Tag: Fulani
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Bandits attack: Tambuwal warns against harassing, killing innocent Fulanis
Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State on Friday cautioned local vigilantes against harrassment and killing of innocent Fulani over bandits attacks in the state. The governor gave the warning while commiserating with families of the 29 people killed by bandits in Kamitau, Malafaru and Ololi communities in Shinaka District of Goronyo Local Government Area. Tambuwal…
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Killings: Fulani marauders must vacate Yoruba land now – Gani Adams
The Aare Onakakanfo, Gani Adams has ordered Fulani marauders killing people in the Southwest to vacate Yoruba land now or face the consequence as the Yoruba people will not fold their arms and watch their people being killed, raped and kidnapped. Arising from a crucial meeting of the Aare Onakakanfo in Council, Adams warned that…
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Fani-Kayode to Gbajabiamila: Don’t sell your soul to Fulani to become Speaker
Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode has told speakership hopeful, Femi Gbajabiamila that he does not have to sell his soul to the Fulanis because he wants to become a speaker. Fani-Kayode was reacting to a photo in which Gbajabiamila was pictured sitting at the feet and clinging to the thighs of a Fulani Islamic…
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Killings: El-Rufai begs Fulani communities in Kaduna against reprisal attacks
Governor Nasiru El-Rufai of Kaduna State on Saturday pleaded with the Fulani community to shun the temptation of engaging in reprisal attacks following the killing of 66 of their population in Kajuru Local Government Area of the state. The governor, at a meeting with stakeholders in Kajuru, wondered why killing had become incessant in Iri…
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Fulani groups accuse Buhari’s govt of neglect, say no preferred presidential candidate
Coalition of Fulani herdsmen groups in Nigeria have dissociated themselves from some Fulani unions’ endorsement of a particular presidential candidate in the forthcoming general elections. They described the endorsement as dangerous noting that their associations were social, non political and none partisan aimed at uplifting Fulani interests. Alhaji Saleh Bayari, leader of the coalition made…
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Hausa-Fulani community in Edo begins biometric verification
The Hausa-Fulani community in Edo State, led by the Sarkin Fulani, Alhaji Muhammed Sossa, has commenced the biometric verification of its members in the state, to fish out cattle rustlers and other criminals that hide in their community to perpetrate crimes. Alhaji Sossa, who disclosed this during a courtesy visit to the Edo State Governor,…
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Fulani leader urges herdsmen to stop using minors as cattle rearers
The Ardo of Chanchaga, Mallam Abdullahi Babayo, has called on herdsmen to stop using minors as cattle rearers to avert clashes with farmers. Babayo who is also Sarkin Fulani Chanchaga and Shaku Kingdom in Minna made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna on Wednesday. He said that…
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TNG INVESTIGATION [DAY 3] Plateau bloodbath: Enemies from within
Over 200 killed! The Berom community in Plateau State are still counting their losses in the mayhem that befell them on Friday, June 23, 2018. As horrendous as the last attack was, it wasn’t the first time Plateau State was witnessing this kind of killings – killer Fulani herdsmen and the people of Berom had…
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Killings: It is cruel to say I support herdsmen because I’m Fulani – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday said the claims that being a Fulani, he must be encouraging the killings being perpetrated by armed herdsmen in parts of the country seemed to him that there was no limit to the evil in the minds of men. The president wondered how anyone in their right minds would suggest…
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JUST IN: Fulani herdsmen invade Plateau, kill three, raze 12 houses
There was pandemonium in Huke village, Miango in Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State as three persons between 70 and 100 years were confirmed dead and over 12 houses razed during an attack by Fulani herdsmen. The victims are Ahmadu Hwie, Odoh Hwie and Gado Kondo. The attack according to a report by The…