Tag: Herders
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BREAKING: Buhari tackles Southern Govs on open grazing ban, promises to end herders crisis
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday condemned the ban on open grazing by southern governors while also expressing a strong resolve to address the conflicts of herders and farmers for a permanent solution. The Nigerian leader also ordered that the associated problem of the gun-wielding “killer herdsmen” be tackled. This was contained in a statement issued…
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Farmers, herders in Ekiti State to register with government or get expelled
Ekiti State government has given farmers and herders another two-week window to register with the state government or be ready to leave the state. The two-week grace begins on Sunday, March 22. In February, the state conducted a two-week registration of farmers and herders, but not all those involved seized the opportunity. Commissioner for Agriculture…
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Southwest governors, traditional rulers say FG must end open grazing
South-west governors in Nigeria on Saturday met with its traditional rulers to demand the need for both state governments and the Federal Government to end open grazing. The support, according to the governors, could come in the form of government establishing designated grazing areas, setting up feeding mills among others. The chairman, Southwest governors forum,…
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Herders’ menace: Let’s weigh el-Rufai, Ganduje’s proposals, By Ehichioya Ezomon
By Ehichioya Ezomon Are we finally coming to grips with the rampaging activities of bandits/kidnappers prowling the highways and forests across Nigeria, with accompanying deaths and destruction, and occupation of farmlands, communities and states’ forest reserves? The Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) seems to toe Governors Abdullahi Ganduje and Nasir el-Rufai’s approaches to solving the issue…
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Quit notice: Fulani leaders dispute 4000 herders left Oyo for Kaduna
Some Fulani leaders at Ladduga grazing reserve in Kachia Local Government Area of Kaduna state, together with other stakeholders, have disputed the 4,000 figure published by the media, saying that only 107 herders from Oyo state relocated to Kaduna. Malam Ardo Goge, Leader of the Fulanis at Ladduga, told some Peace builders and Journalists, who…
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Miyetti Allah lists conditions to end incessant clashes between farmers, herders
The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria MACBAN, in the Southeast, says it will support any policy by the government that seeks to stop the clashes between host communities and the herdsmen. Miyetti Allah leader was reacting to the decision of the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF), on the need for the country to transit…
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Nigeria police lied, cattle, herders invaded my home – Soyinka
The Nigerian police lied when it said only one cow strayed into the compound of the Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka, the professor has said. Mr Soyinka, in a statement entitled ‘Mad Cows and even madder narratives’ sent to newsmen, narrated how the cattle invaded his home, how they were removed and how the police took…
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Expose criminal herders, Miyetti Allah tells members
The Chairman of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) in Ekiti State, Alhaji Adamu Abache, has directed members to henceforth expose any herdsman seen perpetrating crime in the state. Abache said revealing the identities of Fulani herdsmen with criminal tendencies would protect the integrity of herders doing legitimate businesses in Ekiti and…
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Herders must register to operate in our state, Ondo insists
The Ondo State Government has said its order on registration of herders in the state is total. Following the agreement reached by the Nigerian Governors’ Forum, the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association and other stakeholders on vacation order issued to the herdsmen to leave the forest reserves in state, the government said the herders have…
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Quit notice to herders: Sunday Igboho’s supporters set Oyo’s Seriki Fulani’s house, 11 cars ablaze [PHOTOS]
Some angry youths have set ablaze the house of the Seriki Fulani of Oyo State, Alhaji Saliu Abdulkadir. The house was set ablaze in Igangan town in Ibarapa North Local government area of the State on Friday. It was gathered that the house was set ablaze few hours after the visit of Mr. Sunday Adeyemo,…