Tag: Herders
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Insecurity: Edo traditional ruler orders herders out of community
The traditional ruler of Ekperi Kingdom in Etsako Central Local Government Area of Edo State, Alhaji D.Y.E. Kanoba, has allegedly issued a quit notice to all herdsmen and their families residing in the community.
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Plateau community denies claims of attacks on herders
The Berom Youth Moulders Association (BYM), Heipang community in Barkin Ladi Local Government Area (LGA) of Plateau, has denied media reports that some herders were attacked within the community.
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Tension in Abia community as herders allegedly invade people’s farms
Palpable fear and tension have gripped natives of Uzuakoli Community in Bende Local Government Area of Abia, following Friday’s alleged invasion of farms in the area. The traditional ruler of Ngwu Uzuakoli Autonomous Community, Eze Joseph Okorie, told newsmen in his palace on Saturday that herders invaded people’s farms with their cattle for grazing. Okorie…
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Police confirm 8 killed in farmers, herders clash in Borno
T he Police in Borno said that eight lost their in a clash between farmers and herders over alleged land encroachment in Bayo Local Government Area of in the state. The Commissioner of Police, Abdu Umar confirmed the incident at a meeting
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FG moves to curb herders-farmers clashes in Delta, other states
The Federal Government has indicated the need to revisit and remodel its national ranching programme to address recurring clashes between herders and farmers across the country.
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Security agencies scared of shooting Herders with AK-47 as ordered by Buhari – Akeredolu
Chairman, Southern Governors Forum and Governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu has said security agencies are scared of shooting herders wielding AK-47 because of who they are and where they come from in disobedience to President Muhammadu Buhari’s order. Governor Akeredolu stated this on Monday, at the 27th Nigerian Economic Summit held in Abuja with…
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Anti-open grazing and government support for herders, By Ehichioya Ezomon
By Ehichioya Ezomon As social media-age people would say, “I’m like wow, strange things are happening in Naija.” Well, stranger-than-fiction things are happening in the Nigerian Government, whose “body language” alchemy has turned into an undisguised, practical reality. Imagine the government lending its backing to a planned court process by cattle herders, challenging the anti-open…
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Grazing Bill ‘ll ensure harmony between herders, farmers in Lagos – Assembly
The Lagos State House of Assembly, says the Prohibition of Open Cattle Grazing Bill, when passed, will ensure harmonious relationships between herders and farmers in the state. The assembly made this known after the bill was read on the floor of the house for the second time, by the Acting Clerk, Mr Olalekan Onafeko, at…
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Amotekun arrests underage cattle herders, cows in Ondo
Operatives of the Ondo Security Network a.k.a Amotekun have arrested two underage cattle herders, their 52-year-old father Ibrahim Musa, and 49 cows. The minors were arrested for threatening a 70 year-old woman Victoria Ajayi, with a cutlass around Kajola area of Akure South Local Government Area of Ondo state. The underage herders were nabbed for…