The Nigerian Senate, on Tuesday, ordered the Inspector-General of Police, Mr Ibrahim Idris, to arrest the herdsmen suspected to have killed over 70 persons in Benue State within 14 days. The lawmakers said their resolutions, which were later conveyed to President Muhammadu Buhari by the leadership of the National Assembly, were “wake-up call” to the […]
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Ace Nigerian Comedian Igodye has reacted to the latest Fulani herdsmen killings in the country. In his post on his Instagram page, he suggested solutions to the problem while demanding the real identities of the Fulani herdsmen and their powerful sponsors. THE POLICE SHOULD HAVE BEEN DOING PRO- ACTIVE MEASURES TO ARREST HERDSMEN
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The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) disclosed they lost over 1000 people and 2million cows during the herdsmen/farmers’ crisis, thereby seeking compensation from the federal government. The National Secretary of the MACBAN, Alhaji Baba Ngelzarma, who said this in a press conference, on Sunday, January 14, 2018, condemned the attacks and issued
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Ifeoluwa Dada Ekiti state government has announced hotlines for residents of the state to “report strange movement of herdsmen” in the state. The announcement came in the reaction to recent massacre on villages in some parts of the country reportedly perpetrated by herdsmen. The governor of the state, Ayo Fayose made the announcement on
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Eighty people have been killed in Benue State since December 31 following clashes between cattle herders and farmers, said an emergency official Tuesday. “80 is the number we can say for now, the attacks have not stopped,” Benue State Emergency Management Agency executive secretary Emmanuel Shior told AFP. AFP
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The federal government has reportedly banned the open grazing of cattle in the country. The ban is coming days after suspected herdsmen attacked two communities in Benue state. According to The Nation, the decision to ban the group was reached after a meeting of a federal government delegation, security agencies and five governors. Samuel Ortorm,
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Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State has warned cattle herders in the state to desist from carrying dangerous weapons. Obiano said he would not hesitate to invoke the full weight of the law on any cattle herder found carrying dangerous weapons. The governor who addressed indigenes of the state during a reception organised in his
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Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has declared three days of mourning for those killed in recent attacks on communities in Logo and Guma Local Government Areas of the State. The mourning period will be from Tuesday to Thursday this week and end with a church service for the victims at the IBB square in Makurdi,
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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said as dangerous, deadly and heartless as killings by Fulani herdsmen in Adamawa, Benue and Jos and that of Badoo in Lagos and Ogun states were, retaliation was not the answer. This was even as he has warned that the danger of allowing politics to play a part in seeking
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The Benue State Police is currently arraigning six Fulani herdsmen allegedly involved in the killing of 19 farmers in Akor village of Guma Local Government Area of Benue State. The suspects are being arraigned at a Chief Magistrate Court 1 sitting in Makurdi the state capital, before the Chief Magistrate, Isaac Ajim. The incident which
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