Tag: Fulani
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‘Sunday Igboho’: Arrest those stoking ethnic chaos like common criminals, Makinde tells Oyo’s CP
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde has asked the new Commissioner of Police in Oyo, CP Ngozi Onadeko, to arrest and treat those igniting ethnic tension in the state as criminals. Makinde said this on Friday when Onadeko paid him a courtesy visit at the Governor’s Office, Agodi, Secretariat, Ibadan. Makinde’s remark is coming in the…
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Ultimatum: Akeredolu has no power to deny herdsmen right to live in Ondo – Northern elders
The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has asked herders in Ondo state not to leave their locations and resist moves to be labelled as criminals. In a statement on Wednesday, Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, a spokesman of the forum, asked Rotimi Akeredolu, governor of Ondo, to rescind the ultimatum given to herders to vacate forest reserves in the…
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The Southern Kaduna Crisis: The Unwavering Commitmment of the Atyaps (Katafs), Hausa/Fulanis to Peaceful Coexistence, By Danjuma Musa
By Danjuma Musa “Peace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old barriers, quietly building new structures”. John F. Kennedy The peace deal between the hitherto warring communities of Atyab Chiefdom,is a welcome development, an unexpected early Christmas gift for every Nigerian,and a reminder of the historic peace deal…
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As Obasanjo Speaks on restructuring the Nigerian security architecture: Will Buhari come out of the Fulani enclave to do something positively for the sake of himself and Katsina State? – Godwin Etakibuebu
By Godwin Etakibuebu Before former President Olusegun Obasanjo spoke last week Friday, June 26, 2020, in Abeokuta – Ogun State, on reorganization of security architecture in Nigeria, in a lecture titled “COVID-19 and Nigeria security Issues: The Way Forward”, all Nigerians are fully aware, without any iota of doubt, that security of lives and properties…
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Herdsmen/Farmers Crisis: ‘FG, Nigerian Army have restored peace to most warring communities in Nigeria’
A report by the Centre for Social Justice, Equity and Transparency (CASJET) has hailed the Federal Government and Nigerian Army for halting the age-long farmers-herders crisis ravaging parts of the country. The well-documented report detailed how President Muhammadu Buhari and the Army miraculously restored peace to warring communities to end the perennial clashes. Barely a…
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29 Fulani herdsmen killed by gunmen in military uniforms
No fewer than 29 Fulani herdsmen were massacred by men dressed in military uniforms, in a village in central Mali, a local government official and a Fulani association said on Saturday. The attackers on Friday targeted the village of Binedama in the Mopti region, which has seen dozens of tit-for-tat ethnic massacres over the past…
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A Memo to Professor Agboola Gambari – Hope Eghagha
By Hope Eghagha It is part of our national dilemma, confusion and uncertainty that the appointment of a new Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari has elicited so much excitement, anxiety and concern that we have forgotten that the CoS is a personal staff to the president. Given our perception, private anecdotes and media…
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[Video]Okpanam youths protest killing of youth Chairman, by Fulani Herdsmen
Okpanam youths of delta state have barricaded a road in the state to protest the killing of a youth chairman. In the video, they called on state and federal government to do something about the killing.
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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…