Tag: Herdsmen
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Herdsmen menace: Ortom gives marching orders to security operatives
Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom has charged the state Livestock Guards to impound any livestock seen grazing openly. The governor who gave the charge on Friday in Makurdi while inspecting impounded cows at the quarantine unit of the state Ministry of Agriculture, said enforcement of the ranching law would continue to enable those who wish…
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Killings in Delta State: Corpses exhumed, as FG maintains silence
Silence of the federal government over renewed killings in Uwheru has sparked outrage, even as the communities affected on Monday exhumed bodies of the victims and dumped them at a mortuary in Ughelli. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Deltans are calling for justice after some arms-wielding herdsmen launched attacks on several communities in Uhweru kingdom in Ughelli…
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Soldiers backed herdsmen in killing of eight persons in Delta – Okowa
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State has condemnerd the fresh attacks by suspected herdsmen in Avwon, Agadama, Ohoror, and other communities of Uwheru Kingdom, Ughelli North Local Government Area of the state. According to Okowa, suspected herdsmen accompanied by unidentified armed personnel attacked the communities in what has become an annual routine, killing over eight…
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Herdsmen attack Uwheru, Delta communities; many feared dead
Delta State Governor Ifeanyi Okowa has decried renewed attacks by suspected herdsmen on Avwon, Agadama, Ohoror and other communities of Uwheru Kingdom, Ughelli North Local Government Area of the state. According to reports from the communities, herdsmen accompanied by unidentified army personnel stormed the communities in an unprovoked attack that has become an annual routine,…
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Suspected Fulani herdsmen kill three policemen in Delta
Suspected Fulani herdsmen have reportedly hacked three policemen to death along the Ugbolu -Illah Road, in the Oshimili North Local Government Area of Delta State. It was gathered that the incident occurred on Tuesday at the police checkpoint along the road. A bricklayer, who did not want to be identified, said the three policemen were…
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Weapons used by killer-herdsmen from Turkey, Libya, Ivory Coast – Report
Weapons being used in inter-communal violence that has killed thousands of people in northern Nigeria have been trafficked from Ivory Coast, Libya and Turkey, according to a new report by the Conflict Armament Research group. Fighting between farmers and semi-nomadic herders over land has gone on for decades in Nigeria´s central belt and north. Attacks…
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How I was rescued when herdsmen attacked me at the farm – Gov Ortom
Samuel Ortom, governor of Benue state, on Monday said he was attacked by suspected herdsmen while at his farm located along Makurdi-Naka road in Makurdi, Benue state capital, last week. During an interactive session with reporters in Makurdi, Ortom said he would not bow to the attempt to intimidate him for speaking up for his…
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Police arrest three herdsmen responsible for high profile kidnapping in Enugu
Three herdsmen said to have been terrorizing Enugu state and environs have bee arrested by the Enugu state police command. The herdsmen were responsible for various high profile kidnappings in the state. The suspects include Adamu Mohammed (AKA suleiman) from Taraba state, 25 years; Musa Ibrahim from Katsina State , 28 years and Dauda Alhaji…
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Why Buhari govt declared Amotekun ‘Illegal’ – Fani-Kayode
Femi Fani-Kayode, former Minister of Aviation has kicked against a statement by the Nigerian government describing ‘Operation Amotekun’ as illegal. Recall that in a statement signed by the Special Assistant on Media and Public Relations to the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Dr Umar Gwandu, the government said the establishment of…
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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…