Tag: Herdsmen
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Breaking: 5 Adamawa villages under attack, death toll undisclosed
Five Adamawa villages, all in Numan local government, are reportedly under “attacks right now” by suspected herdsmen, and the number of casualties is yet to be known. TheNewsGuru reports Amnesty International Nigeria made this known stressing it had notified the army and police authorities in Adamawa, but no intervention as at the time of filing…
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Killer herdsmen are nothing but terrorists – Senator Sani
Senator Shehu Sani has said herdsmen who are responsible for the killings and slaughtering in Benue and Taraba are nothing but terrorists “except if we want to call a spade a pestle or a spoon”. The Senator representing Kaduna Central in the National Assembly said this on Monday in reaction to Saturday afternoon’s raid by…
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Special Report: ‘We’ll rather die in S/Africa’s xenophobic attacks than be killed by herdsmen in Nigeria‘
“What exactly are we doing in this country when our lives are daily threatened by arrogant herdsmen who are now renowned for killing unquestioned? Are you not bothered by the several killings in Benue, Zamfara, Kogi, Taraba and other states? What has the Nigerian government done about it? Who have so far been arrested? But…
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BREAKING: Herdsmen invade Benue village, kill 10
No fewer than 10 persons have been killed and several others injured after suspected herdsmen attacked Tse Iortyer, near Yelewata community in Guma LGA of Benue State. According to reports reaching TheNewsGuru.com the gunmen, who invaded the village around 8pm on Tuesday, also set many houses on fire. Over 15 persons were reportedly injured in…
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Donald Trump’s only option on Buhari & Nigeria
Yesterday, far away in Washington, United States of America, President Donald Trump told President Muhammadu Buhari that Americans are not happy with Nigeria under the latter’s watch, and the reason being the massive killing of Nigerian Christians by Jihadists’ Fulani Herdsmen. What was not too clear from Trumps statement however was the quarter he directed…
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Buhari to Trump: ‘Nigerian herdsmen don’t carry weapons…’
President Muhammadu Buhari has again said that herdsmen in Nigeria do not carry guns but only wield sticks and occasionally machetes. He said this on Monday in Washington DC during the bilateral talk with U.S. President Donald Trump, adding that herdsmen crisis in Nigeria is an age-long challenge. “The problem of herders in Nigeria is…
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‘If not for education, I would have joined herdsmen in attacking farmers’ – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that if not for education, he may have been one of the Fulani herdsmen clashing with farmers across the country. The President said during his two-day state visit to Bauchi State on Thursday at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Stadium, Bauchi, where he inaugurated the 261 Nigerian Air Force Referral Hospital,…
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BREAKING: Seven killed as herdsmen attack another church in Benue
At least, seven persons were in the early hours of Thursday killed after suspected herdsmen entered a church in Logo Local Government Area of Benue State. According to raports reaching TheNewsGuru.com the herdsmen were said to have stormed Mbamondo clan around 12.20am and attacked some displaced persons who had taken refuge at an African Church…
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Killings in Benue not religious -NASFAT
The Nashirullahi Fathi Society of Nigeria (NASFAT) has condemned the killings in Benue, Taraba and Nassarawa states. The President of NASFAT, Engr. Kamil Bolarinwa, said in a statement signed by the Publicity Secretary of the society, Alhaji Banji Busari, that at a time when everyone had heaved a sigh of relief about the successes against…
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Killings: Herdsmen holding Nigeria to ransom, tame them now, PDP tells Buhari
Nigeria’s main opposition political party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday charged the President Muhammadu Buhari led federal government to tame the herdsmen who have embarked on a killing spree in Nigeria since January. The party’s stance was made known by its chairman, Prince Uche Secondus in a reaction to the latest killings of…