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. […]
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ), Abuja, on Wednesday said armed herdsmen attacked the troops of Operation Whirl Stroke in Keana Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, killing two soldiers and injuring five others, including the Commanding Officer. The Acting Director of Defence Information, Brig-Gen. John Agim, stated this at a briefing to review the activities and […]
…Senate considers constitution amendment for State Police Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara, has said that history will be harsh on the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration if it failed to stop the mass killings of innocent Nigerians by suspected herdsmen. Dogara said this on Tuesday at plenary while welcoming members back from […]
The Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu has revealed that the Herdsmen, Farmers clashes in some parts of the country is distraction to the President. The presidential Spokesman also said that those attacking the President on his fight against corruption are people that have helped to lavish […]
About 21 people are feared dead and several others injured following an overnight raid on the village of Douwayan in Demsa local government of Adamawa state by suspected Fulani Herdsmen, local sources said. The marauding herdsmen who have been wrecking terror on Numan, Demsa and Girei local governments areas were said to have attacked the […]
…Police confirm 11 deaths, say families buried victims before arrival …State Govt imposes dusk to dawn curfew in 3 LGs No fewer than 100 persons have been killed in nine communities of Plateau State by heavily armed suspected herdsmen. The killings took place on Saturday night in Xland, Gindin Akwati, Ruku, Nghar, Kura Falls and […]
The Benue Youths Forum, the umbrella body of all youth groups in Benue State have exonerated President Muhammadu Buhari from the incessant killings in the state. According to them, the claim in some quarters that President Buhari was sponsoring the attacks in the state is a case of giving the dog a bad name to […]
The Vice Chancellor of University of Jos, Professor Seddi Sebastian Maimako, has said that herdsmen still encroach the University premises. The VC stated this on Tuesday on a parly with Journalists on the occasion of the 29th and 30th combined Convocation Ceremonies of University of Jos, held at the Senate Chambers of the institution, in […]
The Federal High Court, Abuja has fixed June 21, to rule on a suit seeking the proscription of Fulani herdsmen as a terrorist organisation. Justice Gabriel Kolawole fixed the date after listening to an ex-parte application filed by a Makurdi- based legal practitioner, Mr Matthew Nyiutsa. Nyiutsa is seeking the leave of court to compel […]
Growing shortage of airline pilots is putting the industry’s recent growth at risk as planes sit idle, higher salaries cut into profits and unions across the globe demand more benefits. Emirates and Australia’s Qantas Airways Carriers have poured resources into hiring, but struggled in recent months to use their jets as often as their business […]
The Nasarawa State Police Command on Tuesday confirmed that three policemen have been killed by suspected herdsmen at Maraban-Udege village in the Nasarawa Local Government Area of the state. The Public Relations Officer of the command, ASP Samaila Usman told newsmen in Lafia that the three policemen were ambushed and killed on June 3 on […]
South East Human Rights Situation Room, an amalgamation of rights groups in the South East zone of the country has blamed the federal government for alleged lack of commitment in stemming the tide of killings of harmless citizens across the country by armed herdsmen and other insurgents. Addressing a press conference in Enugu as part […]
A Makurdi-based legal practitioner, Matthew Nyiutsa has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to declare herdsmen in Benue state as a terrorist group. Mr Nyiutsa on Friday filed an exparte motion seeking to compel the President and the Attorney General of the Federation, to move a court of competent jurisdiction and declare herdsmen operating in Benue State […]
Former governor of Abia state, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu has called on governors in the country to tackle the menace of herdsmen in the states by judiciously utilizing their security votes. Speaking with aviation Correspondents at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport Ikeja on national issues on his way from the United Kingdom, Kalu said the […]
Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue, said on Monday that only five of the 23 Local Government Areas of the state were free from attacks by herdsmen. Ortom stated this during his first official interaction with newsmen since he returned from his vacation from the People’s Republic of China two days ago. He regretted the continued […]
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari and his United States counterpart Donald Trump just finished a joint press statement in which the two leaders brief world media on various issues including deepening of trade and Military Corporation. It is the first meeting Trump has had with an African president since he assumed office 2017. At the conference, […]
A group monitoring the Herdsmen/Farmers Crisis in Nigeria has alleged that members of the National Assembly are out to scale up public anger against the President and his security team over the activities of terrorists in the country. The group under the aegis of the Middle Belt Conscience Guard described the summon of the President […]
The National Economic Council (NEC) has recommended a ban on the movement of herdsmen across the country as a way of curtailing the incessant killings being witnessed in states of Nigeria. The ban is expected to take effect in the five states where the killings are most pronounced -Benue, Taraba, Adamawa, Kaduna and Zamfara. Vice-President […]
Residents of Benue state have been thrown into mourning again, following the invasion of another church by suspected herdsmen. A source said that seven persons were killed in the incident which happened two days after two priests and 17 church members were shot dead at a Catholic Church in Gwer west local government area of […]
President Muhammadu Buhari, has said that if not for the western education he acquired and his military career that gave him a viable means of livelihood, ‘‘I might have been caught in herdsmen and farmers clash’’. President Buhari, who spoke in Hausa language while addressing a mammoth crowd in Bauchi, capital of Bauchi State, during […]