Tag: Fulani
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Presidency says Ortom unfit for office, accuses him of inciting hatred against Fulani’s
“As was the case in Rwanda where the then Hutu leaders of the country incited their countrymen against each other, claiming there was a ‘secret Tutsi agenda’ over the Hutu, Ortom claims there is a ‘secret Fulanization agenda’ over other ethnic groups in his state and in Nigeria. This is a copy of the language…
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Despite curfew, gunmen kill six in fresh Plateau attacks
Gunmen suspected to herders have again attacked Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State, killing five persons, despite the curfew. But the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) has denied any complicity in the latest attacks, warning that Fulani should not always be linked to all attacks in the state. Also, the Plateau…
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JTF intercepts migrating herders in their hundreds
The Joint Task Force (JTF) has intercepted a large number of herdsmen, believed to be Fulani, who have the intention of settling down in Kwara. The JTF is made up of personnel from the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), the Nigerian Army and the Police. In a press release on Wednesday in Ilorin,…
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Fulani herdsmen poised to strike in Southwest, Kunle Togun, Ex DMI boss now Amotekun bigwig warns
Chairman Oyo State Security Network codenamed Amotekun Corps, General Kunle Togun (rtd) has warned Yoruba people to be security conscious because the foreign Fulani herdsmen in their midst are poised to make the big strike, any time. Togun, a former Director of Military Intelligence (DMI) and former Deputy Director-General of State Security Service (SSS), advised…
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FCTA demolishes Fulani settlement
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) Joint Task Force (JTF) has demolished a Fulani Ruga settlement located very close to Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. Mr Ikharo Attah, Chairman, FCT Ministerial Committee on City Sanitation, who disclosed this on Sunday in Abuja, said this was due to contravention of sanitation regulations. He explained that the…
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Fulani ethnic nationality suffering greater hate in Nigeria — Miyetti Allah
Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) has stated that the Fulani ethnic nationality has suffered greater hate and blanket condemnation by most of the other tribes in Nigeria. MACBAN is the socio-cultural umbrella body of cattle breeders in Nigeria. Chairman of MACBAN south east, Alhaji Gidado Siddiki, stated this while reacting to the…
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[Trending Video] How Gumi connected us to Fulani man; we paid N800k – Kidnapped student’s mother
The mother of a student abducted at the college of forestry and mechanisation in Afaka, Igabi LGA, Kaduna State, has spoken out about her efforts to secure her child’s release. Watch Video: "They took us to #Gumi's house, he directed us to an Ahmed, who invited a Fulani man from #Kaduna, we contributed N800,000 for…
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Police, NSCDC intercept four truckloads of Fulani, Bororo herdsmen in Kwara State
Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) and the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Kwara State, on Tuesday, intercepted and sent four truckloads of Fulani/Bororo herders and their cattle away from the state. According to reports, the herders had planned to settle in the Offa, Offa Local Government Area of the state…
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Amotekun evacuates 42 suspected Fulani invaders in Ondo
The Ondo State Government Sunday evacuated 42 suspected Fulani invaders, who were arrested on Thursday by men of the Ondo State Security Network, Amotekun, at Okitipupa, the headquarters of Okitipupa Local Government. The suspected invaders, who are mainly from Jigawa and Kano States, claimed that they were brought to Ondo State for training as security…
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Killings: Presidency responds to Ortom’s ‘Buhari is only president of Fulani’ comments
The presidency on Thursday night responded accusations levelled against President Muhammadu Buhari by the Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom over the insecurity in the country. TheNewsGuru.com, TNG reports that Governor Ortom had on Tuesday accused President Buhari working for the Fulani ethnic stock to take over Nigeria. While reacting to the recent killing of residents…