Tag: Fulani Herdsmen
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Police DPO shoots “unruly” Amotekun operative over arrest of Fulani Herdsmen
The Divisional Police Officer at Igbon Police Station in the Surulere Local Government Area of Oyo State, Ayodeji Adepoju, allegedly shot and injured an unruly member of the Oyo State Security Network Agency, Amotekun on Friday. The DPO, it was learnt, ordered the arrest of two operatives of the Amotekun Corps for arresting herdsmen whose…
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Suspected Fulani herdsmen kill farmer in Ogun
Suspected herdsmen have killed a farmer identified as Dele Olowoniyi, on his farm on Sunday in Ogun State. According to reports Mr. Olowoniyi was killed in a farm settlement located at Oha village, Imeko, in Imeko-Afon Local Government Area of Ogun State. Meanwhile, Prince Gboyega Isiaka, three-time governorship candidate in the state has condemned this…
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Help! Fulani herdsmen may kidnap me again, Olu Falae cries out
Former Presidential candidate of the Alliance for Democracy in 1999, Chief Olu Falae has raised the alarm over invasion of his farm by Fulani herdsmen in Ondo State. He said Fulani herdsmen should not be allowed to kidnap him again for the second time as they did in September 2015. Falae, in a letter addressed…
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Niger Govts meets Fulani herdsmen, seeks support for modern animal husbandry
As part of efforts at developing the Bobi Grazing Reserve in Mariga Local Government area of Niger State, the State Government has organized a stakeholders meeting with the Fulani Herdsmen within the Reserve. The meeting which aimed at educating the Herdsmen on the need for their maximum support and participation in the Modern Animal Husbandry,…
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Amotekun as catalyst to decide future of Nigeria – Godwin Etakibuebu
By Godwin Etakibuebu At times like this, in Nigeria’s critical journey of voyage of discovery into a dark ally of identification; reminiscing on the late Nigerian musical icon – Sunny Okosu’s lyric: which way Nigeria becomes a necessary inevitability. Amotekun, having suddenly becoming a qualitative catalyst, may be able to help us in identifying that…
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Miyettti Allah denies hoisting red flag in Ekiti
Fulani Herders under the aegis of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), has denied claim that its members were behind the red flag hoisted at Orin Ekiti, in Ido/Osi Local Government Area of Ekiti State. The Head of Miyetti Allah in Ido/ Osi council, Alhaji Adamu Abashe, spoke in Ado Ekiti on Friday…
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Boko Haram terrorists kill 19 Fulani herdsmen
Boko Haram jihadists gunned down 19 cattle herders Saturday in Nigeria, civilian militia sources and residents confirmed on Sunday. Ethnic Fulani herders, besieged by a spate of armed attacks targeting their cattle, pursued Boko Haram, sparking a fierce gunfight outside Fuhe village, near Ngala close to the border with Cameroon. “The insurgents killed 19 of…
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Graphic photos: Herdsmen launch fresh attack in Plateau community, kill three
There was pandemonium on Monday as gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen invaded Hukke Village of Miango District, Bassa LGA of Plateau State killing three people. According to the spokesman of the Miango Youth Development Association, Lawrence Zongo, those killed included two women and a community Leader. Zongo said the communities had decided to embrace…
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Midwest movement rejects FG’s ‘RUGA’ settlement for Fulani herdsmen
The Midwest movement has rejected the proposed RUGA settlement for Fulani herdsmen by the Federal Government in its region. TNG reports that the movement comprises of Delta and Edo State Governments. The region’s decision was revealed in a statement jointly signed by both state members. Recall that the Benue State Government also on Tuesday rejected…
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Herdsmen ambush, kill soldier, injure two others in Benue
One soldier was in the early hours of yesterday, killed, and two others badly wounded, when suspected armed Fulani herdsmen ambushed military personnel, who were on routine surveillance in Guma Local Government Area of Benue State. This came as Governor Samuel Ortom has restated his call on people of the state to assist the security…