiulo Grace 19 February 2020 0

Gunmen suspected to be herdsmen have attacked men of Sector Five of the Special Task Force, Operation Save Haven (OPSH), killing two soldiers and injuring one at X-Land of Barkin Ladi Local Government area of Plateau. An eye witness and resident of the area, who preferred anonymity that the incident occurred on Sunday. The eye […]

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Miyetti Allah apologizes over Benue killings

Ihesiulo Grace 27 October 2019 0

The Fulani Socio-cultural organization, Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, has apologized to the government and people of Benue state over herdsmen attacks and killings in some communities in the state. The national Secretary of the association, Engr. Saleh Alhassan, who tendered the apology on Sunday in Makurdi during a peace initiative meetibg brokered by the Chairman […]

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Ebonyi citizens in Diaspora flay Umahi’s decision on herders’ settlement

Ihesiulo Grace 20 October 2019 0

The Organisation of Ebonyi state Indigenes in the Diaspora (OESID) has criticised the decision of Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi state to establish grazing reserve settlements for herdsmen in the state. The organisation in a statement signed by its spokesman, Mr. Pascal Oluchukwu in Abuja on Sunday, urged the governor not to impose herders’ programme […]

Crime

Herdsman in Court for allegedly stealing 15 cows

Ihesiulo Grace 16 October 2019 0

The police on Wednesday arraigned a 52-year-old herdsman, Mohammed Abubakar  at a Badagry Magistrates’  Court in Lagos for allegedly stealing 15 cows valued at N800,000. Abubakar, whose address was not provided, is facing a two-count charge of stealing and breach of public peace, to which he pleaded not guilty. The Prosecutor, ASP. Akpan Nkem, told […]

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Thunder strikes 36 cows in Ondo state

Ihesiulo Grace 23 September 2019 0

There was a serious scare in Ijare town, a community in Ifedore Local Government Area of Ondo State after a strange thunder struck and killed thirty-six cows. The herdsman was said to have led the cows to the top of a sacred hill known as Oke-Owa where the king of the community performs certain traditional […]

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Police arraign 14 IPOB members in Enugu

Ihesiulo Grace 1 May 2019 0

Fourteen suspected members of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, who allegedly attacked some herdsmen and killed their cattles in the Amagu-Ebe axis of Udi in Enugu State were docked on 29th April , 2019 by an Udi Magistrate Court. Eastern Security Network, ESN, a militant wing of IPOB has allegedly been attacking camps […]

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Zamfara 2019: PDP Reps candidate to presses for farmers/herdsmen solution

Ihesiulo Grace 22 November 2018 0

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) House of Representatives Candidate of Bungudu/Maru Federal constituency, Alhaji Shehu Ahmad has promised to pursue vigorously on the laws that would solve the lingering Farmers/Herdsmen crisis in the country. Sparking to newsmen in Gusau, Zamfara state capital, Ahmad said that, the frequent farmers/herdsmen crisis was very strange, as

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Traditional ruler denies receiving financial inducement from herdsmen for grazing

Ihesiulo Grace 9 September 2018 0

Traditional Ruler of Obimo community in Nsukka local government of Enugu state, Igwe Spancer Ugwuoke has denied receiving financial inducement from herdsmen for the purpose of grazing cattle in the community. Igwe Ugwuoke was alleged to have collected money, sold plots of land without the approval of the community. However the traditional ruler said the […]

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Suspected herdsmen attack farmer in Edo

Ihesiulo Grace 1 August 2018 0

A farmer simply identified as Bashiru Aliu (50) was Tuesday reportedly attacked by armed men suspected to be herdsmen in his farm at Ubuneke-Ivbiaro, in Owan East local government area of Edo state. It was reliably gathered that the herdsmen numbering about four attacked the farmer with a machete and inflicted deep cut on his […]

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Herdsmen/farmer crisis: Centre writes US embassy, British High Commission over missing N100billion ranch fund

Ihesiulo Grace 25 July 2018 0

The Centre for Social Justice, Equity and Transparency, CESJET, has written the United State Embassy and the British High Commission over the nagging crises between herders and farmers in Nigerian, which had led to the death of many Nigerian and destruction of valuables worth millions of naira. CESJET in a letter addressed to the international […]

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‘We have used SPI to combat terrorism in higher institutions’

Ihesiulo Grace 24 July 2018 0

A retired Naval Officer and Executive Director of School to School Peace Initiative (SPI), an anti-vices advocacy group, Mr. Oliver Ajibo said the nation’s ivory towers would have been witnessing similar cases of invasions like Boko Haram and herdsmen attack by cult groups if SPI had not come on board. He enumerated the different methodology […]

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Group threatens to drag perpetrators of herdsmen/farmers crisis to ICC

Ihesiulo Grace 23 July 2018 0

The Save Humanity Advocacy Centre (SHAC), has cried out to human rights organisations around the world over the ongoing politically masterminded killings in Nigeria. The group, while threatening to drag those behind the bloodletting in the country to the International Criminal Court, ICC, noted that the endless clashes between herders and farmers, which had led […]

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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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Plateau: After killings, herdsmen harvest ripe crops, feed others to cattle

Ihesiulo Grace 15 July 2018 0

Having killed over 200 people and displaced nearly 150,000 others from 11 villages in Northern Plateau recently, suspected herdsmen have allegedly fed grown crops spread across 1sq.kms to their cattle in Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of the State. For those already ripe on the farms, “wives of the herders harvest them for themselves,” one […]

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Christian group questions Gov. Lalong on alleged ransom pay to herdsmen

Ihesiulo Grace 9 July 2018 0

The Arewa Christians and Indigenous Pastors Association (ACIPA), have demanded the investigation of alleged ransom payment to Fulani herdsmen in Plateau State by Gov. Simon Lalong. In a press statement on Saturday, the group said Gov. Lalong who it said in a recent interview on Channels TV claimed knowing the herdsmen carrying out deadly attacks […]

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Members of Reformed APC are like herdsmen – Sagay

Ihesiulo Grace 6 July 2018 0

Prof. Itse Sagay, Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC) has described members of the breakaway faction of the ruling All Progressives Congress ( APC), Reformed APC, as herdsmen looking for where to ‘chop.’ Sagay, speaking in an interview with the Independent condemned the rAPC members, saying they have contributed nothing to the […]